Nicole Lendo ELL & Technology
Published on Nov 21, 2016
Concordia University
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Preschool Science
- Objective: Teach the five senses using the Read-Aloud Plus Strategy, through TES Teach with Blendspace
The strategy
- Read-Aloud Plus "Involves the teacher reading text aloud to students while adding visual support, periodic phrasing, and/or rewriting as the "plus"" (Herrel & Jordan, 2106, p.63).
Continued
- "Incorporates the modeling of fluent, expressive reading of English techniques for clarifying vocabulary, periodic checking for understanding, and providing and activating knowledge that helps students make connections between text and personal experience" (Short & Echevarria, 2004 as cited by Herrel & Jordan, 2016, p.63).
Benefits of using this strategy
- Increases student comprehension
- Increases vocabulary
- Increases interest in reading
- (Trelease, 2013, as cited by Herrell & Jordan, 2016, p.63)
the technology: TES Teach with blendspace
- Build lessons digitally, using online resources and own content.
- Use the search box to browse the web for pictures/articles/video clips about your topic and drag into presentation.
- Upload personal files from your computer.
Items can be dragged easily into your presentation.
Teachers can create their own content and upload it or upload pictures/activities from their class and add it to the presentation.
Text can be added on a slide by itself, or added over a picture.
Teachers can create their own content and upload it or upload pictures/activities from their class and add it to the presentation.
Text can be added on a slide by itself, or added over a picture.
Blendspace continued
- Quiz students at the end of the presentation
- Send link to students to rewatch presentation at home
Teachers can add multiple choice quizzes to the end of the presentation and view their students' results.
Teachers can also receive feedback on the presentation.
Students can rewatch the presentation multiple times from their home, if they still need help with this specific vocabulary development.
Teachers can also receive feedback on the presentation.
Students can rewatch the presentation multiple times from their home, if they still need help with this specific vocabulary development.
Teaching using strategy and Technology
- Blendspace would work perfectly to show visuals from multiple sources, which would appear on the projector, as the teacher read.
When using the Read Aloud-Plus strategy, "Support materials will be most effectively presented prior to reading the text aloud; others may be to be presented as the text is read" (Herrell & Jordan, 2015, p.64).
Blendspace allows the students to see the visuals as the book is being read. This is just as effective and more efficient than the alternative; having students "use the Internet to search for visuals to add context to read-aloud materials" (Herrell & Jordan, 2015, p.64).
Blendspace allows the students to see the visuals as the book is being read. This is just as effective and more efficient than the alternative; having students "use the Internet to search for visuals to add context to read-aloud materials" (Herrell & Jordan, 2015, p.64).
The Lesson
- Read "The Listening Walk" by Paul Showers
- Play Blendspace presentation as story is being read
This lesson would work as a review, once students have already been introduced and are somewhat familiar with each sense individually.
the listening walk
by Paul Showers
The Lesson Continued
- For each page of the story, the presentation will be showing pictures of the body part that is being used for that specific sense, as well as pictures of vocabulary words.
For example, on p. 7, the girl is describing her dog's toenails on the pavement. While reading this page, the following pictures could be presented with Blendspace; an ear (because you are using your sense of hearing), a dog's paw with an arrow to the nails, and different pictures of sidewalk. These visuals while listening to the story, would certainly "help relate vocabulary and concepts to the students' background knowledge" (Herrell & Jordan, 2015, p.64).
Additional info
- Pages of the book could be uploaded to Blendspace and then whatever sense was being used, a visual representation could be added somewhere small in the corner.
You could combine the two, if reading the book and showing the presentation were too much for your students. You could present the story through Blendspace, page by page, and reinforce vocabulary using photographs, after each page.
Sousa (2011) believes that using pictures along with key words "help ELLs make connections between the sound of the word and its meaning" (p.70). Regardless of how you lay out the presentation, as long as their are visuals shown, to accompany the vocabulary, ELLs will benefit.
Sousa (2011) believes that using pictures along with key words "help ELLs make connections between the sound of the word and its meaning" (p.70). Regardless of how you lay out the presentation, as long as their are visuals shown, to accompany the vocabulary, ELLs will benefit.
Assessments
- By adding a quiz, through Blendspace, the teacher can tell if the students understand the vocabulary or not.
Other forms of assessment include paraphrasing the material, creating own visuals of the material, or complete a performance of the material (Herrell & Jordan, 2016, p. 64). These types of assessments could be completed by students after they watch the presentation and listen to the story a few times.
References
- Herrell, A.L. & Jordan, M. (2016). 50 strategies for teaching English Language Learners (Fifth Edition). USA: Pearson Education, Inc.
- Showers, P. (1993). The Listening Walk. New York City, NY: HarperCollins.
COntinued
- Sousa, D. (2011). How the ELL brain learns. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
- TES USA {username}. (2016, August 11). TES Teach Quickstart Video. {Video File}. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTqantAbjlk
