Sheltered+Instruction+and+Literacy+in+Science

=Completed Project Materials/Science Resources to Share! =


 * Each unit includes, at minimum: **
 * -Content and language objectives **
 * -Target vocabulary **


 * Several include interactive and interaction activities, ideas and resources for building background, supporting ELLs, and integrating literacy. **

Kindergarten
__**FOSS Paper **__  
 * Lesson Guides: **
 * Flipchart: **

__**FOSS Animals 2 X 2 **__  
 * Lesson Guides: **
 * Flipchart: **

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">First Grade
__**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">FOSS Pebbles, Sand, and Silt **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Flipcharts (by Investigation): **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">PowerPoint: **

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Second Grade
__**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">FOSS Air and Weather **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">PowerPoint: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Unit Overview: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Lesson Guides: **

__**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">FOSS Solids and Liquids **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Lesson Guides: **

=<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Third Grade = __**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">FOSS Physics of Sound **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">PowerPoint: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Flipcharts: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Other Documents: **

__**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">EiE Acoustic Engineering- Sounds Like Fun! **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">PowerPoint: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Vocabulary Posters: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Science Journal Page: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Lesson Overviews: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kwame's Sound PDF Story Summary: (Created by EiE, referenced in PPT) **

= = =<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Fifth Grade = __**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Landforms **__ <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">**Unit Overview:** <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">PowerPoint Resources: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Word Sort Activity: **

Mandy Franz- ELL Grade K- Pillsbury Elementary Esther Olivier- ELL Grade 1- Pillsbury Elementary Emily Peterson- ELL Grade 2- Pillsbury Elementary Chelsea Rudie- ELL Grade 3- Pillsbury Elementary Mark Trumper- ELL Grade 4- Pillsbury Elementary Maureen Colleran- ELL Grade 5- Pillsbury Elementary
 * Team Members/ School(s):**

Consistent and effective science instruction has become a challenge at the elementary school level. Classroom teachers are challenged to teach science in way that makes the content accessible to ELs and other struggling learners. Additionally, teachers are currently expected to integrate literacy in the content areas. Cooperating ELL teachers are also expected to facilitate language learning through content, ideally in a co-teaching situation.
 * Brief description of Learning Circle plan:**

Through the development and implementation of this project, the ELL team at Pillsbury hopes to modify and enhance the FOSS Science Curriculum in such a way that it will essentially become a sheltered instruction program, reflecting best practices for ELLs, and developing language and literacy through content. This “new” FOSS Science Curriculum could be taught independently by a classroom teacher who understands the basics of sheltered instruction and literacy integration, or, ideally, co-taught by an ELL teacher and a classroom teacher.

After becoming familiar with the FOSS Science Curriculum, corresponding state and common core standards, as well as WIDA standards and Can-Do descriptors, each ELL teacher will modify two FOSS Science units for the grade level in which they currently collaborate and co-teach in the following ways:


 * Use the WIDA Can-Do descriptors to aide in creating language objectives for each lesson based on the various WIDA proficiency levels.
 * Incorporate differentiation and scaffolding options into each lesson to facilitate content learning.
 * Integrate interactive language activities in all four modalities (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) into existing lessons.
 * Find and purchase fiction and non-fiction books that relate to each FOSS Science unit topic to use as a basis for integrating literacy and literature in science.
 * Include basic supports and guidelines for teaching in a co-teaching and collaborative model with a mainstream and ELL teacher.

March 30th- Project Meeting
 * Timeline:**
 * March || April || May || June ||
 * March 23rd- Project Meeting

April 20th- Project Meeting April 27th- Project Meeting
 * Select FOSS Science units for modification
 * Use WIDA Can-Do descriptors and Standards to begin creating language objectives for each lesson
 * Compile resources for supplemental activities, scaffolding, and literacy materials to be shared amongst teachers
 * Meet with classroom teachers to discuss current concerns with FOSS Science curriculum || April 13th- Project Meeting

Purchase additional literacy materials if necessary || May 4th- Project Meeting May 11th- Project Meeting May 18th- Project Meeting May 25th- Project Meeting
 * Attend Stephen Krashen’s presentation on Effective Second language Acquisition to gain more knowledge about sheltered content and integrating language across the curriculum
 * Review SIOP components
 * Modify selected FOSS Science units (first unit)


 * Attend MN ESL, Bilingual, and Migrant Education Conference
 * Modify selected FOSS Science units (second unit)
 * Share progress so far at NET-C meeting
 * Create pre- and post-surveys for classroom teachers to complete
 * Finalize materials for submission || June 1st – Project Meeting

Establish plan for sharing with staff and in PLCs next school year ||
 * Submit completed project to Multilingual Department
 * Examine current Science MCA data (if available) and MAP data to set goals for next school year

Work & Progress:
**Update 3.23.12:** We had our first official Learning Circle meaning. Each team member received a binder of the WIDA Can-Do's, WIDA standards and amplified strands, and MN State standards in science for his//her grade level. Joe Alfano from the science curriculum department attended the meeting and gave us an overview of the science curriculum and changes for next year, as well as informing us about professional development opportunities in science. We also contacted the Learning Circle/ELL team at Green Central, who is doing a similar project with the science curriculum. We've decided to coordinate our efforts to use WIDA to differentiate as many science units as possible. We will focus on adding background building, interaction, vocabulary, and reading and writing activities into the existing science curriculum.

The kits we have chosen as follows (by grade level): K-Animals 2X2 (FOSS) and Paper (FOSS) 1st-Organisms (STC) and Pebbles, Sand, and Silt (FOSS) 2nd-Air & Weather (FOSS) and Solids and Liquids (FOSS) 3rd-Bioengineering (EiE) and Acoustic Engineering (EiE) 4th-Designing Water Filters (EiE) and Designing a Maglev System (EiE) 5th-Environments (FOSS) and Landforms (FOSS) **Update 3.26.12** A LiveBinder 'shelf' of resources for this Learning Circle project has been created. Learning Circle Resources- Pillsbury

Our project is nearing completion! At the end of the project we will have completed working with one science unit per grade level. Each "modfied" unit will have a Powerpoint presentation with resources/activities for building background, content and language objectives for each lesson, interaction activities for each lesson, and vocabulary for each lesson. There are also "ELL-friendly" lesson guides for each unit, and printable vocabulary posters. Below is a sample of the vocabulary posters for the EiE unit Sounds Like Fun
 * Update 6.4.12 **