My Family My Traditions

 

  My family and I celebrate Christmas every year. My mother and five brothers all receive gifts from each other. My mother says any gift that is made with love is one from the heart.

This is why I make all of my gifts every year with my five brothers.

We make cards and toys for each other out of fabric and wood.

My mother and father did not have Christmas growing up. They did not have enough money in their families to afford such a luxury. My mother says they only had enough money to feed themselves and take care of the farmland they lived on. My father grew up in the city and it was hard for his family to celebrate birthdays and Christmas.This is why this tradition is so important and fun in my family. We all get to make gifts for one another and make food together as well. My mother and father are great cooks. They always make sure we have pie, chocolate cake, and a butterball turkey. This is one of my favorite traditions. The only bad part of this tradition is not seeing my grandparents on Christmas day. They past away a year ago. My mother says she's still shining her light on us everyday, we do not see her. This is why this is my favorite family traditions. It means we can all come together and laugh with each other. We even make fun of each other in our Christmas sweaters. This is a tradition I will pass down to my future family, because it brings out the joy in my family. It's the best gift anyone could ask for.

 

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Professional Organizations and Resources (For Elementary Students)

By: Ebony Nichole Goins

Instructor:  Sandra Calderon

Course: EDU 643 Methods, Materials & Tech for Learn a Second Language

How A teacher would identify an ELL Student’s level of Academic “Readiness

• Teachers can create "Student Home Language Survey," to help understand the child's oral and language needs (Colorin Colorado, 2015, p.1).
• Teachers can "identify educational background," by creating an informal interview to promote readiness (Colorin Colorado, 2015, p.1).
• Teachers can investigate "levels of English proficiency," to promote readiness by asking basic simple conversational questions in groups of two (Colorin Colorado, 2015, p.1).
• These identifiers can be applied to all grade levels but it is tailored to elementary school students.

The Characteristics of an Effective ELL Instructor

• ELL Instructors must understand "an effective and good teacher has an important role in students' performances and their success " (Zamani, Branch, & Ahangari, 2016, p.69).
• ELL Instructors must make sure "experience is useful only when the teacher continually engages in self-reflection and modifies classroom techniques to better serve the needs of students" ( Zamani, Branch, & Ahangari, 2016, p.69).
• ELL Instructors must understand if a "teacher is not aware of the learner's expectation and needs related to the course, it will have negative outcomes regarding the students' performance"(Zamani, Branch, & Ahangari, 2016, p.69).
•  ELL Instructors must also be an "communicator, advocate, and emphatic educator" (Haynes, 2015, p.1)

 

 Three Common Language Proficiency Assessments for Reading or Writing

 

• Teachers must use " high-interest, low-vocabulary books and nonfiction texts may be options for reading assessments" (Alberta Education, 2012, p.4).
• Teachers must remember in " using picture prompts for speaking and writing ensure images are age-appropriate" (Alberta Education, 2012, p.4).
• Teachers must also note "to be effective, assessment must recognize the diversity of learners and allow for differences in styles and rates of learning"(Alberta Education, 2012, p.4).

 Three Teaching Strategies used by experienced ELL teachers when planning Effective Lessons

 

In order for the ELL teacher to plan effective lessons with meaning, they must:

• "Ensure that instructional objectives involving authentic learning are both compelling and comprehensible. 
• Realize that complex problems require teachers as well as students to become learners.
• Constructivism is not for teachers who already know everything!                                               
• In schools where students are exposed to a variety of representational formats for knowledge (text, visual, oral, figurative, etc.), students can choose to which modes they are most receptive" (Diaz-Rico, 2013, Chap. 3).

 

 

 

References

 

Alberta Education. (2012). Assessment Tools & Strategies. Retrieved February 11, 2019, from http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/eslapb/languageproficiencyassessment.html  

 

Colorin Colorado. (2015, December 01). Identifying needs for ELL program placement. Retrieved February 11, 2019, from http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/identifying-needs-ell-program-placement

 

Diaz-Rico, L. T. (2013).  Strategies for teaching English learners (3rd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc

 

Google Images. (2019). Retrieved February 11, 2019, from https://www.google.com/search?rls=com.microsoft:en-US:IE-Address&q=pictures of students&tbm=isch&chips=q:pictures of students,g_1:cartoon:1IROTv60DFI=&usg=AI4_-kRyX0aW-ymO6XwMcxvbmE5XOFPgwA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjbhJTorrTgAhWBzlkKHRkmADEQgIoDKAJ6BAgFEAg&biw=1440&bih=805#imgrc=LVK2F3mHzOkvKM:&spf=1549911647415

 

Haynes, J. (2015, April 23). | 4 Characteristics of Effective Teachers of ELs. Retrieved February 11, 2019, from http://blog.tesol.org/4-characteristics-of-effective-teachers-of-els/

 

Zamani, R., Branch, T., & Ahangari, S. (2016). Characteristics of an Effective English Language Teacher (EELT) as Perceived by Learners of English. International Journal of Foreign Language Teaching & Research, Null(72), 1-20. doi:10.17296/korbil.2018..72.221

 

 

 

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