LBUSD Course 9: Common Core Reading Standards and Strategies That Support Them for ELLs, Grades K-12

This workshop will take participants into deep realms of text analysis in fiction and non-fiction print. Participants will examine reading selection, questioning strategy, and leveling of strategy and resources for effective scaffolding and differentiation to meet the needs of ELLs. Participants will learn about, and become familiar with, resources that determine text complexity, level libraries, take running records and use anecdotal data to analyze, evaluate, and plan for student needs.

Course Outcomes:

• Use tools that determine text complexity.
• Access and use resources that support text complexity, leveled libraries, the taking of running records, and formative assessment data to plan and differentiate for ESOLs.