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FrequentlyAskedQuestions

AboutUnderwoodsELLpopulation
(numbersarefromBEFOREGarethsmaternityleave)

Underwoods English Language Learners speak 11 languages!


Thispiechartshowsthenumberofspeakersofeachlanguage.

Also,Underwoodhasaplethoraofotherbilingualstudents,notontheELLcaseload.Theyspeak:
Greek,Tamil,Farsi,Teluguandotherlanguages

HowlongdostudentstypicallystayontheELLcaseload?

Currently,allofourstudentsareintheirfirst,second,orthirdyearofELLservices.Thereisnominimumor
maximumamountoftimestudentsmustbeenrolled.RecentlyDESErecommendedthatallKindergarteners
remainontheELLcaseloaduntiltheendofgrade1.

HowlongdoesittakestudentstolearnEnglish?

IfastudentsentirejourneythroughELLwasreducedto1hour,we
wouldexpecttypicallybrainedstudentstospend:

5minutesatWIDAlevel1
10minutesatWIDAlevel2
20minutesatWIDAlevel3
20minutesatWIDAlevel4
5minutesatWIDAlevel5
(thisisbecauseitisthoughtthatstudentnowhave
adequateEnglishtocontinuedevelopingtheirEnglishskillsintheirregularclasses)

Formoreexplanationsastowhyseetheicecreamconeanalogyonthepagebelow.

NotethatinNewtonweuse0fornopriorEnglishexposureand6forpeerequivalency.
*adaptedfrom
www.wida.us
onOct17,2015

HowareELLstudentsplacedontheELLteacherscaseload?

UsuallyparentscalleitherUnderwoodortheEd.Centertoregistertheirchild.CarolStoneandDeb
Marino(secretaryattheEd.Center)havebeentrainedtoaskfamiliesifanotherlanguagebesides
Englishisspokeninthehome.StudentsaretypicallythentestedinEnglish.Whenstudentscome
fromanotherMassachusettsdistrictweaskfortheirACCESSscoresandiftheywerereceivingELL
servicespreviously.

UnderwhatconditionsdoesastudentexitELL?

StudentsareexitedfromELLbasedon:
theirlistening/speaking/reading/writingEnglishskillsscoreasreportedontheACCESStest
classworkandparticipation
teacherrecommendation,includingspecialistsandinterventionists
AtUnderwoodwechoosetodiscussthedecisionwithparentsbeforeexitingstudents.

Aftertheyexit,canstudentseverreenrollinELLservices?

Yes,andstudentsareoccasionallyreenrolledafteraperiodofbeingexitedbecauseeachgradelevel
bringsanewlevelofacademicdemand.

Howdoesthathappen?

TypicallyateacheroraparentwillshareaconcernaboutastudentsEnglishskillswithGarethor
Greta,orperhapsAmanda.TheELLteachersthenconsiderseveralfactorswhendecidingtoreenroll
astudentsincluding:
Classwork
classroomobservations

formalassessments
theopinionofclassroomteachersandparents
howlongthestudenthasbeenintheUSA
howlongthestudenthasbeeneducatedinEnglish(someforeignbornstudentsattendEnglish
speakingschoolsortakeclassesinEnglishbeforemovingtoNewton)
whatthestudentsfirstlanguageis(ittypicallytakeslongerforspeakersofAsianlanguagesto
acquireEnglishthanspeakersofRomancelanguages)

ThisisalsowhathappenswhenstudentsareoccasionallynotsignedupforELLserviceswhentheyregister
forschool.

WhatsthedifferencebetweenRTIandELLinstruction?

RTI
Tiers2and3
decontextualized,
stepbystepsystematicinstructionofareadingormathskill
repetitionuntilmastery
doubledosethesamecontentasaTier1lessonbutpresented
inasmallergroup,perhapswithdifferentiations
groupsofnomorethan3
frequentprogressmonitoring

ELL

Tier1
highlycontextualized
systematicinstructionoftheEnglishlanguage
repetitionofnewvocabularywords5to7timesacrossproductive
andreceptiveEnglishskills
opportunitiestopracticelanguageEnglishstructuresforsocialor
academicpurposes
groupingsideallybasedonWIDAlevels

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