Rick Jenkins
District Math Specialist
[email protected]
(210) 444-8110 ext. 1052
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Sean Cain’s Fundamental Five
 Framing the lesson
▪ Learning Objective
▪ Closing question, product, or task
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Sheltered Instruction
 Content and Language Objectives
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Content Objectives
– Align with TEKS
– Focus on mastery of
content
– “We will …”
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Language Objectives
– Align with ELPS
– Develop academic
vocabulary
– Improve English
Language Proficiency
– “I will …”
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Robert Mager, in his book Preparing
Instructional Objectives, describes a content
objective as "a collection of words and/or
pictures and diagrams intended to let others
know what you intend for your students to
achieve" (pg. 3).
Introduction
• Make content comprehensible
• Build academic language
District Responsibilities
Curriculum must be…
• Communicated
• Sequenced
• Scaffolded
Linguistically Accommodated
Student Expectations
• Learning Strategies
• Listening
• Speaking
• Reading
• Writing
Proficiency Level Descriptors
• Beginning
• Intermediate
• Advanced
• Advanced High
Student Expectations in the ELPS
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Learning Strategies
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
If my content objective is…
We will determine the relationship between the
circumference of a circle and its diameter.
Key words and phrases might include …
circle, circumference, diameter, radius, pi
My language objective might be …
I will complete a Bridge Map on the relationship
between the circumference of a circle and it’s diameter
using the words: circle, circumference, diameter, radius,
and pi.
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1(C): Use strategic learning techniques such
as concept mapping, drawing, memorizing,
comparing, contrasting, and reviewing to
acquire basic and grade-level vocabulary
I will complete a graphic
organizer about the
characteristics of …
I will draw and label
the parts …
I will compare and
contrast …
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1(E): Internalize new basic and academic
language by using and reusing it in
meaningful ways in speaking and writing
activities that build concept and language
attainment.
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3(D): Speak using grade-level content area
vocabulary in context to internalize new
English words and build academic language
proficiency.
3(H): Narrate, describe, and explain with
increasing specificity and detail as more
English is acquired.
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3(J): Respond orally to information presented
in a wide variety of print, electronic, audio,
and visual media to build and reinforce
concept and language attainment.
I will explain how
to ...
I will respond to
questions during
classroom discussion
about …
I will share with my group how to determine
the …
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__ is similar to __ because…
__ differs from __ because…
I would solve the problem
by…
The first step is to…
I agree/disagree because…
I think the answer is
reasonable because…
The solution is … because…
I think __ is right because...
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First…, then…, finally…
The causes of ___ are…
___ can be used to
determine…
If the pattern continues, the
next…
I know ___ because…
___ reminds me of …
It will look like …
The most important __ is …
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5(B): Write using newly acquired basic
vocabulary and content-based grade-level
vocabulary.
5(G): Narrate, describe, and explain with
increasing specificity and detail to fulfill
content area writing needs as more English is
acquired.
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5(F): Write using a variety of gradeappropriate sentence lengths, patterns, and
connecting words to combine phrases,
clauses, and sentences in increasingly
accurate ways as more English is acquired.
I will write in my journal about the …
using the terms …
I will complete Frayer Models for the
terms …
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__ is similar to __ because…
__ differs from __ because…
I would solve the problem
by…
The first step is to…
I agree/disagree because…
I think the answer is
reasonable because…
The solution is … because…
I think __ is right because...
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First…, then…, finally…
The causes of ___ are…
___ can be used to
determine…
If the pattern continues, the
next…
I know ___ because…
___ reminds me of …
It will look like …
The most important __ is …
Frayer Model
Definition in your own words
A quadrilateral is a shape
with 4 sides.
Examples
• square
• rectangle
• trapezoid
• rhombus
Facts/characteristics
•4 sides
• may or may not be of equal
length
• sides may or may not be
parallel
Quadrilateral
Nonexamples
• circle
• triangle
• pentagon
• dodecahedron
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2(E): Use visual, contextual, and linguistic
support to enhance and confirm
understanding of increasingly complex and
elaborated spoken language
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2(I): Demonstrate listening comprehension of
increasingly complex spoken English by
following directions, retelling, or
summarizing spoken messages, responding
to questions and requests, collaborating with
peers, and taking notes commensurate with
content and grade-level needs.
I will pronounce and define the
new vocabulary I learned during
classroom discussion.
I will summarize the
procedure used to …
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4(E): Read linguistically accommodated
content material with a decreasing need for
linguistic accommodations as more English is
learned.
I will read a passage and
explain …
I will read and
summarize …
Work through the examples on your
handout.
 Share with an elbow partner
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