Assignment 1: Evaluating and Selecting Assessments

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Table 1 in "Principles and Practices of Sociocultural Assessment: Foundations for Effective Strategies for Linguistically Diverse Classrooms" describes Concepts, Principles, and Checklist Items that can be used to evaluate assessments. Select two of the Checklist Items you think are extremely important when evaluating assessments for ELL students.

In a 500-750-word essay, describe those items, and defend why you believe they are of particular importance.

Support this assignment with at least three scholarly resources.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Assignment 2: Graphic Organizer

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Create a graphic organizer or use the "Instructional Strategies for ELLs" to identify and describe oral, reading, and writing strategies appropriate for each ELL proficiency label. Include a justification as to why each strategy is applicable to the specific ELL proficiency label, citing references.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using the documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

Assignment 3: Clinical Field Experience A: ELL Classroom Observation Using SIOP - Part I

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Allocate at least 5 hours in the field to support this field experience.

Spend time observing lessons in your field experience classroom. Focus your observations on Lesson Preparation, Building Background, and Comprehensible Input.

Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the mentor teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.

Assess at least one lesson using the SIOP checklist from Appendix A in the textbook.

Submit a copy of one of your completed checklists to your instructor in LoudCloud.