This document summarizes a presentation given by the ELL Team of Community Consolidated School District 146. It discusses the district's demographics, including the predominant languages spoken. It describes book studies and resources the team has used to establish a philosophical base for bilingual instruction. Examples of literacy projects for Arabic and Latino families are provided. Videos and materials for parents to help with homework and school registration are mentioned. Key elements of effective instruction for English Learners from a research article are listed at the end.

1. Bilingual Strategy Instruction for
the School Community
Presented by:
Community Consolidated School District 146
ELL Team

2. CCSD 146 Demographics

3. CCSD 146 Characteristics
District Student Demographics & Characteristics - Educational Environment (2000-12)
Low Parental Attendance Mobility Chronic Truants
Year LEP (%) IEP (%) Income (%) Involvement (%) (%) (%) (%)
2012 10.6 14.9 31.6 100.0 95.3 5.4 0.3
2011 9.7 16.9 30.5 100.0 95.0 7.9 0.1
2010 9.0 17.4 27.0 100.0 95.1 6.7 0.1

4. CCSD 146 Predominant Language Groups
Native Language Total
English 1662
Arabic 293
Spanish 213
Polish 46
Pilipino (Tagalog) 28
Urdu 13
Lithuanian 12
Gujarati 12

5. District ELL Team Book Study
Establishing a unified philosophical base
• Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners
by Nancy Cloud, Fred Genesee & Else Hamayan

6. Philosophical Base
• “…early literacy experiences support
subsequent literacy development,
regardless of language, and time spent
on literacy activities in the native
language whether it takes place at home
or in school is not time lost with respect
to English reading acquisition…”
(Reese et al. 2000, 633)

7. Latino Family Literacy Project
www.latinoliteracy.com

8. Latino Family Literacy Project

9. Arabic Family Literacy Project
Books chosen based on the following criteria:
• Dual language
• Culturally relevant
• Authentic literature
• Fortify the family bond
• Foster vocabulary development

10. Sample AFLP Book Sequence Birth - 3
Week 6 Week 5 Week 4 Week 3 Week 2 Week 1
Opposite Fruits/ Colors Body Parts Animals/ My First
Vegetables Farm Words
Animals

11. Grade 1-5
Book Titles
How Much Do You Love Me?
Kisses for Daddy
Time to Pray
Mama’s Job
What is My Color?
What is My Shape?
Did You See My Letters?
You Are Really A Good Friend of Mine

12. Resource for books in Arabic:
http://www.noorart.com

13. Literacy Studio Resources
• Mosaic of Thought (Keene & Zimmerman)
• 7 Keys to Comprehension (Zimmerman & Hutchins)
• Talk About Understanding (Keene)
• To Understand (Keene)
• Conferring (Patrick Allen)

14. Metacognition
In her essay on the essence of understanding
in reading, Ellin Oliver Keene (2007, 37)
describes metacognition as…
“Listening to the voice in
your mind that speaks
while you read.”

15. The 7 Keys to Comprehension
• Monitoring for Meaning— knowing when you know, and knowing
when you don’t
• Using and Creating Schemata — making connections between the
new and the known, creating schemata when necessary
• Asking Questions— generating questions to prompt interpretation and
to probe the text more deeply
• Determining Importance— deciding what matters most and is most
worth remembering
• Inferring— combining background knowledge with information from the
text to predict, conclude, make judgments, and interpret
• Using Sensory and Emotional Images— using images to deepen and
stretch meaning
• Synthesis— integrating understanding with knowledge from other texts
and sources.

16. Metacognitive Posters

17. Metacognitive Posters

18. Research Supporting Strategy Videos
In Learning from Latino Families by Susan Auerbach…
–Informal learning activities at home
–Validate families’ cultures
–Nurture parent voice
–Keep it small

19. Homework Strategy Videos
“When educators offer smaller-scale parent activities and
infuse personal touches and authentic interaction into
outreach immigrant parents feel less intimidated, and
they respond with more open participation.”
(Delgado-Gaitan, 2004)

20. Parent Testimony
“[Estos vídeos] me sirven a mí, a mi esposa y a mis
niños. [También] estoy yendo a la escuela y [los
vídeos] me están ayudando. Entre nosotros nos
ayudamos—yo y los niños.”
“[These videos] serve me, my wife and my children. I
am [also] going to school and [the videos] are
helping me. Amongst ourselves we help each
other—the children and I.”
~ Pablo Merino

21. Registration Videos
Parents empowering
parents with videos to
facilitate the school
registration process.

22. Implementing RTI with
ENGLISH LEARNERS 1. Clearly defined purpose
Fisher, Frey and 2. Models
Rothenberg (2011) 3. Interaction
describe nine key
elements of effective 4. Guided instruction
instruction for English 5. Focus on language
learners:
6. Culturally responsive curriculum
7. Meaningful & challenging tasks
8. Metacognition
9. Student Choice

23. CCSD 146 Link for Presentation
www.district146.org
Click: Special Services Office
Click: English Language Learning