Teachers in Delta are inquiring into the ways they support language acquisition. The inquiries are collaborations between Kindergarten classroom teachers, and in many cases the ELL specialist teachers who support their students. The project also includes French Immersion teachers.
The purpose of the inquiry is to deepen our capacity to provide responsive in-class support to all of our language learners in Kindergarten. We have used district funds to release teachers to come together with their school teams to:
1. Establish shared understandings between Early Childhood and Second Language specialists;
2. Co-plan how they will collaborate to support language learning and;
3. Share their school based inquiries with other teachers.
We are using a blog to both share information and document the professional learning of the participating school groups. Our materials and process can be viewed at the following link
Teaching the Acquisition of Language in Kindergarten Blog
We are also focusing on the development of oral language in NW but with a focus on oral language. Thank you for sharing this.
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