Class on 2/23

I think it is important to note the differences in opinions on how to rate the ESL students in the video presented in class. This was a good reminder as to how critical it is for students to receive multiple methods of assessment when being placed in ESL classes or other services. It also clearly illustrates why I hate giving grades: no matter how straight-forward I try to make my assessments, there is almost always some inherent bias or human error to deal with.

I appreciated the opportunity to peruse through the various teaching/learning materials in the back of the library. I can't say I would have ever gone through there on my own. I held conferences in the basement of the library today near the GLL and several students commented that they didn't even know that area of the library existed. A couple of students were late because they had been looking for me by the Learning Center (even though I explicitely stated in an email I had sent out last week that there was a difference). Anyway, it is always nice to know what is available at a school one teaches at.

So I'm getting an opportunity to present to my classmates in the Emergent Literacy class I'm taking. I am presenting ideas on how they (mostly Early Childhood or Elementary Education undergraduate students) can support student's L1 in their classroom while also developing their L2. Anybody have any suggestions on ideas I should include? I've done some research on why it is important for them to do so, now I just need to support it with how do do so.