ELLs+&+HOT+skills


 * On this page, we tackle the myth that English language learners and higher order thinking skills are incompatible!**

a. Think about how you can support your individual ELLs' needs to develop their language and academic skills. b. Discuss and formulate learning goals and objectives for a lesson of your choice (interdisciplinary or single content). c. Create a specific unit/lesson with activities and assessment that incorporate tasks from each of the 4 quadrants!
 * //Task 1://** Take a look at the Student Support Schema below.



a. Reflect on and discuss examples how each of the skills can be successfully incorporated into differentiated instruction! b. Referring back to the Student Support Schema above, think about which of the higher level thinking skills can be embedded in learning tasks that support BICS and CALP development. c. Create and discuss examples for each of the core content areas and electives such as World Languages, Computer, Arts, Music, Health, etc. For more information click on
 * //Task 2://** Click on Bloom's Taxonomy and take a look a the thinking skills pyramid.