Meeting All Learners' Needs, Part 2
Initial Assessment and Grouping Strategies
May 2008
Session 1: Teacher Share - Varying the Tasks
Cathy C. Shank and Lynda R. Terrill (REEP), Teaching Multilevel Adult ESL Classes (CAELA, May 1995)
http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/digests/SHANK.html
Session 2: Initial Assessment
Level Descriptors: 100 | 150 | 200 | 250 | 300 | 350 | 400 | 450 | 550
Oral Skills and Checklists: Chart (doc)
Assessment Tips, Jeanne Radday presenter: Chart 1 | Chart 2 (pdf)
Session 3: Grouping Strategies
Groups: Like-Ability and Cross-Ability chart (pdf)
Grouping Strategies Tips (doc) (pdf)
Listening Jigsaw: Handout (doc)(pdf) | wiki page
> http://listeningjigsaw.pbwiki.com/
How to record sound in Power Point
> http://iit.bloomu.edu/vthc/PowerPoint/Sound/record.htm
Peer Dictation: Handout (doc)(pdf)
Narrative Reading Groups: Handout (doc)(pdf)