Home 0 Aiming High Briefs Aiming High Briefs Published between 2005 and 2010, the Aiming High Briefs focused on strategies for improving instruction for English Learners and provided resources for implementation and further study. Monitoring Language Proficiency | Jan-Feb 2010 Formative assessment strategies in instructional programs for English learners are explored in this Aiming High Brief. This Formative Assessment Recording Tool (pdf) is referenced in the Brief. Read Listen Developing Language Objectives | Jan-Feb 2009This Aiming High Brief on developing language objectives is accompanied by a video showing a kindergarten ELD lesson developed and taught with overt language goals. Two sample lesson plans are also provided: Kindergarten ELD Lesson Plan (pdf) and Grade 3 Science SDAIE Lesson Plan (pdf) Read Listen Watch ×Close Developing Language Objectives Loading the player... Archive Using Formative Assessment to Monitor Language Proficiency | Jan-Feb 2010 School Talk: Communicating with the Parents of English Learners | Nov 2009 Structuring Language Instruction for Stalled English Learners | Not available Developing & Delivering Lessons with Overt Language Objectives | Jan-Feb 2009 School & Classroom Structures for ELD | Oct 2008 Using Research to Improve EL Achievement | Dec 2007 Is it Time for a Newcomer Program? | May 2007 Structuring Effective ELD Instruction, Tonya Ward Singer | May 2007 Deconstructing Language, Vanessa Girard & Pam Spycher | Mar 2007 Effective Instruction for English Learners, Margarita Calderón | Oct 2006 Making Mathematics Accessible to English Learners | Apr 2006 Providing Language Instruction, Susana Dutro | Jan 2006 Teaching Academic Vocabulary, Kate Kinsella | Nov 2005 Preparing for Effective Vocabulary Instruction, Kate Kinsella | Oct 2005 Designs for Learning: The Story of Success | Apr 2005 AVID, Advancement Via Individual Determination | Mar 2005 Thinking Maps: Strategy-Based Learning | Feb 2005 Role of Language in Academic Development | Jan 2005
