{"id":1890,"date":"2021-02-01T07:47:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T15:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/?p=1890"},"modified":"2021-02-01T07:47:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T15:47:42","slug":"monday-mash-up-february-1st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/monday-mash-up-february-1st\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Mash-Up February 1st"},"content":{"rendered":"

United National International Mother Language Day<\/h2>\n

February 21st is the UN\u2019s International Mother Language Day. Consider how you can discuss, share and promote mother\/home languages with your students. According to the UN, approximately 43% of the world\u2019s 6000 languages
\nare endangered. The UN also notes that \u201clanguages are the most\u00a0 powerful instruments of preserving and developing our tangible and intangible heritage.\u201d We hope this leads to interesting and meaningful conversations with your
\nstudents.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/mother-language-day<\/a><\/p>\n

Every Teacher is a Language Teacher<\/h2>\n

Sentence Frames<\/h2>\n

Having sentence frames for both oral and written answers is one way to provide content to all levels of language learners. They provide explicit modelling of academic language and can be leveled to provide access for all.<\/p>\n

First, use sentences that have a language function such as sequencing, comparing and contrasting, or describing. Then write the sentences for various abilities on the board with the target vocabulary.<\/p>\n

Example of contrasting sentence frames<\/h5>\n

Beginning<\/strong>: “Plants are living. Rocks are non-living.”\u00a0 ______________ are living. _____________ are non-living.<\/em> (simple sentences)<\/p>\n

Expanding<\/strong>: “Plants are living, yet rock are non-living” _______________ are living, (but, yet, although) _____________ are non-living.” (compound sentence)<\/p>\n

Bridging<\/strong>: “The main difference between plants and rocks is that plants are living organisms while rocks and nonliving substances.” The main difference between _____________________ and _______________ is that ____________________________ while _____________________________________________________.<\/p>\n

Image from: Valentina Gonzalez https:\/\/elementaryenglishlanguagelearners.weebly.com\/blog\/sentence-stems-or-sentence-frames<\/a><\/p>\n

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United National International Mother Language Day February 21st is the UN\u2019s International Mother Language Day. Consider how you can discuss, share and promote mother\/home languages with your students. According to the UN, approximately 43% of the world\u2019s 6000 languages are endangered. The UN also notes that \u201clanguages are the most\u00a0 powerful instruments of preserving and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8607,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1890"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8607"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1890"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1893,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1890\/revisions\/1893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}