Planning Accessible, Phenomena-Driven Instruction for ELs

In today's linguistically diverse classrooms, teachers need to engage and support English learners in accessing rigorous science content. One of the most powerful ways to make science accessible for English Learners is to contextualize it in relevant phenomena. Join Dr. Alexis Rutt and the Science For All Committee for a webinar highlighting how to use phenomena-driven science instruction to teach SOL-required, abstract vocabulary and science concepts in linguistically diverse classrooms. In this session, you will experience a model lesson and learn the basics of phenomena-driven science before brainstorming phenomena to contextualize their own instruction. While this session is targeted at science teachers at any grade level who are working with English learners, many of the strategies are useful for teaching science content to all learners.

Speaker: Dr. Alexis Rutt, James Madison University