EDU 659 week 2 Discussion 1

Week 2 - Discussion 1

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

“To have another language is to possess a second soul”
‒Charlemagne

Before a student can master writing, there has to first be some level of oral language proficiency. Therefore, teaching and assessing English Language Learners on oral language is the first step in assimilating into the traditional American classroom. Review the Student Oral Language Observation Matrix (SOLOM) article as well as the assigned textbook reading, then explain how you would use this information to drive instruction and continual informal, formative assessment  in your current language arts classroom or a language arts classroom you can see yourself teaching in the near future.

Guided Response: Review your classmates’ posts and respond to at least three. After reading their responses, do your own independent research and include two additional suggestions for incorporating oral language development and informal, formative assessment into the classroom environment posted. Be sure to include the APA citation where you found this information for your classmate to use for future reference.