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These lessons evolve from the learning objectives.</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </div> </section> <section class="content component usn_cmp_text base-bg base-bg-solid pb-0 " > <div class="component-inner"> <div class="container"><div class="row justify-content-center"><div class="content-col center-col col">  <div class="component-introduction row justify-content-start text-left " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s"> <div class="info col"> <h3 class="heading base-heading " >Some Practices for Principle 3</h3> </div> </div>  <div class="info "> <div class="text base-text " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s"> <p><strong>Teachers use comprehensible input to convey information to students.<br /><br /></strong>Comprehensible input is of primary importance for progress in the target language. Whether oral or written, comprehensible input helps English learners understand the meaning of the communication. Teachers scaffold the language input in multiple ways to aid learner perception and promote understanding.</p> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </div> </section> <section class="content component usn_cmp_text base-bg base-bg-solid pt-0 " > <div class="component-inner"> <div class="container"><div class="row justify-content-center"><div class="content-col center-col col">  <div class="component-introduction row justify-content-start text-left " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s"> <div class="info col"> </div> </div>  <div class="info "> <div class="text base-text " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s"> <div class="sfContentBlock"> <p><strong>Teachers communicate clear instructions to carry out the learning task.</strong></p> <p>Teachers use and teach consistent classroom management practices and routines throughout the school year in an effort to help students understand what is expected of them in a classroom and throughout a lesson. Teachers use simple directions with patterned language that they repeat each time.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </div> </section> <section class="content component usn_cmp_gridlayout c2-bg c2-bg-solid pt-0 " > <div class="component-inner"> <div class="container"><div class="row justify-content-center"><div class="content-col center-col col">  <div class="component-introduction row justify-content-start text-left " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s"> <div class="info col"> <h3 class="heading c2-heading " >Scaffolding for Comprehensibility</h3> <div class="text c2-text"> <p>(Excerpt from<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://bookstore.tesol.org/the-6-principles-for-exemplary-teaching-of-english-learners---products-9781945351303.php" target="_blank" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="["5f2339fd94508af783453f5b"]">The 6 Principles for Exemplary Teaching of English Learners®: Grades K-12</a>)</p> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="" data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s"> <div class="umb-grid"> <div class="grid-section"> <div > <div class="container"> <div class="row clearfix"> <div class="col-md-4 column"> <div > <h6 style="text-align: left;"><span class="sm">Scaffolding for Comprehensibility</span></h6> <ul> <li>Gesturing and using facial expressions</li> <li>Illustrating and using visuals</li> <li>Relying on high-frequency vocabulary</li> <li>Embedding definitions and explanations</li> <li>Providing or asking for L1 translation</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 column"> <div > <h6>Explanatory Devices for Comprehensibility</h6> <ul> <li>Visual aids</li> <li>Audio supports and other multimedia</li> <li>Bilingual glossaries</li> <li>Picture dictionaries</li> <li>Simplified English or home language summaries</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 column"> <div > <h6>Modeling and Demonstration</h6> <ul> <li>Targeting and modeling the appropriate language register (academic language vs. social language; word choice)</li> <li>Providing demonstrations of language in use (e.g., model student essays, sample completed projects)</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </div> </section> <section class="content component usn_cmp_gallery base-bg base-bg-solid " > <div class="component-inner"> <div class="container">  <div class="component-introduction row justify-content-start text-left " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s"> <div class="info col"> <p class="heading base-heading " >The 6 Principles writing team member Linda New Levine on Principle 3</p> </div> </div>  <div class="component-main row listing listing_basic-grid listing_gallery" > <div class="item items-1 col-12 " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s"> <a aria-haspopup="dialog" role="button" data-toggle="lightbox" data-gallery="galleryname_357a45d2-a721-40a4-ba9f-d2305352b134" data-width="1350"> <div class="image video"> <picture> <img class="lazyload " src="/media/fmvdz1nc/linda-new-levine-video.png?width=160&height=120&rnd=133214024983700000" width="1600" height="1200" data-srcset="/media/fmvdz1nc/linda-new-levine-video.png?width=800&height=600&rnd=133214024983700000 1x, /media/fmvdz1nc/linda-new-levine-video.png?width=1600&height=1200&rnd=133214024983700000 2x" alt=""> </picture> <div class="overlayicon"> <i aria-hidden="true" class="icon usn_ion-md-play"></i> </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="content component usn_cmp_text base-bg base-bg-solid pb-0 " > <div class="component-inner"> <div class="container"><div class="row justify-content-center"><div class="content-col center-col col"> <div class="info "> <div class="text base-text " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s"> <h3>Classroom Activities That Support Principle 3</h3> <p>Try these activities from books in the popular <a href="https://bookstore.tesol.org/search-pages-21.php?search_term=new+ways&go=Search">New Ways Series</a> from <a href="https://bookstore.tesol.org/">TESOL Press</a>!</p> <ul> <li><strong><a rel="noopener" href="/media/lvkl4vgy/word-clouds_full.pdf" target="_blank" title="Word Clouds Full">Word Cloud</a></strong></li> <li><strong><a rel="noopener" href="/media/zfndwn0i/learner-access-to-assessment_full.pdf" target="_blank" title="Learner Access To Assessment Full">Learner Access to Assessment</a></strong></li> </ul> <p>Try these activities from the <a rel="noopener" href="#" target="_blank" title="TESOL Resource Center" data-anchor="#">TESOL Resource Center</a>.</p> <ul> <li>Communicative Competence and Performance: Getting Young Learners to Use the Target Language</li> <li>The Eight Planets Orbiting the Sun</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </div> </section> <section class="content component usn_cmp_text base-bg base-bg-solid " > <div class="component-inner"> <div class="container">  <div class="component-introduction row justify-content-start text-left " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s"> <div class="info col"> <p class="heading base-heading " >Beyond the classroom, teachers address Principle 3 in other ways</p> <div class="text base-text"> <p><strong>Develop and Review Curricula, Materials, and Assessments</strong></p> <ul> <li>Teachers of English learners can help to improve curricula, materials, and assessments in several ways. At the state level, they can serve on curriculum development committees, helping to develop or revise English language frameworks or standards. They may participate in state-level efforts to infuse language development and English learner–appropriate teaching techniques into grade-level and content-area frameworks</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Teachers of English learners may also design or review district formative and summative assessments or create rubrics for measuring student progress, taking into consideration the different English proficiency levels that students exhibit.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="info "> <div class="text base-text " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s"> <p><strong>Establish a Culture of Shared Responsibility</strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><strong>School Principals and Assistant Principals<br /></strong><br />To fully embrace your position as educational leader of your school, read all the chapters in The 6 Principles for Exemplary Teaching of English Learners so that you are well versed in what constitutes a high-quality instructional program for English learners.</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><br /><strong>Colleagues</strong><br /><br />Show your colleagues strategies and techniques that integrate content and language instruction and allow English learners at all levels of English proficiency to have access to and participate in grade-level, standards-based instruction.<br /><br /><strong>Reading Specialists and Instructional Coaches<br /><br /></strong></p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>Adopt research-based approaches to the teaching of reading and writing in a second language, and make sure that these approaches are in use in all instruction settings in which English learners participate.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>Promote professional learning at your school related to the effective education of English learners, focusing on teaching strategies, materials, and programs.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>Offer teachers well-selected materials to enhance learning for English learners and guide them in selecting or adapting instructional materials for students of varied proficiency levels. 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