ELL Objectives: (MPI) Model Performance Indicators

All students are learning the same thing, just in a different way. We can take any topic and make it accessible and meaningful to all ELLs by changing the cognitive function and support in our objectives. WIDA Standard 2: ELLs communicate information, ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of Language Arts (Picture books, Phonemic awareness, Story elements) According to Bloom’s Taxonomy, some variations of verbs can be used to differentiate your objectives. i.e. Understanding: Lower ELL levels: label, name, find, draw, repeat, fill in, match, record, retell, identify Higher ELL levels: memorize, recognize, define, outline, demonstrate, infer, relate, summarize