Finding Variations in Living Organisms

SCENARIO ________________________________________ View the following required videos: Finding Variations in Living Organisms: An Integrated ELD Lesson https://lrps.wgu.edu/provision/189392643 Making a Claim About Variation: Designated ELD: Practice using academic language in a small group, Grade 2, Science/ELL https://lrps.wgu.edu/provision/189392663 Foundational Literacy Skills with Newcomers, Grades 9-12, ELA/ELL https://lrps.wgu.edu/provision/189392493 Lit Circles: Fostering Heterogeneous Collaboration, Grades 9-12, ELA/ELL https://lrps.wgu.edu/provision/189392688 Each of the videos build on one another. Pay particular attention to each of the following elements and whether they were used by the coach or teacher in the lessons they presented: • nonlinguistic strategies, such as visuals, gestures, demonstrations, and hands-on experiences in instruction • tasks that allow EL students to develop authentic use of language • a student-centered rather than a teacher-centered learning environment