Instructional Playbook

High-Yield Strategies for Multilingual Learners

High-yield strategies are evidence-based teaching practices that have been shown to significantly enhance student learning and achievement. These strategies are effective for all learners across various subjects and grade levels but are essential for Multilingual Learners. The strategies presented in the toolbox can help you in planning your instruction. Each strategy is designed for different points of a lesson. At the beginning of the lesson, the focus is on preparing and setting the stage for learning. During the middle of the lesson, the emphasis shifts to interacting. At the end of the lesson, the goal is to expand and extend student understanding.

Build relational capacity; create a safe learning environment by fostering positive relationships; have students engage in get-to-know you activities Activate background knowledge; introduce and model new concepts and vocabulary Actively engage learners with peers and a rigorous text to work toward the learning intention and success criteria Build the field or foundation for learning by breaking a text into manageable chunks Provide opportunities for interaction with the text and peers to allow practice of academic language and grade level content and skills

PREPARE

INTERACT

Connect and reflect upon new learnings gained during the lesson to other ideas outside the text Apply new knowledge and skills; involve activities and strategies that ensure students are able to integrate and make sense of new information to solve problems

EXTEND

These strategies can be used interchangeably at different points in a lesson, allowing for flexibility and responsiveness to the needs of students. By adapting strategies, educators can ensure that all students are supported. To help you in determining that support, a language focus or recommendations for scaffolding tasks according to different levels of language proficiency are also included.

EXAMPLES OF HIGH-YIELDING STRATEGIES

PREPARE

INTERACT

EXTEND

DAILY CHECK-IN QSSSA

CLARIFYING BOOKMARK TURN AND TELL FIVE GIMME 5 EXAMPLE/NON-EXAMPLE ENGINEER THE TEXT SKETCH NOTES DYAD READING PROTOCOL WORD, PHRASE, SENTENCE

PHOTO GALLERY CONNECT! MODIFIED ASSESSMENTS

SEE-THINK-WONDER SORT-GROUP-LABEL ANTICIPATORY GUIDE NOVEL IDEAS 4 CORNERS GRAFFITI WALL

*Adapted from Walqui, A., & van Lier, L. (2010). Scaffolding the academic success of adolescent English language learners: A pedagogy of promise .