Topical Resource Guide

OCALI Teaching Diverse Learners Center
Topical Problem of Practice PD Resources List

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Planning/Co-Planning:

Chapter 2: First 8 videos in this chapter - May want to begin with Sorting and Clustering Standards and Using a Unit Building Template

Chapter 3: Designing Learning Environments: Immersion in Tier 1 Content and Vocabulary

Chapter 8: Tiered Planning: Merging Learning Targets with Learner Needs

Chapter 8: Designing Standards Aligned Assessments

Also see the OCALI website for more information on the layers of planning:

https://ocali.org/teaching-diverse-learners-center and

https://ocali.org/TDL_planning

Communication Access Information

Chapter 1: Presuming Competence: Putting LDA into Practice

Chapter 3: Designing Learning Environments for Language and Communication Access

Chapter 4: All pages

Note: Step 5 specifically has videos showing Core Boards and Step 3 walks through the Communication Matrix

Modeling videos from Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Step 5 See video: Introduction to Core Boards

Chapter 4: Step 5 See video: Communication tips and strategies Communication boards

Chapter 4: Step 5 See video: Aided Language Stimulation Explained

Chapter 4: Step 5 See video: Using an Aided Language Support...

Chapter 4: Step 5 See video: One Kids Place Aided Language

Chapter 4: Step 5 See video: Core Language Instruction: Open (whole group modeling)

Chapter 4: Step 3 See video: Dad and Jayden Talking Using PODD (1:1 modeling)

Chapter 6: Language and Communication

Chapter 10: For Accessibility (screening curricular tools) - Screening tools include language and literacy access

Disposition Building Videos

Chapter 1: All

Chapter 8: Integrating Language and Literacy in the Daily Schedule See video: Education for people with intellectual...

Chapter 6: Language and Communication See video: Georgia girl…

Modeling Videos from Chapter 6

Chapter 6: Let's Explore Sound Walls and Word Walls See videos: Communicating my writing with others... and Big Paper writing...

Learner Profile Videos

Chapter 2: Gathering Knowledge About Learner Profiles: Data Collection Tools

Chapter 2: Using Learner Profile Information to Design Instruction

Chapter 2: Communicating with Families About Learners Progress and Needs

Chapter 4: Step 3: Strengths and Challenges aka Learner Profile

Chapter 9: Diagnostic Data Leads to Targeted Intervention

Assessments, Progress Monitoring, Grade Cards & Learning Progressions videos

Chapter 9: Diagnostic Data Leads to Targeted Intervention

Chapter 8: Designing Standards Aligned Assessments

Optional - Chapter 8: Spectrum of Diverse Learners: Tip to Tip

Chapter 8: Using Learning Progressions as Assessment and Data Collection Tools

Chapter 6: Word Recognition Assessment: Screeners and Diagnostics

Chapter 2: Communicating with Families About Learners Progress and Needs (downloads of sample and template grade cards are at the bottom of the page)

Vocabulary

Chapter 2: Identifying Unit Vocabulary

Chapter 2: Unit Literature: Gathering Text Sets

Chapter 3: All include unit vocabulary in the learning environment

Chapter 6: Sound Walls and Word Walls to Support Writing

Chapter 7: Almost all pages (Read-Alouds, Background Knowledge, Vocabulary in Reading and Writing, Vocabulary Tiers I, II, III, all Vocabulary Implementation videos)

Foundational Literacy Skills (phonological awareness, basic and advanced phonics, orthography)

Chapter 5: ALL pages

Chapter 6: ALL pages

Literacy Access Resources Presentation Resource Links

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