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Online Tutoring: Beyond the Basics - May 4th, 2020

With Eric Dodson

Made possible by the Portland Literacy Council

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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Agenda and Reminders

Communication + Routines

Needs Assessment

Literacy and reading skills

Writing and grammar

Speaking, Listening, Discussion

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Agenda and Reminders

Communication + Routines

Needs Assessment

Literacy and reading skills

Writing and grammar

Speaking, Listening, Discussion

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Framework for online learning in this time

Connection
Collaboration
Comprehension
Comfort

Photo by Harry Cunningham on Unsplash

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Connecting remotely and online

Reminders and follow-ups

Meet students where they are

Mobile Phone by OpenClipart-Vectors on Pixabay

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Additional Phone Number - Google Voice

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Routines

Start of class

Familiar activities

End of class

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Class:

Teacher:

Date:

Day:

Time:

Room:

Phone:

Website:

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End of Class

Did you practice:

Asking and answering questions
Civics information
Reading
Writing

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Think, Pair, Share - and take notes, please!

What ways of communicating, reminding, and following up with your learners work well?

What routines might be helpful with your learners?

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Needs Assessment - What do you want to know?

Question by Pixabay user Jambulboy

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Ways of assessing

By phone

By surveys/forms

In class

Question by Pixabay user Jambulboy

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Literacy (and general language) activity: LEA

LEA = Language Experience Activity

Start: oral language, shared experience

Elicit language, write, display

Collaborate on sentences

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Image shared by Pixabay user azzy_roth

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Literacy Focus

Finding sounds

Discriminating sounds

Repeating common words and spellings

Reading together

Collaborative writing: student stories

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Reading (high-beginner and up)

Activate knowledge and experience

Pre-teach vocabulary or new concepts

Check comprehension

Find ways to extend it beyond reading

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Writing and Grammar

Low tech: dictations, photos of writing

Medium-tech: sending texts, emails

High-tech: using sites like Google Docs, Padlet

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padlet.com/pccesol/plc2

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Grammar

Digital Workbook for Beginning ESOL

Understanding English Grammar (Azar) presentations

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Communication

Question protocol - “Can you ask___?”

Breakout rooms

Sharing objects, room tours

New topics

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