1. Extra Support for the Struggling Learners in Chinese Immersion
Hsiu Halligan FLAP assessment assistant
Yuying Chen 2nd Grade Chinese Lead teacher

2. What students need more
support at Yu Ying?
Students who are:
• Challenged in Chinese
• new to the school and have never learned Chinese
before
• modified RTI model

3. How are the struggling learners
identified?
Struggling students are identified by:
• their results on the CIRCLE (Comprehensive Immersion
Resources for Chinese Language Education)
Assessments
• teacher collected data from in-class assessments or
class work

4. CIRCLE sample

5. How are the struggling learners
identified?

6. How do we provide support for
struggling students?
Two methods:
• school wide "pull out" support
• additional "in class" support

7. Pull Out Support Through
Booster Groups
Booster Groups are designed to
• help bring struggling students up to the proficient level
• change each trimester or earlier based on student
progress
• focus on reading, writing, listening and speaking

8. Booster Groups Program
Details
Booster Group:
• Support is provided by a staff member whose main role
is to support struggling learners in Chinese
• Students are provided the additional support during the
LA block
• Quick assessment to track students' progress

9. How to record the students'
progress ?

10. How to record the students'
progress?

11. Pull Out Support Through
Booster Groups
Booster Groups:
• 30 minute lesson plans are used (Yu Ying created)
• Student groups range from 1 on 1 to 3-4 students

12. K-4th Booster Group Program
Booster Group activities consist of:
o flash card review games
o character fun time

13. K-4th Booster Group Program
Booster Group activities consist of:
o hand writing practice

14. K-4th Booster Group Program
Booster Group activities consist of:
o reading stories
o speaking lots of Chinese

15. Differentiated Instruction for the Struggling
Learners in the Chinese Classroom

16. Differentiated Instruction for the Struggling
Learners in the Chinese Classroom
• Listening & Speaking
• Build confidence
• Provide support to allow them to produce Chinese with their higher
performing peers

17. Differentiated Instruction for
the Struggling Learners in the
• Chinese Classroom
Goal: Reinforce the meaningful connection between the oral and written language with the content
being studied.

18. Differentiated Instruction for the Struggling
Learners in the Chinese Classroom
• Hand Writing Practice to build their fluency in
writing.

19. Struggling Learners in the Chinese
Classroom-Writing Program
• Goal: To have students make the connection from
oral to written language using oral sentences that
they already know.

20. Differentiated Instruction for the Struggling
Learners in the Chinese Classroom

21. 谢 谢！