#94. What Learning a New Language Taught Me
“For your homework, you will write a story about whatever you want and share it with your...
#93. Helping MLs Tell Their Stories: A district-wide unit
Marta tweeted a picture of her 4-day unit about helping ELLs tell their stories. I was so...
#92. Emotional Scaffolds: Reducing Barriers to Comprehension
When we think about scaffolding instruction for ELs, we often refer to using strategies that...
#91. Language Scaffolds: Lowering the Barriers to Comprehension
One of my most viewed posts is on the three main types of scaffolding: sensory, interactive,...
#90. Staying on Track: Assessing Throughout the Teaching
Review often happens at the end of the unit. However, teachers are often surprised when ELs...
#89. Beyond Delivering Lessons: Engineering Student Interactions
I once stayed up until 1 AM to create an activity for my students the next day. I spent the...
#88. Creating with Content: Moving Beyond Memorizing to Applying
In well-intentioned but low-quality programs for English learners (ELs), we often see ELs...
#87. Get Them Talking: Structuring Student Interactions
James Britton says, “Reading ‘floats on a sea of talk’” (1970, p.164). I would like to add...
#86. How to Foster Student Independence: 3 SIOP Learning Strategies
When I first started teaching ELs, a mentor teacher said, “Our job is to put ourselves out of a...