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10 Perfect Books to Learn about Holidays Around the World
December is a great time of year to provide many opportunities to discuss cultural festivities and build cultural respect for one another. Use this month…
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- Language Domains ·
How to turn any book into a listening center (A video tutorial)
Finding activities for your ELLs to do independently can be tricky, but why not make the most of your time and set up some independent…
- Newcomers ·
How to teach the ABCs to your ELLs
There are a lot of questions swirling around the topic of how to best teacher Newcomers the English alphabet. Should we start right away even…
- Lesson Planning ·
The Power Behind Progress Monitoring
We spend countless hours planning lessons to not just cover content standards, but language standards as well. The juggling act of managing it all is…
- Language Domains ·
How to Easily Differentiate Your Read Aloud
Read alouds are one of my favorite times of the day. There is so much that can happen during that simple activity, and today I…
- Language Domains ·
How to make the most of your guided reading time with ELLs
Watch this 13 minute coaching video where I walk you through how to maximize your guided reading lesson with ELLs. I’ll walk through the essential…
- Newcomers ·
5 ways to use pictures to scaffold content
Often times in Facebook groups I see teachers asking for help with how to support ELLs, and many times the advice is use pictures. That’s…
- Lesson Planning ·
How to easily differentiate your lesson plans to support ELLs.
Content objectives, language objectives, and scaffolding… oh my! Lesson planning with ELLs in mind can be overwhelming, to say the least, but today I’m sharing…
- Classroom Community ·
10 Tips for teachers that are new to teaching ELLs!
The best advice comes from those on the frontlines! I’m thankful for this wonderful community of educators and the wealth of knowledge constantly shared with…