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EP227 — Data-Driven Instruction for ELLs: What to Do With the Data You Already Have

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EP227 — Data-Driven Instruction for ELLs: What to Do With the Data You Already Have

October 23, 2026

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The Language Lens

The Language Lens for Content Classrooms with Author and Educator Sarah Ottow

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One picture. Three questions. Every level speaking

One picture. Three questions. Every level speaking. 🎯

This is how you get your whole group talking without planning three lessons.

Save this. Share it with every teacher in your building who works with ELLs. 📌

DM me ROUTINES for a sample of our speaking routines. 💬

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3 ways to check understanding in 5 minutes, no wor

3 ways to check understanding in 5 minutes, no worksheet needed. ✅

Each one shows you what they understand and what they can produce in English.

Save this for your next lesson. 📌

DM me RUBRICS for the free language domain rubrics. 💬

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Five minutes, the Can Do Descriptors, and your les

Five minutes, the Can Do Descriptors, and your lesson plan. 👇

If the task doesn't match the level, keep the content and thinking at grade level and adjust only the language demand.

🎧 EP225. Link in bio.

Sometimes it's not the student. It's one piece of

Sometimes it's not the student. It's one piece of the system we're teaching inside. 👇

The ELL Success Cycle quiz takes a couple of minutes. It shows you whether your biggest gap is knowing WHO your students are, WHAT to teach, HOW to teach it, or WHEN to check progress.

DM me QUIZ and I'll send it over.

Think of the one student you keep coming back to.

Think of the one student you keep coming back to. 👇

If you had to guess right now, which one is getting in the way?

A) Their level is misidentified
B) We're working on the wrong domain
C) The scaffold is too high or too low
D) Something outside school is heavy right now
E) The support stops at my classroom door

Just drop the letter. There's no wrong answer, and you are definitely not the only one with that student.

🎧 EP226 in bio.

composite score is an average, and your student do

composite score is an average, and your student doesn't write at an average. 👇

When a student seems stuck, check their actual production in the one domain you're worried about against the Can Do Descriptors. If it doesn't match the label, that's your first adjustment.

I made a one-page, simplified version of the Can Do Descriptors you can use this week. DM me WIDA and it's yours.

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The student you keep coming back to probably isn't

The student you keep coming back to probably isn't stuck. Something specific is getting in the way. 👇

Swipe through the five barriers I see most often, then pick the one that sounds most like your student. That one barrier gets one targeted move this week.

🎧 The full process is in EP226. Link in bio.

First year teaching ELLs? Start here. 👋 You don't

First year teaching ELLs? Start here. 👋

You don't need to know everything on day one. You need a few strategies that work, and a place to come back to when you're not sure what to try next.

The Go-To Guide for Successfully Teaching ELLs gives you the basics in one quick read, so you can walk into class feeling ready.

DM me GUIDE and I'll send you the free PDF. 💬

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