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Not all students are lucky enough to have parents who have the time and knowledge to help their children do homework. In addition to not knowing enough English to help their children complete homework assignments, many parents and other caregivers of ELLs have to work during the afternoons and evenings
Quick – after you say hello and get your students settled in your classroom and ready to learn, what’s the next thing you should do? If you said: Go over the written objectives for the lesson, you’re right! You’re probably familiar with the SWABT formula, which is Students Will Be
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/help_others.html?vm=l The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/help_others.html?vm=l I would like to let you
Let’s practice motivation and love, not discrimination and hate. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/hate.html?vm=l Following the events in Charlottesville, Virginia this past weekend, I thought it might be helpful to post some resources you can use with your students to help them address the tragedy and its aftermath. In the references
One of the things I liked most when I was a classroom teacher was collaborating with other teachers. Co-teaching in a mainstream classroom, designing lessons and projects with regular and special ed teachers, discussing the progress — or lack thereof — of ELLs, and jointly figuring out what grades to
Whew! I just got home yesterday from the 4th annual TeachersPayTeachers Conference. Lasting for 3 days, it ran from early Monday afternoon through Wednesday night in Anaheim, California. But since I have family in Los Angeles, I visited my relatives afterwards, which is why I didn’t get home until Sunday.
Continuing with last week’s focus on teaching academic subject matter to English Language Learners, this week I am recommending a textbook series rather than an individual book. Each book in the series deals with an academic subject and I have used 3 of the 5 books with my students. (You
So far, the books in my Summer Reading Recommendations series have dealt with designing effective lessons for English Language Learners. In today’s post, I’d like to get more specific and talk about a book that actually teaches academic subject material. Teaching academic content to ELLs isn’t easy, especially if they
Reading primary sources is hard for ELLs whose language skills are not at an advanced level of proficiency. Teaching about the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and describing the causes, battles, other events, and results of the Revolutionary War can also be difficult because many ELLs don’t have the
I’m taking a break from reviewing professional development books for teachers of ELLs to bring you another post about teaching in a country outside the U.S. This week’s guest post is written by Danielle Lawne, from TpT store Build Your own History. As Ramadan has just ended, I think it’s
Last week, I began a series of blog posts about books that teachers with ELLs in their classes will find useful. The book was about scaffolding materials for ELLs and you can read about it here. This week, I’d like to continue along those lines and discuss a book that
Are you looking to read some professional books during your summer vacation, in between all the fun and relaxing things you will do because you’re not facing a classroom full of children five days a week for the next several weeks? If so, here is the first in a series
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