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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
I recently wrote about companies and organizations that honored teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week. Teachers absolutely deserve attention for their hard work, not just during one special week but throughout the year and in as many forms as possible. I’ve also written about telling custodians how much they are appreciated
Eastern Europe is a part of the world I’ve always wanted to visit because that is my ethnic heritage. My paternal grandmother emigrated from what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire and other relatives came from other countries, so I know a little about those places. However, I have no experience
Schools nowadays often give reading and math assignments that students are required to do during their summer vacation. My school in Massachusetts had lists of books for each grade level, starting at Grade 3, and students had to choose 2 books to read and then complete 2 of the tasks
ELLs are probably more at risk of summer learning loss than other students if they don’t have sustained exposure to the English language during their summer vacations. But what can teachers do to mitigate this? Join Laurah and me this coming Sunday, May 21st, and find out about some Technology
Yesterday in the #ELLEdTech chat, Laurah and I discussed technology tools for helping newcomers, which we defined as English Language Learners from other countries who have very low proficiency levels of English. Teaching these students is challenging, especially if they arrive in the middle of the school year and it
How does your school district define newcomer students? Are they immigrants who don’t know any English? Are they students from foreign countries who know some English already but are not yet proficient? Do SLIFE (students with limited formal education) fit in this category or are they a separate group of
