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Creating classroom assessments that fairly and appropriately evaluate what English Language Learners have learned about a subject is crucial. But when you’re teaching an academic subject, designing differentiated assessments for ELLs at various levels of language proficiency may seem very time-consuming. Although there is certainly some work involved when designing
Parent communication is crucial for teachers working with English Language Learners. But for the first couple of years that I taught at my K-8 school, almost none of the parents of my English Learners came to my classroom during our Open Houses at the beginning of the year or for
Building positive student teacher relationships at the beginning of a new school year is like playing in a table tennis tournament for the first time. When I played in my first official tournament a few weeks ago, it reminded me of how Multilingual Learners of English and other students feel
Did you know there are more than 600 varieties of strawberries? Or that strawberries are part of the rose family of plants? That they have more Vitamin C than oranges? That in the Indigenous Narragansett language, the word for “strawberries” is wuttáhminneash, which means “heart-shaped berries”? And that a strawberry
Summer is the time when many teachers decompress but it’s also when they have time to participate in professional development. So I’m excited to invite you to an upcoming virtual conference for educators about empowering English Language Learner students! The conference will be held on July 14 – July 16
This is the time of year when many teachers consider retaining ESL students. But retention of English Learners is problematic. Let’s look at why you might think keeping an ELL back for a year is a good idea, then see what the research says. Source: The ESL Nexus Reasons for
The month-long Muslim holiday of Ramadan began recently. I’ve created some free Ramadan decorations for you as well as for Eid al-Fitr, which occurs at the end of Ramadan. The link to download them is below. Grab your freebie HERE; source: The ESL Nexus When you use these decorations, you’ll
Have you been having a hard time lately finding the products you need when searching on TPT? If the answer is yes, I want to give you a couple tips that will hopefully make your search results easier and faster. Tip #1: Use Quotation Marks When you type a phrase
Do you know when crossword puzzles and word search puzzles were invented? It’s much later than you probably think! Read on to find out when they were first created, why crossword puzzles and word search puzzles are useful for students, and how they can help teachers. Source: The ESL Nexus
To wrap up 2022, I’d like to share a few professional development opportunities with upcoming deadlines that may be of interest. Two are for English Language educators and one is for geography teachers. They’re listed in order of application deadline. Also, I hope you all enjoy a relaxing and rejuvenating
The first time I encountered a land acknowledgment was in the closing credits of Mystery Road, an Australian TV show. It said the show was filmed on the lands of three Indigenous Australian communities and the producers thanked the traditional owners. The next time I heard of this practice was
I was at a Halloween party this afternoon and we did a trivia game about the holiday. I decided to adapt it into a fun Halloween activity you can do with your students. This free resource includes 15 questions about Halloween in 2 versions. The first version includes all the
