When MLs interact w/ each other to learn, they shift from just learning the rules of a language to USING the language to communicate.

We've been practicing complex sentence structures all year. Now we work on writing sentence-sentence transitions..

Trying to teach sentence-sentence transitions, a complex sentence, & appositives with this structure. - We'll read 1 chapter - Ss work together to complete the paragraph stem. This will be the most complex series of sentences they have written this year.

IT WORKED! - I taught Ss transition words to make their sentences complex - Now I'm using the same words to teach sentence-sentence transitions This photo is of the writing task to process the chapter. The second one is the unedited paragraph an ML produced.

I'm trying something new: - putting subordinating conjunction words Ss have already learned together - Then let them pick which one to use and finish the intentionally sparse paragraph frame

It's coming in September!! Our book about collaborative assessment is now on the Corwin website!

I'm working on creating vocb tasks connected to our 1st unit (discrimination). 1 of the words is "remain". I asked Gemini AI this question. Now I'll use the sentences to draft questions. My first one is "What do you hope remains the same about our school in 100 years"

Day 4 of co-teaching. Saw an opportunity to translanguage while reading.

Dr. Ruslana Westerlund shares how we can apprentice MLs to writing. She turns principles into classroom-ready practice! tinyurl.com/4bmazzw4

- Instead of assigning writing, co-write w/ MLs (we do) - Then put them in pairs to co-write (you & a partner) - Then have them write independently (you do alone)

Our newest #ELL strategy is all about using "wait time" and features a fantastic infographic from 🌍 ναℓєηтιηα gσηzαℓєz, with extra tips from Tan K Huynh (he/his) 🇱🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈 and @easkelton. Feel free to bookmark & share this strategy w/ colleagues! (Image reprinted w/ permission) colorincolorado.org/teaching-ells/…

I'm using this structure to teach complex sentences. - bold is my prompt - Ss write separate sentences - then put them together with ",and"

Look at all the ways we can use a sentence-patterning chart for newcomers (inspired by the one and only @KatieToppel. - simple sentence structure - verb phrases - incorporating details from content

I HAVE to get better at teaching my MLs to organize their paragraphs in an essay. I created this sorting activity for them to sort the sequence of their essay.

Trying this sentence combining approach to teach students to write a Cause-Effect sentence starting with Because/ Since / Due to. Will let you know how it goes.

I'm exploring using the sentence-combining approach to teach complex sentence structure with a subordinating conjunction.

The first unit, we worked on learning these sentence combining structures. At the end of the unit, students are now using them to write a summary paragraph to scaffold their ability to summarize.

I've been experimenting since August with this approach to teaching academic writing at the sentence level. It has been so effective with my MLs.

I had Chris on the podcast, and if the book is anything like his podcast episode, it's going to be amazing!

Valentina Gonzalez recently wrote this fabulous book on teaching MLs. Bonus it was co-written with THE Dr. Douglas Fisher + Dr. Nancy Frey. I was honored to invite her about her recent book on my podcast: tinyurl.com/5n89m4kc