I don’t believe in “bad kids”. I believe in struggling kids, confused kids, overwhelmed kids, terrified kids, and kids who need explicit skills instruction and other supports in order to successfully meet my expectations. I believe in kids.

Support #ELL vocabulary growth with digital dictionaries that include visuals and audio! Here's a quick example I made in Adobe Spark – now Adobe Creative Cloud Express adobe.ly/31WDAH4 #ELLEdTech #ELLchat #teachertalk @PGCPSESOL

Jigsaw puzzles are a great way for children to develop their spatial thinking and problem-solving skills. Try making one yourself at home! DIY Puzzles Develop Spatial Thinking earlymath.erikson.edu/diy-puzzles-ma…

Excited to participate in OELA ASKNCELA1 Webinar "Teacher Collaboration: Aligning Content and Language Instruction." #LanguageLearning is essential achieving #ContentStandards #ELLs #OELA #ELTeacherCollaboration #ContentLanguage #ESOLEngaged

In order to ensure that our parents understand, you share it in the language that is most comfortable. #kidsfirst #Parents #PartnershipsWork Lila Walker, Ed.D Dr. Helen Coley Bryan Swann Dr. Nikī’ Newman-Brown @ESOLSpecialist Tracey Smith

❤️❤️❤️Using drawings to share, explain, reason, justify! Across content areas! Yes, drawing on paper is still effective during virtual distance learning! Effective for #ELLs @PGCPSESOL #3KeyESOLStrategies PGCPSK5Math

❤️"This or That"! It can be modified in so many ways & applied across content areas 2support #contentlearning #languagelearning. 👇Example - What a great way 2teach & reinforce the use of contrasting language structures & indicators #ELLs #ESOLStudents

❤️ "For the Birds" activity Esther Park; ❤️use of short videos PixarAnimation. ❤️Google Jamboard 2create activities 2Engage Ss work collaboratively & engage Ts during #RetellingPD at Vansville Elementary School #ELLs #ESOLStudents #ESOLTeachers @PGCPSESOL @ESOLSpecialist #ESOLEngaged

If you’re a #generaled teacher, you won’t want to miss this opportunity to hear from teachers just like you who have met the challenge of serving #ELLs during the pandemic and want to share what they’ve learned. RSVP now: bit.ly/VoicesFromtheF… #ELs_Can

Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you. Mother Teresa.

At our @PGCPSESOL department chair meeting, we really dug into the performance definitions and looked at examples of productive and receptive language at each level. Here's what teachers "took away" #ESOLengaged

How The Navajo Nation Is Transforming Math Education. “where local & international researchers exchange math ideas & study the best ways of teaching mathematics to Indigenous people.” #mathequity forbes.com/sites/juliabro…

Vocabulary is at the heart of strong literacy skills and effective communication! It's essential for #ELLs in developing speaking, writing, reading, & writing (#SWRL) across content areas nearpod.com/blog/4-benefit… via Nearpod

Amazing conversations during Beacon Heights_PGCPS Pre-K & K collab meeting today abt: (1) being sensitive 2home environments and (2) ways to engage young learners #ELLs & promote participation through movement, visuals, puppetry 3 Key ##ESOL Strategies in action! PGCPS @PGCPSESOL

Yesterday was amazing day of #ESOL Ss #ELLs #DataAnalysis w/Grades 5 & 6 #CollabPlanning LangleyParkMcCormick @PGCPSESOL Ts used #AttendanceParticipationGrid 2identify Ss needs. #ParticipationTechniques helped reflect on practices & discuss ways to build #StudentAgency #ELLsAssets

It’s another morning in Ukraine and Russia still can’t advance in Kyiv 🇺🇦