Add images and arrows to prevent tests from being reading tests.

Lesson of the day for teaching English learners. SIMPLIFY. Too many teachers throw too much at their students all at one time and the students simply can't take it all in. Simplify and focus on one or two manageable chunks and then get students to take action.

@helenabaert is REALLY helping us today in our kicking lesson!⚽👏 #physed S1.E21 Check out MANY other skills here!👇 drive.google.com/file/d/1f7PRRK…

Here is an emergent writer; where he often can only generate lists or phrases. To see him use academic vocabulary is a HUGE celebration! It's an obstacle for our ML/ELs to feel confident in speaking and writing about content. I'm so proud!🗣️✍️Cicero District 99 WIDA™ Dr. Nichole Gross

3 Tips for Scaffolding Math for ELLs - Adapted from a good article I read from ASCD on scaffolding math discourse in the classroom.

After PD, teachers need a process that makes it easier to link evidence of student learning to classroom strategies. edutopia.org/article/follow…

This is my favorite, most accessible definition of culturally responsive instruction. Here's how participants will interact w/ this slide: - share the definition - provide a sentence frame - ask Ts to summarize the definition using the sentence frame

This is how I scaffolded a lesson w/ my co-Ts: - looked at their document from last year - added an image to go w/ the text - added synonyms behind unfamiliar words Co-planning = to co-teaching

ELL BRAIN BREAK! 😍 🎲 Fun, quick reward games for ELL students to break up practicing content and keep things lively and engaging. These are particularly helpful when students can get out of their seats and move around a bit.

“English Only” approaches are being abandoned as the science of development and learning establish #multilingualism as an asset - linguistically, cognitively, and academically. Read more in this article by EdTrust #MLL #ELL #EnglishLearners #EdChat bit.ly/41gXvwD

5 Ways Teachers Can Collaborate to Support English Learners zurl.co/FMHv #EdWeek #Teachers #ELs #Reading #GetKidsReading #k12

Opinion paragraph ====> Persuasive essay Multilingual anchor charts & graphic organizers are a great scaffold to take an opinion paragraph into a PERSUASIVE ESSAY 🤩✍🏽📝🔥 #Newcomers trying to persuade readers to eat bugs or algae 🦗

Looking forward to this discourse!

Fabulous video from edutopia on what effective ENL institution looks like. 🙌🏽

Happy #TeacherAppreciationWeek! 🍎 Thank you for supporting multilingual learners of English all over the world. Stay tuned this week to #TESOL social media channels and myTESOL for giveaways, resources, and ways to celebrate! bit.ly/3JPb1jX #ThankATeacher #ELT

As an end-of-year project, 14 of my newcomers decided on writing an encouraging letter to a future newcomer student. I LOVE how each embedded their personal experiences as newcomers & provided amazing tips on how to navigate a new school, culture, and language. Happy reading —

So honored by this! #MABEMI24

This is very true when it comes to reading…

Translanguaging supports ELs in accessing academic content. Despite challenges from English-only policies, educators can promote this practice by creating intentional tasks that encourage students to draw on their linguistic strengths. Education Week bit.ly/4e6xXJr

3 types of #scaffolding for all SS. #ellchat #chatesl #ellchat_bkclub #ell #educhat #teachchat #WIDA #k12 #ESOL wp.me/p7NKW2-nl