Hot off the presses! Our new ELements of ELD planning tool! Now to hyperlink the rest of the supporting documents! Hooray!

Amazing to see these kids graduate! I taught a bunch of them during my first year at Glasgow Middle School back when they were level 1s and 2s in 6th grade. Then I moved up to 7th and 8th grade along with them. Had some of them twice! Justice High School Glasgow MS #GMSbelieves

Jane Flegal burning it up at FCPS Great Beginnings! “I love the Key Uses so much I could marry them!” Secondary ESOL @MsFlegal

Students in Ms. Zinke’s ELD class build a tower out of cups and popsicle sticks and use academic language stems to explain the steps they followed to create their towers! South County Middle Secondary ESOL

Purposeful collaboration in Mr. Jaghoori’s ELD class! Students discuss and write about an article using Cause and Effect sentence frames. Herndon MS Secondary ESOL FCPS ESOL

Elena James and students kick off ESOL Family Night at Rachel Carson Middle School. Students, former students, and parents join together for a multilingual, multicultural evening of food and fun!@SecondaryESOL FCPS ESOL Rachel Carson Middle School

Amazing Race Around the World! Students at Carson Middle School lead an international exhibition of culture, history, food, religion, sports, and more! FCPS ESOL Rachel Carson Middle School Secondary ESOL

Students (present and former) and their families sit down with teachers for a dinner of wonderful food from around the world to conclude ESOL Family Night at Rachel Carson Middle School! Secondary ESOL FCPS ESOL Rachel Carson Middle School

And it’s a wrap! Another successful ESOL Family Night comes to an end! Rachel Carson Middle School FCPS ESOL Secondary ESOL

Students in Ms. Zinke’s ELD class process and use sequencing language by following a real recipe. They are making ice cream in class! South County Middle Secondary ESOL @dl_walsh

How wonderful to reconnect with an old friend at #VESA2020 today! #GMSbelieves Jennifer Blackwell

Students in Mr. Jaghoori’s ELD class develop critical and creative thinking skills during a shared experience to introduce a Sequence unit. They are figuring out how to use unfamiliar machines and writing down the steps for other students to follow! Secondary ESOL Herndon MS

Students in Ms. Bermudez’s Beginning ELD class give oral presentations comparing and contrasting aspects of their home country with the United States. The kids were amazing! Mrs. Bermudez ESOL @ Holmes Holmes MS-FCPS Secondary ESOL

All students are included at Thoreau Middle School! Entering and emerging English learners give presentations on the 1920s to students and teachers alongside their native English-speaking peers. Thoreau MS Secondary ESOL

English learners at Annandale High School’s Just World Festival present on the Birmingham Pledge! Annandale High School Shawn DeRose Secondary ESOL

English 10 Stand Up 4 Change project. Students researched and presented on topics that are close to their heart and inspire change.🌎💡📜🇺🇳FCPS ESOL #AnnandaleAtoms

Attention FCPS Secondary ESOL teachers! Join us for our webinar: “Supporting Recently Arrived ELs” on Thursday, May 21 at 3 pm. Register here: bit.ly/3dP0nrD @EqabEsol @MsFlegal HerrEducation Allison Hough Caitlyn Saxton (she/her) Jason Wright @dl_walsh @karenhkleiber

FCPS K-12 content teachers! - did you find the Essentials for ELs required training informative and helpful? Continue this learning with the academy course “Content, Language, and Literacy: Best Practices for Working with ELs!” Search the course title in MyPDE

Congratulations to outstanding ESOL teacher and department chair, Rasha Hashem, for receiving such well-deserved recognition! LongfellowMS Secondary ESOL

English learners and ESOL teachers are well-represented among the many sharing their talents, passions, and worthy causes at Annandale High School’s wonderful Just World Festival! Annandale High School Secondary ESOL