As you prepare for the new year, we'd like to share some new additions to Colorín Colorado. These include resources on partnering with multilingual families during COVID-19, social-emotional support, and instruction and advocacy for ELLs.
In this post, I’ll highlight some information from Tim Shanahan’s article about background knowledge in American Educator. I’ll then share a table and flow chart adapted from the article that will help you decide how much background knowledge to teach to ELLs.