Sheila Majdi
Sheila Majdi is an ESOL specialist at Claremont Immersion School in Arlington, Virginia.
Brian Butler and Diane Kerr are co-principals of Mason Crest Elementary School in Annandale, VA, a school built around collaboration. In this joint interview, Brian and Diane discuss the school's collaborative approach and how it supports ELLs.
Creative Uses of Time for ELLs: Lunch
In these videos, teachers share their ideas for making the most of lunchtime to provide ELLs with some extra support.
Re-teaching a lesson on drawing conclusions
Samantha describes a lesson in which she re-taught her third grades the concept of drawing conclusions.
Why drawing conclusions is hard for ELLs
Samantha describes why the skill of drawing conclusions can be difficult for ELLs.
Having trouble with the way questions are worded
Samantha describes why the wording of a question can make a difference in how a student answers it.
Quick ways to check understanding
Samantha describes some of the ways she informally checks understanding, such as "thumbs up, thumbs down," or showing a certain number of fingers to indicate how well students understood a concept.
Differentiating assignments in a Social Studies lesson
Samantha describes her approach for checking understanding and offering some differentiated assignments in a third-grade Social Studies lesson about different types of economic resources: natural, capital, and human.