Guest blogger Emily Miller served on the Next Generation Science Standards Elementary Writing Team, as well as on the Diversity & Equity Team. Drawing upon that work, she has put together this seven-step framework for engaging ELLs and for developing language with the NGSS and shows how to use it with a science lesson about sound.
How can ELL educators sustain their advocacy for their students and themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic? One district ESL coach shares some of her lessons learned.
What academic behaviors tell you it is time to make a special education referral for an ELL student?
Special education referral for English language learners is a complex issue that is confounded by both language and cultural issues.
Engineering a text is a strategy that embeds scaffolds and supports directly into grade-level text in order to increase student comprehension.
Each student comes to school not only with unique academic needs but also with unique background experiences, culture, language, personality, interests, and attitudes toward learning.