I want to examine some ideas for using text-dependent questions with ELLs. Since I’m a big fan of writing two-part blog posts, first I’ll outline some big picture issues in terms of what TDQs are and some considerations in writing TDQs for ELLs.
Learn more about phonological awareness instruction for English language learners (ELLs).
Anchor charts are posters that students co-create with teachers to provide visual scaffolds that can be posted in the classroom.
Susan Lafond is a Nationally Board Certified veteran educator of ELLs, professional development leader, and advisor and contributor to Colorín Colorado.
Sentence frames and sentence starters are "fill in the blank" phrases and sentences that provide the structures or patterns that students need to express themselves.
Engineering a text is a strategy that embeds scaffolds and supports directly into grade-level text in order to increase student comprehension.
This blog post is the second in a three-part series about the steps one elementary school took to increase collaboration between ESOL teachers and content teachers in order to better meet the language needs of ELLs in their school during the implementa
Dr. Cynthia Lundgren is an English language development specialist at WIDA. In this interview, Dr.