When asked to review these curricular units, I realized I needed a rubric to help me take an objective look at them and be able to share the results with the curriculum writers.Dr. Sydney Snyder and I developed the rubric below and found that it’s been helpful in framing our own thinking.
In this lesson, students read an excerpt from the novel Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck about a man who takes a road trip with his dog.
Sentence patterning charts are similar to sentence frames, but offer students more choice and explicitly
Since top ten lists are popular during this time of year, I thought I’d compile my own with the focus on CCSS resources for ELLs.
Clara Gonzales-Espinoza is an elementary teacher of English language learners (ELLs) in New Mexico.
Learn how one school harnessed the powers of push-in instruction and PLCs to transform their literacy instruction for all students, including ELLs.
In classrooms around the country, teachers need to teach reading to children who don't speak English, and they haven't been trained. Last year, the U.S.
Pam Knittel is the ESL District Coach in the Poughkeepsie City School District and served as the primary facilitator for our Common Core and ELLs project.
