ESOL Specialist Sheila Majdi: Using sentence frames with ELLs

ESOL specialist Sheila Majdi from Arlington, VA explains what a sentence frame is and how she might use this strategy with ELLs.

Discussion questions

• What is an example of a sentence frame you could create for a lesson you are planning to teach?
• What are some ways you can make sentence frames available/visible to students?
• How might you use sentence frames to support writing and speaking?
• What are some examples of sentence frames you might use in math, science, language arts, or Social Studies?

Related resources

• Academic Language and ELLs: What Teachers Need to Know
• Scaffolds to Support ELLs in Writing and Discussion: Sentence Frames (Achieve the Core)
• Language Supports for Number Talks (Teaching Channel)