During the summer, I am sharing thematic posts bringing together responses on similar topics from the past 11 years. You can see all those collections from the first 10 years here.
Today鈥檚 theme is teaching English-Language Learners.
You can see the list following this excerpt from one of the posts:
1. Crystal Ball Predictions: What Will Education for ELL Students Look Like in 10 Years?
In the next decade, schools just might appreciate English-learners for whom they are and the language skills they possess. Read more.
2. 14 Strategies for Teaching Intermediate English-Language Learners
Using drama, sentence frames, and academic conversations are a few teacher-recommended instructional strategies for intermediate ELLs. Read more.
3. Four Educator-Recommended Approaches for Teaching English-Language Learners
Five educators recommend classroom strategies for teaching ELLs, including translanguaging & consistency. Read more.
4. The Six Most Effective Instructional Strategies for ELLs鈥擜ccording to Teachers
Teachers share their 鈥済o-to鈥� strategies for teaching English-language learners, including sentence starters and Total Physical Response. Read more.
5. Assessment Strategies for English-Language Learners
Four educators share practical assessment strategies to support English-language learners. Read more.
6. Thirteen Instructional Strategies for Supporting ELL Newcomers
Five educators share effective instructional strategies to use with English-language-learner newcomers, including using images and games. Read more.
7. Author Interview: 鈥楻eading & Writing With English Learners鈥�
Authors Valentina Gonzalez & Melinda Miller answer questions about their book Reading & Writing with English Learners: A Framework for K-5. Read more.
8. 12 Common Mistakes Made by Teachers of English-Language Learners
Don鈥檛 assume students who are paying attention understand what鈥檚 being taught and, especially for young children, support learning in their home language. Those are among the ideas six educators share for helping ELLs. Read more.
9. Don鈥檛 Make Assumptions About Your ELL Students
Seven educators offer their nominations for the most common mistakes made by teachers of ELLs, including making background-knowledge assumptions and not providing enough scaffolding. Read more.
10. Teachers Must Create Ways ELL 鈥楽tudents Can Show Us What They Know鈥�
Four educators share common mistakes made by teachers of English-language learners, including not being creative in how ELLs can show us what they know and by translating 鈥渆verything.鈥� Read more.
More Q&A posts about teaching English-language learners:
- Educators Must 鈥榃alk Alongside Afghans and Support Them鈥�
- 12 Ways to Support Afghan Refugee Students
- Raising 鈥榯he Bar鈥� for ELL Instruction
- Teachers With 鈥楧eficit Perspectives鈥� Do Not Help English-Language Learners
- Nine Mistakes Educators Make When Teaching English-Language Learners
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Explore other thematic posts:
- It Was Another Busy School Year. What Resonated for You?
- How to Best Address Race and Racism in the Classroom
- Schools Just Let Out, But What Are the Best Ways to Begin the Coming Year?
- Classroom Management Starts With Student Engagement
- Teacher Takeaways From the Pandemic: What鈥檚 Worked? What Hasn鈥檛?
- The School Year Has Ended. What Are Some Lessons to Close Out Next Year?
- Student Motivation and Social-Emotional Learning Present Challenges. Here鈥檚 How to Help
- How to Challenge Normative Gender Culture to Support All Students
- What Students Like (and Don鈥檛 Like) About School
- Technology Is the Tool, Not the Teacher
- How to Make Parent Engagement Meaningful
- Teaching Social Studies Isn鈥檛 for the Faint of Heart
- Differentiated Instruction Doesn鈥檛 Need to Be a Heavy Lift
- How to Help Students Embrace Reading. Educators Weigh In
