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Getting to Know Our Families’ Cultural and Social Assets: The View from Dearborn, MI

Nadra Shami currently serves as a Language and Literacy SIOP Trainer in Dearborn, MI.

Offline Learning at Home: Ideas for English Language Learners

Discover ideas to support learning at home for ELLs without access to devices or internet. These recommendations build upon families' cultures, languages, and strengths.

How to Support ELL Students with Interrupted Formal Education (SIFEs)

This article provides a profile of students with interrupted formal education, their strengths and needs, recommendations of best practices, and examples of different kinds of support that will accelerate their academic achievement.

English Language Learners and the Five Essential Components of Reading Instruction

How to Expand ELLs' Access to Technology for Distance Learning

Learn what schools and districts can do to ensure that ELLs and their families have access to the technology, internet connections, tech support, and information they need to succeed in distance learning.

English Language Learners and the Five Essential Components of Reading Instruction

Elizabeth Varela

Elizabeth Varela is an ESOL specialist at Claremont Dual-Immersion School in Arlington, VA. In 2010, Elizabeth wrote an article entitled “

Guidebook: Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to ELs in Elementary and Middle School

blue and green cover of "Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School"

In this blog post, I’ll share the four recommendations from What Works Clearinghouse's new guidebook called Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School and show how Colorín Colorado resources support the guidebook’s recommendations.

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