Navigating Tough Topics in the Classroom: Tips for ELL Educators
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How to Use This Toolkit
Our toolkit has ten sections.
Learn how to build a strong, caring community in your classroom from the beginning of the school year and how to ensure that ELLs feel part of that community as well.
Learn what experienced educators suggest for creating shared expectations in the classroom around respectful behavior and managing conflict.
Learn how to give students the tools and language they need to participate in classroom discussions, express opinions, and navigate disagreement.
These books celebrate stories about trees all over the world, from majestic redwoods to the lush tree canopies of the rainforest.
In this charming picture book, curious little kids will learn all about how an acorn grows up to be an oak tree. The story includes the stages of growth of a tree throughout the seasons and year.
In the 1970s, nestled between the newly completed Twin Towers in New York City, a Callery pear tree was planted.
Here are some tips for talking about tough topics and current events when they come up in the classroom.