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Educators who work with English language learners often have deep experience in advocating and collaborating on behalf of their students.
This article will describe some strategies for planning social studies lessons with ELLs in mind, with a particular emphasis on building background knowledge.
Learn how to plan lessons that support English learners' language development, build background knowledge, and give students opportunities to access grade-level content.
Diane Staehr Fenner describes California's new English Language Arts/English Language Development (ELA/ELD) Framework and its distinctive features, themes, and guidance. She also offers some ideas on what this framework could mean for teachers in their work with ELLs.
In this interview with Dr. Palacios, she discusses the qualities of a strong Pre-K program for ELLs and professional development for Pre-K educators.
The full transcript of this interview is available below.
Ali Nava is an elementary teacher at Lew Wallace Elementary School in Albuquerque, New Mexico and a member of the first-grade cadre in our Common Core in Albuquerque project.