Guest blogger Emily Miller served on the Next Generation Science Standards Elementary Writing Team, as well as on the Diversity & Equity Team. Drawing upon that work, she has put together this seven-step framework for engaging ELLs and for developing language with the NGSS and shows how to use it with a science lesson about sound.
How can ELL educators sustain their advocacy for their students and themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic? One district ESL coach shares some of her lessons learned.
What academic behaviors tell you it is time to make a special education referral for an ELL student?
Special education referral for English language learners is a complex issue that is confounded by both language and cultural issues.
Engineering a text is a strategy that embeds scaffolds and supports directly into grade-level text in order to increase student comprehension.