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Do you welcome those unsolicited items students bring to school, or do you confiscate them? Dr. Mooney shares several ideas for using those objects to support ELs’ literacy development.
Are objects welcome in your literacy classroom? What do you do if a student has a non-essential item from home hidden in their backpack? Dr. Mooney suggests those objects could be just the bridge your students need to further their literacy developme...
Padlets provide an easy way to collect and organize resources found online or on your own computer. Share your Padlet with colleagues and collaborate to build a useful collection of tools to improve your practice!
Has 2020 worn you out? You’re not alone! Dr. Mooney shares her thankfulness for all you do and reminds you that what you do matters to your ELs and to their families.
How do you begin your writing pieces? Do you just write, or do you draw diagrams or pictures to make your thoughts concrete? Dr. Mooney shares an article about how the creation of artwork before writing can strengthen ELs’ writing abilities.
Do you find yourself sharing EL teaching strategies with your colleagues? Do they keep coming back for more? Perhaps instead of individual strategies, you need to share these tips that can prepare them to make pedagogical decisions independently.
Current Discussions
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Infographic
Thanks for the Phonology infographic! Very helpful info for me and my district!
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Artist’s/Writer’s Workshop
The Universal Language of Pictures: A Critical Tool for Advancing Student Writing by Beth Olshansky provides a strong rationale for leading students to begin their writing projects with artwork. You can read my article about a few of her ideas, but w...
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Enjoyed learning about this alternative to frontloading vocabulary. I think there are many teachers out there who teach using a discovery method like you shared in the magnetism lesson example, but they don’t realize the importance of connectin...
