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.
Read what Dr. Stephen Krashen told Dr. Mooney about teaching reading today. Many of his ideas have remained steady over the years while others have adapted to the current effects of standardized curriculum and assessment.
What can an educator do when English Learners seem to be stuck in their language development? Dr. Mooney provides several suggestions to implement in your classroom.
Incomprehensible classroom language can result in students’ English development becoming stuck. Thankfully, there are strategies teachers can implement in their classroom to help. Other ideas can be conversation starters for discussing widespread s...
A well-known second language scholar claims there is only one way people acquire language. The good news is that there’s a lot you can do in your classroom to aid in this process!
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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...
