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...
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.
Academic vocabulary is something all teachers include in their lessons. It’s an obvious need of most students, but especially English learners. Dr. Mooney suggests what might be a new way of including vocabulary in your lessons.
Listening activities can be included in your lessons regardless of the content area or grade level. Dr. Mooney provides several suggestions for how you can help your ELs develop their listening skills without even realizing their doing it!
Listen up! Creating listening-focused lessons and integrating listening skills throughout other lessons provides students opportunities to develop these important skills.
Whaddaya think? Is listening to English difficult? The answer is as obvious as the nose on your face, but this week, Dr. Mooney provides several concrete examples to explain the challenges English learners face while listening to English in your clas...
What roles do your English learners take on when they read? Are you encouraging them to move beyond decoding and comprehension? This week, Dr. Mooney discusses four roles for which every reader needs to be prepared.
Teaching context clues to learners who know little English can be challenging. Dr. Mooney shares three strategies that will make it easier for all of your students to grasp this complex skill!
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...
