We were asked to present with Margo Gottlieb co-founder of WIDA! She loved what we are doing through our work with the DPI ELD Support Team on language development portfolios aligned to Key Language Uses
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Those are language frames created by @CobbjawENG that students use daily. – at Knoxville, TN
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What a great idea to support speaking, listening, and writing! Collaborative, creative, and language-rich!
Michelle, what are the white strips of paper with orange highlights?
#esl #eal #ell #eld #esol #tesol #ellchat
You don’t need tech to practice the 4 Cs. Take a compelling photo, cut it into puzzle pieces, ask students to put it together and write about it, then use everyone’s ideas to complete a shared writing about the image. Voila. @SHSOurHouse @CobbjawENG #jcpsesl
Great way to engage secondary kiddos!
How do my ESL students summarize information to review for exams???? Through hashtag definitions and visual representations! Hashtags are a great way to teach summarization! #ELLs #ESL #USHistory @SmyrnaBulldog
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SomethingI learned about Biliteracy instruction is the importance of giving up classroom real estate to extended oracy development #T4BPittsboro2019
#ELAnightChat A3: Rudine Bishop Sims describes books as both mirrors and windows. ELs need to see themselves in texts that reflect who they are, as a mirror. Authentic texts do just that! I like to recommend diversebooks.org to my teachers.
Inspirational to ESL and ALL teachers- what a joy!!
First Days of School ESL Memories in Burke: Pictorial Biography- a great way to introduce yourself to newcomer English learners!
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Burke ESL teachers spent the last six days learning GLAD Guided Language Acquisition Design®️strategies. Thanks to Rutherford County for hosting and to WRESA and NCDPI for this initiative to support English learners and ALL learners!
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Love the collaboration between Kadie, content teacher, and Tyson, ESL teacher!!!!
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Have at it, Glenda! Happy to present it today at DPI EL Coordinator meeting!
@NCDPI_ELs @ELLLannie Simpson shared complicated information understandably, as befitting her profession. Thanks friend. I’m stealing it all. 🤓 @imannthrower @PalmaTeresa13 @alishadas444 📈📉🗄📚
The funds of knowledge and language diversity of our ELs have opened doors in Burke County Public Schools for Dual Language at Mt. View Elementary!
But instead of seeing ELLs as a costly challenge—requiring remedial support or additional staffing, for example—many districts, like Gwinnett, are acknowledging the assets these students bring to school, and in response... edutopia.org/article/dual-im…
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Shared by World Languages NCDPI: In 1980, the percentage of bilinguals was 10.68%; in 2016,...it practically doubled.
Read blog entry, The Amazing Rise of Bilingualism in the United States, in Psychology Today from Dr. Francois Grosjean's "Life as a Bilingual" series.
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Carol, I’ll see you in October for Boosting Achievement in SC #boostingachievement
A3: we use Imagine Learning, too. It has 15 interface languages, which is helpful. Inside Phonics for grades 6-12 is also a good resource. #boostingachievement
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We don’t have trouble w identifying who they are or their needs. It’s the how to meet their needs that Ts struggle w! #boostingachievement
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