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PD ELD Teachers
PD for ELD Teachers

PD for ELD Teachers

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There are many reasons to put together your own ELD professional development. It can be challenging to stay aware of current research on language acquisition. You might have limited opportunities to collaborate with other ELD teachers in your building. Some districts offer great professional development around diversity, ELLs, and academic vocabulary. In other cases, some of the PD offer is mandatory but does not apply to what you are doing day to day in the classroom. Here are a few…

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Multilingual Learners Mainstream
Supporting MLs in the Mainstream Classroom

Supporting MLs in the Mainstream Classroom

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Multilingual Learners typically spend the majority of their day in a mainstream classroom. This is especially true for elementary age students. English Language Learns (ELLs) receive either pull out support from an ESOL teacher or co-teaching support. Some MLs do not receive any support other than from their classroom teacher. A quick way to think about supporting MLs in the mainstream classroom, is to create a welcoming classroom environment and provide language supports and scaffolds. Who are Multilingual Learners? MLs…

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teaching reading to ELLS
An Overview of Teaching Reading to ELLs

An Overview of Teaching Reading to ELLs

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Learning how to read is a complex process for all students. When you are teaching reading to ELLs, there is the added challenge that they are learning the vocabulary of English as they learn how to read. Some ELLs have the benefit of knowing how to read in their native language. This is helpful as many of the same skills will transfer over as they learn how to read in English. For young ELLs they are learning to read for…

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Co-teaching to Support ELLs
Co-teaching to Support ELLs

Co-teaching to Support ELLs

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Co-teaching is when educators work together to support a group or whole class of students in a general education classroom. There are a number of different models of co-teaching between a classroom teacher and ESOL or ESL teacher. Some of the co-teaching models involve two teachers working with the whole group of student in different capacities. Teachers can also split students into small groups during a co-teaching partnership. Finally, students can be working independently with both teachers supporting them. Benefits…

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