Greetings Teachers of Emergent Bilinguals! It's February already and I'm sorry I have not checked in with you in a while. It's been a busy fall and holiday season. January's over! How are our students …
Now for the hard part: Teaching our students how to read
Happy Tuesday Teachers of Emergent Bilinguals! It's almost Thanksgiving, and our students are well on their way in their acquisition of English language and literacy. Now for the hard part: teaching …
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Lesson Planning for Language & Literacy
Happy 4 day Weekend Teachers of Emergent Bilinguals! Since my first post of the school year, I've taken you through the planning process - thinking about themes, topics and objectives, a scope and …
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Data-driven instruction for Stand Alone
Happy second day of school teachers of emergent bilinguals! You have a plan, you have your themes and content objectives, you have your scope and sequence! After meeting your students on Thursday and …
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A scope and sequence of linguistic skills
It's August 31st, teachers of emergent bilinguals! School starts in one week! You may be feeling dread and anxiety instead of energy and excitement. As I wrote in my previous post: fear not, I have a …
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Dictation: the neglected piece of phonics instruction
Happy Wednesday Teachers of Emergent Bilinguals! Let's wrap up our phonics for emergent bilinguals series by discussing dictation: the neglected piece of phonics instruction. Dictation is the last …
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