Hello Teachers of emergent bilinguals! This week in our July series of profiles of diverse English Learners (ELs), I’m going to turn the spotlight on our youngest newcomers – those who were either …
Adolescent Newcomers: A Profile
Happy 4th! In July, all children are aebll wants to profile specific groups of diverse English Learners so that readers can gain a more in-depth understanding of their linguistic needs in school. …
THANK YOU TEACHERS
THANK YOU New York City teachers (and ALL teachers everywhere). You went above and beyond the call of duty to serve your students during the unprecedented-in-history COVID-19 school closures, despite …
Getting kids reading: Shifting from text-based to oral language-based instruction
Since the advent of the Common Core, states have demanded that students grapple with and “learn from” complex texts. This has resulted in teachers using a primarily text-based mode of instruction: …
Don’t forget about phonological awareness!
Read the following sentence taken from a 3rd grade module on the bullfrog and its habitat and observe how the meaning changes with different intonation and stress, as indicated by the punctuation and …
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Diverse students, diverse needs
From my first two posts, All Children are AEBLL and Let’s Get Started with Oral Language, you already have a sense of where I’m headed: English Language Learners (ELLs) or the preferred label of NY …