Happy Wednesday Teachers of Emergent Bilinguals! If you haven’t seen my September series on how to teach morphology, it’s right here waiting for you to use in your classroom: We’ve talked base words. We’ve talked prefixes and suffixes. It’s time to talk roots so we can inform and transform your students’ vocabulary! what’s a root? A root is […]
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Welcome to my blog! Are you a hard-working NY teacher who is trying your best to teach your English Language Learners but is honestly frustrated and confused about how to help them advance academically? I'm a linguist and an Advocate for Emergent Bilinguals through Language and Literacy. I believe all children are AEBLL. My passion is teaching teachers. I want to give all teachers expert knowledge of language and literacy acquisition, and evidence-based strategies for the classroom. Explore topics like phonological awareness, oral language development, and dyslexia and find links to resources and teaching materials!¡Reading comprehension/comprensión with suffixes!
Greetings Teachers of Emergent Bilinguals and Happy Hispanic Heritage month! In our September series on morphological (word parts) awareness, I’ve taken you through how to teach base words and prefixes. Today we’re going to talk about ¡Reading comprehension/comprensión with suffixes! More than that – I want to take this opportunity to show you English-Spanish suffix cognates […]
The most important prefixes to teach your students, K-12
Happy Wednesday Teacher of Emergent Bilinguals! This week we’re going to target the most important prefixes to teach your students, K-12. All students – but especially emergent bilinguals – need to acquire large amounts of vocabulary. teaching prefixes is a 2 for 1 deal: it strengthens decoding and expands vocabulary at the same time. Teaching […]
Boost your students’ vocabulary with base words!
Hello Teachers of Emergent Bilinguals! Everyone is having mixed feelings about going back to school on September 13th. My goal is to help you gain clarity, a positive mindset, and the linguistic knowledge and tools you need to get through this year. That said, let’s boost your students’ vocabulary with base words on Day 1! […]
A plan to boost your students’ reading comprehension with morphological awareness
Happy Wednesday Teachers of Emergent Bilinguals! Today I want to outline a plan for you to boost your students’ reading comprehension with morphological awareness. Ok, quick self-reflection: I know what morphological awareness is. I actively teach it during vocabulary instruction or try and teach it some of the time. I’ve heard of it but don’t […]
Plan for language acquisition Monday through Friday
Hello Teachers of Emergent Bilinguals! Last week I posted my plan to help you plan your upcoming unit this September/October. Today, I want to help you plan for language acquisition Monday through Friday: a template to help you take your students from oral language to reading to writing over the course of each week. Emergent […]