This week I was a few chapters into the wonderful book Reading Champs, by Rita Wirtz, reading about dipthongs and consonant blends, when the memories came flooding back; not too clearly, mind you, because I’ll be 7 in June. But clear enough. Reading Rita’s book took me back to an
Join Sarah Ottow, author of “The Language Lens for Content Classrooms,” for a live, book-related Twitter chat on May 14 at 7 p.m. EDT. Hashtag: #LSIchat. Click below to mark it on your calendar so you don’t forget! Add to Calendar Share your thoughts, ask questions, and network with other
Originally posted on ellstudents.com by Kerry Shelke, experienced ESL/Bilingual educator in the US and internationally, is passionate about working with new arrivals. In this blog, she shares her tips for ensuring these Newcomer ELLs have access to quality education and equity in the classroom. As an educator, I have spent
Originally posted on ellstudents.com One of my teaching mentors, Dr. Martin Haberman, told me sound advice I have never forgotten: “The most effective classroom management is a student-centered curriculum.” As a former classroom teacher and English Learner specialist, I can say that nothing is truer. Whether I had thirty 6th
As a young and wet-behind-the-ears teacher of teenagers (and not far removed from that condition myself), I often asked questions beginning with, “Who knows the answer to…?” or “Who can tell me…?” Had I asked, “Is anyone listening?” I might have gotten the same response: Silence. Crickets on a summer’s
This article was originally published in Education Week We need to think beyond traditional English-language-learner strategies to rethinking the classroom environment for ELLs (and all students) to thrive. The traditional classroom setting—where students are expected to sit quietly in their seats and passively memorize information—is typically ineffective at building academic-language skills in
This excerpt was originally published in Edweek, Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo Blog Michael D. Toth is the author of the award-winning book, Who Moved My Standards, the co-author with David Sousa of Improving Social, Emotional, and Cognitive Learning Through Academic Teaming (forthcoming, 2019), and the co-author with Dr. Robert J. Marzano of The Essentials for
This is an excerpt originally published in Edweek, Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo Blog Mary Shea is professor emerita at SUNY Buffalo State and Canisius College in Buffalo, NY. She teaches courses in the graduate literacy MS programs. Previously, she worked for many years in western New York schools as a classroom
Pull up a chair and join author Sara Croll and teacher leaders from Kathleen High School in Polk Country, Florida for a Q and A session. Read what happened after they implemented student teams using the strategies in Sara’s new book, “Student Teaming: You Got This! A Teacher’s Survival Guide”
By Mike Gershon, Author of the Great Teaching Made Easy Series I spent a bit of time teaching A Level (or Advanced Placement) History. One class I taught were in Year 13, where the students are seventeen and eighteen years old. That’s the last year of secondary school in the
