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I love the idea of PWIM. I have a very diverse classroom this year. The majority of my students are gifted learners and I have five English Language Learners. I am struggling with ways to assess their...
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You have great ideas. I have always struggled in the classroom with teaching ELL students. There is a paraprofessional at our school who works with ELL students in every classroom but there are so many...
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Thank you for all of the tips for working with ESL students! I am a General Education Science teacher who is teaching a 7th grade, very low level pull-out resource room for the very first time. Not...
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KGordon, so glad that you like the Perfect Captions app - I've used it in lots of different subject areas with my students. Check out my lesson plan using this app: http://bit.ly/T3iPM2 and more posts...
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I did not know about fotobabble thank you for the tip. I have and still do work with ELL students, and I know it can be difficult at times. SIOP strategies work well when working with ELLs. Use as much...
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I am currently using picture prompts in my classroom for simple sentence writing assignments. The prompts also work well to encourage students to extend their descriptive language. One of the many...
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Pictures are a great way to get your students involved and are also very helpful with visual learners. There is a terrific website for those in the elementary grades which inspires creative writing...
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Hi, I am currently in myHi, I am currently in my first year as a credential student at CSUN and I have been enlightened to so many new ways to incorporate interactive learning in the classroom through...
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A fellow colleague just share the Edutopia site with several of us. What a great find! What a wealth of images and information to help students expand their thinking and knowledge beyond the classroom....
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I definitely agree that visuals are very effective in helping English language learners gain proficiency. The activities listed are all great ideas to use with ELLs! Most importantly, they all connect...
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