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Valentina's Classroom Essentials 2022

11/26/2022

 
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Teachers of multilingual learners or English learners need many tools and supplies in their toolbox. And they may travel from class to class or even school to school. Here are a few of my own favorite classroom essentials. 

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How to Lose a Reader (13 Ways)

5/21/2022

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  1. Don't give students time for free reading in class. 
  2. Assign all reading and offer students no choices in their reading selections. 
  3. Be sure to call on students one at a time to read aloud in front of their peers, for example, popcorn reading or round-robin reading.
  4.  Assign reading logs as homework and require students to fill them out regularly for a grade.
  5. Make reading worksheets a major practice of instruction and grading. 
  6. Only let students read books at their reading levels. 
  7. Discourage reading in languages other than English.
  8. Don't consider culturally inclusive book selections on your bookshelf and keep a blind eye to what students are reading. 
  9. Don’t let students abandon books even if they aren’t connecting with them. 
  10.  Avoid making space for students to talk or write about their reading.
  11. Don’t meet students where they are as readers. 
  12. Pull multilingual learners out of class during reading.
  13.  Don't model reading by reading aloud to students or sharing your passion for reading. 
This brief post lists 13 instructional practices that reduce the love and motivation for reading in students and then 13 ways to inspire and motivate them. ​
In contrast, here are 13 ways to help students find love, joy, and excitement in reading. 


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Articles for NEW ESL/ELL Teachers

2/28/2021

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If you are new to teaching English learners or new to your role as an EL/ESL/ELD/ELL teacher, these are articles you may find useful.

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Stepping Stones to Better Relationships: EL teacher & Mainstream teacher

12/12/2020

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When I left the comfort of my own classroom to become an ESL teacher, I didn’t know that I would have to become intentional about building relationships with the mainstream classroom teachers I worked with. But I learned quickly. 

Healthy, productive relationships between mainstream teachers and ESL teachers don’t happen on their own magically. Like most relationships, thought, planning, and careful execution takes place for a truly happy relationship to develop. 

Over the years, here’s what I learned as an ESL teacher about creating relationships with mainstream teachers. 

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FREE Online PD for Teachers

12/26/2016

 
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Graphic from TexasGateway.org
The courses offered include:
  • ELPS for Administrators
  • ELL Foundations--Guidance and Support for ELLs
  • ELL Foundations--Second Language Acquisition
  • ELPS Academy​
  • Implementing the ELPS in English Language and Reading
  • Implementing the ELPS in Mathematics
  • Implementing the ELPS in Social Studies
  • ELPS Academy

The ELPS Linguistic Instructional Alignment Guide or LIAG is aresource also available to educators. It is not a course but a resource that is handy for planning instruction. As a classroom teacher, the LIAG can a used to tailor listening, speaking, reading, and writing goals and instruction for each English Learner in your classroom.

Sheltered Instruction videos are coming soon! So be on the look out! And share this awesome resource with your colleagues.  

Just wondering...for those of you who don't live in the GREAT state of Texas, does your state/country have something like this for teachers? Please comment.

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 TEXAS teachers!! Have you heard about Texas Gateway???

​This is an AMAZING, FREE resource library for all Texas educators and parents created by the Texas Education Agency. The courses offered are self-paced, online courses. Some even include videos and classroom support documents. As an advocate for English Learners, I truly love that the Texas Gateway offers several courses related to supporting teachers and administrators of ELs. Teachers can take the courses and receive professional development credit for them too! But BEST of all, teachers and administrators will gain valuable knowledge about how to effectively support English Learners in their classrooms and schools utilizing the English Language Proficiency Standards aligned with the TEKS. ​

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