Stop the Slide: Using Data-Driven Instruction to Address Academic Gaps
Published July 01, 2020
We're all eager to return to our classrooms: to see our students, to set up our rooms, and to return to some normalcy. However, returning to school[...]
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Distance Learning: Supporting English Learners
Published April 21, 2020
Our country's English learners are among the millions of students currently trying to stay on track while at home. For these students in particular,[...]
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Scaffolding Academic Discussions for English Language Learners
Published October 08, 2019
This is the third blog in our Newsela student-centered literacy blog series. You can find the previous installment here and the subsequent[...]
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Top Ways to Get Students Speaking in the Target Language (Part 1)
Published June 27, 2019
As much as world language teachers spend much of their curriculum developing 3 out of the 4 modes of communication (reading, writing, and listening),[...]
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Tech Supports for Authentic Language Development
Published March 21, 2019
Synthesize. Analyze. Sequence. Summarize. Classify.
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Vocabulary Strategies to Promote Student Growth with English Language Development
Published December 06, 2018
Blank faces stare back at me as I read the prompt “Tell your partner something you might find in a garage.” After a few quiet moments, a student[...]
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Tech Supports for Authentic Language Development
Published April 10, 2018
Synthesize. Analyze. Sequence. Summarize. Classify.
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