English Language Learners
Scaffolding Writing Through the "Teaching and Learning Cycle"
Quality Education for ELLs/ MLLs: Why We Need It and How We Can Achieve It
Resources and Strategies for Identifying and Supporting English Learners with Learning Disabilities
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Supporting Young English Learners at Home: Family and Caregiver Activities
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Supporting Integrated English Learner Student Instruction
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Discussion Builders Poster, Grades K-1 (Spanish Version)
When we introduced these posters in teacher professional development, teachers begged us to publish them, and so we have. Use to build students’ language and thinking in any subject area. Powerful scaffolding for English language learners.
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Discussion Builders Poster, Grades 4-8 (Spanish Version)
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Discussion Builders Poster, Grades 2-3 (Spanish Version)
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Scaffolding Writing With the “Teaching and Learning Cycle” for Students in Grades 6–12
This article explains a process through which teachers can scaffold students’ successful writing called the “Teaching and Learning Cycle" to best serve multilingual learners as well as English-proficient students.
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Chapter 4: Early Learning and Care for Multilingual and Dual Language Learners Ages Zero to Five
This archived webinar provides an overview of chapter 4 of the CDE publication, Improving Education for Multilingual and English Learner Students: Research to Practice. The presenters describe evidence-based principles and classroom examples of how to best support the academic success of dual language learners.
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Chapter 2: Asset-Based Pedagogy - Student, Family, and Community Engagement for the Academic and Social-Emotional Learning of Multilingual Students
This archived webinar provides an overview of chapter 2 of the CDE publication, Improving Education for Multilingual and English Learner Students: Research to Practice. The presenters addressed key aspects of the chapter, including why asset-based pedagogy is an educational imperative for multilingual students. They also discussed several ways asset-based pedagogy can promote the social, emotional, and academic development of multilingual students.
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Chapter 6: Content and Language Instruction in Middle and High School: Promoting Educational Equity and Achievement Through Access and Meaningful Engagement
This archived webinar highlights the overview chaprovides an overview of chapter 6 of the CDE publication, Improving Education for Multilingual and English Learner Students: Research to Practice. Chapter 6 includes information on Integrated and Designated English Language Development and effective school and district systems. The presenters highlighted six interacting instructional practices promoted in the chapter that are essential for multilingual learner students in the secondary grades and highlight classroom vignettes that illustrate them in action.
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Chapter 7: Creating Schools and Systems That Support Asset-Based, High-Quality Instruction for Multilingual Learners
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Developing Educator Expertise to Work with Adolescent English Learners Module 2 – The Language We Use to Talk about English Learners and Our Work
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