English Learners and Specific Learning Disability As ESL ELD teachers we are always worried about misidentification of English learners. Specific Learning Disability (SLD) is a language and literacy-related disability referring to a psychological processing disorder. If focuses on understanding or…
🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻 🌻 Masking Techniques 🌻 Hello Teacher World, Recently a classroom teacher asked me about tips or suggestions I had for English Language Learners that have developed masking techniques to cover their lack of oral language understanding during lessons. Do…
Hello everyone, Wherever you are, my wish is that you and your family will remain safe from the COVID-19 virus. As we teachers scramble to create remote and distant learning opportunities for our students I thought I would compile a…
Hello everyone 💕💕Let’s talk about Phrasal Verbs! Phrasal Verbs are very common in oral English, their understanding is essential for communication and reading comprehension. Furthermore, when writing formally there are two reasons we strive to use the academic or formal…
Hello everyone! Are you looking for 📚Something good to read! 📚 I am reading Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students by Zaretta Hammond. I thought I would share my…
Hello everyone,We are entering October, we are getting to know our students and starting to reevaluate our curriculum guides to match where our students are now. As I review my curriculum and make changes I reviewed a poster from a previous…
Hello everyone and thanks for joining me! Teaching irregular verbs can be a boatload 🛥of fun. Students quickly understand that irregular past tense verbs don’t end with ed but make the past tense more creatively! Sometimes past tense verbs are…
Hello everyone,I was doing a bit of investigating the other day into the differences between the active and passive voice. In a nutshell this is what I found! I would love to know some of your favorite ways to teach…
Hello everyone and thanks for joining me!❤️🧡Teaching irregular verbs spans first to 3rd grade and beyond. Here is a quick look at some of the Common Core Standards for irregular verbs. Students quickly understand that irregular past tense verbs don’t…
Hello everyone! I love games 🎲🎲 in the classroom and they are a big part of my practice and review time. Many folks have asked me why I find games so valuable, so I wrote the following! 🎳Are you struggling to get…