Terms for ELD, ESL, EFL Updated from a previous post! Do you ever find yourself confused with the terms for ELD, ESL, EFL that teachers use when speaking of the components of ELD? Do you sometimes wonder about exactly what we…
Teaching Vocabulary? What you need to know. 💃💃💃💃 Hello everyone,I updated this post, which I wrote sometime ago. I hope you like it!💕 As elementary teachers, we are always looking for and finding activities to teach English vocabulary to kids. …
🌻 🌻Hello everyone! Are you looking for an engaging book study to celebrate this time of year? Well here it is! This Thanksgiving literature unit for Gracias The Thanksgiving Turkey by Joy Cowley consists of 10 pages. It can be used during the…
Hi everyone I am glad you are here❣️ As classroom teachers we know the value of thematic units when teaching young learners. These units motivate children and engage students in learning. But did you know that English Language Development (ELD)…
Happy November everyone, I am so glad you are here! Ready for a little ELD conversation? Let’s get started. Here is the question: ACADEMIC LANGUAGE versus Academic Vocabulary are these 2 terms the same or different? Have you noticed that…
Back to School! click here for your free copy Tuesday my district goes live on line with students! We are all so excited, but nervous, too. I wanted to start my school year out…
Hello everyone, August has arrived and one way or another we will be in school! Here are 5 things you gotta do before school starts! 1. ) Take a look at your pacing guide for the year and gather the supplies,…
☝Distant Learning Tip ☝ Provide each family with a list of basic virtual classroom etiquette for your online classes. Include in your lists things such as, muting microphones, using sidebar chats (if you provide them), adding classes to a google…
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…
