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Free Templates, High Impact Strategies and Classroom Ideas to Support Multilingual Learners

As teachers of multilingual learners we value student’s languages and cultures. We understand that our students are learning a new language and learning in a new language. This blog shares classroom ideas for multilingual teachers.

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Benefits of Using Spanish in Early Childhood

I had the opportunity to speak with a number of families at a Back to School Street Fest ...

What Did Bilingual Directors Learn in 2020?

School districts across the country have been tasked to tweak their models of instruction to best serve students ...

Covering Word, Sentence and Discourse Levels of Support with PWIM (Picture Word Inductive Model)

I support K-12 teachers as an educational consultant. The districts I work with have an array of programs ...

Better than Think Pair Share

Variety is the spice of life! Don't overuse "turn and talk" or "think pair share". Change things up ...

Maximizing academic language opportunities for our students

This post focuses on increasing the benefits of using Content and Language Objectives with your students.  I have ...

Free Features Charts for Day of the Dead and Halloween

Are you looking for activities to open a discussion on the similarities and differences of Day of the ...

Beginning of the Year Book List

It’s the beginning of the school year when teachers, coaches and principals are looking for “new school year” ...

Teachers can prevent the summer slip too!

I wanted to provide you with some ideas for professional growth over the summer. It doesn't matter if ...

Read Aloud Planning Template

FIND FINAL VERSIONS BELOW Co-teaching is on the rise when it comes to providing service to ELs.  As ...