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16 Aug 2021

Benefits of Using Spanish in Early Childhood

by Sara Knigge | posted in: Districts, ESL | 0

I had the opportunity to speak with a number of families at a Back to School Street Fest the weekend before our local schools start the 2021-2022 school year.  I feel the need to list the school year because I … Continued

What Did Bilingual Directors Learn in 2020?
14 Aug 2020

What Did Bilingual Directors Learn in 2020?

by Sara Knigge | posted in: ESL, Uncategorized | 0

School districts across the country have been tasked to tweak their models of instruction to best serve students during the pandemic.  I’m lucky to work with school districts who are passionate about reaching their students, regardless of the situation. That … Continued

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Covering Word, Sentence and Discourse Levels of Support with PWIM (Picture Word Inductive Model)
6 Jul 2020

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

by Sara Knigge | posted in: ESL, Reading, Strategies | 0

I support K-12 teachers as an educational consultant. The districts I work with have an array of programs that are designed to service English Learners. In this blog post I will share with you a classroom activity that has been … Continued

Better than Think Pair Share
12 Feb 2020

Better than Think Pair Share

by Sara Knigge | posted in: bilingual resources, ESL, Strategies | 0

Variety is the spice of life! Don’t overuse “turn and talk” or “think pair share”. Change things up as you pose a focused question to your students and set clear expectations of how they will discuss it! Take a look … Continued

Maximizing academic language opportunities for our students
14 Oct 2019

Maximizing academic language opportunities for our students

by Sara Knigge | posted in: ESL, Strategies | 0

This post focuses on increasing the benefits of using Content and Language Objectives with your students.  I have often stated that COLOs (Content and Language Objectives) should not only be used to set the scene for lessons but should also … Continued

Free Features Charts for Day of the Dead and Halloween
1 Nov 2018

Free Features Charts for Day of the Dead and Halloween

by Sara Knigge | posted in: bilingual resources, ESL, Holidays | 0

Are you looking for activities to open a discussion on the similarities and differences of Day of the Dead and Halloween.  I love using semantics feature charts to organize the similarities and differences between two ideas or concepts.  Using the … Continued

Beginning of the Year Book List
20 Aug 2018

Beginning of the Year Book List

by Sara Knigge | posted in: ESL, Reading | 0

It’s the beginning of the school year when teachers, coaches and principals are looking for “new school year” read alouds, so I wanted to share the book I used to open my many years of teaching primary.  At a great … Continued

books, diversity, name drop, reading
Teachers can prevent the summer slip too!
20 Jun 2018

Teachers can prevent the summer slip too!

by Sara Knigge | posted in: ESL, Research, Strategies | 0

I wanted to provide you with some ideas for professional growth over the summer. It doesn’t matter if you only have five minutes or if you can dedicate a week, there is something for you to explore which will enhance … Continued

Read Aloud Planning Template
26 Apr 2018

Read Aloud Planning Template

by Sara Knigge | posted in: bilingual resources, co-teaching, ESL, Reading, Strategies | 0

FIND FINAL VERSIONS BELOW Co-teaching is on the rise when it comes to providing service to ELs.  As Andrea Honigsfeld mentions in her latest book, the number one complaint of co-teaching remains: TIME.  How can the monolingual teacher and the ESL … Continued

co-teaching
Activity with High Student Engagement—Vocabulary Circuit
9 Apr 2018

Activity with High Student Engagement—Vocabulary Circuit

by Sara Knigge | posted in: ESL, Strategies, Uncategorized | 0

“Vocabulary Circuit” Activity (this link allows you to make a copy of this activity for you to edit) “Vocabulary” because teacher chooses 10 vocabulary words or concepts he/she wants to students to review. “Circuit” because all the students follow a … Continued

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