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Category Archives: English Learners
Resources on the CCSS for ELLs
If you are looking for items that will assist ELs in meeting the CCSS, Diane Staehr Fenner has shared the following Top Ten Resources. There are some familiar items, that have been linked from this blog in the past, including Stanford … Continue reading
Washoe Educators Finish Day 2 of the CTP-ESL Pilot
K-12 ESL teachers finished Day 2 of the CTP-ESL pilot. Their hard work is allowing Curriculum and Instruction to integrate WIDA into Core Task Project trainings. Further, they are identifying appropriate scaffolds to allow all learners to engage in the … Continue reading
Posted in Close Reading, Common Core State Standards, English Learners
Tagged Close Reading Strategy, Core Task Project, CTP, Dawn Adams, ESL, Exemplars, K-12, Karen Perisho, Pete Cobin, SAP, scaffolds, WIDA
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“Keep it or Junk it” an ESL Perspective
Dr. Pete Cobin, ELL Consultant with Washoe County School District, reviewed the lesson “Keep it or Junk it” and shared the following: There are two things in particular that I noticed. The emphasis on “What are you thinking? How do … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Vocabulary, CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Complex Text, English Learners, Instructional Shifts, text complexity, Text-Dependent Questions
Tagged academic vocabulary, CCSS, Close Reading Strategy, Common Core State Standards, EL, ESL, instructional shifts, Peter Cobin
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Opportunities for English Learners in the CCSS ELA
In a paper, as part of Stanford University’s Understand Language series (here) authors George C. Bunch, Amanda Kibler, and Susan Pimentel describe, for those “collectively responsible for education of English Learners,” what has to be done so the CCSS are … Continue reading
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