Originally posted April 12, 2013 on Colorin Colorado by Ayanna Cooper In this post, guest blogger Ayanna Cooper shares some of the discussion focused on ELLs from the National Science Teachers Association’s annual conference. Imagine a classroom where English learners are being cognitively challenged while developing science knowledge and English language simultaneously. A…
Originally posted April 5, 2013 on Colorin Colorado by Diane Staehr Fenner In last week’s post, I presented some considerations for implementing the CCSS for Mathematics when instructing English language learners. In this week’s post, I want to follow up with a discussion of the role of academic language in that instruction.…
Originally posted March 28, 2013 on Colorin Colorado by Diane Staehr Fenner While at the TESOL convention last week, I learned of a well-attended presentation titled “Taking on Mathematics: How the CCSS can work for ELLs.” The interactive, manipulative-based workshop focused on engaging ELLs in mathematics while highlighting key areas of…
Originally posted March 12, 2013 on Colorin Colorado by Diane Staehr Fenner In President Obama’s most recent State of the Union Address, he indicated a need to offer preschool for all children, a notion which has been embraced by many educators. In addition to this increased urgency to prepare all children for…
Originally posted March 6, 2013 on Colorin Colorado by Diane Staehr Fenner As I’ve been attending meetings in Washington, DC (such as last week’s Alliance for Excellent Education CCSS ELL briefing and TESOL International Association’s convening on the role of the ESL teacher in the CCSS), I’ve been hearing a strong theme emerge from…
Originally posted March 5, 2013 on Colorin Colorado by Diane Staehr Fenner On February 26 I was fortunate to attend the Alliance for Excellent Education’s briefing on the CCSS for ELLs in Washington, DC. The briefing focused on how CCSS shifts will affect ELLs, as well as multiple ways in which…
