Thank you for reading the DSF Consulting October 2013 newsletter. We have a lot of news to share with you! Advocating for English Learners: A Guide for Educators Diane Staehr Fenner’s new book Advocating for English Learners: A Guide for Educators made its debut last week at the Illinois Bilingual…
Originally posted on September 16, 2013 for Colorin Colorado by Diane Staehr Fenner Last week, I learned of a new undertaking by our friends at the Understanding Language initiative and am excited to share it with you. Understanding Language is offering a Massive Open Online Course (or MOOC) for Educators around Common Core…
Originally posted on September 11, 2013 for Colorin Colorado by Diane Staehr Fenner With the beginning of the new school year, this week I’ll share some recently developed Common Core materials for English language learners that have been updated or that I have recently become aware of. If you know of…
Originally posted September 6, 2013 on Colorin Colorado by Diane Staehr Fenner In my last post, I analyzed a third grade English PARCC language arts research simulation taskthrough an ELL lens. For that task, students are asked to read one passage (in this case, a text excerpt from the book Eliza’s Cherry Trees) and answer…
Originally published on Colorin Colorado August 23, 2013 by Diane Staehr Fenner As you may have heard, the Common Core assessment consortium PARCC just released new sample items last week in English language arts (ELA) in grades 3-11 and in mathematics in grades 3-8 and high school. Since teachers will need to plan…
Welcome Back to Writing with ELLs and the Common Core! Originally posted August 9, 2013 on Colorin Colorado In this week’s post, guest blogger Dr. Ayanna Cooper writes about…writing! In preparation for the start of a new school year, teachers may begin planning their first few lessons or units. When thinking about implementing Common…
