Primary/Elementary Ed

8 Reasons Teachers Are Burned Out (And 4 Ways to Help)

Most U.S. schools moved to virtual learning in March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic caused many sections of the country to shut down.

Author: Judie Haynes

4 Poetry Ideas for Young Language Learners

Language learners can often find writing poetry to be an intimidating task, but with some structure and examples, poetry can be easy and fun to write for language learners of any level.

Author: Hetal Ascher

4 Critical Strategies for Teaching Multilingual Learners

Recently, #MLLCHAT on Twitter had a dynamic discussion based on a new book by authors Andrea Honigsfeld, Maria Dove, Audrey Cohen, and Carrie McDermott Goldman entitled From Equity Insights to Action: Critical Strategies for Teaching Multilingual Learners.

Author: Judie Haynes

4 Ways Teachers of ELs Differ From Reading Teachers

“Are you teaching them to read?” asked the custodian as she unlocked the door to my classroom.

Author: Barbara Gottschalk

6 Strategies to Balance the Use of L1 and English in the ESL Classroom

During a recent Twitter chat, a teacher of multilingual learners (MLLs) wrote that she was struggling with a class of fifth and sixth graders who persisted in speaking their home language (Spanish) in class.

Author: Judie Haynes

4 More Ways to Support the Families of Multilingual Learners When School Opens

There are many reasons why families may not come to school for school programs and conferences about their children.

Author: Judie Haynes

5 Ways to Support the Families of Multilingual Learners When School Opens

As schools reopen around the United States, teachers and administrators need to consider how to how to support the families of multilingual learners (MLLs) with information for them in their home language. 

Author: Judie Haynes

5 Ways Phonics Is Different for English Learners

Chalkbeat Philadelphia recently published a great article about the difficulties young English learners (ELs) in the Philadelphia School District were facing during the pandemic.

Author: Barbara Gottschalk

6 Scaffolds for ELs in a Virtual Classroom

In May, 2020, I wrote a blog entitled “10 Scaffolds to Support EL Learning.”

Author: Judie Haynes

6 Scaffolds to Support ELs in a Virtual Classroom

According to my sources on #ELLCHAT, a Twitter discussion group for teachers of English learners (ELs), students are sitting in virtual classrooms during the pandemic, struggling to understand content-area information.

Author: Judie Haynes

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