Ruth Delgado

[Ruth Delgado @RuthDelgado_BU]

@RossTetzloff It is something that has to be done explicitly, and I'm lucky to have a fellow in my room that helps me guide pairs of students when doing this! #TL508

[Ruth Delgado @RuthDelgado_BU]

@RossTetzloff For my first graders, I have them focus on 1-2 skills that they'll be giving feedback on at a time. For example, on day 1 of peer reviewing, they'll look for capitalization in the right places. Then on day 2, they focus on punctuation, then other focused skills. #TL508

[Ruth Delgado @RuthDelgado_BU]

@Kelsey_jorden At my school, we have to administer the WIDA model throughout the year, but I also use writing assignments within our unit as formative assessments to guide my writing instruction. Using either the WIDA model or a writing assignment, I create a DAP to adapt future instruction.

[Ruth Delgado @RuthDelgado_BU]

@EveKuzmech I used duolingo when I was learning Portuguese and it was helpful and fun! As a teacher, I've used it to translate words into Russian throughout a lessons to facilitate one of my students' understanding.

[Ruth Delgado @RuthDelgado_BU]

@carmenlivesay Although there was no real competition involved, the game-like nature of the activity truly engaged students' oral language. The fun part is that this describing game can also be applied to other things, such as objects, peers, books, movies, etc.

[Ruth Delgado @RuthDelgado_BU]

@carmenlivesay I tried something new a few days ago for the language function of describe, and although new, my students seemed to really enjoy it. We played a game where each student was assigned a secret animal and they had to describe it to the entire group for them to guess it!

[Ruth Delgado @RuthDelgado_BU]

As someone who often worries about the cultural and racial disconnect between student and teacher populations, I enjoyed how the article presented the powerful, yet underrated notion of white students benefitting from having non-white teachers, as well. #Tl508BPE

[Ruth Delgado @RuthDelgado_BU]

In a country where the majority of educators identify as white, how do you counteract the statistic? What can be done to diversify the population of teachers across the country to reflect their students'?
https://t.co/JPpBvPjDgM #TL508BPE

[Ruth Delgado @RuthDelgado_BU]

@tgraums @DanielLukeRigg1 Students then have to "ask their brain" and decide which of their guesses, 'land' or 'airplanes' makes better sense in the sentence: "The ostrich is a large bird that lives on the 'land' of Africa." or "The ostrich is a large bird that lives on the 'airplane' of Africa." #TL508

[Ruth Delgado @RuthDelgado_BU]

@tgraums @DanielLukeRigg1 When encountering a new word, we look at the smaller chunks within it & predict what the whole word could mean. Then, we "pop" our guesses back into the text to see if it makes sense. For example, replacing "plains" with either 'land' or 'airplanes' in a text about Africa. #TL508

[Ruth Delgado @RuthDelgado_BU]

This is why culturally relevant pedagogy is so important #TL508

[Ruth Delgado @RuthDelgado_BU]

@GajPerris In addition, I try to find books that include both languages (although this is easier for Spanish than for Portuguese).

[Ruth Delgado @RuthDelgado_BU]

@GajPerris I try to make translanguaging more organic by using it everyday; however, this is possible because all my students speak Spanish or Portuguese. I constantly ask students to think of word translations in their L1s and it's made it easier for us to code switch casually

[Ruth Delgado @RuthDelgado_BU]

@AudreyOrtega14 I completely agree with the importance of family and school relationships; yet, this reminded me of the value of formative assessments, especially for emerging multilingual students. What formative assessments can we create and implement to identify areas of priority? #TL508

[Ruth Delgado @RuthDelgado_BU]

@cmleider @violetw37979240 This is very interesting. I haven't heard anything from my district about this. I'll be bringing this up at our next PD!

[Ruth Delgado @RuthDelgado_BU]

@_yassie22_ One thing I try to do (in my 2nd year of teaching) is collaborate with ELA teachers & look at their scope and sequence. Then, I have to align my own scope and sequence using the WIDA objectives and find my own texts that fall under NG Reach themes.

[Ruth Delgado @RuthDelgado_BU]

@_yassie22_ A significant challenge for me is not having curriculum to begin with. Therefore, I have to start with the unit assessment and fill the entire unit with objectives that'll allow students to reach that overarching goal. It is like building a building from the top down. #TL508

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@ASchnebeck For example, the other day my students were about to read a passage about apple-picking traditions and I found that many of them had no idea what apple-picking was or why it is so popular around this area!

[Ruth Delgado @RuthDelgado_BU]

What are some ways you support multilingual students in your classroom to meet the common core standards across subject areas? #TL508

[Ruth Delgado @RuthDelgado_BU]

@ASchnebeck Aimee, you bring up an extremely important point; background knowledge, or lack thereof, can either make or break a student's understanding. I also find it interesting to see what students know or don't know prior to starting a lesson.