Does anyone know if WIDA ever published the outcomes of the WIDA-CEFR correlation project work from January? I remember at the time summer was mentioned as the expected timeline. Have I missed it somewhere? @NordmeyerJ@ancatoma12@WIDA_UW
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Far too many popular strategies for teaching reading are not actually supported by research. We sifted through to find the ones that are most effective.
@mthman@teacher2teacher We did an old-fashioned roll-down-the-paper appreciation activity. Each St wrote their name at bottom of paper & passed it on. Next student wrote a note of appreciation about them, folded it down and passed it on. On and on until it came back to the orig st who got to read the 💛
My son was termed a “reluctant reader” in KINDERGARTEN and I watched him give up on school as his teacher said comics were getting in the way of literacy. Was given awful boring nonsensical Bob books instead. He WANTED to read comics, with built-in scaffolding, engagement, and confidence building literature. I went back to school to be a reading specialist and wrote my masters paper on using comics and pop culture to create deep and analytical readers and writers. I now give this professional development around the country so that no one else has to face an “educator” like my son did. Reading is reading. Comics = literature.
Four Surefire Techniques for Engaging ELs and Creating ELL Friendly Classrooms @sljournal Still a well loved article and visual.
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If you truly want to know what a #multilingual student understands about a topic, let them express their knowledge through all of their languages. #MultilingualMindMapping#Year5
"One career counselor, who was legally blind, told me I faced two difficulties: unlike hers, I have an invisible disability that people don’t see & understand, and adults forget that students with learning differences grow up & still face them." #dyslexia https://t.co/giBvGvO8sn
@MrStalder We should have one in every room! I love love love that in EAL we don’t give grades. I tell them everything is for practice to help them improve and everything is ‘assessed’ by me but nothing is ‘graded’. They don’t mind taking risks and they appreciate the feedback much more.
Yay, new books! 📚
I make it a point to not *only* have books for my EAL students in my class library. Any student can find a book to read in my room-helps eliminate stigma around language learning and ‘the EAL classroom’. All students come to read or work in my room. #mll#ell