Amy George

[Amy George @AGeorgESOL]

#TRTW 4A1 The value of having students talk with each other after reading and before writing? It is one way to process what they read and prepare to write...especially for those students with an interpersonal learning style! @TanyaFrancaESOL @LaurenJESOL

[Amy George @AGeorgESOL]

#TRTW 3A4 Resources teachers can use to find appropriate texts for units of study include existing curriculum materials, online resources, student notes, and teacher-created texts. @TanyaFrancaESOL @LaurenJESOL

[Amy George @AGeorgESOL]

#TRTW 2A4 more student engagement = more student talking + less teacher talking...pose the question, let them think and show a signal when ready, turn and talk, THEN share with whole class. @TanyaFrancaESOL @LaurenJESOL

[Amy George @AGeorgESOL]

#TWTR 1A3 I am excited about Talk Read Talk Write because it seems to have many real-life examples applicable to the elementary school scenario. I can't wait to have a refresh of ideas for the new year! #GCSLTELs @TanyaFrancaESOL @LaurenJESOL

[Amy George @AGeorgESOL]

#GCSTELs 12A2: YES YES YES! There is no way ESOL teachers can do this alone...we need ALL teachers trained to give quality instruction to ELs. Some states do this already...
@TanyaFrancaESOL @LaurenJESOL

[Amy George @AGeorgESOL]

#GCSTELs 11A1: "At the heart of this process is the 'will and desire' to put children first in all critical decision making"...if all involved in policy, decision-making, budgets, etc would consider the "why"....long term ELs (& all students) would benefit @TanyaFrancaESOL

[Amy George @AGeorgESOL]

10A3 Would like to see a similar concept or parallel ideas illustrated in an elementary school or with early childhood ELs... @TanyaFrancaESOL @LaurenJESOL #GCSLTELs

[Amy George @AGeorgESOL]

@TanyaFrancaESOL @LaurenJESOL SEVEN words PER day PER subject area!! 😱😱😱

[Amy George @AGeorgESOL]

10A4 The need to learn vocabulary continues into middle and high school...a continual process...@TanyaFrancaESOL @LaurenJESOL #GCSLTELs

[Amy George @AGeorgESOL]

10A What stood out to me? Serving LTELs basically involves best practices...know your student, match your program to student need, use research-based methods, and be a life-long learner of our teaching craft...continuous improvement is the goal 🧐 @TanyaFrancaESOL @LaurenJESOL

[Amy George @AGeorgESOL]

#8A1 #GCSLTELs Cooperative learning is an important differentiation strategy to help EL's in "low anxiety conditions" (*key there!)...assigning roles keep everyone contributing also key...I am continuing loving all these ideas to implement! @TanyaFrancaESOL @LaurenJESOL

[Amy George @AGeorgESOL]

#7A2 #GCSLTELs I liked the collaborative/cooperative writing strategy...will try to implement this in the upcoming weeks! The sample writing frames were a good reminder to use these them...and 100% agree with using good writing models! @TanyaFrancaESOL @LaurenJESOL

[Amy George @AGeorgESOL]

#6A1 #GCSLTELs We have many ELs who struggle in reading also...this chapter is full of ideas to help with literacy development and reading mastery...I highlighted all over the place while reading this one 🖍️ @LaurenJESOL @TanyaFrancaESOL

[Amy George @AGeorgESOL]

@TanyaFrancaESOL @LaurenJESOL

[Amy George @AGeorgESOL]

#5A1 #GCSLTELs "Vocabulary is the first important step toward school success for ELs AND other students"...ALL students benefit from explicit vocabulary instruction.

[Amy George @AGeorgESOL]

4Q1: We use pull-out & push-in, adapting to the student, situation, & instructional need. Our population is so diverse coming from places like Kosovo, Kazakhstan, Egypt, India, etc. w/ many SPED students too. There is no one size fits all plan #gcsltels

[Amy George @AGeorgESOL]

@DJaniskee @LaurenJESOL @TanyaFrancaESOL I saw that too!!

[Amy George @AGeorgESOL]

#GCSLTELs @TanyaFrancaESOL @LaurenJESOL 3: The scale on pp. 38-39 was eye-opening 👁...wow. GCS have come a long way since 2003 with EL awareness....but we still have a mountain to climb with getting all hands on deck with EL instruction and PD

[Amy George @AGeorgESOL]

YES!!!!! @LaurenJESOL @TanyaFrancaESOL #GCSLTELs

[Amy George @AGeorgESOL]

#GCSLTELS 2A1: Our EL profile is extremely diverse....we hit all the profiles including many SE-EL (including our deaf/hard of hearing ELs). AGREE w/ the emphasis to verify we are not over-identifying students who are struggling for special ed... @LaurenJESOL @TanyaFrancaESOL