love this window in the Seattle Starbucks Reserve (with a glimpse of Mr. Choi 😆). had to find the countries of my beloved students past and present. ❤️

inspired by Katie Powell Boredom Busters at #TAMS to create and incorporate new activities in the #ELD classroom!

❓❓❓A Question Matrix is a tool to assist students in developing the skill of asking rich, higher-order questions. sbee.link/6huqgfxwja via Let's Talk Science #teaching #learning #cooltools

appreciate how this voice is giving a voz to our Spanish-speaking community and inviting them into the celebration! a great example of how a simple phrase can be welcoming to our multilingual learners. vamos vols!

a great language scaffold for students to build their own questions

it's summer break, so I'm just going to leave this reminder here for my future teacher-self: a great strategy for MLs that I first saw at the 2023 Ellevation Education Impact Conference to encourage students to focus on language and process before results.

counting down the days to #KaganSA! So grateful for this opportunity from Kagan Publishing & Professional Development.

not me getting a complete stranger to take this picture because I know it’s worth in classroom-cred… and then finding multiples on my phone. thank you, random sir, for being a good sport. this teacher will get a lot of mileage out of these! 😆

When people feel inadequate at something they often avoid it. Students who feel inadequate at reading, avoid reading; those who feel inadequate at speaking in front of others, sit quietly; and often teachers who don’t feel prepared to teach multilingual learners avoid them and

language-learning brains are not broken. they are benefitted by explicit strategies and support.

halfway through day 1 of 2 at #KaganSA, and I’m already feeling energized, engaged, and, oh, so grateful Kagan Publishing & Professional Development

meeting the legends at #KaganSA in Orlando! English Language Learners of KCS Kagan Publishing & Professional Development Walt Disney World

welcome to Tennessee!

and that’s a wrap! #KaganSA big take-aways: 1. engagement matters 2. practice makes progress 3. a little fun goes a long way

#MLSummit big takeaways: language is learned from messy but meaningful interactions and it’s important to create space for student words and ideas #MLSummit (previously VirtuEL) adrianmendozaed

That’s a wrap on the 2024 Kagan Summer Academy 🎢 A huge thank you to everyone who joined us and brought their energy and enthusiasm. We’ll see you all next year 🌟 #kagan #KaganSA #kagansummeracademy #cooperativelearning #professionaldevelopment #teacherevents

Make learning social. ❤️ Adding “pairs do” is an easy no prep added layer of (interactive) support for #ML students. They intuitively know it too, and will often even request, “Can we work on this together?”

back to school! thinking of ways to help teachers of #ELs visualize the many facets of language proficiency so we can support student growth from all angles. big idea: proficiency is more than just "speaking English" what can I add?

wordless bracelets! these five little beads got us talking about ourselves and others all day long… and of course my students were so creative with the class photos. 🤩 we’re off to a good start!

tip #5... visual supports for multilingual learners are good for all learners! no reason not to add that image.