Mother, wife, advocate for equity, life-long learner, and an educator to the core. Serving as the Director of EL in Perry Township Schools. Opinions are my own.
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.
Check out how we are using Wordforce to impact students! Julie and Lauren are amazing educational leaders in Perry! Thanks for sharing your story with others. bigmarker.com/everfi/Put-Roc…
Fundraiser for Cesar Jaramillo by Alejandro Jaramillo : Funeral costs. This is one of our students. Such a heartbreaking story. gofundme.com/f/gpq3pn-funera…
This is how I scaffolded a lesson w/ my co-Ts:
- looked at their document from last year
- added an image to go w/ the text
- added synonyms behind unfamiliar words
Co-planning = to co-teaching
#pd4uandme
if you teach older students how to read and acquire English, I have a lot of very motivating activities on this padlet padlet.com/carolsalva1/rapid…
Explicitly teaching and modelling "discourse moves" enables students to engage in meaningful conversations before writing. #WIDA#ellchat
Link:drive.google.com/file/d/1Wo_…
🔥#scaffolds 🔥are important for #ELs The link below will take you to the #ELL2point0 site to explore/make a copy of the infographic with 3 types of scaffolds & examples of how to use them with #Literacy strategies such as ✨Think-Write-Pair-Share✨
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bit.ly/3rcYgGP
Parents politely requesting for the press conference to be in Spanish. Officers walk away.
This is why we must challenge English-only policies when teaching a multilingual community.
Linguistic oppression takes on many shapes. Imagine not languaging in English and needing information during a most horrific tragedy. #Uvalde#LinguisticOppression
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