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Tag Archives: elementary writing
6 Questions to Support Multilingual Learners in Learning Content-Area Vocabulary
Judie Haynes
If teachers of multilingual learners (MLLs), whether they are in the general education classroom or in an ESL class, want to help MLLs to understand content-area texts, they need to use strategies that help students gain new academic vocabulary. Here … Continue reading
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Tagged as content-based instruction, elementary ESL, elementary writing, ESL vocab, primary education, Teaching Vocabulary
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4 Low-Prep Creative Writing Ideas
Hetal Ascher
In need of a quick, low-prep lesson? Here are some creative writing activities that my students and I have enjoyed over the last year. These ideas work whether you are teaching in person, online, or hybrid, and they all allow … Continue reading
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Tagged as classroom writing activity, creative writing, elementary writing, ESL writing, teaching writing, writing activities
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Activities for Teaching Writing to Young Learners
Betsy Gilliland
When we learn a new language, writing is often the last skill we focus on. Listening and speaking take priority, and reading can be integrated into textbook exercises as we learn grammar, for example. Writing may be neglected because of … Continue reading
Linking Writing to ELs’ Lives Using Quickwrites
Judie Haynes
Recently, I came across a mention of quickwrites (QWs) on Twitter. I immediately felt that they were a terrific way to support English learners (ELs) as they learn to write. According to Linda Reif, author of The Quickwrite Handbook: 100 … Continue reading
Teaching Young ELs to Blog: 4 FAQs
Judie Haynes
Blogging provides elementary-age ELs the opportunity to practice writing across the curriculum. Even beginning ELs can produce text to publish a blog. Many teachers blog with students as young as first grade. Here are four questions that I am frequently … Continue reading
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Tagged as blogging for education, educational technology, elementary education, elementary writing, evergreen, Judie Haynes
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Teaching Nonfiction Writing to Beginning English Learners
Judie Haynes
It is essential that English learners (ELs) are taught to write from the time they first learn English. I have always been convinced that English learners write more comprehensively if they begin with nonfiction reading and writing and their writing … Continue reading
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Tagged as elementary education, elementary writing, ELL writing, evergreen, Judie Haynes, teaching writing, writing resources
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