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TESOL English Language Bulletin- Best practices for securing your online classrooms 27 October 2020
- Report estimates 1 to 3 million students missing from school since March, but data on disrupted learning is 'at best a moving target' 27 October 2020
- Teachers Helping Teachers: Core Connections Webinar Series 27 October 2020
- How will the 2020 Biden-Trump election impact K-12? 27 October 2020
- Online Teacher Education Resources in ELT: Creating Opportunities to Practice Instruction Through Multimodal Assignments 27 October 2020
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Tag Archives: elementary ESL
Engaging ELs Who Are Disengaged During Virtual Learning
Judie Haynes
If you are an educator of English learners (ELs) who is instructing your students virtually, you are probably having difficulty successfully engaging them. This is especially true if you have newcomers in your class. For online learning in virtual classrooms, … Continue reading
4 Pathways to a Culturally Responsive Virtual Classroom
Judie Haynes
Culturally responsive teaching (CRT) is grounded in the idea that educators teach to students’ unique cultural strengths. A well-known author in the field of culturally responsive teaching, Zaretta Hammond, has provided professional development based on her book, Culturally Responsive Teaching … Continue reading
7 Virtual and Face-to-Face Activities for the First Week of School
Judie Haynes
As we go back to school this fall, many teachers are faced with changing school policies because of the COVID-19 pandemic. School districts that originally planned to go back full time to their brick-and-mortar buildings may have to change their … Continue reading
Using Literature to Combat Racism in Young Children
Judie Haynes
This post was originally published in December 2019. Links and resources have been updated. Racism is a pervasive problem in the United States that affects children at all grade levels. It can occur in ways teachers interact with their students … Continue reading
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Tagged as books, classroom resources, diversity, educational equity, elementary education, elementary ESL, equity, racism, teaching about race
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Supporting ELs’ Social-Emotional Learning in a Virtual Classroom
Judie Haynes
As teachers and students from all over the world have been fast-tracked into virtual classrooms, educators need to take a closer look at our response to the anxiety and stress that learners are experiencing during this process. As teachers of … Continue reading
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Tagged as elementary education, elementary ESL, learning online, online teaching, social-emotional learning, teaching online
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English Learners and K–3 Grade Retention
Judie Haynes
Spring is the time of year in many schools when serious discussions about retaining students begins. English learners (ELs) in K–3 are likely subjects these discussions. Teachers of ELs need to be advocates for their young students during these discussions. … Continue reading
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Tagged as elementary education, elementary ESL, parent communication, primary ESL, primary school
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Using Literature to Combat Racism in Young Children
Judie Haynes
Racism is a pervasive problem in the United States that affects children at all grade levels. It can occur in ways teachers interact with their students and in the ways that students relate with each another. It can also be … Continue reading
6 Arguments for Smaller Class Sizes
Judie Haynes
I was recently reading an article about the Chicago Teachers Union and how it is pushing class size as a contract issue. This led me to wonder about how class size affects the academic achievement of English learners (ELs). According to … Continue reading
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Tagged as class size, classroom management, elementary education, elementary ESL, Judie Haynes, primary education, primary ESL
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