Amanda Berry

Yesterday, I taught our #newcomers how to create a timeline to keep track of the main events in the story — our read aloud picture book was Show Way. This morning, as I’m grading their work, I can’t help but smile at their amazing work. I’m confident it’s a skill they now OWN!

Today I gave our newcomers a quiz on these sentences we created 🤪 Kelly (in the video) did very well — oh, did I mention she’s a newcomer who arrived 2 months ago?!? Also, love her translanguage use in sentence #4 🤩🔥🙌🏽

These are incredibly important for Multilingual Learners/ English Learners. High expectations 🙌🏽🌎♥️

Like the resilient seeds of a Mexican proverb, we too can rise, even when they try to bury us. 🌱 #hispanicheritagemonth #esolteachers #eslstudents #eslkids #teachingenglish #teaching_english #bilingual_kids #bilingualpreschool #bilingüe

WIDA‘s new focus bulletin is a great example for all of us. @WIDA_UW 👇🏽

I remember the first time I heard the term “transadaptation” and it blew my mind. Direct translation is not always appropriate and meaningful. 👇🏽

As Specialists who serve Multilingual learners and content teachers too, we wear many hats. One is coaching our colleagues (sometimes formally and other times casually). Effective ML Coaching includes: 1. being a role model of what our multilingual learners need academically but also socially and emotionally 2. listening carefully to our colleagues and their concerns as they navigate new ways of teaching 3. teaching our colleagues about multilingual learners, their needs, and rights through classroom demonstrations, mini-pds, daily interactions, and more. 4. and helping our colleagues to pull away from old ideas and learn new philosophies without feeling guilty. #RootEDLinguistics #education #multilingualism #Literacy #teaching #ReadingWritingELs #elementary #ELLs #ESOL #ESL #bilingualkids #TESOL #esl

Here are 4 easy ways to integrate translanguaging in any classroom from K-12. middleweb.com/50346/translan…

Here's an example of scaffolding at the word, sentence, and organization level. I adapted this from a teacher who took one of our courses.

How to Lose a Reader (13 Ways) 📖 No one SETS OUT to discourage #reading. Yet there are some instructional practices that do just that. This blog post describes 13 of them & 13 ways to 🌟motivate & inspire 🌟readers instead! bit.ly/3wAcGUQ #literacy #readinglife

The strategies in our #ELL Strategy Library are now available to print and share! #ELLchat #MLL #MLLchat @TanKHuynh @easkelton colorincolorado.org/classroom-stra…

Sentence patterning charts are similar to sentence frames, but offer students more choice and explicitly teach common sentence patterns. | colorincolorado.org/sentence-patte… #ELL #ELLchat #MLL #MLLchat @TanKHuynh @easkelton

Learn how to use the Picture Word Inductive Model (PWIM) strategy to teach students sentence structure and content simultaneously. This strategy comes from our new #ELL strategy library! colorincolorado.org/picture-word-i… #ELLchat #MLL #MLLchat @TanKHuynh @easkelton

“These scaffolds are not meant to be checkboxes in a lesson plan but rather intentional supports that maintain the highest expectations.” - @tankhuynh @easkelton Illustrations from @virtualgiff ow.ly/CJ6z50Q19al

Learn how to use a picture retell with #ELL students in this new strategy from our strategy library! colorincolorado.org/picture-retell #ELLchat #MLL #MLLchat

If your school is serving newcomers, take a look at our new resource gallery for lots of ideas! This is a great collection to share and bookmark. colorincolorado.org/ell-newcomer-r… #ELL #ELLchat #MLL #MLLchat

I refuse to believe that “writing domain” is “the last to develop” for MLs 🤔 With a comfortable environment, scaffoldings, comprehensive input, compelling text, interaction with the text, discussions, intentional support, groups, repetition, & teacher feedback…they CAN write!

Learn more about how you can use photo galleries in our new #ELL strategy library! colorincolorado.org/photo-gallery #ELLchat #MLL #MLLchat @easkelton @TanKHuynh

“When reports are not scaffolded, they become writing assessments rather than content assessments.” - @tankhuynh @easkelton Illustrations from @virtualgiff ow.ly/WyHb50Q194e