| | This video from Syracuse, NY highlights the coaching relationship between a first-year teacher, Alexandra Galán, and two coaches who specialize in ELL best practices, Erica Daniels and Lillian Zayas. Learn more about how coaching has supported Ms. Galán's teaching and her perspective on the coaching experience at the end of her first year in the classroom.
For more tips from Ms. Daniels and Ms. Zayas, see 10 Ways ELL Coaches Can Support Student Success. |
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Colorín Colorado has prepared several slide decks with turnkey sessions that you are welcome to use in professional learning settings, including trainings, co-teaching, coaching, and pre-service! Please share attribution to Colorín Colorado. More slide decks are coming soon! Topics include: Slide decks for ELL strategies: |
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New ELL Strategies These new strategies from our popular ELL Strategy Library feature tips, examples, resources, and more! |
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Learn how schools can welcome newcomer students and families through these practical steps.
Additional resources are available in our Newcomer Resource Gallery.
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Creating a Welcoming Classroom for ELLs An important first step in helping ELLs succeed is creating an environment where they feel comfortable. Here are some ideas to help you get started: |
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Find out how ELL educators and their co-teachers can strengthen their partnerships. This article includes a tip sheet, related resources, and videos featuring Ms. Padilla. Related webinar This free archived event from Share My Lesson is available for one professional credit: |
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Colorín on the Go! is a free web app from Colorín Colorado and the American Federation of Teachers, offering 100+ strategies for educators of ELLs, as well as multilingual resources to share with families!
Topics include ideas for new teachers of ELLs, ELL instruction, multilingual family outreach, and social and emotional support. Share Colorín on the Go through the following: To access Colorín on the Go from your device, visit https://go.colorincolorado.org or use this QR code!
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Family Resources and Engagement Partnering with Multilingual Families These articles offer important tips on establishing communication with multilingual families: These three multilingual video series offer ideas for how families can support language and literacy at home while maintaining strong ties to their culture. Each series is also accompanied by a family engagement guide with workshop ideas for schools and partners. Our multilingual tips are now available all in one place! Topics include supporting literacy at home, special education, and social-emotional health. These tip sheets and the videos are also available to share with families via Colorín on the Go. |
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Featured Books Say My Name By: Joanna Ho Illustrated by: Khoa Le Languages: Chinese, Diné (Navajo), Persian, Spanish Six children connect with the reader and proudly celebrate their names and backgrounds: Hé Xiao-Guang, Ofa Kivaha Tupoumalohi, Bijan Hosseini, Nizhoni Yazzie, Xóchitl Luna, and Akosua Acheampong. These students of Chinese, Tongan, Persian, Navajo, Mexican, and Ghanaian descent also honor their ancestors and cultural histories. Back-to-School Booklists These booklists offer great titles for the new school year! |
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If Only You Knew By Emily Francis
Emily Francis is an award-winning educator of immigrant students and English learners. If Only You Knew, a memoir, tells her story through a series of letters she writes to eight immigrant students in whom she sees pieces of herself. She shares memories from her childhood in Guatemala (where she worked in her mother’s fruit-selling business and helped raise her four younger siblings), her journey into the United States as an undocumented, unaccompanied minor, and her experience fulfilling her dream of becoming an educator. |
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