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Snyder, S. & Staehr Fenner, D. (2021). Culturally responsive teaching for multilingual learners: Tools for equity. Corwin.

This is a collection of all of the videos from the book Culturally Responsive Teaching. The videos address why and how using SIOP features and Culturally Responsive Teaching strategies build community, create safe classrooms and fosters student belonging within the school community.

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Culturally Responsive Teaching for Multilingual Learners: Tools for Equity

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Welcome to the Companion WebsiteChapter 1Video 1.1: Why Culturally Responsive Teaching MattersChapter 2Video 2.1: What It Means to Value Diversity

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Ferlazzo, L., & Hull Sypnieski, K. (2018). Activating Prior Knowledge With English Language Learners.

Excerpt of a book in the form of an article. Focus on the SIOP feature of Building Background, ensuring that new learning attaches to prior and previous knowledge. Easy read and gives several concrete ideas on strategies to use right away.

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English Language Learners

Students learn better when they first access what they already know-and this plays a big role in improving English language learners' academic literacy.

Educators and researchers, along with the Common Core authors, recognize that activating prior knowledge is a necessary step in accessing complex texts, whether in the form of written words, images, charts, or other text types. However, you can have too much of a good thing. As the , "Student background knowledge and experiences can illuminate the reading but should not replace attention to the text itself."

of K-W-L extend the chart to include columns for how students can find answers to their questions (online searches, personal interviews), what actions they might take after learning this new information (apply it, teach someone else, create something new), and/or what new questions they have based on what they've learned.

Providing simpler, preparatory texts in anticipation of a more complex reading task can be very helpful in building background knowledge and reading confidence. We often use the same text written in different Lexile levels. There are that make it easy to find or create these types of accessible texts. We're not suggesting that teachers simplify the complex text they're planning to use for close reading. Instead, teachers can provide simplified texts addressing topics or themes similar to the ones in the complex text as a way to build background knowledge.

Providing ELLs in advance with texts or videos in their home language can be another way to promote background knowledge. There are also many that can help with this kind of support.

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Activating Prior Knowledge With English Language Learners

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Students learn better when they first access what they already know-and this plays a big role in improving English language learners' academic literacy.

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Ferlazzo, L. (2017). Here are Free Resources for "The ELL Teacher's Toolbox.

This blog post is a great resource to the text with immediate access to activities to copy from the book.

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You can now order our book on Amazon.

The ELL Teacher's Toolbox: Hundreds of Practical Ideas to Support Your Students will be published in April, 2018.

Fifteen ways to adapt your textbook so your students aren't bored to death is the headline of a post appearing in my British Council blog. It's a short excerpt from the book.
Here Are All The Tweets From The First Week Of Sharing Excerpts From Our New Book, #ELLTeachersToolbox Here Are All The Tweets From The SECOND Week Of Sharing Excerpts From Our New Book, #ELLTeachersToolbox
Edutopia has published an excerpt from our new book, The ELL Teacher's Toolbox. Check it out Activating Prior Knowledge With English Language Learners.

Helping English-Learners End the School Year Strong is the title of the excerpt from our new book, The ELL Teacher's Toolbox. It appears in Education Week Teacher.
ALL Student Reproducibles From Our New Book Are Now Available To Everybody!
How to Engage ELLs in Literary Conversations is headline of another excerpt from our new book on teaching English Language Learners.

How to Use Oral Presentations to Help English Language Learners Succeed is the headline of the latest excerpt from our new book on teaching ELLs. It appears at KQED MindShift.
Video: Katie & I Share ELL Instructional Strategies
Carol Salva hosts THE podcast that English Language Learner teachers should be listening to, and she was kind enough to have me on as her guest. You can listen to the show here, as well as accessing a ton of other materials she has. One of the many reasons I like Carol's show so much is that she shares supplemental resources, as well as her reflections on the each show.

Culturally Responsive Teaching in the ELL Classroom is the headline of the book excerpt published by the Washington Post.
Highlights From First Two Weeks Of The Online Book Chat About Our New ELL Book
Four games for vocabulary development is an excerpt from our book, The ELL Teacher's Toolbox, and appears over at the British Council.

Rita Platt has written a very positive review of our new book, The Ell Teacher's Toolbox, over at Middleweb.

4 Fun Ways to Practice Short Oral Presentations is the headline of yet another excerpt from our book, The ELL Teacher's Toolbox. It appears in Middleweb.
Highlights From Last Two Weeks Of The Online Book Chat About Our New ELL Book JOIN A SUMMER VIRTUAL BOOK STUDY ON OUR BOOK, "THE ELL TEACHER'S TOOLBOX"
In the meantime, you can access tons of free resources from our - and my - previous books here.

What a great day of ESL training!! I just LOVE The ELLS Teacher's Toolbox!!! Thank you so much @KatyOOL for this resource!!! Can't wait to delve in! #ellteachertoolbox #eslstrategies #katyisdool pic.twitter.com/4oOzIFWflx

- Cari Bickham (@CariBickham) August 9, 2018

Look at these amazing anchor charts our #ESL teachers made to sum up chapters from #ELLTeachersToolbox by @Larryferlazzo. We love ❤️ this resource! #katyool @cjnguyen10 pic.twitter.com/TBBvMOnXCP

- 🌍 ναℓєηтιηα gσηzαℓєz (@ValentinaESL) August 9, 2018

We ran that round a bit differently than other rounds and did not do weekly questions. We had Ts choose their top 10 strategies and share what they learned, how the strategies were helpful, what they tweaked etc.

- Katie Toppel, Ed.D. (@Toppel_ELD) September 11, 2018

Loved this format given the structure of the book. Currently studying this book w/staff; departments are choosing top 5 & sharing out, reflecting, celebrating successes, etc.

- Alycia Owen (@alycia_owen) September 12, 2018

Using Photos In Speaking and Listening- "If Animals or Inanimate Objects Could Talk"
Sometimes speaking in front of a large group can be scary and speaking through other objects can help reduce anxiety and promote confidence.@Larryferlazzo #ELLTeachersToolbox #ESC1WebbookStudy pic.twitter.com/mORWjE5eT6

- A_GarzaRHHHS (@araseli_garza) May 6, 2019

Here's a wild Escape The Room feature created by teachers to support PD done through our book, The ELL Teacher's Toolbox.

From Rachel Sherwood: I am absolutely loving this book! I especially love the chapter on music and am already thinking through how I can utilize the songs from Hamilton! in my lessons next year! #NKYELBookClub pic.twitter.com/6VVvPWGUp7

- EL Program at NKCES (@NKCESELProgram) May 4, 2020

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Here Are Free Resources For "The ELL Teacher's Toolbox"

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You can now order our book on Amazon. The ELL Teacher's Toolbox: Hundreds of Practical Ideas to Support Your Students will be published in April, 2018. Fifteen ways to adapt your textbook so...

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Academic English-Metacognitive Refleciton Activity with Sentence Frames 

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Ferlazzo, L., & Hull Sypnieski. (2018). The ELL Teacher's Toolbox. Jossey-Bass.

Promoting the metacognitive task of student reflection and modeling academic English is a feature of SIOP and here Ferlazzo & hull Sypnieski (2018) create a reproducible worksheet for students to use to have reflective conversations using sentence frames.

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Ferlazzo, L., & Hull Sypnieski. (2018). The ELL Teacher's Toolbox. Jossey-Bass.

Promoting the metacognitive task of Goal Setting, Reflection, and Adjusting goals is critical to foster for our Multilingual students. This is an easy worksheet to model for our students and help them achieve goals in class.

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Cutlurally Responsive School Reflection and Goal Setting Tool

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Cutlurally Responsive School Reflection and Goal Setting Tool

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Snyder, S. & Staehr Fenner, D. (2021). Culturally responsive teaching for multilingual learners: Tools for equity. Corwin.

This is a comprehensive checklist for schools or groups of educators to complete to help guide their own work and pathways towards culturally responsive teaching.

Culturally Responsive Teaching brings together social emotional wellbeing, student belonging, and wellbeing into the instructional spotlight.

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Lesson Planning Checklist using Principles of Sheltered Instruction Protocal and Culturally Responsive Teaching 

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Snyder, S. & Staehr Fenner, D. (2021). Culturally responsive teaching for multilingual learners: Tools for equity. Corwin.

This is a lesson planning checklist for teachers to use to help craft lessons grounded in SIOP features and culturally responsive techniques.

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This is a tool that ML students can use to help them read. They can follow along and visual the reading.

This resource could be used as part of a station rotation in class or as an individualized student activity based on need.

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Microsoft Learning Tools are free tools that implement proven techniques to improve reading and writing for people regardless of their age or ability.

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Brain POP ELL is aligned to the WIDA English Proficiency Standards and is a subscription-based tool which uses games, activities, and animated movies designed for Multilingual students. Students take a placement test and move from beginner to advanced reviewing grammar, and practicing reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

Brain POP could be used as part of a Tier II or Tier III intervention, during a station rotation or at home for support.

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We are teachers. 50 Best Podcasts for Kids and Teens in 2023.

This resources integrates technology in the classroom and practices listening to academic vocabulary. Podcasts are authentic and timely media that students will be exposed to. Students could also use these as models to create their own podcast on a topic generated in class.

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Looking for the best podcasts for kids and students to listen to and learn from? We asked teachers to share their favorites and have put together this list to use in your classroom or at home!

Disclaimer: We've divided the list by grade level because some might be more intense or cover more mature topics than is appropriate for younger students. You are the best judge for your own kids or students, though, so we recommend vetting all material before sharing.

Best Podcasts for Students in Elementary School

Original audio stories filled with whimsy and wonder for young listeners and their families.

Activity to try: Let kids write, illustrate and make a recording of their own original story.

Kids have all kinds of crazy questions-it's one of the things we love best about them! This production, from Vermont Public Radio, tackles such topics as Why Do People Have Nightmares?, Do Animals Get Married?, and Why Do Lions Roar?

Activity to Try: Start a log, using a special notepad, of all the crazy questions you can think of. Take the notebook with you everywhere you go.

In the era of fake news, kids need to learn to be able to tell what's true from what's false. And what better way to do that than a game show that puts kids in the driver's seat, adults on the hot seat, and a sound-effects robot strapped to the roof? Each week, a kid interviews two experts in a particular topic, one of whom is a genuine, credentialed expert, the other a liar. Hilarious and fast-paced, the show teaches kids to ask insightful questions, weigh the evidence before them, and trust their gut.

Activity to try: Play an in-class or at-home version of Two Truths and a Lie to polish truth-telling skills.

There's a whole lot going on in the world these days, and not all of the news is kid-friendly. Kidnuz informs in a way that explains, but doesn't overload, kids. Their mission statement says it all: "To engage the next generation with news that will inform without fear and educate without opinion."

Activity to Try: Pick an issue and do a "deep dive." Specifically, look for the upside of the situation-people helping people, people bonding together, etc.

A fun-filled podcast for kids all about ethical questions that get kids and adults thinking. "Do you have to love your sibling?" "Are some lies actually okay?" "Is it ever okay to fight back against a bully?"

Activity to try: Have your students write down questions to which they don't know the answers and talk about a few (after vetting them, of course).

Science is brought to life in this podcast that tells stories about science discoveries with help from actual scientists. They answer questions from why cats always seem to land on their feet to what a journey to the center of the earth would look like.

Activity to try: Discuss the topic of any given episode as a class, opening it up to questions and encouraging further research.

Follow the ongoing battle between Dr. Floyd and the evil mastermind, Dr. Steve (along with his sock-shaped assistant, Fidgert). During all their fighting, Dr. Floyd learns about history. With more than 400 episodes, there are plenty to choose from.

Activity to try: Have students write their own episodes, including a historical event that they love or that you have covered.

"Brains On!" features science and kids. The host and her kid co-host talk with food scientists and snake handlers, put on plays, write songs, and so much more. It's a science lesson for your ears!

Activity to try: Listen to the March 23 episode, "Books: How they're made and how your brain reads them." Afterward, have a discussion with your class about the many ways that reading is great for them.

An online treasure-trove of free audio stories. You can listen to a mixture of original stories, fairy tales, and specially adapted myths and histories. Storynory has published an episode every week since 2005, so there is plenty to love and something for everyone.

Activity to try: Have students write an original short story and then present it to the class.

Every two weeks, the creative host of this podcast takes questions from kids and spins them into an entertaining tale. Check out What If Clouds Were Made of Cotton Candy? or What If Magic Didn't Exist?

Activity to try: Make a top ten list of your own What-Ifs. Write a story, create a comic strip, or make a drawing to go with your favorites.

In a distant future that's either really bad or really good (depending on whose side you're on), two strange and unlikely champions embark on a series of adventures to stop a wicked A.I., and in the process must struggle to understand "old-fashioned" ideas like "kindness" and "just hanging out not doing much."

Activity to try: Start a discussion on how devices such as smartphones impact students' interactions with the people around them. Discuss the pros and cons of technology and the things we can do to be more connected with each other.

James Hawkins helps his mom run a motel in modern-day Montauk, Long Island. When a mysterious man washes up on the beach with a treasure map tattooed on his chest, James discovers that Billy Bones is, in fact, a time-traveling pirate from the 18th century. James and his new friends, Morgan and Max, follow the map right into a magical portal that leads them back nearly 300 years and into a swashbuckling adventure.

Activity to try: Have students write the story of what they would do if they discovered someone was a time-traveler. Would they want to enter the portal and go back in time?

In the spirit of Mayan folklore, an 11-year-old Belizean girl accidentally invokes an evil spirit that threatens to consume the rainforest. She goes on a thrilling journey to save her home and her people.

Activity to try: Ask students to write their own story of what they would do to protect their home. Do they see any similarities to the environmental problems we face today?

Finn Caspian is an 8-year-old boy aboard the Famous Marlowe 280 Interplanetary Exploratory Space Station. He and his friends Abigail, Elias, and Vale are Explorers Troop 301, taking off from the Marlowe to explore uncharted planets, help the occasional alien, and solve a mystery that threatens to destroy their space station.

Activity to try: Have students create their own illustrations of Finn's adventures. Would they want to be among his explorer friends?

Best Podcasts for Tweens in Middle School

Listen as world-famous radio reporter Eleanor foils devious plots, outwits crafty villains, and goes after The Big Story. Eleanor's pursuit of truth takes her into orbit, out to sea, and even to the halls of Congress! Her adventures are entertaining and informative.

Activity to try: Have a discussion about Eleanor and her values, especially the importance of access to information, being inclusive to different points of view, and telling the truth. Then have your students write about what their values are.

If your tweens are into hip-hop, this podcast might be just their speed. Episodes follow the main character, Antoine, a boy who is bullied, who finds a magical book that transports him to another world.

Activity to try: Have students create an illustrated version of the story as they follow along with the podcast.

Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about all things space: stars, planets, humans in space, and so much more. He also interviews a lot of amazing people, from Buzz Aldrin to Alan Rickman.

Activity to try: Have students research the science topic covered in a given episode, learning more about the topic and sharing their findings.

Explore the English language, with all its oddities! Filled with good humor and levity, this podcast will help you explore the roots of words and phrases that we use every day.

Activity to try: Have students write their own grammatical or linguistic jokes, using these as starter examples.

The title speaks for itself. Learn about people and events that are often overlooked in a typical history class.

Activity to try: Choose a popular unit of historical study, like the Civil War or Great Depression, then have students research the little-told stories related to it. They could even write a readers theater based on their findings.

Listenwise is an award-winning listening skills platform, searchable by topic area or school subject. It advances classroom learning by providing additional content and building listening skills. There is also a focus on current events that helps keep the learning tied to the real world.

Activity to try: Each episode comes equipped with teaching resources, so pick the topic that is best for your class and get listening.

Humans are a curious lot as this podcast attests to in its mission statement: "True stories of inspiration, humor, and the incredible achievements of all types of people, many of which are sadly under-shared."

Activity to try: Have your students reach out to relatives, friends, or neighbors and ask them to share stories from their past.

This thought-provoking podcast tells the origin story of middle-schoolers Marcus Aronson and Mondo Ramirez, also known as Cupid and the Grim Reaper. Can these two mismatched heroes overcome their differences and learn to harness the powers of life, death, and love?

Activity to try: Start a conversation about what it would be like to be a teen with superpowers. Discuss the perspectives of the main characters. How would students feel if they were 13 years old and found out they are Cupid or the Grim Reaper?

Best Podcasts for Teens in High School

Adult ISH is a culture, advice, and storytelling podcast produced entirely by youth who are almost adults.

Activity to try: Have your students select a topic in the news today and write their own podcast sharing their take on the news.

A podcast created by the co-author of Freakonomics and Superfreakonomics, Stephen Dubner invites listeners to explore the hidden sides of everything. And, given his almost 300 episodes on topics ranging from Millionaires vs. Billionaires to How to Win a Nobel Prize, he is well on his way to talking about everything.

Activity to try: Have students pick an episode and find how it affects their everyday life. These can be written or presented to the class, allowing for discussion and questions.

Tune into the community radio of this desert town for the news on local weather, the mysterious lights overhead, announcements from the Sheriff's Secret Police, a dog park that prohibits dogs, and dark hooded figures with unknowable powers.

Activity to try: Challenge students with this prompt: You have been hired by the Night Vale Community Radio to write a segment. It could be a continuation of a segment that already exists, like The Children's Fun Fact Science Corner or Community Calendar, or a report of a strange happening in the town, told in Cecil-fashion. These could be performed in front of the class, written, or put in podcast form.

The podcast that brings you the "ins and outs of everyday things" from the Pledge of Allegiance to Mexican Jumping Beans to "Your Limb is Torn Off (Obviously for teens and above!)

Sarah Koenig tells one story, told week by week. The first season covers the true story of Adnan Syed, convicted for the murder of his ex-girlfriend in Baltimore. The problem: Adnan cannot remember what he was doing the day of the murder. And, as if that wasn't bad enough, there's someone claiming that he helped Adnan hide the body.

Activity to try: Have students find a famous crime in history and write a dialogue between themselves and the accused, having the accused tell their side of the story. These projects can be handed in, performed in front of the class, or put into podcast format.

Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience.

Activity to try: Listen to the episode Sight Unseen about a soldier's last moments and the photographer who captured them, divide the class in half, and have them prepare and then conduct a debate on whether or not the photographer has the right to publish the photos.

Stories of people who've done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle. Phoebe Judge explores topics from owls killing people to how to fake your death to the life of a police dog.

Activity to try: Have students pick an episode that interests them and do more in-depth research on the topic, presenting their findings to the class.

Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers and The Tipping Point, looks back through the overlooked and misunderstood in history, re-examining the past and asking whether we got it right the first time.

Activity to try: Listen to the three-part series on college (season one, episodes 4-6), and have a class discussion. Trust me, there will be plenty to talk about.

Each episode of This American Life centers around a theme. Most are journalistic at the core, but some are comedic. This podcast is hard to generalize, especially after over 600 episodes. But the number of episodes, and the podcats's massive popularity, should speak for itself.

Activity to try: Have students take a theme from an episode and write their own report or story surrounding that theme.

99% Invisible is a narrative podcast hosted by Roman Mars about all the thought that goes into the things we don't think about - the unnoticed architecture and design that shape our world.

Activity to try: Ask students to pay closer attention to the buildings and infrastructure in their town or city. Have them make a list of things they had never noticed before.

Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday shares news about science, technology, and other cool stuff. Host Ira Flatow mixes it up by featuring people in the know and those who want to be. The podcast frequently features listeners that call in with their most riveting science questions.

Activity to try: Choose from a wide range of topics such as Racism and Mental Health, Privacy and Big Data, or Structure of Conspiracy Theories, and spark a discussion.

Will and Mango have lots of questions. Will we ever live without sleep? How do rats keep outsmarting humans? Where are the sunniest tax havens to hide your money? Join these Part-Time Geniuses as they dive into ridiculous topics and discover some pretty smart stuff along the way.

Activity to try: Ask students to come up with an interesting question. Then, once their topic is approved, have them share the answer with their classmates.

This highly acclaimed podcast delivers honest and unfiltered conversations with celebrities, activists, athletes, and influencers focusing on real-life issues-from mental health and political activism to pop culture and more.

Activity to try: Sammy Jaye, at 18, is the youngest person to host her own podcast on iHeartRadio. Have students write a short paper on whether they'd want to have their own podcast while reflecting on the challenges they might face.

What are your favorite podcasts for kids? Please share in the comments!

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35 Best Podcasts for Kids in Elementary, Middle, & High School

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Looking for the best podcasts for kids and students to listen to and learn from? We asked teachers to share their favorites and have put together this list to use in your classroom or at home! Disclaimer: We've divided the list by grade level because some might be more intense or cover more mature topics than is appropriate for younger students.

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Translanguaging in the Multilingual, Bilingual, and General classrooms as a strategy

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Translanguaging in the Multilingual, Bilingual, and General classrooms as a strategy

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Garcia, O. (2017). Translanguaging.

Garcia (2017) argues that language repertoires are continuously intertwining and that together, encouraging the use of multiple languages for cognitive tasks and thinking is an equity based approach without identifying one language as dominant over the other.

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Newsela is a subscription based tool that has a myriad of functionalities for teachers to personalize primary texts for students based on lexile levels and also available in Spanish.

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English Language Arts (ELA) Content and Assessments for K-12

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Learn how Newsela ELA helps practice literacy skills, build background knowledge, and include diverse perspectives without sacrificing student engagement.

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Creating and sustaining a culturally supportive environment is critical for our multilingual learners. Understanding that language and culture are inextricably linked, and that we view the world through our own cultural biases, is the basis for applying culturally sustainable approaches to teaching multilingual learners, Snyder & Staeher Fenner (2018). Culturally responsive teaching is a research based practice that ensures teachers are creating welcome environments for their linguistically diverse students. It also ensures that lesson activities are appropriately challenging, and scaffolded so that students can successfully complete them. Part of the sheltered instruction observation protocol or SIOP (CAL,2011) is utilizing culturally responsive teaching techniques in the classroom. Knowing that our multilingual learners are bringing their own cultural funds of knowledge into our classrooms is critical for teachers to understand so that they effectively tap into and activate that background information during instruction. Utilizing content and language objectives also ensures that teachers provide multilingual learners with the appropriate modifications or scaffolds to complete the lesson according to their proficiency level (CAL, 2011). Our multilingual learners have access today to more technological tools to help them navigate being bilingual than ever before. It is important for classroom teachers to incorporate these learning tools in their instruction and assessment.

References

Center for Applied Linguistics. (2011). Using the SIOP Model: Professional development manual for sheltered instruction. CAL.

Ferlazzo, L., & Hull Sypnieski. (2018). The ELL Teacher’s Toolbox. Jossey-Bass.

Snyder, S., & Staeher Fenner, D. (2021). Culturally Responsive Teaching  for Multilingual Learners Tools for Equity. Corwin.