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Recently, I pulled up a world map  and we talked about where each student was from.  The boys were shocked to know that they weren't all Mexican...one was even from Afghanistan.  We looked at pictures from their countries.  We ended with a discussion about how great it was we were all here learning together.

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I use an interactive chart in order to practice reading and speaking. Students can match and fill in the blank together.

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I have a cultural shelf where the students bring some artifact from their country of origin, they share with the class.This helps to create a classroom environment that is inclusive, accepting and reflects the student's culture.

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As a class we create a social contract for how we will treat each other. Students sign and we refer to it to keep each other accountable.

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In order to create a strong sense of community in my room, I work to make sure that all students have an opportunity to share and interact with the material we are covering, in a way that is personal to them. Students practice listening to what others have to say before sharing their thoughts, ideas, experiences.

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I use the information on my walls to assist with clarification during a lesson.

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I adjusted shelves and materials for easy student access and made charts for the wall for class content.

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I base my lessons on the students proficiency levels and background in order to scaffold lessons appropriately.  I begin the year by collecting information about their school experience, hobbies, and family.

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I usually assess my 1st Grade students at the beginning of the year on letter names/sounds and the Kindergarten HFW (Popcorn) words. This year, I also did an assessment on the Dolch Pre-primer Sight words that I got from www.bogglesworldesl.com/dolch/sightwords.htm

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My small groups created small writing journals to bring to and from ESOL group and then they are send home as they are filled up.  One of my ESOL parents commented about how he enjoyed seeing what his son is working on and it gave him the opportunity to work with his son at home on what we are working on in class.

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Organize materials according to the flow of my daily schedule so that I'm ready for each group.

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I spend a little more time for students to respond to what we read. I encourage connecting self to text and a time for students to hear how similar or different our responses are.

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What we will learn about the Inca Civilization

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What we will learn about the Inca Civilization

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The first thing we did  was go through a picture book telling the story of the Inca.  Next, each student made their own booklet with definitions, facts, and of course pictures. After many pictures and discussion, we had a difficult test and all students did really well. I had to know the students individually because I needed to scaffold with the grades/students.

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Evelyn Nocella
I organized a materials cart so I can move from room to room and have all my materials at hand.  This increases engagement for my students because everything I need for an Inclusion lesson is readily at hand. No time is wasted searching for manipulatives, whiteboards, markers, books, etc. Students know what they have to do and are engaged the whole time.

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In order to develop a sense of community in my classroom, I often begin the class pull-out period with a game or interactive activity. This begins each class period with all students participating and involved in the learning. Today we started with a beginning sounds game.

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I try to keep my materials organized so that I am ready for each group as they come in

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I incorporated a cognates and synonyms word wall to create a more print rich environment for my students.

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I collected more data on my students such as their F & P instructional reading level to give me more information about the student to further guide my instruction. I usually don't take the time to gather more information about the student but this has been helpful for me to learn and understand my students better this year.

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Each year, Cherrydale Elementary plans an ESOL night. During this program, our parents are invited to attend 3 different sessions. Sessions include: a bilingual public librarian, the Hispanic Alliance, and ESOL teachers. The ESOL teachers discuss how they assist their students and give tips for them to use at home.

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I have set up a soft rug for all my K5 read aloud books and language movement activities. I have a kidney table strategically placed in front of the white board for writing activities. I also have a bulletin board set up to showcase their work, which they enjoy talking about with their classmates

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My second graders made weather vocabulary cards earlier in the week to use with their paragraph writing at the end of the week. The cards are nowposted on a chart.  I also put up student work and posted their social contracts.
Angela Godfrey

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I incorporated nonfiction reading passages that highlighted things from my some of my students' home countries/cultures. This helped springboard conversations in our classroom from students who are normally reluctant to speak.

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I made sure to create space in the room for some physical movement during each lesson. The students are able to get up and move around, use TPR, etc.The students really enjoy hide and hunt where I hide items around the room and they have to hunt for them and name what they find, tell a sound or create a sentence. It is a great way to work on vocabulary with the younger students.

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·         I made folders with their photos and dedicated a space on the board for their work.

·         I kept consistency with types of labels and colors per grade level.
Lastly, I added an updated student photo and examples with their work to the walls.

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I did a "Family" unit lesson with my newcomer group and had the students make a poster about themselves. I I incorporated writing, vocabulary, phonics, sight words,geography and math and had them share with eachother.. This was a way for students to learn about themselves and others.

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Rebecca Valencia- Culture and Community 

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Rebecca Valencia- Culture and Community 

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My students and I created a social contract for how we will treat each other in class. Before creating this, we read a book about four kids from different countries and how they are like those kids.

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After hearing the idea from another ESOL teacher, I decided to create a spreadsheet for the teachers I work with in grades 3-5 so they could have a quick overview of their EL students and their accommodations.  This is a 1-2 page sheet that can be referenced for lesson planning, instruction and testing.
Jaime Kapadia

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We found English and Spanish instructions on how to do an All About Me bag. This activity is one that many classroom teachers use at the beginning of the year. We thought we'd piggyback off of that to learn more about our students. We also included a parent questionnaire in Spanish for our parents to add any pertinent information about their child.

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Knowledge of Students - Kelly Hueble, Summit Drive

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Knowledge of Students - Kelly Hueble, Summit Drive

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I keep track of the progress of my higher level students' writing, and I offer comments on what I see. This is accomplished by having them share with me the pieces that they create on google. I  access them throughout the day and even after school hours. This really helps me stay in touch with students that I do not see often.

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My 2nd grade students created their own anchor charts about nouns to display in the classroom.
Maddy Delgado

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I brought a On our way to English book to a 2nd grade inclusion class to further incorporate the students knowledge base of what an opinion verses a fact is. I like these books because they have topics that are culturally diverse and the students make connections easier.

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Physical Environment: I incorporated a reward system in my groups this year. Student's goal is to earn one dollar. Each day they are with me and do a good job, they earn .01 cent. When students earn $1.00 they will receive a real dollar from me that than can spend where ever they choose. This has really helped students learn the value of money. 

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Physical Environment: I incorporated a reward system in my groups this year. Student's goal is to earn one dollar. Each day they are with me and do a good job, they earn .01 cent. When students earn $1.00 they will receive a real dollar from me that than can spend where ever they choose. This has really helped students learn the value of money. 

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I have various choices for student seating in my classroom, a rug for whole-group work, anchor charts, and texts connected to content.
-Kelly Davenport

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I added an anchor chart to illustrate and explain what we were learning so the students would have support when classifying genres and completing a tagxedo.

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Amelia Stefanelli - Culture and Community

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Amelia Stefanelli - Culture and Community

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I incorporated more bilingual materials and culturally diverse books in my daily instruction from Reading A-Z and Rigby on our way to English. We created a bulletin board in the hallway displaying all of the languages spoken in our school. Also, we have a partnership with the bilingual librarian who will be visiting this week, and the TRHS ESOL students came last week to mentor our newcomers.

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Physical Evironment:  I added a star chart to my inclusion group to maintain focus during my lessons.

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Physical Evironment:  I added a star chart to my inclusion group to maintain focus during my lessons.

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Barbara Harris

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Physical Environment

I created a welcoming environment that is well organized, literacy rich and has plenty of visuals. The new ELL library has been a huge success and the beginning students love to hear the stories in English and Spanish.

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I always try to use strategies that will engage the students, even if simply using a dictionary to discover the meaning of a word from the text.

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I always try to use strategies that will engage the students, even if simply using a dictionary to discover the meaning of a word from the text.