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A collaborative teacher planning with a secondary content area teacher

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Strategic Scaffolding

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The ESOL ELA Classroom

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A NEW civics teacher discusses his strategies and what he's learned so far about teaching ELL's

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Adaptations to a test (that do not compromise curriculum!)

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A FABULOUS word wall!

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How to use the Collaborative Planning template

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EASY adaptations for social studies

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Choral Reading

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A student-generated word bank

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General Information for your Classroom Teachers

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English Language Learners in the classroom name (1).pptx

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Sample Sentence Frame for PD (to use with the above link)

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Sample Sentence Frame for PD (to use with the above link)

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Use this (and the next document) to show teachers the pitfalls of using a translation resource as a primary scaffold.

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Use in PD along with the Bosnian text above

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7th ELA: An example of an adapted assignment

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7th ELA: An example of an adapted assignment

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This copy points out the adaptations for your teachers to see. The copy for teachers is in the Teacher Resources section.

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Source: Salva, C. & Matis, A. (2017) Boosting Achievement: Reaching Students with Interrupted or Minimal Education. Irving, TX. Seidlitz Education.

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Adapt for your teachers' needs

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7th ELA: An example of an adapted assignment

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7th ELA: An example of an adapted assignment

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https://rewordify.com/

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"How It Feels to Be An ELL Learner": This Video Accompanies the PD Presentations

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"How It Feels to Be An ELL Learner": This Video Accompanies the PD Presentations

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZNH4ro-eWQ&t=8s

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https://www.icivics.org/

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News In Levels: Great for Listening Practice

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News In Levels: Great for Listening Practice

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https://www.newsinlevels.com/

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https://www.omniglot.com/

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https://www.colorincolorado.org/home

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https://www.pixton.com/uk/

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Steinhardt.NYU: Great for Academic Vocabulary (Secondary too!)

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Steinhardt.NYU: Great for Academic Vocabulary (Secondary too!)

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https://research.steinhardt.nyu.edu/metrocenter/resources/glossaries

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https://www.canva.com/

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iSLCollective: GREAT for Listening Practice

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iSLCollective: GREAT for Listening Practice

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https://en.islcollective.com/

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IMTranslator
Cognates
Read Aloud

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Scan with your device to access this Padlet

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My name is Jody Nolf and I am a former public school educator. I have a degree in English, certification in reading and ESOL, and a master's degree in leadership and administration. For over twenty years, I taught English and reading to middle and high school students in Palm Beach County, FL, the 10th largest school district in the country. Six years ago, I transitioned into the world of ESOL (as it is called in FL) as a full-time coordinator and advocate for ML learners. In 2020, I was named a Champion of Equity by the American Consortium for Equity in Education.

In June of 2022, I began a new career at Vista Higher Learning as the Florida Literacy and Language Sales Specialist, and in October, I became the Literacy Engagement Specialist for the East Coast. This new career allows me to continue to share my passion for literacy and advocate for multilingual learners.

I'm not an expert; rather, I am a passionate learner who is always searching for lessons, strategies, and support from a fellow #ELLWarrior. However, I realized early on that there were limited resources for secondary content and ESL teachers. Search after search brought me to ESL resources that were GREAT--just not suitable to my secondary teachers' needs. I thought, "What do teachers in MY school need?" "How do I think those teachers would like to receive support?" "How would I learn best if I were in their shoes?"

That is why I created these videos and resources to share with all of my teachers. I then realized through social media that so many other educators were struggling just like me. I wasn't alone! So, I later decided to share these videos with all of you. We need to advocate for and support not only our wonderful students, but also each other.

To view videos in this series, simply go the top of this page to find the links. Check back regularly for upcoming videos, and if you would like to suggest a topic that you'd like to see in action, follow me on Twitter at @JodyNolf, hashtag #CollabChat.

Thank you to all of you who continue to support me, but more importantly, continue to support our EL students and their families.

Twitter: @JodyNolf

Email: jtnolf@gmail.com

Padlet: https://padlet.com/mrsnolf/wnggjq2731gu

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My Journey to ESL and the #CollabChat Series

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@JodyNolf
#CollabChat

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jtnolf@gmail.com

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UNICEF: Bilingual Education in Guatemala

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UNICEF: Bilingual Education in Guatemala

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Such an interesting video about Spanish and the Mayan languages in Guatemalan schools.

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UNICEF USA: Bilingual Education in Guatemala

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You'll "Flip Out" over this fun Flip Out activity!

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Fill-in-The-Blank Activity

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Demonstrate placing multi-step algebra equations in the correct order.

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Easy way to introduce your team to your staff

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General Information Brochure for Your Teachers

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General Information Brochure for Your Teachers

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Great, FAST way for your staff to learn the basics of ESOL

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Multilingual Fairy Tales with Audio

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Children's stories translated into Spanish with optional English translation and slow audio from a native Spanish speaker. Great for kids... and adults too! Enjoy!

Once there was a girl with skin blanca como la nieve who was un pelín more beautiful than the queen. A story of magic mirrors, multiple dwarfs, poisoned apples, and ScrabbleTM

When a rich fabricante de sombreros tells people that his daughter can turn paja into gold, the king makes him prove it (or be fed to the cocodrilos!)

A story about a girl with largo cabello who lives in una alta torre with no escaleras. But it's also about different kinds of héroe, and the things we do to live felices para siempre.

A vain emperador loves bragging about his own intelligence. But when a dishonest sastre sells him, the emperor discovers who the real bobo is.

Cinderella is kind and intelligent, butalso muy desdichada. She has two selfish hermanastras and a mean madrastra. Will she go to the baile del rey and meet el príncipe?

Jack goes to market to sell their cow, and comes back with cinco frijoles negros. Will those beans make him más rico que el hombre más rico del mundo?

Hansel and Gretel get lost in el bosque and find a cottage hecho de chocolate y caramelos. But then they also meet una bruja mala... Will Hansel become niño asado?

As you know, goats eat grass todo el tiempo. So what happens when three hungry goats meet un trol más grosero y gruñón on the way to eat la hierba on the other side of the bridge?

A modern adaptation of Chicken Little written in the present tense: Pollito Tito reads a scary headline on the internet, and runs off to warn everyone. What fun!

A bittersweet story about un pájaro and una ballena who meet and fall in love one summer. But then the weather turns cold. Warning: this story has been known to make adults cry.

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Bilingual Spanish children's stories with audio | The Fable Cottage

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Children's stories translated into Spanish with optional English translation and slow audio from a native Spanish speaker. Great for kids... and adults too! Enjoy! Once there was a girl with skin blanca como la nieve who was un pelín more beautiful than the queen.

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Quick and easy scaffolds for assignments, lessons, and engagement for various levels of learners in your classroom.

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A presentation spotlighting a one-of-a-kind experience for ELL learners. Contact me if you would like to create this opportunity in YOUR community!

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Middle School Students Get a Taste of College

For the third consecutive year, 20 eighth grade English Language Learner (ELL) students from Jupiter Middle School visited Palm Beach State College for a tour of the campus and an introduction to higher education.

The tour was conducted in Spanish, and most of the students are newcomers to the U.S., getting the chance to experience college for the first time. The tour was established in 2017 as a result of the partnership between Jupiter Middle and Palm Beach State College.

"This gives ELL students a taste of what they can achieve," said Jody Nolf, the ESOL Coordinator at Jupiter Middle. "It opens their eyes to opportunities to post-graduate success."

The goal of the partnership is to expose ELL students to the college curriculum, including a visit to a hands-on biology lab taught completely in Spanish. The tour is the first step in planting a seed in the students' minds, giving them insight into possible future professions.

"Today's field trip to PBSC provided an invaluable opportunity for ELL students at Jupiter Middle to be exposed to career paths which they otherwise might not know about," said Lynette Matey, the ESOL North Region Instructional Specialist. "They can embrace new visions and dreams for their futures as engineers, biologists, scientists and so much more."

During the students' visit to the engineering department and the biotechnology lab, they participated in experiments in which they were able to extract their own DNA.

"Students normally don't have a lot of experimental contact with science, but when you bring them here, they can materialize what they see in the books and this opens new horizons," said Edison Majia, a Biotechnology Lab Specialist at the College.

"I believe this is an excellent opportunity because through this experience they will have more information to be able to make a better career decision," said Julio Vega Ortiz, an ESOL School Counselor at Jupiter Middle.

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Middle School Students Get a Taste of College

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Middle School Students Get a Taste of College For the third consecutive year, 20 eighth grade English Language Learner (ELL) students from Jupiter Middle School visited Palm Beach State College for a tour of the campus and an introduction to higher education.

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Los estudiantes de la escuela intermedia tienen una probadita de la universidad

Por tercer año consecutivo, 20 estudiantes de octavo grado que están aprendiendo inglés (English Language Learner, ELL) de la Escuela Intermedia Jupiter visitaron Palm Beach State College para conocer el centro universitario y la educación superior.

La gira se llevó a cabo en español, y la mayoría de los estudiantes son recién llegados a los Estados Unidos, teniendo la oportunidad de experimentar la universidad por primera vez. La gira se estableció en el 2017 como resultado de la asociación entre la Intermedia Jupiter y Palm Beach State College.

"Esto les da a los estudiantes de ELL una muestra de lo que pueden lograr", dijo Jody Nolf, Coordinadora de ESOL en la intermedia Jupiter. "Esto les abre sus ojos a oportunidades para el éxito postsecundario".

El objetivo de la asociación es exponer a los estudiantes ELL al currículo universitario, incluyendo una actividad práctica en el laboratorio de biología que se enseña completamente en español. El tour es el primer paso para plantar una semilla en la mente de los estudiantes, dándoles una idea de posibles profesiones futuras.

"La excursión de hoy a PBSC brindó una oportunidad invaluable para que los estudiantes ELL de la Intermedia Jupiter estuvieran expuestos a trayectorias profesionales que de otra manera podrían no conocer", dijo Lynette Matey, Especialista de ESOL de la Región Norte. "Ellos pueden ahora adoptar nuevas visiones y sueños para su futuro como ingenieros, biólogos, científicos y mucho más".

Durante la visita de los estudiantes al departamento de ingeniería y al laboratorio de biotecnología, ellos participaron en experimentos en los que pudieron extraer su propio ADN.

"Los estudiantes normalmente no tienen mucho contacto experimental con la ciencia, pero cuando los traes aquí, pueden materializar lo que ven en los libros y esto abre nuevos horizontes", dijo Edison Mejía, Especialista del Laboratorio de Biotecnología de la universidad.

"Creo que esta es una excelente oportunidad porque a través de esta experiencia tendrán más información para poder tomar una mejor decisión profesional", dijo Julio Vega Ortiz, Consejero Escolar de ESOL de la Intermedia Jupiter.

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Estudiantes de intermedia prueban la universidad

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Los estudiantes de la escuela intermedia tienen una probadita de la universidad Por tercer año consecutivo, 20 estudiantes de octavo grado que están aprendiendo inglés (English Language Learner, ELL) de la Escuela Intermedia Jupiter visitaron Palm Beach State College para conocer el centro universitario y la educación superior.

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ESL Lessons that Accompany Short Films

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Stories from around the world

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The Global Storybooks Portal is designed specifically for teachers, parents, and community members around the world. It makes 40 selected stories from the African Storybook available in major national, immigrant and refugee languages of individual countries, regions, and groups.

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Check out allthingsesl.org

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Content Teachers, We Were Made for Each Other by All Things ESL

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Hannah Benson discusses her own reservations about providing ESL PD for content teachers. Guest speaker Valentina Gonzalez gives a great argument for differentiation within the content classroom. Jody Nolf and Kelly Leguizamon give practical strategies for content teachers.

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Here is a COMPLETE lesson plan, featuring the amazing and inspirational ESL teacher Emily Francis.  The entire lesson can be accessed through the Google link.

Video Source:
https://youtu.be/0RI_STHTJfk

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More Great Lessons about Emily Francis--Shared with Permission from Amanda Lescas, ESOL Specialist

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More Great Lessons about Emily Francis--Shared with Permission from Amanda Lescas, ESOL Specialist

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Here is a video showing a quick 'n' easy way to scaffold a lesson for digital learning.

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This video gives tips to facilitate collaboration and engagement during #ANCHORLearning.  It is divided into the following topics:

0-4:35: Working with your collaborative teacher in the virtual platform

4:35-11:38: Engaging students and pacing your lessons

11:38-12:58: Organizing lessons and establishing routines for students

12:58-End: Tips for reaching struggling learners

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Slide Show

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FREE WEBINAR: Supporting Secondary Content-Area Teachers With ESL Strategies

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All content areas that you can link to your Google Classroom!

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PBS LearningMedia | Teaching Resources For Students And Teachers

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Inspire your students with thousands of free teaching resources including videos, lesson plans, and games aligned to state and national standards.

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This NEW video shows a 7th grade civics assignment before and after scaffolds are inserted.  quick and easy for ALL teachers to do!

Source: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/road-to-revolution/creating-a-nation/v/the-constitutional-convention

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7th Civics: Articles of Confederation Scaffolds.mp4

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This video goes with a Google slide presentation made for teachers AND students.  It's a mini-lesson about division.

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These slides go with Video 14 and give a quick mini-lesson on division.

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Mini-lesson via Google Slides

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Mini-lesson via Google Slides

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Tips for Fostering Student Engagement

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This slide can be used along with the video for PD

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A total gamechanger that's easy to use

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Wordwall - Create better lessons quicker

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Need a fresh teaching resource that fits your class and teaching style? Create a customized pack of interactive and printable activities in just one minute.

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Fun for virtual learning

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Boom Learning | Empowering teachers and students

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Boom Cards transform the classroom into an interactive, gamified learning experience with data to track progress and identify learning gaps.

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Kids LOVE the competition!

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Kahoot! | Learning games | Make learning awesome!

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Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that brings engagement and fun to 1+ billion players every year at school, at work, and at home.

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More virtual learning fun!

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The evidence is in the practice

ESSA Level 3 correlation evidence in math and ELA, earned by teachers running frequent formative assessments.

When teachers run 30+ formative questions a week, the research is clear: they get more data-driven, their students get more engaged. Wayground is built to make that practice enjoyable ot run, attainable to fit a class period, and habitual enough to last past September.

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Quizizz is now Wayground | Teacher AI and Resources

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Find standards-aligned resources that engage every student. Wayground (formerly Quizizz) helps teachers differentiate instruction with AI and track student progress.

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*Please make your own copy of the slides.

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RACES Writing for The Water Cycle: Frame Included!

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RACES Writing for The Water Cycle: Frame Included!

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Source:
Pearson Education Inc., 2012

One Lake Street

Upper Saddle River

New Jersey 07458

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Source:
© 2021 UCAR

https://scied.ucar.edu/teachers

Postal Address: P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000 • Shipping Address: 3090 Center Green Drive, Boulder, CO 80301

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Copy of  Climate Change and the Water Cycle Color

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For use with Climate Change/Water Cycle

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Sample RACES Paragraph: 6th Science (Color-coded)

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Sample RACES Paragraph: 6th Science (Color-coded)

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Supporting Content-Area Writing for Secondary English Learners: Scaffolds for Success

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FREE WEBINAR: Supporting Content-Area Writing for Secondary English Learners: Scaffolds for Success

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July 2021: LTEL's in Content-Area Classes: Unleashing Their Superpowers

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July 2021: LTEL's in Content-Area Classes: Unleashing Their Superpowers

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FREE Webinar: LTELs in Content-Area Classes: Unleashing their Superpowers

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Free Webinar: Differentiation Strategies for Multilingual Learners in Secondary Classrooms

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Free Webinar: We Go Together: Collaboration Strategies for Multilingual Learners

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Get Ready! is a comprehensive standards-based program developed to address the unique needs of middle and high school newcomer/beginner English learners. This multi-level program engages students with age-appropriate, motivating communicative presentations, as well as literary and informational lessons.

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Get Ready 9 12 from Vista Higher Learning

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Get Ready! Sail and Soar are the newest, most comprehensive programs for elementary newcomers and beginning proficiency students. The curriculum is built for linguistically and culturally diverse learners, leveraging the assets they bring into the classroom and addressing social and academic language needs.

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Get Ready 9 12 from Vista Higher Learning