Incorporating SWiRL by Kimberly McArthur

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Shared by Mrs. Arlaus

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Shared by Elizabeth Lujan

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Shared by Naima Lawshe

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Shared by Deandra Ramirez

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Shared by Michael Brown

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Shared by Jenny Wooters

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ORACY in the Classroom

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This is such a powerful video about the importance of oracy for our students. I include this in my Sheltered Instruction training for teachers.

https://youtu.be/2ADAY9AQm54

Vanessa Harrah, Victoria ISD Bil/ESL Dept.

12 games for speaking

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This article from Edutopia provides some great examples and ways to support students speaking in the classroom. It's an easy read and helpful.

Kathleen

Lead4Ward Strategies

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The chatterbox activity is really fun to get students talking, and it's a fortune teller foldable that student's enjoy.

Text Structures

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I've used this with my students for speaking, analyzing, and writing. It's not necessarily something to just give to the kids - can be used as notes and anchor charts when learning different structures. Older students you could give as a reminder of previous learning.

Kathleen McCusker

AVID Excel

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Academic language scripts benefit out L-TELs in speaking using more academic prowess and 21st Century skill.

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Scanning Strategy to Support ELs in Reading

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Step 5: Use Visuals and Vocabulary

A-Z Reading

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Reading in all content areas.

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Shared by Maria Gonzales

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Pear deck and NEWSELA

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You can get free Pear deck slides each week with NEWSELA articles. They come straight to your inbox and you get a slide deck with questions and activities.

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QSSSA Examples

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A template for teachers when designing QSSSA.

Podcast for all ages

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Live Captions

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How to turn Live Captions on in Chrome

Quick Writes

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Tan Huynh's blog empoweringells.com

Journaling - why?

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ESLactivity.org blog

Scaffolding writing

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Colorin colorado website

20 Types of Journal entries for all levels of writing proficiencies.

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The VIP Strategy

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TELPAS Practice

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Math talk

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The math interview

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Abilities of students by proficiency level and domain & what teachers can do to support.

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Spanish cognates by subject

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LISD ESL Facebook Page

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QSSSA Podcast

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Here's some great vocabulary instruction for reading new academic terms. Scroll to 7:50 to get to the lesson.

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What's my reason for writing? Different types of texts we can teach in our varied contents.

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Speaking can be fun!

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Latin & Greek morphemes (prefix, root, suffix)

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Signal Words

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I found that our students would understand better.My thoughts on this, they will be better speakers.

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German, Spanish, Hindi, Mandarin and Japanese lessons

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Mote.com

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Speech to text for teacher to student and student to teacher, etc.

Save your frequently recorded audio feedback notes.

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Practice speaking many languages

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GlotDojo a new chrome app for dual language closed captioning.

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A Choice Board Library - WOW!

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TRTW Talk Read Talk Write

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SENDING PICTURES HOME - INCREASE UNDERSTANDING

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Linguee.com DeepL A-I Translator

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Syntax can be better than other online translators

Released STAAR Questions 2023! Link for how to access is in the comments.

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Video about some of our kids who end up translating

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Great ideas for engagement. Brain breaks.

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Community is culture!

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DIFFIT - Make a reading activity fit for all levels and some languages for side by side. Pick your topic. Free for teachers.

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Many articles for educators, teens, and kids regarding health.

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An awesome bilingual Ed Puzzle on how to use a bilingual dictionary with Youtube.

Great advanced game for prefixes, suffixes and roots, etc.

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7 steps to a language rich environment

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"In the padlet, under reading, I found the 7 Steps to a language rich environment. My thoughts on it are that I already incorporate many of these strategies. However, there are some such as the addition of writing that I could add to our daily routine. i want a language rich learning environment.

Target Talk

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"In the padlet, under speaking, I found Target Talk. My thoughts on it are it is a great way to continue using new vocabulary. I like that it normalizes the use of academic language. I can see how writing in journals while discussing can be a life long positive study habit.

Karen Roslaes

2025-03-03 21:38:51 UTC

"In the padlet, under writing, I found 7 Things to do Now for our ELL writers. My thoughts on it are it is interesting to see the connection between talking and writing. I also am reminding to model writing consistently and often.

#29. Talk-Read-Talk-Write: Creating a Language-Rich Classroom,

2025-03-09 02:37:47 UTC

"In the padlet #29. Talk-Read-Talk-Write: Creating a Language-Rich Classroom, under speaking, I found that students go through a silent period. I also understand that as a pre-k teacher, it is important to respect their language and not force them to speak until they are ready to talk. My thoughts in speaking is that I see this is true about the 4 year old students. I have noticed that the first 3 to 4 months of school, they are learning to grasp thinking and are trying to learn the process of what to say and how to say it. It is most important to give them time to reflect on their thinking before they speak. I find myself repeating what they say, to offer them an understanding of what they are saying and sometimes rephrase the words to give the correct language and to increase communication skills. I agree, with this article, my 4 year old students use single words and phrases of vocabulary words they feel confident using because they are still learning, developing language, and comfortable in using words they hear. As the students learn to speak, they memorize words and phrases they hear overtime. The vital thing about speaking is to model intonation and correct pronunciation when the student is sharing by rephrasing the words and respecting "share talk, talk write and talk read.” This process helps the student understand that spoken words can be written on paper, and are read orally.”

Georgia Martinez

Pre-K

(Speaking) Edutopia.org

2025-03-09 03:09:04 UTC

This article from Edutopia has great activities, I will continue reading to learn more. I will incorporate the secret word game to encourage my students to play and to increase their language.

Georgia Marintez

Scaffolding Writing: Language Experience Approach

2025-03-09 04:53:50 UTC

"In the padlet in the colorin colorado website, the article about scaffolding, under writing, I found that the Language Experience Approach is often incorporated for the young English learners. My thoughts about shared writing is that students are more ready to share talk, write talk and read talk because they connect their learning experiences about what they see in a field trip. They have many opportunities to learn language when they see, learn, and hear our community speakers share things with them. They share information with the teacher in sharing writing because they have a vivid picture and live experience about what they have seen. They also connect learning to the reading context they have learned about in reading and role model through acting out a scene about their favorite story. The teacher guides writing and will ask the students to make changes to edit their writing ."

Georgia Martinez

Scaffolding Writing

2025-03-09 05:01:48 UTC

In Writing, it is important to demonstrate an understanding to the English learners about what is spoken can also be written as they make learning connections to add vocabulary in their daily communication and journal writing.”

Georgia Martinez

7 Things We Can Do Right Now

meredithhodges — 2025-03-24 01:44:18 UTC

In the padlet, under writing, I found 7 Things We Can Do Right Now for our ELL writers. My thoughts on it are its something that every teacher could incorporate. It was a good reminder to include students in every anchor chart that is created.

april johnson

apriljohnson12 — 2026-04-26 15:11:50 UTC

In the Padlet under speaking, I found the instructional strategy playlist really helpful. I added some new strategies to my toolkit that will support not just ESL students, but all of my students in interacting and communicating in different ways.

april johnson

apriljohnson12 — 2026-04-26 15:14:00 UTC

I use sentence stems, quick writes, interactive word walls, and modeled writing with my students. These strategies help set them up for success while reminding me that every child learns differently. Sentence frames, in particular, really support my ELL students in confidently participating in class.

7 Things We Can Do Right Now

sierramyers — 2026-04-27 13:57:25 UTC

In the padlet, under writing, I found 7 Things We Can Do Right Now. My thoughts on it are this that would really be beneficial. I loved the part about sentence stems and how beginning ELs are very different from advanced, so using sentence stems can really help build that proficiency. -Sierra Myers

Veronica Vasquez

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The LeadForward strategy gives students valuable chances to interact in fun and creative ways. It encourages teamwork, creating an active learning environment where students can share their ideas openly. The strategy’s interactive features make learning enjoyable, which helps students build communication skills and work well in groups. Overall, LeadForward improves education and prepares students for real-world situations.