In the video Sarah says “I had many more ideas but I did not want to overwhelm the teacher” “the other ideas I put in the back burner” and I need to remember to do this. Sometimes there is no time to meet up again and I decide to give ideas right away.

The Language of Collaboration and the steps to build a trusting relationship is the key.

step 1. we want our colleagues to feel validated and supported. If a collague tells us about a problem they are facing, we could say I hear you… Im facing similar challenges. In the video Sarah says “they are being vulnerable when they open to us, so we should also be vulnerable.” 2. Paraphrasing and clarifying: it is very important to listen carefully to what our colleague is saying. “Let me make sure I undertand what you just said….” By paraphrasing in our own words, we are building trust.

step 3- inquire about next steps > this is when the ELL teacher and the classroom think about next steps. “Have you tried…”

I liked what Sarah says in the video “sometimes we dont get to this step

Building a trusting relationship with our colleagues will help us better support our ELL students. Teachers are more likely to share their challengesa and try new ideas in a safe and nurturing environment.

I would like to know if other teachers on this padlet use a Family survey at their school and if so, which survey or platform they use.

I liked the reminders about building background knowledge and metacognition. I think the idea of "see, wonder, think" puts the work on the students to preview the background knowledge and provides opportunities for talk.

The group version (summary) of the video and text at the end of the article reminded me how to better scaffold students writing. As we read, we stop and discuss paragraph by paragraph: who was it about? what did _______ do, why/how/where? If students wrote a sentence after we discussed the chunk of text, they'd build their own version as they read the article (and have more balance between receptive and expressive outputs).

CKLA is heavily scripted and those scripts have to be made understandable to ELD 1-4 students.

Make the classroom a place where students feel at home.

-Will B.

- -Ashley P.

-Ashley P.

Ashley P. & Michalek D.

In my geometry class, when I check in with students I have a target word of each lesson where I am pushing students to use and define the word. If students are not able to define the word I refer them to a reference sheet. Throughout the class students have become increasingly independent with the terminology with some students even retaining the knowledge or at least independently referring to their reference sheets in later classes.

-Tim Rounds

I believe that the new strategies with KWL charts, images, and vocab will allow ELL students access to challenging documents like the Constitution without watering it down.

4. Im curious about various cultures educational practices to know what type of educational system my students are coming from (e.g., play based/hands on learning common or more traditional lecture). Knowing this will help me gauge what skills my students need to learn and their comfort levels.

Relationship building activites are important for me but I struggle how to balance this and to teach content. The ideas in the article will be benefital for me.