Supporting Gifted English Learners in the Gifted Classroom by https://padlet.com/ecmeadows1/supportinggiftedELs Please share your ideas and build on the ideas of others in the padlet below. en-us 2018-06-07 14:27:48 UTC 2020-11-14 19:06:06 UTC hello@padlet.com English language learners bring valuable assets and immense potential to school. The role of educators is to realize that potential in deep and accelerated ways. Each teacher must ensure the path to that development is paved with meaningful interactions to help students develop language skills, gain conceptual understanding, and learn academic content. Our students deserve no less. ecmeadows1 https://padlet.com/ecmeadows1/supportinggiftedELs/wish/916742403 Aída Walqui & Margaret Heritage, 2018

Please reflect on this quote and share your thoughts about how we might provide English Learners with meaningful interactons through talk and text. 


]]> 2020-11-12 14:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ecmeadows1/supportinggiftedELs/wish/916742403 Growth https://padlet.com/ecmeadows1/supportinggiftedELs/wish/923201299 I had a student start in my 5th grade class in Aug. speaking only a couple of words in English. By October, she was talking almost completely in English with her friends and trying all of her written work in English. By December, I had moved her to the highest group and recommended her for gifted testing. She was able to complete almost all of her work in English and was performing better than many of her classmates who were native English speakers. When talent is recognized and supported, the ELL students will thrive and excel. ]]> 2020-11-14 19:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ecmeadows1/supportinggiftedELs/wish/923201299