How can we push back on the "English Learner" (and similar) labels? by Lisa Stamp https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel What are some moves that we can make as teachers and teacher leaders? en-us 2018-09-22 20:30:04 UTC 2025-12-09 14:57:00 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Ninja.png Stop using labels to refer to students. Use their names and describe them by their strengths. https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291549 2018-09-26 23:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291549 name first https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291560 Refer to students by their name not their label. 
So when someone asks, "have you done your EL paperwork?" 
Say, "did you mean have I done my paperwork for my scholars who are labeled ELs?"]]> 2018-09-26 23:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291560 Eva Provide opportunities of talk that empower students' languages https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291586

]]> 2018-09-26 23:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291586 Value differences in a positive way https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291598 Connect sliding glass door books to our instructions. Provide opportunities for kids to share their own cultures and family routines

]]> 2018-09-26 23:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291598 books that are sliding glass doors https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291606 2018-09-26 23:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291606 Positioning lopezmichellec https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291622 Positioning students as experts of language so they can learn from one another. 

]]> 2018-09-26 23:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291622 https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291625 Allow students to translanguage in their expression (written and oral). They can use the full extent of their vocab]]> 2018-09-26 23:29:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291625 I think not only noticing our own use of labels, but also those around us. Maybe we could call ourselves out when we use them and hope that those around us catch on! https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291626 2018-09-26 23:29:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291626 Invite in. https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291627 Invite stories, images, and words. Be curious. ]]> 2018-09-26 23:29:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291627 teaching students how to use their L1 in academic settings https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291649 2018-09-26 23:29:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291649 (Not Nathaly Batista) nathaly_batista https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291671 Make it clear to your students that you see their bi/multilingualism as a strength. Provide opportunities for them to show off.

]]> 2018-09-26 23:29:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291671 Honor students' linguistic repertoires... invite them to use their languages in the classroom space... make an effort to learn their language from them https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291693 2018-09-26 23:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291693 Code-Meshing & Writing Instruction Article lisa_m_stamp https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291735 Code-meshing writing activity ideas and code-meshing text ideas]]> 2018-09-26 23:29:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291735 Celebrate it as a "superpower." When we speak and think in multiple languages we are creating multiple pathways in our brains. We are double smart! https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291738 2018-09-26 23:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291738 https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291804 The power of yet “they don’t know that in English... yet”]]> 2018-09-26 23:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291804 Surprising students by speaking Spanish to them... especially when they initially think you don't know Spanish because you're not in Dual Language... lopezmichellec https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291843 2018-09-26 23:30:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291843 Give students opportunities to talk/write/read in their native language https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291898 2018-09-26 23:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291898 #Weneeddiversebooks Website lisa_m_stamp https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291998 2018-09-26 23:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286291998 Disruption https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286292037 Turn the tables- access a variety of languages as a part of learning]]> 2018-09-26 23:32:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286292037 lopezmichellec https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286292069 Bringing in diverse books into the classroom that provide different languages for students to learn from.

]]> 2018-09-26 23:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286292069 Giving students a "peek in" on how classrooms around the world engage in multi languages and how they embrace them... lopezmichellec https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286292197 2018-09-26 23:33:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286292197 Safe Spaces in Libraries program lisa_m_stamp https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286292334 Occasional Paper Series ]]> 2018-09-26 23:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286292334 https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286292888 Expose kids to all the different languages and cultures out there. Sometimes they just don’t know! ]]> 2018-09-26 23:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_m_stamp/englishlearnerlabel/wish/286292888