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A Walk in the Chalk Blog Posts
Blog posts from A Walk in the Chalk. This blog provides resources, strategies and tips for supporting all levels of English language learners in the mainstream…
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Planning weekly lessons for the ESL classroom can be an overwhelming task for a variety of reasons. Here are a few tips to help make planning less stressful. #ESLteacher, #ESLclassroom, #ESLlessonplans
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The driving force behind my ELD instruction is Language Forms and Functions. This blog post is all about how Language Forms are needed to support Language Functions. It's where my grammar, vocabulary, and lessons on language structure come into play. #eslclassroom, #eslteacher, #englishlanguagelearners, #ESOL, #formsandfunctions
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Students use language functions in every grade level and across all content areas, so what better way to set English Learners up for success than by explicitly teaching the academic language needed to successfully use language functions.
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Digital Word Study for English Language Learners -This digital weekly WS program, designed for beginning and intermediate English learners, builds skills in phonics, vocabulary, grammar, writing and technology. Let me share with you how it's incorporated into the classroom, along with the many benefits this digital word study format has with students.
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Language Arts
Storyline Online
Teaching Vowels
Raz Kids
Phonics Instruction
Spelling Patterns
Independent Activities
Readers Workshop
There are certain times during the school day, particularly during Language Arts, when students are working independently to build their reading and writing skills. So what meaningful activities can newcomers work on during this time? Here are 4 suggestions that beginning English learners can do , that require little to no support from the teacher.
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Kindergarten Mini Books
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Here are some tips for including newcomers in general education classroom lessons and activities.
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Picture Writing Prompts
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Teach Compare and Contrast with Short Films
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MORE Favorite Resources for Teaching English Learners!
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Favorite resources for the Elementary ESL classroom and English language learners!
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This blog post shares some of my all time favorite resources to use in an elementary ESL classroom. Each one is kid tested and teacher approved.
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Weekly ESL Activities for beginning and intermediate English language learners that don't require planning time! Your ESL instruction will be fun, engaging and effective at building language. #eslteaching #esl #eslactivities #esllessonplans #eslclassroom
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Math Strategies for Beginning English Language Learners
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Small Group Work with Beginning English Language Learners
Third Grade Language Arts Activities
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3 STRATEGIES that get your students TALKING about their READING!
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An elementary ESL teacher shares a typical "small group instruction" lesson for her beginning ELLs, along with what a typical week looks like.
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Teaching 5th Grade
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Three critical strategies that support ELLs in the understanding of math concepts AND in the language of math.
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Three critical strategies that support ELLs in the understanding of math concepts AND in the language of math.
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An awesome app to use with beginning English language learners, or newcomers. Need to communicate with someone who speaks a different language? This is the app for you. Perfect for the classroom! ESL, ESOL, ELD
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This blog post shares a typical "guided reading" lesson that I would give to my beginning ELLs, as well as a glance of at what a typical week would look like.
English Language Learners Elementary
Elementary Lesson Plans
English Language Learning
As a teacher of English Language Learners, I share my top 5 favorite "go-to" resources for planning lessons and teaching ELLs.
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Guided reading is an important instructional tool, but guided reading for ELLs is possibly even more critical. This guest post dives into the ways a teacher can create a modified guided reading plan for ELLs in order to set them up for success.
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Build vocabulary across ALL content areas with an engaging strategy that works!
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