What would be your ideal solution for improving the educational experience of students with dyslexia? This is a question we asked when we recently interviewed the parent of a student with dyslexia, Angela Cantrell. As she excitedly sat up in her chair, she …
By Guest Writer, Lauren Bailey For several years now, I’ve actively participated in a local literacy organization, which aims at teaching ESL to recent immigrants. Although I’ve tutored and taught children before, this was my first experience …
One of my biggest character flaws is definitely impatience. One way I’ve discovered this is through my drive to complete other people’s sentences. I usually do this when I want to speed up a conversation or help the person I’m conversing with …
This is a guest post provided by the English Skills Learning Center in Salt Lake City, UT. Is your desk covered in sticky notes with lists of things to do? How about your next trip to the grocery store? As literate learners, we often remember things by making a …
From the 1997-98 school year to the 2008-09 school year, the amount of ESL learners enrolled in U.S. public schools increased from 3.5 million to 5.3 million, a 51% increase (National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition, 2011). According to the U.S. …
Is differentiated instruction really necessary? The answer is no. Differentiated instruction is not necessary UNLESS… you want success and growth for each of your students and a greater level of fulfillment from your teaching career. Sarcasm aside; …
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Nonnative speakers of English who are in an ELL classroom face struggles with reading in English even if they are already strong readers in their native language. The natural tendency is for the reader to translate the words into the native language in their head …
What do you find to be the most difficult thing about teaching beginning and struggling readers? We asked this exact question to educators as they registered for a previous webinar. Of all the varying responses, there was one that stood out as the most common …
Guest Post by Dr. Eugenia Krimmel As is made clear when working with a struggling reader or English Language Learner—reading is a complex language skill. Each aspect of reading has its own skill set and only when all of these skill sets are linked …
Do your students struggle with spelling? Do they spell words correctly on Friday during your weekly spelling test but spell the same words incorrectly on Monday? Are you doing weekly spelling tests just to check a box? You are not the first teacher to ask these …
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