Key Words used throughout this blog

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ELL

English Language Learner, refers to someone who is learning English as his/her second language. 

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SLA

Second Language Acquisition refers to acquiring or mastering a second language. Throughout this blog, the second language refers mostly to English. 

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UDLR

The Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights, refers to the International rights of language. 

Classroom Strategies (especially for ELLs)

Team tables are an excellent way for students to communicate and do classwork as a group. This will strengthen their ability to work well with others to complete tasks. This is especially helpful for SLA as ELLs are able to thoughtfully add to discussions in a small group.

Individual book boxes are great for read-to-self (aka silent reading). The teacher in my site class allows 30 minutes each day for read-to-self and students get to choose five books for their book boxes every Friday. Students love having multiple books and it really helps ELLs as they have a variety of books to choose from when reading. Students can pick whichever books they want. This makes reading fun and stress free.