I often found it very challenging in my ELA classroom when trying to work alongside our ELL students. I never really thought specifically about the idea of doing “twice the work” to get out half the product. In a system that forces everyone to fall into a 0-100 grading scale, how will a student who struggles with basic communication ever be looked at as successful in that rigid system when success for them looks so very different from their classmates? At least we now have many more resources on the technology front that allows for translation so that we can lean on the language they do know to see what they can tell us about their understanding and learning in class.
I think the biggest strategy that I rely on is making everything I can visual. Doing tech coaching in classrooms allows for that as I mostly demonstrate or create an example of what students need to do. This obviously benefits all students.
I think the biggest strategy that I rely on is making everything I can visual. Doing tech coaching in classrooms allows for that as I mostly demonstrate or create an example of what students need to do. This obviously benefits all students.