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Working with interpreters
I have attached “7 Helpful tips to work effectively with an interpreter” (At the bottom of this post). This is to help everyone since we all need a refresher. I know even with all my experience it is still difficult … Continue reading
Mapping where English is not the language at home
Here is an interesting article about Mapping where English is not the language at home from the Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/us-language-map/ If you look at the map of Nebraska, look at Lancaster county at least 10% of our county speaks Spanish. … Continue reading
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Kindergarten End of the year Writing Celebration
Writing celebration The children have learned so much this year in writing. These pictures show tremendous growth. The students are now authors! As a part of our writing I made a class graphic, a sunflower to help the children to … Continue reading
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ELL Update- The Danger of a Single Story
In January, The ELL teachers attended a staff development on Culturally Responsive Writing and Technology. One of the most powerful parts of the evening was a video by a novelist on the Dangers of a Single Story. The speaker is … Continue reading
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ELL Update- ELL Essentials Staff development
In December the staff at West Lincoln learned even more about our ELL students, our presenter was Michelle Story- Kohl, one of our districts ELL coaches. Here is a link to some of the information that was shared at this … Continue reading
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ELL Update #6 What do we do in ELL?
What do we do in ELL? As ELL teachers we have the opportunity to observe the daily teaching of our General Education colleagues every day as we are picking up and dropping off our ELL students. However our colleagues do … Continue reading
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Hoa Tran, Vietnamese Liaison
It is with sadness that I learned that West Lincoln’s Vietnamese Liaison, Hoa Tran passed away. Here is a link to an article on the LPS website that tells more about Hoa.
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West Lincoln by the NUMBERS- August 2012
West Lincoln ELL by the numbers August 2012 28 students tested out in July 2012 147 students are in ELL k-5 levels 1-5 26 kg students 44 1st grade students 24 2nd grade students 17 3rd grade students 41 4th … Continue reading
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Back to School, Back to English
This has been a busy and tiring week. A whole summer of no school schedules and here we are going to start school tomorrow. I am excited and nervous. Last week being able to meet the new staff and new … Continue reading
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Family Literacy- I Am Poems
One of the great benefits of being an ELL teacher is that we also have parents learning English as well. Our school was fortunate to also have a Family Literacy program to help our student’s parents learn English along side … Continue reading
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