ABCs of Teaching Multilingual Learners

 
 

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Erasable Pens = Engaged Writers!

Do you ever have those days when you struggle to get your students excited about writing?

I have found the solution!!!!  Erasable Pens!!!  I am not kidding.  These pens are a game-changer...

I was leading a teacher training and one of the teachers shared how she uses erasable pens to get her students excited about writing.  I figured the pens would smear (like erasable pens of the old days) and I would have a group disappointed students and a pile of illegible papers.  This is not the case.  They erase better than I ever thought possible.  

When I go to coach teachers and they discuss struggling with engagement in writing, I immediately pull out my erasable pens and begin sharing ideas.

Here are a few of the many ways you could use erasable pens:

- Final drafts

- Peer editing

- Partner writing

- Adding pictures to writing

- Note-taking (changing colors for different topics)

- Finding text evidence 

- Emphasizing new vocabulary words

The possibilities are endless! (Just don't use them daily or the novelty will wear off.)

Bottom-line: Students will want to write when you add the element of change.  The moment you tell them to put away their pencils for writing, they will be intrigued as to what will happen next.

Keep them guessing...Keep them engaged!

Thanks for reading,

Rachel

Self-Awareness Tool for Students & Admin

Our first project was attached to the wall today!  

Our goal was to create a self-awareness tool for students and administration.  

We focused on two of the Social and Emotional Learning Competencies: 

Self-Awareness and Relationship Skills.

Adults too often assume they know how students are feeling after a problem-solving session.

We want students to have an active role in recognizing and explaining their feelings.

The visuals and tap lights make it interactive for the students.  

This is a great tool to use with English learners.  The visuals and sentence starter

helps to scaffold language.