In this edWebinar learn how five evidence-based instructional best practices help English Learner students engage in classroom instruction.
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Speaking is the Solution: Effective Ways to Support EL Students
In this edWebinar, we will provide practical solutions to encourage and support English Learner students to speak—and speak often.
Emotional Intelligence in ELA and Social Studies: Integrating Social-Emotional Learning into the Curriculum in Ways that Satisfy State Standards
In this webinar, Jonathan Erwin, M.A., provides a research-based rationale for teaching SEL, shares lessons that teach specific SEL skills, and shows how you can use SEL content to satisfy state standards.
Leading for Writing Fluency: Language and Basic Skills Fluency for Argumentation and Editing
In this webinar from the Writing Readiness Project and IXL Learning, participants walk away with immediately actionable strategies for coaching teachers, aligning curricula, and tweaking classroom instruction to increase alignment and accelerate student fluency in writing.
Your Guided Inquiry Program, Part II: Sharing the Learning
This webinar will provide examples of unique and exciting ways to showcase inquiry learning for the “share phase.”
College & Career Ready Assessment Items – Exploring the Most Difficult Exemplars
What do the most difficult assessment items look like in English Language Arts and Math? How can we prepare our students for increased rigor on Common Core Assessments, including those aligned assessments in Advanced Placement Courses, International Baccalaureate, and on the SAT and ACT exams?
Crafting Argument – Writing for College & Career Readiness
The writing standards represent the “synthesis” level for College & Career Readiness. Short Constructed Response requirements set the stage for what is expected in the Writing and Performance Task assessments.
Picture This, Take Two: Weaving Digital Imagery into Everyday Teaching
Interested in the many ways that digital images can be used to build critical thinking skills and student collaboration? Wondering how digital images can deepen and strengthen the learning going on in the classroom or library? In this session, Sara Torpey shared simple, practical strategies for incorporating digital images into everyday teaching!
Planning Lessons for a Range of Cognition
College & Career Readiness requires a range of cognitive demand throughout a lesson, but most traditional texts fail to include appropriate breadth and depth. How do we plan for instruction that includes cognition across all four levels within the time constraints of the class period? You must walk before you can run.
Innovative Online and Blended Learning Solution for Language Learning
Chief Learning Officer of Middlebury Interactive Languages described online immersive learning environments for different languages developed by a team of second language acquisition experts, language teachers and online professionals. Thanks to media-rich and authentic materials for courses, students gradually develop linguistic skills and cross-cultural understanding, while interacting with the online material and their peers.