eSchool News

MAY 27, 2025

In most cases, students had learned conversational English but had never really engaged with the alphabet. This wasnt just an English Learner issue, but it was one that required a separate focus. We have an extremely diverse student body, which means foundational skills and native languages are varied and distinctive.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2025

One of my earliest projects as the Director of Environmental Education for a public school district in New York was in a middle school English Language Arts classroom. One of my favorite examples of interdisciplinary environmental literacy happened when I was in a 1st-grade classroom. The results were remarkable.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

In 2024, both Oklahoma and Wisconsin lowered what it means for students to be proficient in grade-level content. Minnesota, Florida, and North Carolina are rolling back high school math or English requirements. Its a troubling trend thats sweeping through red states and blue states alike.

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Edsurge

JUNE 20, 2025

When she needed a fun end-of-year activity for her first-grade students incorporating Candyland, gummy bears and phonics, Irene Farmer turned to ChatGPT. “It That’s a game-changer for differentiation,” says Kim Zajac, a speech and language pathologist at Norton Public School in Massachusetts. Teachers want guidance, not outsourcing.”

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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2025

In a ninth grade class, he researched the earning potential for a STEM degree (“so much more money”) and the demand for mechanical engineers (“exploding”). The old one-size-fits-all approach had “a negative impact for our students with diverse learning needs, academic challenges, and also language barriers.” Now over 89% do.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2025

million English learners in K-12 public schools in the fall of 2021, up from 4.6 Evaluate Vendors With 17 percent of its 12,700 students classified as English language learners as well as a significant refugee population, Jenks Public Schools in Oklahoma used the CITES framework to develop a robust vendor-evaluation process. “We

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2025

This activity emphasizes computational thinking and problem-solving, incorporating Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and utilizing differentiation strategies to support diverse elementary learners. Identify the intended grade level and the specific ISTE Student Standards the lesson will address.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

As classrooms across the country become more linguistically diverse, educators face a growing challenge: ensuring that every student, regardless of English proficiency, can access learning, participate fully and feel included. Today, emergent bilingual (EB) students, also known as English learners, account for 10.6 percent of U.S.

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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2025

Insights from recent surveys highlighting that, while parents may report low interest in school-based COVID recovery programs, like tutoring and summer school, many have not received information from schools about whether their children are meeting grade-level academic expectations.

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Teach Hub

MAY 16, 2025

The “think” step gives introverted students or English language learners time to gather their thoughts, while the “pair” stage gives students a low-key way to talk through their ideas and see if they make sense before sharing them with the whole group. Think-Pair-Share levels the playing field.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

The way the Showdown brought together students from every district and grade level. Confidence: English Language learners improve through hands-on projects. What stood out most? With its success, regional leaders are already planning the next phase, emphasizing teacher training, broader participation and enhanced support.

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Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

Letter grades are indeed first subjective evaluations of knowledge proficiency, but once they are passed to the hands of the students, they become game components, passed around as proof of the completion of some task, or the achievement of some desired goal (mastering a standard, fulfilling the requirements of an assignment, etc.)

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Elevate k12

JULY 3, 2025

In many districts, the programs at risk are the same ones that support compliance with federal education laws: Title III-supported English language services, Special Education instruction, and after-school accommodations often written into IEPs. But the mechanisms to fund those obligations are increasingly unstable.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

Like most language arts/English teachers, I always wanted to share my love of reading with my students. The first book series I remember reading was in fourth and fifth grade. And 9 th grade seems like a good foundational place to start. That way they don’t have to worry about the grade. So now we go Old School.

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Elevate k12

MAY 15, 2025

Thats especially true when youre supporting multilingual learners (MLs), who are navigating both academic content and a new language at the same time. Try This: Imagine youre teaching a new ecology unit to your 8 th grade science class. Make Language Visual with Graphic Organizers Graphic organizers arent just cute.

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Brown Bag Teacher

JULY 16, 2025

By fourth and fifth grade, students encounter thousands of new words across content areas—many of them multisyllabic, abstract, and Greek or Latin in origin. Morphology is the study of morphemes —the smallest units of meaning in language. Over 60% of academic vocabulary in English comes from Greek and Latin roots and affixes.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 11, 2025

With these engaging 7th grade writing prompts, students will dive into a world of self-expression. Challenge your advanced writers with writing prompts for middle school that go beyond 7th grade expectations. Informational Writing Choice Board (Distance Learning) By Swain in the Middle Grades: 5th-8th Standards: CCSS W5.2,

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Reading Power Gear

JUNE 17, 2025

Ashley promises to wait with her uncle by the train tracks, in remembrance of what was lost and she promises to never forget the their culture or language. A dual-language edition in English and Mi’gmaq. In English and Diné.(Orca Annick Press, 2023) Blue Camas, Blue Camas – Danielle S. Marcotte

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k12

JUNE 27, 2025

Catching Up: Did your kid end the school year with some grades that were lower than anticipated? It’s common to find condensed, focused summer courses in: Math Science Reading or English History Summer school curriculum isn’t designed to balance multiple courses. Retaking Courses: If your kid fails a class, don’t panic.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 27, 2025

Vision Board Project & Rubric – Back-to-School, New Year, End-of-Year Activities By Jenn Liu — Engaging to Empower Grades: 9th-12th Subjects: Life Skills Teach middle and high school students how to make a vision board using this no-prep, interactive Google Slides lesson!

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

You can also celebrate this important month by showcasing Hispanic history, culture, and the Spanish language in your curriculum, no matter what class you teach. Each version comes in both English and Spanish, allowing you to differentiate instruction and challenge English speakers to learn new Spanish words.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 9, 2025

Ice Breakers for the First Day of School By Teaching from A-Z Grades: 5th-12th Set the tone in your class right away with three ice breaker activities for students to get to know each other. 1, 2, 4, L.1, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 Need conversation starters for the first week of school or transitions from school vacations?

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

Psychology “Do Now” Writing Prompts & Slides By Loosli Learning Grades: 9th-12th Subjects: Psychology Ideal for psychology classes or any subject focused on critical thinking, these do now writing prompts are an intriguing way to start the day. Have students write to the prompt before class begins. Describe the perfect summer.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2025

She even worried about her English, noting that while she speaks her second language well, using it professionally every day was intimidating at first. The students light up when they realize that I understand their language and culture. My English was a little rough when I first came, she admitted.

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Elevate k12

JUNE 20, 2025

School districts nationwide struggle to fill teaching positions , especially in elementary education, secondary English, and special education. Combining Classrooms When faced with a teacher vacancy, schools may choose to combine classrooms, making one teacher responsible for multiple classes and grade levels.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 2, 2025

My family moved to Athens, Greece when I was in 4th grade. I'm sure that at some level her motivations were educational, but I think the main point was that we were living in a country in where the media was in a language we didn't understand, and she wanted us to be at least minimally entertained.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 28, 2025

Do projects where your grade is your hard work alone, or count on your friends to help you make the grade? By Mindful and Kind Counseling Grades: 6th-12th You can create your own slides or use one of these 40 premade Would You Rather question slides. Have free time and get Cs or have straight As but no time to socialize?

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 30, 2025

2 | EDITABLE By Lana’s Classroom Grades: 6th-12th Subjects: English Language Arts Fifty riddles and accompanying solutions make it easy to incorporate daily riddles into your class period. ELA Bell Ringers Riddles Brain Teasers | For Teens | Vol. #2 The resource includes editable slides in a U.S.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Should texting language be in the dictionary? Fun Debate Topics Persuasive Speaking Activity Middle School, High School By Lindsay Ann Learning Grades: 6th-9th Subjects: English Language Arts, Speaking & Listening Standards: CCSS SL.9-10.4, Should grades matter a lot when it comes to a student’s future career?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

More than a third of its students come from low-income families, and one out of every eight students is an English language learner. It relies heavily on visuals and on a deliberate use of language that progresses from the concrete to the abstract, leading to a deeper understanding of key math concepts.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

But “there’s an even more basic level of literacy that people need to pick up,” notes the former English teacher and administrator. With the funding, ThinkCERCA plans to add 7,000 new interactive lessons to its platform, designed for educators in grades 3 to 12. Like how to write an email.”

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2025

BOSTON (March 31, 2025) In recent months, almost 2,000 schools and districts have purchased or renewed licenses for Lexia English Language Development (Lexia English) from Lexia , a Cambium Learning Group brand. Prince William County Schools serves more than 20,000 English learners who speak 140 languages.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

13, 2021 — McGraw Hill today announced updates to its widely used and trusted Wonders English Language Arts program for grades K-5, building upon the program’s proven instructional approach while offering a multitude of enhancements designed to meet the needs of today’s classroom. NEW YORK, Sept.

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2023

.— The Arkansas Department of Education’s Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) recently named Curriculum Associates’ Magnetic Reading Foundations to its list of high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) for foundational skills in English language arts.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 30, 2023

Identifying the Needs of English Learners English learners (ELs) have unique needs requiring targeted instructional approaches to support their language acquisition and academic success. ELs need instruction tailored to their language proficiency level. ELs deserve access to the same content and curriculum as their peers.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Odette guided Esther as she wrote her answers in English. “I She wanted me to know that although she could not yet speak English, she felt confident as a learner in her first language. A system in which many of their teachers, myself included, speak only English. I want my teacher to know I’m Smart in Swahili.”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

million English learners in public schools, you’d know the opening line explains that recent data has something interesting to reveal about the U.S.’s The Department of Education dubbed speaking a second language a “superpower” when it announced plans last year to support multilingual education with grants. s bilingual students.

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