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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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2024

His essay, Money Cant Buy Happiness, included valuable reflections on emotional fulfillment and references to The Great Gatsby, yet his ideas were scattered and the language needed refinement. Guided drafting with AI support for language and structure Encourage students to draft their essays in stages, focusing on one section at a time.

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English Writing Teaching Essay 302

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 5, 2021

Note : This station rotation series pictured above is designed for a 6th grade English Language Arts class. Amy Tobener-Talley teaches ELA, ELD, and Digital Technology at a dual-immersion language school in Sonoma County. Create an overview of the rotations with links to resources and documents.

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eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2025

In phase three, they used a paraphrased version of content created by GPT-4o, similar to how many students might try to fool their teacher by paraphrasing the work of an AI generator. The researchers recruited five people who were experts at using generative AI and also in analyzing language, such as teachers, writers, and editors.

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Study Language Languages Writing 251

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. Here are five different ways our students and teachers are benefitting from our online literacy platform: Meet students where they are.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 20, 2025

Surprisingly, learning a foreign language has a set of guidelines that–if followed–are pretty good predictors of success. The Ask a Tech Teacher international team has put together a list for you. Immersion: Surround Yourself with the Language One of the most effective ways to learn a new language is through immersion.

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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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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2025

I asked myself: If a teachers role is to prepare students for the real world, shouldnt we be helping them solve the climate crisis? My goal became connecting students to nature through their passions and connecting teachers standards-driven curriculum to nature through environmental literacy.

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eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2024

But for multilingual students like me whose native language is not English, the math classroom can be a daunting place. The linguistic supports I received in other content areas were not as present during math, in large part because of the assumption that math is a universal language. It should be joyful.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

As an art teacher, I always say that my teaching style relies on that one-on-one connection with each student in order to help them build their confidence to prepare them for an engaging, hands-on learning experience. This approach is even more crucial given my students are newcomers and English language learners, as I was just a decade ago.

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eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2024

It was an entry point for me to begin thinking about what a rich profession teaching is, along with how students develop their early reading skills, especially when they are learning multiple languages at once. Here are three best practices that are effective regardless of the languages your students speak at home.

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Languages Language Reading English 254

eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2022

MADISON, WI – Today, Open Up Resources and Kiddom announced Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD ) has selected its top-rated EL Education K-5 Education Language Arts (ELA) curriculum for its 31 elementary schools in support of the district’s efforts to prioritize early literacy and beyond. Share assignments digitally; ?

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Art Languages Language English 241

Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2024

When he was in high school, Zachary Farley latched onto the idea of becoming a teacher. Then in college, when he started learning Mandarin, a deep love of languages took hold, and he began to make new plans. After graduating, Farley entered a program to become a speech-language pathologist. It was a very long process.

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Languages Language Teachers English 203

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Since the pandemic started, teachers and students have had to transition from brick-and-mortar classrooms to virtual environments, and back. Unfortunately, studies show that English Language Learners (ELLs) have been disproportionately impacted by learning loss, as compared to their peers.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2025

Project overview: Reading, recording, and reaching the world As an ESL teacher, Ive always looked for ways to make literacy feel meaningful and empowering, especially for students navigating a new language and culture. A library of student-led recommendations that brought books–and readers–to life.

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Culture Reading Students Language 200

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Most teachers groan at the mention of “articulation.” When teachers know what they are trying to achieve, they design lessons with intention and a clear sense of purpose. The basic idea is that teachers identify 5 “outs” or skills students will master by the time they leave their class.

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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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English Grades Art Curriculum 232

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Why should teachers use rubrics to assess student work? Using rubrics helps teachers stay focused during the grading process and ensures that grading is objective, consistent, and fair. Using rubrics helps teachers stay focused during the grading process and ensures that grading is objective, consistent, and fair.

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Edsurge

APRIL 21, 2023

There are at least four languages spoken by the students I currently teach, so people are often surprised to learn that I’m monolingual. Nearly 4,500 students are eligible to receive direct language support services this year in Hamilton County Schools, the district where I teach in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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Languages Language English Learning 201

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Key points: Scaffolds help ELLs learn the language and master academic content This ESL teacher ensures students learn the language–and feel the love How edtech is transforming bilingual education in the U.S. Why translations alone aren’t enough ELLs need opportunities to practice English in meaningful contexts.

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English Language Languages Social Studies 315

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Several of the teachers I coach have asked about strategies they can use to engage students during the asynchronous time, so I wanted to share some reading resources I developed. Teachers can create choice boards for various purposes, including a skill or strategy board. English Language Arts Graphic Organizers.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2024

How do we ensure students achieve proficiency with the English language while receiving a rich and comprehensive education? Thanks to computer-driven translation, AI, and advanced classroom tools, we stand to put every student on a path to success with the English language and beyond.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2021

Now teachers can take control of their own professional learning and find support as they work to use For Educators to drive student learning outcomes. The For Educators Learning Center enables teachers to take the lead, with on-demand training built right into their workflow to get up and running fast.”.

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2024

Key points: Video-based coaching offers insight on teacher practices and makes feedback more effective I’m a first-year teacher. A group of 350 4th-, 5th-, and 6th-grade teachers were split into groups. To get teachers comfortable with recording themselves, we put them in control of their own videos.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

Teachers can use Gemini to create personalized lesson plans in a much shorter amount of time. With Gemini, my planning is so fast and easy, said STEM teacher Natali Barretto. Albuquerque Public Schools is focusing on grant writing and lesson planning.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2024

Yet nowadays the need for Spanish-speaking teachers in the United States is as strong as ever, with districts around the country struggling to hire them fast enough. In Texas , where roughly 40 percent of residents are Hispanic, nearly 1 million students in public schools are English learners who speak Spanish at home. has nearly 41.8

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English Language Languages Teachers 215

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 27, 2021

Teachers want to give students timely, focused, and actionable feedback, yet it is easy to neglect. Given the bombastic pressure on teachers this year (and every year), I’ve been working on strategies to help support students in giving each other feedback. That way, students can reference the rubric as they work.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2023

Key points: Teachers shouldn’t be afraid to try AI language tools as part of their instruction AI-powered tools can help students write well and revise their writing more efficiently See related article: Is AI the future of education? Here are four AI-powered language tools that I use in my own classroom.

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Languages Language Writing English 189

eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In the United States, English is the main language used in classrooms. All the students’ scores improved after playing the game, and multilingual students performed as well as their English-speaking peers. Hand gestures, facial expressions and body language all impart their own meaning in interactions. In the U.S.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

More than 10 percent of students in the United States are English language learners (ELLs) – that’s more than 4.8 While these children don’t learn any differently than their native-English-speaking classmates, they do have educational needs that should not be overlooked or go unmet. million children nationwide.

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English Language Languages Communication 291

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

We wrote recently about some of the reasons that may be keeping teachers from pursuing the bilingual educator route, despite the widespread need for teachers who can instruct English learners. All districts in all three metro areas report a shortage of bilingual teachers. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings.

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English Teachers Languages Language 209

eSchool News

MARCH 28, 2025

Yes No Yes, but with careful guidelines set by teachers Δ One-quarter of ELA, math, and science teachers used AI tools for instructional planning or teaching in the 20232024 school year. Teachers and principals in higher-poverty schools were less likely to report using AI tools relative to those in lower-poverty schools.

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Teachers Math Science English 249

Catlin Tucker

MAY 11, 2021

Recently, a teacher posted a comment to my blog lamenting that direct instruction consumed much of the class period. Like many, this teacher felt intense pressure to teach the standards and wasn’t sure how to embrace Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and blended learning. This is not unusual.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 6, 2021

In a previous post titled Save Your Sanity with a Things to Revamp for Next Year List , Catlin shared her “things to revamp for next year” document, which is another format teachers can use to reflect and capture their thoughts. She currently teaches Language Arts and Technology at a bilingual public middle school.

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Art Online Learning Languages Language 545

eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Through partnerships with networks of schools, Bank Street College of Education has designed degree programs that add a mentoring component to the combination of coursework and coaching all aspiring teachers receive as part of their degree. One of our programs supported new teachers learning how to teach English as a second language.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2021

teacher with a full classroom makeover. Julia Negele , a kindergarten and first grade teacher in the Boston Public School system,” said Margaret Lawrence, vice president of Wayfair Professional. We’re proud to recognize an outstanding local teacher for the first time in the contest’s history and provide Ms. Last spring, Ms.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2024

When Adriana Cervantes-González started school in California as a child, it was at a time when state policy was determined to get all English-learning students proficient in the language within one year. That meant that bilingual education was out, in favor of English immersion. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings.

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