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6 ways to make math more accessible for multilingual learners

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Key points: All students are math language learners, regardless of their home language Fostering metacognition and AI integration for ELLs How to support multilingual learners in STEM For more news on language learners, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Math isnt just about numbers. Its about language, too.

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6 ways to support multilingual learners in STEM

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STEM can help with English language development by allowing students to engage with language in a variety of ways. Part of “doing STEM” means learning to speak the language of STEM. For MLs, grappling with STEM terms while also navigating a new language can make it extra challenging.

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3 things you didn’t know your classroom management software could do

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Language learning We’ve all had the experience of hearing a recording of our own voice and feeling a little surprised, even disconcerted perhaps. Help students who are learning a language overcome this and make the perspective shift. Likewise, congratulate them for progress and good efforts with virtual badges.

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Improving student achievement through choice

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Approximately one in seven of our students are English language learners. When we looked at our reading and math scores a few years back, we found that we weren’t seeing the growth we were hoping to see. We have audio systems in the ceiling so students don’t depend on the sound from a TV that might be 25 feet away from them.

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Lessons from an online teacher: Supporting phenomena-based learning

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This is especially felt in the 5 th grade science and math classes I teach. They have started to design lessons with alternate languages and most resources are customizable. Gizmos also offers math programs–Reflex and Frax. They are ready to share their group work with the other students, and their discussions flourish.

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Goodbye ABCs: How One State is Moving Beyond Grade Levels and Graded Assessments

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Using the second/third grade pod as an example, Allen explains how two teachers start their morning together with a group of nearly 58 students who work on their own tablet devices. Each student is assigned an individualized learning schedule that involves group work or one-on-one interventions with a teacher.

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4 Tech-free Ways to Personalize Learning in Your Classroom

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We’re in the middle of a guided math lesson and my students are scattered around the room like two dozen Cheerios that just exploded out of their box. Some are in groups, backs arched over skill-specific games, giggling and rolling dice. Others are hidden, tucked away in cozy nooks within the room, exploring and discovering in pairs.

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