Sep 15, 2017 | ELL, English Learning, ESL, Limited English
When my son was in preschool, I volunteered on multiple occasions to help with special events and field trips. At one of his first parties, I remember walking around the classroom, helping children with their crafts and commenting on what a good job they were doing....
Sep 15, 2017 | ELL, English Learning, Poverty, Socioeconomic
Over the next three weeks, we are going to explore poverty: what it is, what it means for our students, and what we as educators can do to give all of our young English language learners hope and the chance at a successful life, regardless of their socioeconomic...
Sep 15, 2017 | ELL, English Learning, Poverty, Socioeconomic
In Part 1 of Living in poverty affects our children; GrapeSEED can help, we learned what poverty is and the five different types of poverty that might be affecting our students and their families. But how does poverty affect the children, and is there anything we can...
Sep 15, 2017 | ELL, English Learning, Poverty, Socioeconomic
In Part 1 of Living in poverty affects our children; GrapeSEED can help, we discovered what poverty is and the five different types of poverty that might be affecting students and their families. In Part 2 , we heard all of the facts and negative effects that poverty...
Sep 15, 2017 | ELL, English Learning, ESL, LEP, Shared Reading
So many times I have heard my son say, “school is so boring, can I just stay home?” or, “I’m tired of sitting at my desk all day, do I have to go to school?” He’d rather be home doing just about anything instead of sitting at his desk in school. What I would give to...
