After all the readings and all the posts, I stumbled on a thought - good teaching strategies mentioned for ELLs are good teaching strategies for all. I've found that working in SDC classrooms for he last three years, whether I had students who spoke a different languages or not, if I used strategies mentioned for ELs (story-telling, creating Venn Diagrams, role-playing, etc.) everyone ended up understanding the concept more. Why? Because they are good teaching strategies. Another thing I discovered working in this crazy-fun world of education, is that even students who are labeled English-only students have a difficult time with the language; why don't we call them English learners - they are learning the language aren't they?
So, to all those using great strategies, keep using them. We will see growth in our young ones.
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