By Diane Staehr Fenner | Originally published on November 26, 2013 on the Colorin Colorado website I have been very fortunate this fall to work with dedicated teachers and administrators in a few different states who are involved with the education of English language learners (ELLs). As I’ve been speaking…
By Diane Staehr Fenner | Originally published on the Colorin Colorado website October 8, 2013 Resources for Teaching the CCSS in Mathematics to ELLs As I continue to learn so much from Mathematics for ELLs expert Dr. Anita Bright while we collaborate on scaffolding New York State’s P-12 CCSS inMathematics curriculum for ELLs, I…
Originally published on Colorin Colorado August 23, 2013 by Diane Staehr Fenner As you may have heard, the Common Core assessment consortium PARCC just released new sample items last week in English language arts (ELA) in grades 3-11 and in mathematics in grades 3-8 and high school. Since teachers will need to plan…
In this month’s newsletter we’ll feature some of our new contracts, work in the area of English learner advocacy, our latest writing and presentations, our Colorin Colorado blog posts, and our upcoming events. New Contracts We are excited to report that in April 2013 we signed a contract with the…
