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…
In last week’s post, I shared the first part of the year-end review of our CCSS for ELLs posts. That post focused on the big picture overview of the year’s posts related to implementing the CCSS for ELLs. This week, I’ll give you a recap of instructional considerations and resources for…
Originally posted April 5, 2013 on Colorin Colorado by Diane Staehr Fenner In last week’s post, I presented some considerations for implementing the CCSS for Mathematics when instructing English language learners. In this week’s post, I want to follow up with a discussion of the role of academic language in that instruction.…
Originally posted March 28, 2013 on Colorin Colorado by Diane Staehr Fenner While at the TESOL convention last week, I learned of a well-attended presentation titled “Taking on Mathematics: How the CCSS can work for ELLs.” The interactive, manipulative-based workshop focused on engaging ELLs in mathematics while highlighting key areas of…