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From English Language Learners to Cross-Cultural Scholars: Perception, Practice, and Policy
Please click to download my latest presentation: From English Language Learners to Cross-Cultural Scholars: Perception, Practice, and Policy. I will be presenting this tonight as a guest lecturer in a… more →
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From English Language Learners to Cross-Cultural Scholars: Perception, Practice, and Policy
wrote 5 days ago: Please click to download my latest presentation: From English Language Learners to Cross-Cultural Sc … more →
I've got reading on the brain
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wrote 3 weeks ago: I took a seminar once called “The Reading Brain.” It was a required part of my Orton Gillingham trai … more →
Boston Public Schools Student of the Week: Clayton Rodrigues
wrote 1 month ago: I am so proud of my 7th grade student, Clayton Rodrigues. Clayton came to the United States from Cap … more →
Attempting to Sing the ABC Song
wrote 2 months ago: In this video, Sam (38 months) attempts to sing the ABC song. Although some of my 5 children as well … more →
Question Generation Reading Comprehension Intervention for an Adolescent English Language Learner with a Language-Based Learning Disability
wrote 6 months ago: Below is a paper that I wrote for the course “Development and Disorders of Spoken and Written … more →
Guest post: Back to school tips from Sheryl Knapp!
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wrote 9 months ago: Many parents have written in to ask how they can support their child’s literacy development at home, … more →
The Perfect Place for Me: Cabarete Language Institute
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wrote 9 months ago: Back in March, in the midst of state testing and a flurry of IEP meetings, I was online one night, a … more →
Big benefits from shared reading
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wrote 10 months ago: One of the most effective ways to jump-start early literacy development is to read to children early … more →
Pearl Teaches Us The Parts of an Informal Letter
wrote 10 months ago: Pearl wrote a thank you letter to her grandmother who lives in Massachusetts. In this video, she exp … more →
Expository Writing: How To Complete a Word Search Puzzle
wrote 10 months ago: Pearl and I used shared writing to compose an expository “how-to” writing piece. In this … more →
"I Am From..." Poetry By Pearl
wrote 10 months ago: Pearl is my 9-year-old student here in the Dominican Republic, where I will be for the next two and … more →
Roslindale Village's Poetry Party
wrote 10 months ago: Roslindale Village’s Poetry Party on Boston.com There’s me right there standing on the s … more →
From ELLs to MELTs: Mr. Santana, Mr. Lara, Ms. Crispin, and Ms. Morrissett
wrote 10 months ago: I spent the past five weeks teaching the Catapult Learning Mathematics Level 6 program at my school … more →
Pushing, Patience, and Practice
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wrote 1 year ago: In my last lesson with my tutor, we went beyond the planned lesson at one point, and transitioned in … more →
Raising Wolverine loving shark fanatics
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wrote 1 year ago: This weekend we went to the store and I got the most awesomest costume for Halloween. I’m goi … more →
Morning Meeting and Spanish Language Development (SLD)
wrote 2 years ago: This is a great resource for games and ideas for meetings. Morning Meeting is a great way to teach s … more →
Assessing Joint Attention and Symbolic Play in Children With Cochlear Implants and Multiple Disabilities: Two Case Studies
wrote 5 years ago: from Otology & Neurotology Objective: The presence of disabilities in addition to deafness poses … more →
