# ELLs

## 5 Must-Have Books on Teaching Multilingual Learners
*April 14, 2026*  
Multilingual learners need teachers and schools that support their educational equity, academic success, and positive social-emotional development. In today’s post, explore five important new and upcoming books that prepare educators…  
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## 7 Activities that Promote Oral Language Skills in ELLs
*August 1, 2025*  
Classroom interaction with teachers and peers is a crucial component of English language development for students classified as ELLs. Excerpted and adapted from the new edition of Wayne Wright’s bestselling…  
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## 10 Tips for Making Teacher Talk More Comprehensible for English Learners
*July 8, 2025*  
Today’s classrooms include increasing numbers of students who are learning English in addition to one or more other languages. Teachers should be aware of the needs of their English learners…  
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## 5 Ways to Get to Know Your English Language Learners
*March 27, 2025*  
Today’s post is adapted from Differentiating Instruction and Assessment for English Language Learners, by Shelley Fairbairn & Stephaney Jones-Vo. Teach English language learners? Don’t underestimate the importance of becoming familiar…  
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## 10 Tips for Implementing Oral Reading Practice
*March 20, 2025*  
Today’s post has been adapted from the chapter “Reading Fluency Among English Learners” by Coleen D. Carlson, in Literacy Foundations for English Learners, edited by Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan, Ed.D., CCC-SLP, CDT, CALT, QI Repeated…  
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## 4 Techniques for Teaching Reading Fluency to English Learners
*September 3, 2024*  
*Today’s post has been adapted from the chapter “Reading Fluency Among English Learners” by Coleen D. Carlson, in Literacy Foundations for English Learners, edited by Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan, Ed.D., CCC-SLP, CDT,…  
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## 5 Steps to Differentiating Instruction for English Language Learners
*August 10, 2023*  
Differentiated instruction and assessment provide different pathways to learning so that every student in your classroom—including students from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds—can reach high expectations and standards. In their…  
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