ELL/ESL

A quick brain break turned into an engaging activity to bring in new readers!

This collaborative activity had my students practicing their writing without the hassle!

"Miss... no offense, but why are we doing this?" Sometimes students are afraid to ask this question because they're worried that they'll offend me and my planning, but this is such a wonderful question to be asked. Understanding why we are doing something is not only valuable for their understanding, but so important for student motivation.

Since we received superior results on not one, but two inspections from the Swedish School Inspectorate (Skolinspektionen), several other schools have reached out to us to tour our school, observe our classes, and talk to our teachers for inspiration and support with their own routines.

Generally, when students arrive at our school they have at least some knowledge of English. This year, we have a new challenge in that some students are coming to us without the ability to speak English or Swedish at all. This year, we have a new challenge in that some students are coming to us without the ability to speak English or Swedish at all.