Science Strategies for Language Learners

Welcome back! In this week’s episode, we have guest Lauren Rickman joining us. Lauren will be providing strategies and ideas on how to support Language Learners in science.

I want to introduce our guest Lauren. Lauren has been teaching for 8 years. Lauren has two bachelor’s degrees, a master’s degree, and recently received her administration license. Lauren also has a 21-year-old pet cat named Savannah and a bearded dragon. I want to add that Lauren is being VERY modest about her accomplishments. She is literally one of the best middle school science teachers in the state of Tennessee. Last year she was nominated and advanced very far in the process of receiving Teacher of the Year for Tennessee.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Challenges science teachers may face with Language Learners
• Why vocabulary is important in science
• Ways you can scaffold for your students in science
• Resources you can incorporate into your lessons to support Language Learners in science
• Science lesson ideas

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Links & Resources Mentioned in this Episode

• The Science Duo Teacher Pay Teacher Store
• Kesler Science Teacher Pay Teacher Store
• Lauren’s Five Paragraph Builder for Science

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Download the transcript to this episode here.