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Selecting Engaging Topics for Your Virtual Lessons
Welcome back educators! Thank you so much stopping by to get all the details on how you create engaging virtual lessons for your ELLs. If you haven’t already please take a moment to subscribe and share this website with other ESL teachers. This helps spread the word about the strategies and tips. You are also helping other ESL teachers make their classroom streamlined. Most of us are distant learning and have the same problem. We are searching and wondering what we are going to teach our students? A lot of us know how we are going to teach our ELLs. Rather that is through a lesson on Nearpod or Quizlet.…
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Why You Need Language Goals While Teaching Remotely
Welcome back educators and superheroes! Before we jump into today’s topic, I would like you to reflect on your wins for the week. This past week has been a rollercoaster with virtual learning and I like to think of some of the highlights of the week. A personal win for me was successfully switching over to Teams. This week I will actually be teaching my first lesson on Teams. Every week I want to highlight a teacher’s win. A win can be big or small. I want you to celebrate your wins, and we want to celebrate with you! If you have a win you want to share email me…
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Teaching during a Pandemic: Your Questions Answered
These last few weeks feel as if I have been on a complete rollercoaster. One things I have learned is how important it is to be flexible and open-minded. I always knew technology was important, but now more than ever I strongly feel it is a necessity for many of our ELLs. A lot of you feel the exact same way, and I enjoyed talking with everyone during our Live Q & A sessions. Here are some of the questions that we talked about during our live sessions: What are some tech tools that my ELLs can use? I do not speak the home language of my students. How can…
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Virtual Learning Strategies for ELLs
Welcome all-star teachers! These past few weeks have been a journey. I want you to take a moment and think about your wins for the past week. Share your wins with me at millie@myadventuresinesl.com The problem many of us are having is that we are in the midst of a pandemic. Our ELLs are having to switch to virtual learning with little technology. As ESL educators, this has caused us to become creative in how we are supporting our ELLs. A lot of my ELLs have very limited technology in their homes. Therefore the only way they can assess the internet is by using their cell phones. Many of them…
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Supporting ELLs During School Closures
Welcome educators! Right now we are in the midst of a global pandemic. It appears overnight we are expected to pick up and teach our ELLs online. The problem many of us face is that our ELLs have limited access to technology and the internet. Thursday before our Spring Break our principal got on the intercom and announced we won’t be back until March 31st. I knew in my spirit that it was going to be longer so I rushed and started thinking of options. During this time, I had to console my students and show them how to log on to our low tech options. This is how I plan to…
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Planning for Multiple Grade Levels
Welcome all-star teachers! As we jump into today’s topic, I would like you to reflect on your wins for the week. Every week I want to highlight a teacher’s win. A win can be big or small. I want you to celebrate your wins, and we want to celebrate with you! If you have a win you want to share email me at millie@myadventuresinesl.com. Are you teaching different grade levels and are wondering how you can save time planning? Teaching various grade levels in a classroom can have you feeling overwhelmed and confused. You can even feel like you are running in circles wondering what can I do to meet…
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Using Visuals with ELLs
Welcome all-star teachers! As we jump into today’s topic, I would like you to reflect on your wins for the week. Think about your high points and your areas of growth. We have all heard these words “just use visuals”. Visuals are a great scaffold but finding visuals and determining when to use them can be a struggle. As I was strolling through the internet, I kept seeing how visuals are a great scaffold for ELLs. Even when I was planning with my team, co-workers would simply say use pictures. That was an effective and simple solution but I was still stuck on how and when to use them with…
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Fostering Independence While Working with Small Groups
Welcome all-star teachers! As we jump into today’s topic, I would like you to reflect on your wins for the week. Have you ever wanted your students to be more independent in completing their assignments while you are working with a small group? Creating and fostering independence can be a struggle for most teachers. You know exactly what I mean when you can’t work with a student for one minute without being bombarded with questions from your students. I can remember it like it was yesterday. I decided I was going to have independent group work for a lesson. In my mind and on paper I planned an elaborate lesson.…
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Teaching Reading Skills through Read Alouds
Hey everyone! Welcome to My Adventures in ESL! Have you ever done a read aloud in your class and felt the boredom ooze from your students? I honestly wondered what is the benefit of me doing a read aloud when my students are bored out of their minds. Couldn’t I be using this time to teach my ELLs some important reading skills? I would often do read alouds and my students just weren’t into them like I hoped. I knew that there were tons of benefits of students hearing a fluent reader reading a text with expression. It just seemed at the moment that my students weren’t connecting to my…
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Plan Engaging Lessons During Testing
Thank you for joining me today as I share some lesson ideas you can use during testing season. Before we get started I want to hear your wins for the week. If you have small or big win please email me at millie@myadventuresinesl.com. I will share them on the podcast to encourage other teachers. Testing season is upon us and having engaging lessons for your ELLs can be an obstacle. Naturally students may not feel like engaging in a lesson after spending 3 hours testing. That is why it is crucial to make sure your lessons are engaging. Last school year I felt I was on a roller coaster with…
