Beth Skelton
@bethskelton.bsky.social
Education Consultant, Author, and Advocate for Multilingual Learners
Tan Huyhn and I are excited to share our third @Edutopia article featuring strategies for supporting experienced Multilinguals with writing.
www.edutopia.org/article/writ...
www.edutopia.org/article/writ...
A Scaffolding Strategy to Help Experienced ELLs Express Complex Ideas
This technique gives multilingual students explicit instruction on how to effectively develop their ideas for each part of a paragraph and to link one idea to the next.
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January 6, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Tan Huyhn and I are excited to share our third @Edutopia article featuring strategies for supporting experienced Multilinguals with writing.
www.edutopia.org/article/writ...
www.edutopia.org/article/writ...
Tan Huynh and I are delighted to share another practical article based on our forth-coming book. This one focuses on a scaffold for sentence structures for experienced multilinguals. @edutopia.org @corwinpress.bsky.social www.edutopia.org/article/scaf...
Sentence-Level Scaffolds That Foster English Learners’ Independence and Growth
Teachers can structure supports to guide English learners to speak and write using grade-level, discipline-specific language.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Tan Huynh and I are delighted to share another practical article based on our forth-coming book. This one focuses on a scaffold for sentence structures for experienced multilinguals. @edutopia.org @corwinpress.bsky.social www.edutopia.org/article/scaf...
Excited to share the latest article @tanhuynh.bsky.social and I wrote on a modified approach to the Gradual Release of Responsibility. Thanks @edutopia.org
www.edutopia.org/article/skil...
www.edutopia.org/article/skil...
Adapting Gradual Release of Responsibility for English Language Learners
This model provides scaffolded active engagement and opportunities for guided practice to help students master new skills.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Excited to share the latest article @tanhuynh.bsky.social and I wrote on a modified approach to the Gradual Release of Responsibility. Thanks @edutopia.org
www.edutopia.org/article/skil...
www.edutopia.org/article/skil...
After 18 months of waiting, I finally got to visit my co-author, little brother, and friend, Tan Huynh, at his school —the lovely International School of Phnom Penh!
September 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
After 18 months of waiting, I finally got to visit my co-author, little brother, and friend, Tan Huynh, at his school —the lovely International School of Phnom Penh!
In this new article on @edutopia.org , Tan Huynh and I share some ideas for making grade-level content comprehensible to multilingual learners at beginning levels of language proficiency.
www.edutopia.org/article/supp...
www.edutopia.org/article/supp...
Using an Input-Output Loop to Help Newcomer Students Learn Class Content
Teachers can carefully chunk information to support newcomer students in learning grade-level content while developing their English proficiency.
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August 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In this new article on @edutopia.org , Tan Huynh and I share some ideas for making grade-level content comprehensible to multilingual learners at beginning levels of language proficiency.
www.edutopia.org/article/supp...
www.edutopia.org/article/supp...
Thank you, Canadian Academy, Kobe, Japan, for a fabulous week working with your staff. Dinner with the experienced and expert ES EAL teachers was such a grand celebration of the work!! Keep up the great service you provide for all your multilingual learners!!
March 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Thank you, Canadian Academy, Kobe, Japan, for a fabulous week working with your staff. Dinner with the experienced and expert ES EAL teachers was such a grand celebration of the work!! Keep up the great service you provide for all your multilingual learners!!
Wondering what the Department of Education does? Here’s a primer. I support public education for ALL students.
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What does the Education Department do? A guide to the agency Trump wants to gut
President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon, to “put herself out of a job” and close the Education Department. Already, the Trump administration has started overhau...
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March 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Wondering what the Department of Education does? Here’s a primer. I support public education for ALL students.
www.pbs.org/newshour/edu...
www.pbs.org/newshour/edu...