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Love seeing @StFleenor & @iMarquezEDU showing off the #VisualNonGlossary at #TexTESOL25! Check it out for yourself here: visualnonglossary.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Love seeing @StFleenor & @iMarquezEDU showing off the #VisualNonGlossary at #TexTESOL25! Check it out for yourself here: visualnonglossary.com
The periodic table representations of family have NOTHING on the Thanksgiving seating chart. thevisualnonglossary.com/subjects/vis...
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The periodic table representations of family have NOTHING on the Thanksgiving seating chart. thevisualnonglossary.com/subjects/vis...
We're adding LEVELED READING PASSAGES to VNG lessons! When students engage with these passages, they get exposure to finer details & a deeper understanding of the concept. Plus, the visual serves as an anchor to help their reading comprehension. thevisualnonglossary.com/website_upda...
Leveled Reading Passages — Updates
by Stephen Fleenor • last updated November 10, 2025 by Stephen Fleenor
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November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We're adding LEVELED READING PASSAGES to VNG lessons! When students engage with these passages, they get exposure to finer details & a deeper understanding of the concept. Plus, the visual serves as an anchor to help their reading comprehension. thevisualnonglossary.com/website_upda...
Anatomical homology: Proof your dog really might be your biological child. More at visualnonglossary.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Anatomical homology: Proof your dog really might be your biological child. More at visualnonglossary.com
Congratulations to October's #VisualNonGlossary users of the month! Ready to claim your trophy? Start with a 7-day free trial! visualnonglossary.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Congratulations to October's #VisualNonGlossary users of the month! Ready to claim your trophy? Start with a 7-day free trial! visualnonglossary.com
#SeidlitzConf highlights real-world success stories from Ts, specialists, & school leaders who are making a difference. Join us for an inspiring & practical day where educators come together to share what's working for #EnglishLearners in today’s schools. seidlitzeducation.com/upcoming_eve...
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#SeidlitzConf highlights real-world success stories from Ts, specialists, & school leaders who are making a difference. Join us for an inspiring & practical day where educators come together to share what's working for #EnglishLearners in today’s schools. seidlitzeducation.com/upcoming_eve...
How should Ts guide Ss through #VisualNonGlossary visuals? Creator @StFleenor walks us through it in this video. www.youtube.com/watch?embeds...
Guiding Students through a Visual
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November 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
How should Ts guide Ss through #VisualNonGlossary visuals? Creator @StFleenor walks us through it in this video. www.youtube.com/watch?embeds...
"I see my role not as sheltering my young students from problematic language but as helping them understand the meaning and impact such language can have on others." via @educationweek www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
How Should Teachers Deal With Problematic Language in Literature? (Opinion)
Offensive prose does show up in books. Ignoring it doesn't help students.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"I see my role not as sheltering my young students from problematic language but as helping them understand the meaning and impact such language can have on others." via @educationweek www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
There's nothing we love more than seeing the #VisualNonGlossary in action, & these second grade Ss using the VNG to learn about fractions has truly made our day.
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
There's nothing we love more than seeing the #VisualNonGlossary in action, & these second grade Ss using the VNG to learn about fractions has truly made our day.
In-tune co-teachers can be such an asset to #MultilingualLearners — & all Ss! Thanks, @ColorinColorado, for this checklist of success strategies. www.colorincolorado.org/article/co-t...
Co-Teaching ELLs: 8 Strategies for Success
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November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
In-tune co-teachers can be such an asset to #MultilingualLearners — & all Ss! Thanks, @ColorinColorado, for this checklist of success strategies. www.colorincolorado.org/article/co-t...
Free, tomorrow: ACCOUNTABLE TALK THROUGH STRUCTURED VISUALS. @iMarquezEDU presents a don't-miss introduction to the #VisualNonGlossary. This resource is a game-changer for #Science, #SocialStudies, & #Math Ts! seidlitzeducation.com/upcoming_eve...
Accountable Talk Through Structured Visuals: A Free Intro Webinar on the VNG
Want your students talking more and talking meaningfully about content?In this free monthly webinar, you’ll get an introduction to the Visual Non-Glossary (VNG), a resource designed to support both…
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November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Free, tomorrow: ACCOUNTABLE TALK THROUGH STRUCTURED VISUALS. @iMarquezEDU presents a don't-miss introduction to the #VisualNonGlossary. This resource is a game-changer for #Science, #SocialStudies, & #Math Ts! seidlitzeducation.com/upcoming_eve...
VNG Tips & Tricks: Talk, Read, Talk, Write
This strategy, from @NancyMotleyTRTW's #TRTW book, builds comprehension & critical thinking by structuring reading around #academicconversations & writing. Here’s how to adapt it using #VNG:
This strategy, from @NancyMotleyTRTW's #TRTW book, builds comprehension & critical thinking by structuring reading around #academicconversations & writing. Here’s how to adapt it using #VNG:
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
VNG Tips & Tricks: Talk, Read, Talk, Write
This strategy, from @NancyMotleyTRTW's #TRTW book, builds comprehension & critical thinking by structuring reading around #academicconversations & writing. Here’s how to adapt it using #VNG:
This strategy, from @NancyMotleyTRTW's #TRTW book, builds comprehension & critical thinking by structuring reading around #academicconversations & writing. Here’s how to adapt it using #VNG:
Another great look at the #VisualNonGlossary in action, this time from @Humble_SocSt. Thank you for sharing!
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Another great look at the #VisualNonGlossary in action, this time from @Humble_SocSt. Thank you for sharing!
Three cheers to the power of connection for improving Ss' outcomes. languagemagazine.com/2025/10/21/i...
Improving Outcomes Through the Power of Connection
Making Education More Than a GradeIn December of 2013, I published an article in Language Magazine entitled, “Making Education More Than a Grade”. This article examined the positive effects of…
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November 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Three cheers to the power of connection for improving Ss' outcomes. languagemagazine.com/2025/10/21/i...
Did you know that The Visual Non-Glossary is completely available in English and Spanish? Here are some great tips about how to best use the VNG with students who know Spanish or who are learning Spanish! www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5LV...
Making the Most of the VNG in Spanish
Did you know that The Visual Non-Glossary is completely available in English and Spanish? Here are some great tips about how to best use the VNG with students who know Spanish or who are learning…
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November 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Did you know that The Visual Non-Glossary is completely available in English and Spanish? Here are some great tips about how to best use the VNG with students who know Spanish or who are learning Spanish! www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5LV...
You know we love a good visual. And when it can support #SEL in the classroom? Even better. via @MiddleWeb www.middleweb.com/52751/invite...
Invite Your Students to Map Their Lives and Learning
There’s something pleasingly counter-cultural about going analog with map construction, says Stephanie Farley, as we invite kids to make surprising connections.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
You know we love a good visual. And when it can support #SEL in the classroom? Even better. via @MiddleWeb www.middleweb.com/52751/invite...
New #VNG Tips & Tricks! The most effective reading passage is aligned to the lesson objectives. In VNG lessons, it's aligned to the anchor visual & supports Ss’ ability to answer the inferential Q at the end. thevisualnonglossary.com/resources/tn...
October 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New #VNG Tips & Tricks! The most effective reading passage is aligned to the lesson objectives. In VNG lessons, it's aligned to the anchor visual & supports Ss’ ability to answer the inferential Q at the end. thevisualnonglossary.com/resources/tn...
"Making language grounds for official suspicion is a particularly insidious suppression of speech, because it makes you question not just your ideas but your means of expressing them." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Opinion | You Caught Me. I’m Speaking Spanish. (Gift Article)
Spanish has become a sanctioned indicator of potential criminality in the United States of America.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"Making language grounds for official suspicion is a particularly insidious suppression of speech, because it makes you question not just your ideas but your means of expressing them." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
The #VisualNonGlossary's #StructuredVisuals are a great way to help students ABSORB new academic vocabulary. 🧽 thevisualnonglossary.com/subjects/vis...
October 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The #VisualNonGlossary's #StructuredVisuals are a great way to help students ABSORB new academic vocabulary. 🧽 thevisualnonglossary.com/subjects/vis...
Want to practice using the #QSSSA with your #PLC? #VisualNonGlossary creator @StFleenor has you covered, with this video tutorial. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3dx...
Using the QSSSA Practice Guide
Want to practice implementing QSSSAs with your PLC? This guide from The Visual Non-Glossary (https://thevisualnonglossary.com/resources/resources.php) shows how to do it very easily with a script and…
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October 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Want to practice using the #QSSSA with your #PLC? #VisualNonGlossary creator @StFleenor has you covered, with this video tutorial. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3dx...
New words, free intro webinars, standards-based lesson plan recommendations...the #VisualNonGlossary is growing by the day. Want to check it out? Treat yourself to a 7-day trial, on us! thevisualnonglossary.com/account/sign...
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October 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New words, free intro webinars, standards-based lesson plan recommendations...the #VisualNonGlossary is growing by the day. Want to check it out? Treat yourself to a 7-day trial, on us! thevisualnonglossary.com/account/sign...
Even more new words in the @VisualNonglossary's ever-growing index! This time, 40+ 5th grade social studies terms, in English and Spanish as always. thevisualnonglossary.com/website_upda...
October 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Even more new words in the @VisualNonglossary's ever-growing index! This time, 40+ 5th grade social studies terms, in English and Spanish as always. thevisualnonglossary.com/website_upda...
"The issue implicates the very purpose of the English classroom: Is it to teach love of literature? To prepare Ss for the reading they will do in the workplace & civic life? To expose them to...an American canon? Or some combination of all the above?" www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
Are Books Really Disappearing From American Classrooms?
Measuring whether "whole texts" are vanishing in favor of excerpts isn't clear cut.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"The issue implicates the very purpose of the English classroom: Is it to teach love of literature? To prepare Ss for the reading they will do in the workplace & civic life? To expose them to...an American canon? Or some combination of all the above?" www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
NEW additions to the #VisualNonGlossary! Check out this batch of 60+ 7th & 8th grade math words, in both English & Spanish! thevisualnonglossary.com/website_upda...
October 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
NEW additions to the #VisualNonGlossary! Check out this batch of 60+ 7th & 8th grade math words, in both English & Spanish! thevisualnonglossary.com/website_upda...
Have you registered for one of our FREE #VisualNonGlossary intro webinars? @iMarquezEDU will illustrate the potential this resource has to transform your classroom — & if that doesn't make you want to try it out, we don't know what will! seidlitzeducation.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Accountable Talk Through Structured Visuals: A Free Intro Webinar on the VNG. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Whether you are new to The Visual Non-Glossary or feel you need a refresher, this is the webinar for you! Join me as I go over the features of the VNG, best practices, and how it can make a positive impact...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Have you registered for one of our FREE #VisualNonGlossary intro webinars? @iMarquezEDU will illustrate the potential this resource has to transform your classroom — & if that doesn't make you want to try it out, we don't know what will! seidlitzeducation.zoom.us/meeting/regi...