Karalee (she/her)
@karalees.bsky.social
🌎4-5 ELL
📍Iowa
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📍Iowa
📚books
🧶crafting
☕️coffee
Emphasis on the end: early reading development is actually ORAL LANGUAGE development. Early elementary ELL teachers have already seen the way this plays out for ELs.
Apparently differences in children’s brains that contribute to later reading difficulties present as early as 18 months of age, not at age 5-6, as previously thought. This underscores the importance of solid oral language experiences in the early years.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Reading skills — and struggles — manifest earlier than thought — Harvard Gazette
New findings underscore the need for interventions before children start school, said Harvard researchers.
news.harvard.edu
June 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Emphasis on the end: early reading development is actually ORAL LANGUAGE development. Early elementary ELL teachers have already seen the way this plays out for ELs.
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Important for language teachers. gianfrancoconti.com/2025/03/29/y...
‘You Shall Know a Word by the Company It Keeps’ – Why and how this sentence revolutionised my teaching 25 years ago
Introduction When I first heard the phrase “You shall know a word by the company it keeps” by J.R. Firth during my MA in TEFL around 25 years ago, it reshaped how I thought about vocabulary teachin…
gianfrancoconti.com
March 29, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Important for language teachers. gianfrancoconti.com/2025/03/29/y...
Student: “I want to be a scientist but the words are like… so high as Mount Everest in my brain.”
The challenges of being an EL! 😂
Don’t worry, little guy! We’re learning tier 2 vocab! 👏
#ELLthings #EduSky #vocabulary
The challenges of being an EL! 😂
Don’t worry, little guy! We’re learning tier 2 vocab! 👏
#ELLthings #EduSky #vocabulary
January 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Student: “I want to be a scientist but the words are like… so high as Mount Everest in my brain.”
The challenges of being an EL! 😂
Don’t worry, little guy! We’re learning tier 2 vocab! 👏
#ELLthings #EduSky #vocabulary
The challenges of being an EL! 😂
Don’t worry, little guy! We’re learning tier 2 vocab! 👏
#ELLthings #EduSky #vocabulary
January 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Me: "What is a myth?"
Student: "A myth is when you bust things!"
#EduSky #ELLthings #langsky #mythbusters
Student: "A myth is when you bust things!"
#EduSky #ELLthings #langsky #mythbusters
January 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Me: "What is a myth?"
Student: "A myth is when you bust things!"
#EduSky #ELLthings #langsky #mythbusters
Student: "A myth is when you bust things!"
#EduSky #ELLthings #langsky #mythbusters
Me: "I don't know exactly how long ago...it happened in ancient times."
Student: "Ancient times? Like the eighties?"
#EduSky #ELLthings #langsky
Student: "Ancient times? Like the eighties?"
#EduSky #ELLthings #langsky
January 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Me: "I don't know exactly how long ago...it happened in ancient times."
Student: "Ancient times? Like the eighties?"
#EduSky #ELLthings #langsky
Student: "Ancient times? Like the eighties?"
#EduSky #ELLthings #langsky
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Maus author Art Spiegelman to collaborate with Joe Sacco on Gaza comic www.middleeasteye.net/discover/mau...
Maus author Art Spiegelman to collaborate with Joe Sacco on Gaza comic
Spiegelman and Sacco are renowned graphic novelists whose works are consistently ranked as some of the greatest in the genre
www.middleeasteye.net
January 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Maus author Art Spiegelman to collaborate with Joe Sacco on Gaza comic www.middleeasteye.net/discover/mau...
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Many relevant presidential actions today:
1.Suspension of the refugee program
2.Suspending the entry of “aliens” across the southern border
3.Birthright citizenship no longer guaranteed
4. End all federally funded diversity, equity, & inclusion programs
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
1.Suspension of the refugee program
2.Suspending the entry of “aliens” across the southern border
3.Birthright citizenship no longer guaranteed
4. End all federally funded diversity, equity, & inclusion programs
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Presidential Actions – The White House
www.whitehouse.gov
January 21, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Many relevant presidential actions today:
1.Suspension of the refugee program
2.Suspending the entry of “aliens” across the southern border
3.Birthright citizenship no longer guaranteed
4. End all federally funded diversity, equity, & inclusion programs
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
1.Suspension of the refugee program
2.Suspending the entry of “aliens” across the southern border
3.Birthright citizenship no longer guaranteed
4. End all federally funded diversity, equity, & inclusion programs
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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🧵A while ago, I posted about how I teach vocabulary. I collect all tier 2 vocab from the unit I'll be teaching + within my discrete grammar lesson each wk we do 20 ish mins of vocab work. In this thread, I'll go through what that looks like + then at the end link to the resource
January 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
🧵A while ago, I posted about how I teach vocabulary. I collect all tier 2 vocab from the unit I'll be teaching + within my discrete grammar lesson each wk we do 20 ish mins of vocab work. In this thread, I'll go through what that looks like + then at the end link to the resource
Crossing my fingers for this kind of relationship with my future kids
10yo noticed that I’ve been falling behind on my readings for her book club (it’s a club of two-she picks the books and we both read them and discuss), so I was sentenced to three hours in bed with my books. 📚 She snuggled in beside me and re-read three graphic novels. We had a glorious afternoon.
January 19, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Crossing my fingers for this kind of relationship with my future kids
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This year, let’s remember King as the radical he was wapo.st/3PYexff
January 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This year, let’s remember King as the radical he was wapo.st/3PYexff
One of my new ELs is learning so much in a completely new environment to him. I taught him how to use the tape dispenser. While I was with another student, he used up the rest of my tape to put his airplane up on the sound wall…🤭
#ELLthings
#ELLthings
January 17, 2025 at 2:35 AM
One of my new ELs is learning so much in a completely new environment to him. I taught him how to use the tape dispenser. While I was with another student, he used up the rest of my tape to put his airplane up on the sound wall…🤭
#ELLthings
#ELLthings
Me, turning a paper over under my doc cam: “Flip to the back!”
Student: “Umm…teacher? Flip to the back?”
He proceeded to stand up and pretend to do a BACK FLIP…🤭
#EduSky #ELLthings #langsky
Student: “Umm…teacher? Flip to the back?”
He proceeded to stand up and pretend to do a BACK FLIP…🤭
#EduSky #ELLthings #langsky
January 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Me, turning a paper over under my doc cam: “Flip to the back!”
Student: “Umm…teacher? Flip to the back?”
He proceeded to stand up and pretend to do a BACK FLIP…🤭
#EduSky #ELLthings #langsky
Student: “Umm…teacher? Flip to the back?”
He proceeded to stand up and pretend to do a BACK FLIP…🤭
#EduSky #ELLthings #langsky
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Thanks, BestBuy, for writing my verb tense quiz for this week.
January 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Thanks, BestBuy, for writing my verb tense quiz for this week.
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Just because you speak English does not mean you have the skill set of an #EAL teacher. That being said some of the most extraordinary EAL teachers I have known, have had different languages as their first, and added English to their repertoire.
January 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Just because you speak English does not mean you have the skill set of an #EAL teacher. That being said some of the most extraordinary EAL teachers I have known, have had different languages as their first, and added English to their repertoire.
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The Best Practical Resources For Helping Teachers, Students & Families Respond To Immigration Challenges larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2017/02/26/t... #ELsky
The Best Practical Resources For Helping Teachers, Students & Families Respond To Immigration Challenges
Many teachers, students and families are understandably concerned about the impact of the Trump Administration’s changes on immigration will affect them: What can teachers do if ICE raids the…
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org
January 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The Best Practical Resources For Helping Teachers, Students & Families Respond To Immigration Challenges larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2017/02/26/t... #ELsky
Does anybody work in a school with a successful Peer to Peer program (targets autism/neurodiversity) that also integrates ELs/MLs? Tips? #EduSky #ELL #MLL #SpEd #inclusivity
January 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Does anybody work in a school with a successful Peer to Peer program (targets autism/neurodiversity) that also integrates ELs/MLs? Tips? #EduSky #ELL #MLL #SpEd #inclusivity
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#ELSKY
Q1: I don't have students this year so I'm going to reference 2016. when I was teaching 9th and 10th ESOL and coaching Wrestling. I remember the day after the election, my 9th grade students were quiet-like oddly quiet. A student wrote on her hand in sharpie "Not My President" and then
Q1: I don't have students this year so I'm going to reference 2016. when I was teaching 9th and 10th ESOL and coaching Wrestling. I remember the day after the election, my 9th grade students were quiet-like oddly quiet. A student wrote on her hand in sharpie "Not My President" and then
Our first question is: Q1. What, if any, reactions are your ELL students sharing about how the presidential election might affect them, and how are you and your school planning to support them? #ELsky @larryferlazzo.bsky.social
January 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
#ELSKY
Q1: I don't have students this year so I'm going to reference 2016. when I was teaching 9th and 10th ESOL and coaching Wrestling. I remember the day after the election, my 9th grade students were quiet-like oddly quiet. A student wrote on her hand in sharpie "Not My President" and then
Q1: I don't have students this year so I'm going to reference 2016. when I was teaching 9th and 10th ESOL and coaching Wrestling. I remember the day after the election, my 9th grade students were quiet-like oddly quiet. A student wrote on her hand in sharpie "Not My President" and then
So happy to see my students! 🤗
January 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
So happy to see my students! 🤗
New building-wide signage — multilingual edition!
January 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
New building-wide signage — multilingual edition!
My year in books — the goal is one book a week, which I surpassed! #pd4uandme
January 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
My year in books — the goal is one book a week, which I surpassed! #pd4uandme
Yes! After I read three books, I can go in and get a special branded mug. I have a few of them from previous challenges. They usually come with a packet of hot chocolate. They also usually have an amazing selection of books to choose and KEEP! #pd4uandme #edusky #booksky
January 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Yes! After I read three books, I can go in and get a special branded mug. I have a few of them from previous challenges. They usually come with a packet of hot chocolate. They also usually have an amazing selection of books to choose and KEEP! #pd4uandme #edusky #booksky
My favorite books of 2024! I never thought I was a fan of fantasy growing up but now it’s my favorite genre! #pd4uandme #booksky #edusky
January 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
My favorite books of 2024! I never thought I was a fan of fantasy growing up but now it’s my favorite genre! #pd4uandme #booksky #edusky