I know many teachers have been out for awhile, but today is officially my last day, so it is perfect timing for a new round of #EllChat_Bkclub!! We are excited to do another novel this round and Efrén Divided is the perfect one!
Thanks to our cool interactive Bitmoji room, I *think* everything needed to participate is all linked from one central place. I will embed the room here and it will also stay pinned to my Twitter profile page throughout the chat.
Click around in the image or click through the slides for information and tools.
If you choose to respond to the weekly questions, please identify which one you’re responding to in your tweet (2A1, 2A2) Please note: The number before the Q indicates which week of the chat we are in, so 2A1 would indicate the answer to question 1 from week 2. Remember that you are not limited to these questions. Post a pic of your highlighted text, your favorite quotes, meaningful ideas, book snaps, your own questions, and connections to other texts!! #EllChat_BkClub is a slow chat, so you can post at any time throughout the week and throughout the chat. You can also post about questions or topics from previous weeks. It's all good as long as you are learning!
For this chat, we are using the following hashtags:
#EllChat_BkClub 26.0
#EfrenDivided
You can also tag the author in your tweets: @Author_Cisneros
ELL Shadowing as a Catalyst for Change AND Transforming Literacy Education for Long-Term English Learners
The vote for this round was VERY close so we decided to run two books at once. You can choose to read either one or if you are up for it, you can read BOTH. A reading schedule and resources will provided for both books and we will also work to make connections between the two texts.
If you are choosing to read one, we recommend you find a book buddy that is reading the other one to connect with throughout the chat!
The reading schedule is as follows:
I will post weekly questions on Twitter and also archive them here, so you can access all of the questions in one place.
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If you choose to respond to the weekly questions, please identify which one you’re responding to in your tweet (2A1, 2A2) Please note: The number before the Q indicates which week of the chat we are in, so 2A1 would indicate the answer to question 1 from week 2. Remember that you are not limited to these questions. Post a pic of your highlighted text, your favorite quotes, meaningful ideas, book snaps, your own questions, and connections to other texts!!
#EllChat_BkClub is a slow chat, so you can post at any time throughout the week and throughout the chat. You can also post about questions or topics from previous weeks. It's all good as long as you are learning!
For this chat, we will be using the following hashtags:
#EllChat_BkClub 25.0 #ELLShadowing
When you Tweet, don't forget to tag our amazing round 25.0 authors Maneka Deanna Brooks @Man3ka Ivannia Soto: @drivannia
To get started:
Check out our interactive scene. This represents new learning for me as I have never put something like this together before, but I think it's pretty cool!
There are links to:
Post an intro video on Flipgrid
View the reading schedule, which will link to weekly questions
Purchase book chat swag (if you are so inclined)
And the laptop screen even links to this post you are reading.
{click the picture to take you to the interactive scene}
Please reach out if you have any questions!
@Toppel_ELD
katie.toppel@gmail.com
If you are new to #EllChat_BkClub, check out the resources in this post for more information about how to participate.
Round 24.0 is underway thanks to the hard work of Emily Francis.
This round marks our first bilingual book and book study! I am loving the Tweets in both English and Spanish! Big thanks to Emily for suggesting this book and leading this round.
If you choose to respond to the weekly questions, please identify which one you’re responding to in your tweet (2A1, 2A2) Please note: The number before the Q indicates which week of the chat we are in, so 2A1 would indicate the answer to question 1 from week 2. Remember that you are not limited to these questions. Post a pic of your highlighted text, your favorite quotes, meaningful ideas, book snaps, your own questions, and connections to other texts!!
#EllChat_BkClub is a slow chat, so you can post at any time throughout the week and throughout the chat. You can also post about questions or topics from previous weeks. It's all good as long as you are learning!
For this chat, we will be using the following hashtags:
Conversation-Based Instruction for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Classrooms
In our recent round with Breaking Down the Wall, we read about a nationwide study, which indicated that ELs spend a mere 2% of their classroom day engaged in academic talk. This is a startling number and we can all agree...
This. Is. Not. Okay.
We know that our ELs need continuous opportunities to engage in academic talk throughout their entire school day, about different subjects and topics, in different contexts, with different partners, and with scaffolds that support, but don't stifle the complexity of their language use.
So, we turn to With a Little Help from My Friends which details "research-based practices for making classroom learning more interactive and conversation-based."
Let's dive in and learn together!
The reading schedule is as follows:
I will post weekly questions on Twitter and also archive them here, so you can access all of the questions in one place.
If you choose to respond to the weekly questions, please identify which one you’re responding to in your tweet (2A1, 2A2) Please note: The number before the Q indicates which week of the chat we are in, so 2A1 would indicate the answer to question 1 from week 2. Remember that you are not limited to these questions. Post a pic of your highlighted text, your favorite quotes, meaningful ideas, book snaps, your own questions, and connections to other texts!!
#EllChat_BkClub is a slow chat, so you can post at any time throughout the week and throughout the chat. You can also post about questions or topics from previous weeks. It's all good as long as you are learning!
For this chat, we will be using the following hashtags:
#WithALittleHelpFromMyFriends
#EllChat_BkClub 23.0
To get started: 1. Post your #bookie (a photo of yourself with your copy of the book! 2. Introduce yourself on our With a Little Help from My Friends flipgrid
3. Read and Tweet!
Please reach out if you have any questions!
@Toppel_ELD
katie.toppel@gmail.com
If you are new to #EllChat_BkClub, check out the resources in this post for more information about how to participate.
Round 22.0 of #EllChat_BkClub will kick of November 16th with:
As soon as I heard about this collaboration between many of our beloved #EllChat_BkClub authors, I knew we had to read it! I've been waiting patiently for months and I am so happy to finally have my hands on it. Special thanks to Corwin Press for generously sending me a review copy!
Politically, the title of this book feels timely. Educationally, the content of this book is needed.
The book is organized into 9 essential "shifts" for English learner success that showcase the expertise and wisdom of so many esteemed leaders in our field.
Check out this ROCKSTAR lineup!
Margarita Espino Calderón: @calderonexc
Diane Staehr Fenner: @DStaehrFenner
Andrea Honigsfeld: @AndreaHonigsfel
Shawn Slakk: @ABCD2Sco
Debbie Zacarian: @DebbieZacarian
Maria G Dove: @MariaGDove
Margo Gottlieb: @margogottlieb
Tonya Ward Singer: @TonyaWardSinger
Ivannia Soto: @drivannia
Make sure to follow them on Twitter as I know many of them are excited to join our chat and connect with us as we read their work!
The reading schedule for this round is as follows:
If you choose to respond to the weekly questions, please identify which one you’re responding to in your tweet (2A1, 2A2) Please note: The number before the Q indicates which week of the chat we are in, so 2A1 would indicate the answer to question 1 from week 2. Remember that you are not limited to these questions. Post a pic of your highlighted text, your favorite quotes, meaningful ideas, book snaps, your own questions, and connections to other texts!!
#EllChat_BkClub is a slow chat, so you can post at any time throughout the week and throughout the chat. You can also post about questions or topics from previous weeks. It's all good as long as you are learning!
For this chat, we will be using the following hashtags:
#BreakingDownTheWall
#EllChat_BkClub 22.0
Feel free to also tag the authors of the chapters you are reading and @CorwinPress To get started: 1. Post your #bookie (a photo of yourself with your copy of the book! 2. Introduce yourself on our Breaking Down the Wall Flipgrid Please reach out if you have any questions!
@Toppel_ELD
katie.toppel@gmail.com
If you are new to #EllChat_BkClub, check out the resources in this post for more information about how to participate.
One of the things I love the most about #EllChat_BkClub is that book selections happen organically and often come directly from members of our PLN. This book was suggested by Cindy Pico & Emily Francis and we are so excited to have Emily Francis (@emilyfranESL) leading this round!
If you choose to respond to the weekly questions, please identify which one you’re responding to in your tweet (2A1, 2A2) Please note: The number before the Q indicates which week of the chat we are in, so 2A1 would indicate the answer to question 1 from week 2. Remember that you are not limited to these questions. Post a pic of your highlighted text, your favorite quotes, meaningful ideas, book snaps, your own questions, and connections to other texts!!
#EllChat_BkClub is a slow chat, so you can post at any time throughout the week and throughout the chat. You can also post about questions or topics from previous weeks. It's all good as long as you are learning!
For this chat, we will be using the following hashtags:
#EllChat_BkClub 21.0
#LatinaTeachers
Also, please tag the author @GlendaMFlores To get started: 1. Post your #bookie (a photo of yourself with your copy of the book!) 2. Introduce yourself on our #LatinaTeachers Flipgrid Please reach out if you have any questions!
@Toppel_ELD
katie.toppel@gmail.com
If you are new to #EllChat_BkClub, check out the resources in this post for more information about how to participate.
The Language Lens for Content Classrooms by Sarah Ottow.
Sarah is CEO/Executive Director and Founder of Confianza LLC. She is also an Independent Consultant focusing on improving outcomes for diverse populations by reinforcing relationship skills and value-identification.
We are super excited about this book, which focuses on the need for ALL teachers to have a language lens in order to ensure academic language instruction is included across all content areas and throughout the day for English learners and academic language learners alike!
Our reading schedule is as follows:
Questions will be posted weekly on twitter (typically on each Saturday) and I will also link the questions here so you can easily come back to this post and find links to questions from all of the weeks in one place. Week 1 Questions Week 2 Questions Week 3 Questions
If you choose to respond to the weekly questions, please identify which one you’re responding to in your tweet (2A1, 2A2) Please note: The number before the Q indicates which week of the chat we are in, so 2A1 would indicate the answer to question 1 from week 2. Remember that you are not limited to these questions. Post a pic of your highlighted text, your favorite quotes, meaningful ideas, book snaps, your own questions, and connections to other texts!!
#EllChat_BkClub is a slow chat, so you can post at any time throughout the week and throughout the chat. You can also post about questions or topics from previous weeks. It's all good as long as you are learning!
For this chat, we will be using the following hashtags:
#EllChat_BkClub 20.0
#LanguageLens
Also, please tag the author @SarahOttow
To get started: 1. Post your #bookie (a photo of yourself with your copy of the book! 2. Introduce yourself on our #LanguageLens Flipgrid Please reach out if you have any questions!
@Toppel_ELD
katie.toppel@gmail.com
If you are new to #EllChat_BkClub, check out the resources in this post for more information about how to participate.
Summer break is such a great time to relax, regroup, refresh....and READ!
Our next book is Supporting English Learners in the Classroom: Best Practices for Distinguishing Language Acquisition from Learning Disabilities by Eric M. Haas and Julie Esparza Brown.
Round 19.0 is our second #EllChat_BkClub round for summer 2019 and I am particularly excited for our next book because one of the authors, Dr. Julie Esparza Brown, has been a mentor to me for years! Julie was one of my professors at Portland State University when I added my ESOL endorsement. She taught, and still teaches, the course on working with ELs who have special needs. Then, she was my advisor when I completed my master's project and she was on my doctoral committee when I wrote and defended my dissertation. Her research and knowledge about serving English learners who also have disabilities is pertinent to our field and an area where so many of us crave more knowledge!
Also, Julie recently received a promotion at Portland State to the highest rank as full professor. Currently only 1% of full professors in the U.S. are Latina. Julie is paving the way as a Latina leader in the field! She is also learning how to navigate Twitter because she is eager to participate in our chat and interact with our #PLN as we read her work.
We are going to take the next 4 weeks to dive into this text and learn about what considerations are necessary when working with ELs who are struggling in order to determine if their needs are due to language or due to disabilities.
Our reading schedule is as follows:
I will post weekly questions on twitter (typically on each Saturday) and I will also link the questions here so you can easily come back to this post and find links to questions from all of the weeks in one place.
If you choose to respond to the weekly questions, please identify which one you’re responding to in your tweet (2A1, 2A2) Please note: The number before the Q indicates which week of the chat we are in, so 2A1 would indicate the answer to question 1 from week 2. Remember that you are not limited to these questions. Post a pic of your highlighted text, your favorite quotes, meaningful ideas, book snaps, your own questions, and connections to other texts!!
#EllChat_BkClub is a slow chat, so you can post at any time throughout the week and throughout the chat. You can also post about questions or topics from previous weeks. It's all good as long as you are learning!
For this chat, we will be using the following hashtags:
We are so excited to have the amazing Dr. Andrea Honigsfeld back for the third time as an author participating in our chat. In previous rounds, we read Collaboration and Co-Teaching and ELL Frontiers, which are other texts she co-authored. Everything that Andrea contributes to the field of education is informative and excellent. We are so thankful to have her with us again to celebrate, and learn from, her brand new text!
At first glimpse, Growing Language & Literacy is breathtaking. This text includes beautiful color photos of students engaged in various language-based activities as well as images of teacher tools and student work that provide a detailed picture of how EL students can be supported.
The book provides research, best practices, and strategies across language levels, so we will dive into one language level each week.
Thank to Meghan Love (@mloveESL) for creating this amazing infographic detailing the Five Basic Principles from the Growing Language and Literacy Text.
The reading schedule is as follows:
I will link all of the weekly questions here so you can find them all in one place.
If you choose to
respond to the weekly questions, please identify which one you’re responding to
in your tweet (2A1, 2A2) Please note: The number before the Q indicates which
week of the chat we are in, so 2A1 would indicate the answer to question 1 from
week 2. Remember that you are not limited to these questions. Post a pic
of your highlighted text, your favorite quotes, meaningful ideas, book snaps,
your own questions, and connections to other texts!!
#EllChat_BkClub is a slow
chat, so you can post at any time throughout the week and throughout the chat.
For this chat, we
will be using the following hashtags:
#EllChat_BkClub
18.0
#GrowingLanguageAndLiteracy
Also, please tag
the author @AndreaHonigsfel
Please reach out if you have any questions!
@Toppel_ELD
katie.toppel@gmail.com Check out our LIVE chat with Andrea Honigsfeld!
