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My first experience learning Spanish was in high school. Like many students, I spent four years memorizing vocabulary lists, practicing choral repetition, and doing endless writing drills to master basic grammar rules. I thought I was prepared. But when I stepped off the plane in Madrid, confident in my ability to navigate the Spanish-speaking world, I quickly realized how unprepared I truly was.What I hadn’t yet learned was this: language is not just something you study—it’s

For multilingual families, language loss is a real and pressing concern. How do we create a bridge between languages instead of a barrier? 

Background knowledge is critical to understanding new information. It helps us make connections, improves comprehension, and improves memory

By April Connelley Small groups play a role in the majority of classrooms. Small group instruction occurs when an educator works with a...

Are you adopting new High Quality Curricular Materials? Are you struggling to determine how to revamp your curriculum maps to align to these

A school culture that focuses on helping everyone understand and take ownership of student learning is facilitated by the principal and IC.

If you want readers to better understand the text they are reading, vocabulary should be part of your plan. 

Teachers everywhere know that the only way to increase the reading volume among students is to hook students into reading on a regular and routine basis. It has to become an unbreakable habit, almost ingrained into your daily existence. Harper Lee said this best, “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” 

Picture books aren’t just for preschoolers and younger children, readers of all ages enjoy and learn from picture books. I LOVE picture books! They are full of rich language, beautiful illustrations and photographs, and bonus, you can typically read them in one sitting.