Originally posted on September 16, 2013 for Colorin Colorado by Diane Staehr Fenner Last week, I learned of a new undertaking by our friends at the Understanding Language initiative and am excited to share it with you. Understanding Language is offering a Massive Open Online Course (or MOOC) for Educators around Common Core…
Originally posted on September 11, 2013 for Colorin Colorado by Diane Staehr Fenner With the beginning of the new school year, this week I’ll share some recently developed Common Core materials for English language learners that have been updated or that I have recently become aware of. If you know of…
Originally posted September 6, 2013 on Colorin Colorado by Diane Staehr Fenner In my last post, I analyzed a third grade English PARCC language arts research simulation taskthrough an ELL lens. For that task, students are asked to read one passage (in this case, a text excerpt from the book Eliza’s Cherry Trees) and answer…
Thank you for your interest in DSF Consulting! Please take a look at ways in which we have been supporting English learners’ success during the past month. DSF Consulting Projects Underway We began an exciting new project with the Peace Corps. This project will include developing a relationship with an…
Originally posted May 17, 2013 on Colorin Colorado I’m finding that as I write my posts, my original ideas morph into unexpected topics. While preparing last week’s post on ELL writing considerations in the Common Core, I was struck by the fact that the intersection of culture and writing is not…
Thanks for your interest in DSF Consulting. Here are some of the ways our team worked to support the achievement of English learners and the educators who work with them last month. Presentations and Group Facilitation Diane and John Segota, TESOL International Association’s Associate Executive Director for Public Policy and…
