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Jul 3rd, 2005, 12:00 pm
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| |  Hello from California
Good Day to All,
I am looking forward to my new assignment to teach the Newcomer Center for my school. I have worked at a Title 1 school for six years and have taught with as high as 75% ELLs in mainstream classrooms. Now, I have elected to teach in a new program focusing on language acquisition for K-1 beginners. Our population was formerly very diverse with mulitple ethnicities, but has become predominately Hispanic in recent years. I look forward to bridging the communication gap with my new charges. I welcome any wisdom you wish to impart. I feel prepared in some ways and feel as if a novice is so many other ways. Glad to have this forum to consult with as I change my focus this year. Have a great summer.
CelticHeart |
Jul 4th, 2005, 12:26 pm
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Welcome to the site! BTW, what is ELL? Never heard of that before. |
Jul 6th, 2005, 10:11 pm
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Hi Eric,
Didn't mean to be cryptic. ELL is a term for the student designated as an English Language Learner. Thanks for the greeting!
Janice |
Jul 7th, 2005, 08:48 am
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Quote CelticHeart ELL is a term for the student designated as an English Language Learner. | I've never heard that one before. Thanks.  |
Jan 24th, 2007, 07:25 pm
| | hava | | Join Date: Jan 24th, 2007 Location: queens, new york
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| |  Re: Hello from California
Hi, I'm new to this site, but I'm so glad that I found it! I'm from New York and I teach ells in grades k-5. I too have an extremely diverse population, with newcomers entering the school constantly. This is my second year teaching. In our school we have to push into the classroom and pull our group aside. I do work with one group of newcomers that I pull out of the classroom. I don't know if you have to push into the mainstream classroom, but I find this set up to be difficult at times for a multitude of reason But on a good note, I also work with 25 kindergarden students, who are complete beginners, and they are the best.
Hava |
Jan 24th, 2007, 11:41 pm
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| | Re: Hello from California
Welcome and enjoy the site! |
Jan 29th, 2007, 12:04 pm
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Quote Eric Welcome to the site! BTW, what is ELL? Never heard of that before. | hi can i ask you what is the best sight to find evalution form for teachers by coordinators |
Jan 29th, 2007, 10:36 pm
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| | Re: Hello from California
welcome to the forums CelticHeart and Hava!  |
Jan 31st, 2007, 08:26 pm
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| | Re: Hello from California
I'm from California as well. Which city do you live in? |
May 6th, 2007, 08:59 pm
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| | Re: Hello from California
Hello Celtic! Any idea what its like for Canadians with no family ties to the US to get ESL jobs there in California? That would be a riot no doubt  |
May 25th, 2007, 01:16 am
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Welcome.
By the way, why do you think education bureaucrats keep coming up with new abbreviations like ELL? Is this being clever or trying to hide the low level of accomplishment by so many native speakers of English on standardized exams and essays? Curious about your answer and perspective. | |
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