Edition:3November 2025
ELD DEpartment NEWSLETTER
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Native American Heritage Month
Fresh Finds
ELD Reminders
NOVEMber , 2025
Brought to you by the English Language Coaches- Eugenia Krimmel, Kelly Ospina, & Danielle Schiavoni
- ELD COMET HOURS Offerings
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EL Teaching Tips: Vlog 3
Translation and Interpretation @ CCA
- Use Propio to Call Home
- Use Propio During Zoom Video Calls
- How to translate emails & chats
- Less than 5 minute vlog .
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Book a session with an EL Coach
Cultural Corner
Check out ELD Teacher Talk on page 2
ELD Teacher Talking Points
Jessica Weller
Erika Galvin
Sam Steele
ELD Teacher 6th Grade ELA for English Learners 6
ELD Teacher 9-12th Grade ELA for English Learners 2b
ELD Teacher 4th Grade ELA for English Learners 4
Birthday In June
Upcoming Birthdays
Name and Surname
Day-Month-Year
Name and Surname
Day, Month, Year
Name and Surname
Day-Month-Year
Erika Galvin- 6th Grade- ELA for English Learners
To connect with my learners I pose a low stakes question every day like, "which type of eggs do you prefer; scrambled, over easy, hard, or no eggs at all?" I like to add pictures to go along with question as well. This gets learners talking and engaged at the beginning of the lesson. Engagement with my students works best when they are able to access the content and feel successful. My favorite scaffolding technique is the gradual release of responsibility model. It is low-prep with high gains.
Use images in your presentation
And use this space to caption it. This is essential for giving your presentation more visual impact.
Sam Steele-ELD Teacher- 4th Grade- ELA for English Learners 4
One strategy that I like to use to connect with my EL students: Low stakes check-ins and "language of the day" questions. I like using the ones from First Five. I do it live during the first couple minutes of class and try to encourage conversation between the kids about their responses. First Five: https://www.edtomorrow.com/what-is-the-first-five/ Engagement with my EL students works best when they feel like they really understand what they are doing. I try to put a lot of supports in place to ensure they understand what they need to do. My favorite scaffolding technique is: Graphic Organizers and Sentence Starters Examples:
Use images in your presentation
And use this space to caption it. This is essential for giving your presentation more visual impact.
With this feature ...
You can add additional content that will excite your students’ brains: videos, images, links, interactivity ... Whatever you like!
Did you know?
Windows allow you to add more extensive content. You can enrich your genially by including PDFs, videos, text ... The window content will appear when you click on the interactive element.
Jessica Weller – HS ELD – Level 2B
One strategy that I like to use to connect with my EL students:
Daily Five chat in our waiting room – some come 5 minutes early just to talk. We find commonalities amongst each other for relationship building amongst student-teacher and more importantly student-student. Because we are in a more casual environment, students actually come off of the mic and speak. Engagement with my EL students works best when: They can interact without pressure. For example, private chatting answers in Zoom, Zoom polls, and Wayground activities. I also try to incorporate activities in live that have multiple correct answers such as, “circle all of the adjectives on this chart”. While it is low level, sometimes you need success for buy-in for the more difficult activities. My favorite scaffolding technique is: Sentence and paragraph frames. It can be really telling if a frame is provided and students do not attempt to answer the question. Are they using/noticing/utilizing the resources and scaffolds placed into Edio in my class or their content classes? Examples:
Erika Galvin- 6th Grade- ELA for English Learners
To connect with my learners I pose a low stakes question every day like, "which type of eggs do you prefer; scrambled, over easy, hard, or no eggs at all?" I like to add pictures to go along with question as well. This gets learners talking and engaged at the beginning of the lesson. Engagement with my students works best when they are able to access the content and feel successful. My favorite scaffolding technique is the gradual release of responsibility model. It is low-prep with high gains.
Jessica Weller – HS ELD – Level 2B
One strategy that I like to use to connect with my EL students:
Daily Five chat in our waiting room – some come 5 minutes early just to talk. We find commonalities amongst each other for relationship building amongst student-teacher and more importantly student-student. Because we are in a more casual environment, students actually come off of the mic and speak. Engagement with my EL students works best when: They can interact without pressure. For example, private chatting answers in Zoom, Zoom polls, and Wayground activities. I also try to incorporate activities in live that have multiple correct answers such as, “circle all of the adjectives on this chart”. While it is low level, sometimes you need success for buy-in for the more difficult activities. My favorite scaffolding technique is: Sentence and paragraph frames. It can be really telling if a frame is provided and students do not attempt to answer the question. Are they using/noticing/utilizing the resources and scaffolds placed into Edio in my class or their content classes? Examples:
Sam Steele-ELD Teacher- 4th Grade- ELA for English Learners 4
One strategy that I like to use to connect with my EL students: Low stakes check-ins and "language of the day" questions. I like using the ones from First Five. I do it live during the first couple minutes of class and try to encourage conversation between the kids about their responses.First Five: https://www.edtomorrow.com/what-is-the-first-five/ Engagement with my EL students works best when they feel like they really understand what they are doing. I try to put a lot of supports in place to ensure they understand what they need to do. My favorite scaffolding technique is: Graphic Organizers and Sentence Starters Examples:
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Edition:3November 2025
ELD DEpartment NEWSLETTER
Ask your EL related question
Native American Heritage Month
Fresh Finds
ELD Reminders
NOVEMber , 2025
Brought to you by the English Language Coaches- Eugenia Krimmel, Kelly Ospina, & Danielle Schiavoni
LISTEN
EL Teaching Tips: Vlog 3
Translation and Interpretation @ CCA
WATCH
READ
Book a session with an EL Coach
Cultural Corner
Check out ELD Teacher Talk on page 2
ELD Teacher Talking Points
Jessica Weller
Erika Galvin
Sam Steele
ELD Teacher 6th Grade ELA for English Learners 6
ELD Teacher 9-12th Grade ELA for English Learners 2b
ELD Teacher 4th Grade ELA for English Learners 4
Birthday In June
Upcoming Birthdays
Name and Surname
Day-Month-Year
Name and Surname
Day, Month, Year
Name and Surname
Day-Month-Year
Erika Galvin- 6th Grade- ELA for English Learners
To connect with my learners I pose a low stakes question every day like, "which type of eggs do you prefer; scrambled, over easy, hard, or no eggs at all?" I like to add pictures to go along with question as well. This gets learners talking and engaged at the beginning of the lesson. Engagement with my students works best when they are able to access the content and feel successful. My favorite scaffolding technique is the gradual release of responsibility model. It is low-prep with high gains.
Use images in your presentation
And use this space to caption it. This is essential for giving your presentation more visual impact.
Sam Steele-ELD Teacher- 4th Grade- ELA for English Learners 4
One strategy that I like to use to connect with my EL students: Low stakes check-ins and "language of the day" questions. I like using the ones from First Five. I do it live during the first couple minutes of class and try to encourage conversation between the kids about their responses. First Five: https://www.edtomorrow.com/what-is-the-first-five/ Engagement with my EL students works best when they feel like they really understand what they are doing. I try to put a lot of supports in place to ensure they understand what they need to do. My favorite scaffolding technique is: Graphic Organizers and Sentence Starters Examples:
Use images in your presentation
And use this space to caption it. This is essential for giving your presentation more visual impact.
With this feature ...
You can add additional content that will excite your students’ brains: videos, images, links, interactivity ... Whatever you like!
Did you know?
Windows allow you to add more extensive content. You can enrich your genially by including PDFs, videos, text ... The window content will appear when you click on the interactive element.
Jessica Weller – HS ELD – Level 2B
One strategy that I like to use to connect with my EL students: Daily Five chat in our waiting room – some come 5 minutes early just to talk. We find commonalities amongst each other for relationship building amongst student-teacher and more importantly student-student. Because we are in a more casual environment, students actually come off of the mic and speak. Engagement with my EL students works best when: They can interact without pressure. For example, private chatting answers in Zoom, Zoom polls, and Wayground activities. I also try to incorporate activities in live that have multiple correct answers such as, “circle all of the adjectives on this chart”. While it is low level, sometimes you need success for buy-in for the more difficult activities. My favorite scaffolding technique is: Sentence and paragraph frames. It can be really telling if a frame is provided and students do not attempt to answer the question. Are they using/noticing/utilizing the resources and scaffolds placed into Edio in my class or their content classes? Examples:
Erika Galvin- 6th Grade- ELA for English Learners
To connect with my learners I pose a low stakes question every day like, "which type of eggs do you prefer; scrambled, over easy, hard, or no eggs at all?" I like to add pictures to go along with question as well. This gets learners talking and engaged at the beginning of the lesson. Engagement with my students works best when they are able to access the content and feel successful. My favorite scaffolding technique is the gradual release of responsibility model. It is low-prep with high gains.
Jessica Weller – HS ELD – Level 2B
One strategy that I like to use to connect with my EL students: Daily Five chat in our waiting room – some come 5 minutes early just to talk. We find commonalities amongst each other for relationship building amongst student-teacher and more importantly student-student. Because we are in a more casual environment, students actually come off of the mic and speak. Engagement with my EL students works best when: They can interact without pressure. For example, private chatting answers in Zoom, Zoom polls, and Wayground activities. I also try to incorporate activities in live that have multiple correct answers such as, “circle all of the adjectives on this chart”. While it is low level, sometimes you need success for buy-in for the more difficult activities. My favorite scaffolding technique is: Sentence and paragraph frames. It can be really telling if a frame is provided and students do not attempt to answer the question. Are they using/noticing/utilizing the resources and scaffolds placed into Edio in my class or their content classes? Examples:
Sam Steele-ELD Teacher- 4th Grade- ELA for English Learners 4
One strategy that I like to use to connect with my EL students: Low stakes check-ins and "language of the day" questions. I like using the ones from First Five. I do it live during the first couple minutes of class and try to encourage conversation between the kids about their responses.First Five: https://www.edtomorrow.com/what-is-the-first-five/ Engagement with my EL students works best when they feel like they really understand what they are doing. I try to put a lot of supports in place to ensure they understand what they need to do. My favorite scaffolding technique is: Graphic Organizers and Sentence Starters Examples: