Most recent public comments by Mrs. May Beasley https://nowcomment.com/users/40327 https://nowcomment.com/documents/101580?scroll_to=1008428 https://nowcomment.com/documents/101580?scroll_to=1008428 I have taught Science in MNPS for most of my career and this part of the chapter really resonated with me. When you do not teach Math or English it is often hard to get help in how to support your students who receive EL services. But I have been lucky to work with some amazing coaches and people who have helped make the daunting task of teaching not only Science concept, but very difficult Science vocabulary to my students who just now learning English. Scaffolds that have worked for me are common Graphic Organizer (Thinking Maps specifically) I can't tell you how much using the same type of map helps my kids ALL of my kids organize their thoughts. In addition I have found sentence STEMS to be of great use, especially if you do a group write before you turn the student lose to write on their own. I would like to try more home language materials mainly because I think that this also involves the parents or family members so that we can build stronger partnership with parents in their students education. Fri, 20 Apr 2018 10:12:14 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/101580?scroll_to=1008423 https://nowcomment.com/documents/101580?scroll_to=1008423 I agree that, "the more authentic resources and actual artistic objects from a culture can increase the understanding of students relating to each other's culture." With the key word being authentic. And I also agree that these different background can show us the commonality of human needs and emotions. But my question I think for us all to think about is what is, "American culture." I find the question hard to answer myself. Then that question always makes me think of a follow up question, if America is made of different cultures, who decides which cultural nuances are acceptable, and who decided which ones are what we build the foundation of schooling around? Fri, 11 May 2018 16:47:34 -0400