December/January: Educators follow up on the success of the linguistic accommodations that are used with our English Learners in particular those that impact testing accommodations.

December 21- EL Monitoring forms are due in Ellevation. Click here to go to Ellevation now.

Have you ever wished you could shoot a quick message to your English Learners’ parents, without needing to first Google a translation, and then copy and paste it into a messaging app? Well, welcome to Talking Points! Talking Points is an app that allows educators to simply type a message in English that will be automatically translate into their students’ native language. Parents can then respond in their language, and their message is sent back to the educator’s dashboard in English. Pretty cool, huh?

What kinds of messages can I send?

• Announcements to all families about school/class information
• Messages to individual families about student performance
• Answers to families when they message you with questions
• EL teachers or lead teachers can be point of contact and share information about multiple subjects if needed
• Polls – send multiple choice questions and get responses back
  • Set up a meeting day or time with family input!
  • Ask how families can be involved

Using Ellevation to reach and teach your ELLs: Follow this guide to learn how to use Ellevation strategies.

Have you ever wondered how students are rated on TELPAS speaking, reading and listening? The educator guide provided by state of Texas explains and gives sample questions for each section of this assessment. See the blueprints and rubrics below:

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