English+Language+Learners

**Topic**: ELL
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 * Audience: All Educators - Elementary **
 * Audience: All Educators - Elementary **
 * Video Link: **//[|http://www.edutopia.org/literacy-community-collaboration-squires-]////video//

**Length of Video:** 6 minutes See how a community, collaboration and educators join forces to build English literacy for children who are learning English as a second language. ELL children should master English in the classroom even when parents are teaching them Spanish at home. See several strategies on how to teach ELLs.
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 * Audience: All Educators - Elementary **

** Summary: **
=== Video project about challenges facing English Language Learners, or students who are learning English as a second language in elementary schools in the United States. Informative strategies, highlights, sensitive areas and insight on what teachers should consider while teaching ELLs. ===

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=== Approximately 5.3 million public school students are ELLs. The National Education Association is leading the profession in preparing educators of English learners to meet educational, cultural and linguistic needs of all diverse students. ===


 * Audience: All Educators **
 * Topic ** : ELL
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 * Length of Video ** : 2 minutes


 * Summary: **
 * Supporting ELLs with new vocabulary through reading. Reading nonfiction and fiction books aloud teach students nine different comprehensive strategies while also developing their social values to create a supportive community of readers within the classroom. **

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===** The importance in including visual literacy within lessons for ELL’s. A NY instructor shares impressions and insights gained from firsthand use of digital storytelling in the classroom. Utilinzg the scafolding approach to connect and move all students forward to success. **===