Introduction Growing up on the beautiful island of Guam, diversity was not just a concept, it was my everyday life. I am both Chamorro and African American, and while I was fully immersed in Chamorro culture, my outward appearance often led people...
Drawing on examples from a fourth-grade bilingual classroom, this downloadable resource offers practical strategies for supporting multilingual learners through translanguaging. Isabella Murk shares classroom-tested approaches—including cognates...
In this episode of Corridor Conversations, host Gary R. Gray Jr. talks with award-winning author and dual language educator Sara Fajardo about the power of multilingualism, cultural identity, and authentic representation in elementary classrooms...
In my kindergarten Chinese immersion classroom, students are always learning two things at once: academic content and a new language. Since I work at an immersion school, all of my students are emergent readers and writers in Chinese. At the...
Multilingual learners are often described in classrooms as students who “need support,” a phrase that can unintentionally signal deficit rather than possibility. While support is essential, it must not come at the expense of rigor or access to grade...
Fellow elementary educators, As elementary teachers, we have the privilege and responsibility of helping young learners shape their first academic experiences that will help set their path in their educational journey. As educators, we feel the...