English Learners: Strategies to Adapt Instruction in Content Areas

This six page, quick-reference laminated guide is designed to serve as a valuable resource for teachers working with English learners in diverse classrooms to help them address their students complex needs by unpacking learning. It offers proven strategies that make learning more accessible for English learners and help these students meet rigorous standards and achieve their greatest goals. Because all students are language learners, the strategies in the guide, which include focusing on crosscutting skills, implementing project-based learning, and using buddies/partners, among others, benefit all students in K-8 classrooms. Sections include: understanding diversity among English learners; strategies to meet the needs of English learners in the content classroom; strategies to adapt learning and encourage cross-cutting theme connections; tools to break down content into manageable chunks; connecting content through cross-cutting skills to increase literacy; ideas for project-based learning.