Sam David, Kelly Grucelski

Embracing Multilingualism in the Classroom: Strategies for Welcoming Students’ Languages and Leveraging their Lingustic Skills for Learning K-12

This workshop will delve into how teachers can leverage the home languages of their students through collaborative translation. A middle school ELD teacher and a UMN researcher will share a planning template and sample literacy-oriented instructional activities.

2023 Fall Conference
MEETING ROOM: 8-9
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