Research shows that English learners and struggling readers benefit from engaging with text with appropriate supports for comprehension.

This is a unit-level strategy to organize instruction that will guide students’ thinking throughout the unit. 

This is an approach to creating a progressive series of lessons that build essential disciplinary language and literacy skills while teaching content.

Formative assessment, a common practice used across subject areas and grades, provides a window into student learning, guiding teachers’ instructional decisions to maximize student progress.

Making connections between new concepts and students’ prior knowledge and lived experiences benefits all students but is especially important for ELs as they navigate the language of social studies, complex text and rigorous content.