Guest Bloggers Ashley Coblentz and Jackie Moreno

One of the WIDA tools that we find the most helpful in the fall is the Can Do Name Chart.

If we just focus on math and language arts scores, what conversations are we missing, and how does this inform students’ beliefs about themselves?

What if students took on more of the “teacher workload” and in the process became more engaged and invested in school?

Do our students help write the script for learning or do they sit in the audience?

A language rich environment or a silent room with students staring at screens?