Episode 63 - How to Grade EL Students in the Mainstream Classroom

Today’s episode is sharing thoughts and tips on how to grade English learners. You will hear the difference between grading and assessing, what makes teaching English learners equitable, and the differences between equality and fairness.

Grading an English learner can be an adjustment. It should be flexible and not a rigid formula. It is also essential your assessments match the learning to help provide more accurate measurement of the student’s learning. 

Some key points are: content must be made accessible to English learners before assessments , and students can’t be penalized due to the fact they are learning English and not making the same progress as their peers.

What you will hear about in this episode:

• Accommodations to use with English learners
• Ways to assess your EL students
• Ways to grade your EL students

Related Episodes:

• Episode 61 - Three tips for classroom teachers with ESL newcomers
• Episode 62 - 4 Strategies for teaching math to ESL students
• Episode 35 - What are ILPs and what to include in them 

Resources:

• The ESL Teaching Roadmap – membership community for middle and high school ESL/ELL teachers. As a thank you for listening, use code ESLPODCAST for 10% off when you join. 
• Simply Ieva ESL Teachers Pay Teachers Store
• Numbers and number words worksheet for ESL students
• Classroom teacher’s ESL survival checklist 

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