Moving Beyond for Multilingual Learners: The Blog

 I've had TONS OF REQUESTS for this, and I'm finally getting to it (sorry y'all!)!  I tend to roll in a giant suitcase of hands-on materials that I use during my in-person workshops, and this is what I often bring in my workshop pouches that are on each table!  SIDENOTE: are you looking for a high energy strategy session on serving multilingual learners? Email me ASAP - carlymspina@gmail.com. Yes, I work in Illinois. Yes, I travel to other states.  My pouches are squishy for easy packing in my workshop suitcase. Mine are vanity cases from 5Below . I always have post-its, pens, and markers in there. TicTacToe keychains for oral language prompts Mini Fidget Poppers for oral language prompts Decks of cards for Comprehensible Input practice (apparently you can also ask casinos for decks of cards for free! Who knew?!?) This or That Structure Hold Up Tools ( this blog post has more details ) Spot It games ( this blog post has lots of other great ideas on this! ) Play D...

 First, I want to preface this with saying that our schools across the country are underfunded, and educators across all categories are underpaid. I wish this wasn't the case. I also don't believe that educators should be paying out of their own pockets to purchase basic supplies for their classrooms! I hate that so many of us have to make DonorsChoose accounts, online wish lists, and write our own grants on our own time for basic things to do our jobs. I'll stop here, but I have a lot of big feelings about it... Another note: I also have big feelings about Amazon. I prefer not to shop Amazon for several reasons, AND ALSO I know how convenient it is for folks, so these things below are from there. Shop where and in the way that feels best for you. However, I'm often asked about my top supplies for a Multilingual Classroom - things that support language-rich learning environments. I'm also asked often about what's in my holographic workshop pouches and how I use ...