Jackie Relyea's work on the power of teaching science and social studies to ELL/ML students was named one of the 10 most significant pieces of education research by Edutopia!
Researchers observed thousands of first and second grade ELLs and their English-proficient peers as they moved through a 10-week literacy program built around science and social studies lessons. Instruction focused on interactive read-alouds of informational texts with an emphasis on target vocabulary, peer discussions, and structured writing tasks that pushed ELLs to deploy their new language skills and conceptual understanding.
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