Featured Webinar!

Watch this on-demand webinar to learn different interactive activities from an integrated skills approach. These activities are appropriate for newcomers at the word/phrase level to more advanced students at the story/essay level. Tune in to:

• increase classroom effectiveness with engaging activities that target specific language functions
• learn strategies that are appropriate for each grade and proficiency level for optimum results
• understand the importance of emphasizing oral language in English language development

Wouldn’t it be great if supplemental and comprehensive English language development (ELD) programs were flexible enough that they could work together and also be used separately based on your unique English learner (EL) teaching needs? They can!

During this on-demand webinar former EL teacher and Ballard & Tighe educational consultant Brenda Adeva dives into how to combine elements of supplemental and comprehensive ELD programs to develop lessons that explicitly teach vocabulary, grammar form, and functions.

Using Ballard & Tighe’s comprehensive ELD programs, Carousel of IDEAS (K–5) and Champion of IDEAS (6–12), along with Frames for Fluency, a supplemental program, as examples, Brenda shares:

• How supplemental and comprehensive programs can be used together or separately
• Examples of different activities for reading, writing, listening, and speaking that are in Ballard & Tighe programs but that can also be used as strategies with any program
• The flow of lesson plans and how language should be taught as an integrated skills approach

Regardless of whether you’re currently using Ballard & Tighe ELD programs, we encourage you to watch this webinar! You’ll learn new teaching strategies to support English learners of all proficiency levels. If you’re searching for new supplemental and/or comprehensive ELD programs, this will be a great opportunity to see Ballard & Tighe’s award-winning programs in action. You can use the free ready-to-go lessons mentioned in the webinar to engage your students in language building.

When you have PK–12 English learners (EL) one-on-one, in small groups, or in multi-level classes and you don’t know where to start, diagnostic assessment can provide the guidance you need. Ballard & Tighe’s easy to administer OnlineIPT language proficiency assessment generates an instant diagnostic report that connects the dots from student strengths/weaknesses to real learning objectives for classroom teachers.

Ballard & Tighe's Educational Consultant Brenda Rosas shares:

• How to use OnlineIPT diagnostic reports to reveal patterns of strengths and weaknesses in specific areas of vocabulary, comprehension, and grammar form and function
• An overview of strategies and activities for targeted intervention based on the data provided in OnlineIPT diagnostic reports
• How to use the curriculum you already have with OnlineIPT diagnostic reports
• How to streamline the application of diagnostic data by using Ballard & Tighe’s curricula: Carousel of IDEAS, K–5; Champion of IDEAS, 6–12; and Frames for Fluency targeted intervention for K–12 oral fluency

At the start of the 2020-21 school year, Moore Public Schools (OK) adopted Ballard & Tighe’s Hands-On English Language Development program for grades K-1 (newcomers and beginners) and Frames for Fluency for their older newcomers. After just a semester of use — both with in-person and distance learning — educators are seeing their English learners make remarkable gains in their reading and writing skills. In fact, one teacher said, "My kids wrote the best sentences of their lives."

During this strategy-packed 30-minute webinar Ballard & Tighe's Educational Consultant Brenda Rosas showcases how Moore teachers are using the components of Hands-On English — such as sentence frames, theme pictures, EnglishMats, vocabulary cards, and more — to engage their students, support ELs with varying English abilities, and accelerate learning.

This school year has been unprecedented in its disruptions and academic challenges. English learners (ELs) have been among the most affected. As you start the second semester, it's critical to have a complete picture of ELs' language skills. Join this free webinar to learn how to remotely assess ELs and how to use their score reports to guide instruction tailored to their specific needs — whether your students are in-person or distance learning.

Ballard & Tighe’s Educational Consultants Lori Hill and Brenda Rosas and Vice President of Assessment Dr. Sari Luoma will share how to:

• Adapt oral language assessments for remote administration
• Maintain comparability between in-person and remote testing
• Effective use assessment data to identify students who need different types of support
• Use strategies and activities for intervention to target areas of weakness in grammar, comprehension, and language functions

Live instruction delivered face-to-face in person or through video conferencing is the best way for your students to practice their language skills with you and their peers. Direct instruction focusing on language forms and functions is an important bridge to literacy. Ballard & Tighe Educational Consultant, Brenda Rosas, will demonstrate strategies to facilitate speaking and listening practice — whether in person or remotely — for newcomers through advanced English learners.

In this one-hour webinar, Ballard & Tighe Educational Consultant Brenda Rosas and her guest, Early Childhood teacher, Megan Ha, provide ideas and examples of how you can support young English learners in school or at home. Whether you are teaching in-person or remotely this fall, young English learners need direct instruction – a critical component to building language proficiency.

In this one-hour webinar, Educational Consultant Brenda Rosas explores a variety of Ballard & Tighe resources that can help you support English learners’ (EL) language acquisition practice and continue direct teaching even if learning transitions to students’ homes.

Let’s dive deeper into the resources discussed in this webinar and which might be right for you and your students. Schedule a time to talk with one of our EL experts about your needs for the coming school year.

Join us as we share strategies to teach grammar from an integrated skills approach. Use these activities in your classroom right away to incorporate grammar throughout a lesson. We will focus on grammar at every stage, from introducing the topic to direct vocabulary and grammar instruction as it relates to text work, academic skills, and writing tasks. From an integrated skills approach, grammar can be practiced through reading, writing, listening, and speaking.