Ellen Peak, Gracemor Elementary, Kansas City, Missouri Introduction Although existing programs support our English Learner (EL) students and their families in my school and community, I have received additional questions from families about how to support students at home. These questions have primarily come from families who speak a home language (L1) other than English. When students are immersed in their L1 at home, an important connection to their culture and history is m

Jacob Wise Introduction English Learners (ELs) face unique challenges in the classroom. In order for them to access grade-level curricula in their second language (L2), educators—both English Language Development (ELD) teachers and classroom teachers—provide many types of scaffolds to support students' understanding. Some of these include peer discussions, materials in students' home languages (L1), and machine translation. In the secondary English language arts (ELA) c