Ok, it’s almost game time!! True story it’s probably in the middle of your “season” aka school year. I have filled you with tons of ideas throughout this series and trust me I had to condense it to not overwhelm you. You might be asking where the heck do I start? Or maybe you are thinking this is all stuff I can do next year! Well, yes but how about picking 1 or 2 ideas to try out NOWWWWW. Yep, I said it. Well I have a list of simple action steps that you can apply any time of the year to be prepared or plan ahead. You never know when that new student is going to show up who may need extra support. To-Do List The Practice Round     A few years ago I wrote a blog post with ideas for making any day D-Day. The objective of the activity featured in the blog post was to have students read three different passages about D-Day and determine what point-of-view (P.O.V.) each selection was written in. Obviously using paired passages and comparing and contrasting is a pretty challenging comprehension skill.      Here are some ways to adapt my original idea … Continue reading How to Be Prepared Ahead of Time to Meet the Needs of English Language Learners in Social Studies