Make Teaching Great Again

Content-based instruction helps students especially ELLs grasp a new language by focusing on the content of what they are studying in the language, rather than just memorizing aspects of the language. Now, content-area teachers are discovering that learning vocabulary specific to their academic disciplines gives students the necessary tools to comprehend the texts they use in their classes. If your students don't understand the words, how could they ever understand the content?  However, teacher

Teachers may use this editable spreadsheet in many ways. One way that I have used it was during third grade while tracking student portfolios, students were able to take accountability for their progress. On the left side of the spreadsheet I listed the titles of the 11 summatives aligned with the Florida Standards. Then the students completed the data chart which was kept in their individual manila folders.