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Colorin Colorado: Connect Students' Background Knowledge to Content Professional Doc

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Colorin Colorado: Connect Students' Background Knowledge to Content

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In this article, teachers will learn strategies for connecting with students' background knowledge to engage ELL students. Research is used to support the strategies, and web links are provided for additional resources to support students whose native language is not English.

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background knowledge, bilingual students, schema, colorin colorado, colorin colorado: connect students' background knowledge to content, efl, ell, esl, bilingual education

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Pre-K - 1st

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Social Studies & History

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Professional Documents

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For Administrator Use

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English, Spanish

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RH.6-8.6 RH.9-10.3 RH.9-10.4 RH.9-10.5 RH.9-10.6 RH.11-12.10

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