A lot of teachers work with mixed-proficiency classes where they have newcomers and higher level students all at the same time. This makes for challenging planning, classroom management, and everything in between. With the school year winding down, it gets even trickier.

In today’s episode, I wanted to revisit an episode I shared quite a while ago where I talk about three types of activities that work really well in a mixed-proficiency classroom. I will also share how to implement these activities to save yourself time and finish the year strong.

What you will hear about in this episode:

• Activities to use in mixed-proficiency classrooms
• How to achieve success with newcomers and higher level students
• Using choice boards to give your students to choose their own way of studying a concept
• How to use habits of mind and a “do now” activity to help students get into a learning mode
• Using projects to help tailor and adapt to different student levels

Show Notes:

• Episode 66 - 3 Activities For a Mixed-Proficiency EL Class (re-air) 

Related Episodes:

• Episode 4 - Choice boards for ESL students: How to use them in the classroom

Resources Mentioned:

• The ESL Teaching Roadmap – membership community for middle and high school ESL/ELL teachers. As a thank you for listening, use code ESLPODCAST for 10% off when you join. 
• Simply Ieva ESL Teachers Pay Teachers Store
• Episode 16 - A new EL teacher’s perspective with Kennedy Merriam
• Essential lesson plan bundle 
• Classroom teacher’s ESL survival checklist 
• Habitsofmindinstitute.org

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