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V-Blog #2

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  Link to Interview: https://youtu.be/l5VpZZq0700?feature=shared        Today I interviewed Justin, a family friend who is a teacher in the public school system. He has had experience working with a wide range of students, including English Language Learners. He chose not to be pictured in the interview video but I was very grateful for the opportunity to be able to talk with him. Throughout the interview, I had the opportunity to ask various questions on his experience with English Language Learners and I was able to take away meaningful information from his answers.      One of the most impactful parts of the interview to me was hearing how he builds strong relationships with his students and their families. I love how he talked about creating a culturally responsive classroom and using students' background as an advantage when teaching. He talked about providing strategies such as visual aids, sentence stems, and cooperative learning to help st...
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V BLOG #1

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             Hello, my name is Ashley Kowalewski, and I am working towards my bachelors in elementary education EC-6. I am currently student teaching in a 5th grade math and science classroom. Personally, I do not have much experience with ELLs, but now that I am working with students, I am gaining experience everyday. The only formal experience I have had with learning a language was in 8th-10th grade. I took Spanish 1-3, and although I did learn a lot during this time about the language I am no where near fluent. So, I do not consider myself bilingual. Now, I have had informal experiences learning Spanish in the past couple of years due to my husband. He works in construction and his crew is Spanish speaking, so he has had to learn and pick up the language. I have been able to learn a small amount from him due to him practicing the language at home to help him with work.       Personally, my teaching philosophy is ...
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