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JSantiagoSilvestri

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Liberating education consists in acts of cognition, not transferals of information. - Paulo Freire

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Multiplying Like and Unlike Signs Reference Sheet

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Reading Nonfiction Text Notice & Note Signpost Anchor Charts

By JSantiagoSilvestri

These editable slides include anchor charts based on the following signposts from Reading Nonfiction: Notice & Note Stances, Signposts, and Strategies:Contrasts & ContradictionsExtreme or Absolute LanguageNumbers & StatsQuoted Words

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Informational Text

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Handouts, Word Walls, Posters

$5.00

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Advice Possibility Obligation Sentence Sort (Modals should, could, have to)

By JSantiagoSilvestri

A sentence sorting activity for teaching modals in the context of determining solutions to problems by giving advice, suggesting possibilities, or stating obligations.

Subjects:

Grammar, EFL - ESL - ELD, Writing

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

$3.00

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Google Docs™

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Reading Informational Text Graphic Organizer CCSS / PARCC / MCAS aligned

By JSantiagoSilvestri

This graphic organizer is based on the language found in both the Common Core State Standards and PARCC / MCAS exams for ELA. Students can use this organizer to help read articles in Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies classes. It is also

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Informational Text

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Scaffolded Notes, Lesson

$5.00

Digital Download PDF (0.17 MB)

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MAC / PARCC / Online ELA Assessment Question Language and Computer Tools Guide

By JSantiagoSilvestri

This guide visually presents the most common question types found on the ELA MCAS and PARCC exams so that the specific language of the test can be made accessible and understandable by all students. The first page also includes a visual guide to the

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, ELA Test Prep, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Handouts, Printables, Lesson

$5.00

Digital Download PDF (0.71 MB)

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Writing Language Objectives with Examples

By JSantiagoSilvestri

A quick guide to writing language objectives, including sample objectives crafted from middle school ELA and Math content objectives.

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, For All Subject Areas

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Assessment, For Principals & Administrators, Professional Development

$2.00

Digital Download DOCX (0.01 MB)

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Fixed vs Growth Mindset Visual

By JSantiagoSilvestri

This visual can help when discussing the differences between a fixed and growth mindset. This is especially useful for ELLs.

Subjects:

Classroom Management, ESL / ELL / EFL

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Word Walls, Printables, Posters

$1.00

Digital Download PDF (0.36 MB)

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SEI Walkthrough Observation Form

By JSantiagoSilvestri

This is a form that can be used to conduct learning walkthroughs looking for evidence of specific features of a Sheltered English Instruction (SEI) classroom. There is space to note student evidence as well as columns to check off whether there was

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, For All Subject Areas

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Not Grade Specific

Types:

For Principals & Administrators, Professional Development

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Digital Download DOCX (0.01 MB)

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Teacher Actions for Language Development (Domain Cards)

By JSantiagoSilvestri

This guide offers suggestions for high-leverage shifts you can make to your practice that will have a positive impact on the academic language and disciplinary literacy development of all students at all academic levels. There are small shifts

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, For All Subjects, Coaching

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Not Grade Specific

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Printables, Posters, For Principals & Administrators

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Digital Download PDF (0.23 MB)

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Simple Town Map For Building Background With ELLs, SLIFE, and Children

By JSantiagoSilvestri

This is a town map with labels, simplified images, and questions that require students to practice newly learned language structures, describe characteristics, and connect to what they already know.

Subjects:

Vocabulary, EFL - ESL - ELD, ESL / ELL / EFL

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Not Grade Specific

Types:

Assessment, Word Walls, Graphic Organizers

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (0.20 MB)

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Argument & Thesis Pillars Anchor Chart - Importance of Evidence & Reasoning

By JSantiagoSilvestri

Visualization of the importance of evidence and reasoning / analysis. It demonstrates how an argument or a literary analysis cannot stand on its own without evidence or reasoning / analysis.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Writing

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Handouts, Printables

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Digital Download PDF (0.59 MB)

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Multiplying Like and Unlike Signs Reference Sheet

By JSantiagoSilvestri

This is a quick reference sheet to help students remember what sign to use when multiplying positive and negative numbers. I teach ESL, so I have my ELLs refer to it when needed in their math classes. It is not necessarily meant to teach the

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Numbers, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Study Guides, Graphic Organizers, Posters

CCSS:

7.NS.A.2a

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Digital Download PDF (0.52 MB)

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Signal & Transition Words

By JSantiagoSilvestri

This one-page reference sheet has been used successfully with English Learners in both ESL and SEI classrooms. It provides a quick explanation of signal and transition words as well as gives some examples to pull from. Students can keep this on hand

Subjects:

Vocabulary, EFL - ESL - ELD, Writing

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Not Grade Specific

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Study Guides, Handouts, Printables

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Digital Download PDF (0.97 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

5-12 ESL Teacher, 13+ years; 5-12 ESL Instructional Coach, 5 years; PK-12 Humanities Curriculum Coordinator, 2 years

MY TEACHING STYLE

My teaching style is dialogic in nature, borrowing from the philosophies of Freire and Critical Pedagogy. All students have assets, funds of knowledge, and lived experiences that transform classrooms in positive ways. All students have the right to question the world around them and be active participants in a democratic society.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Salute to Framingham 2014, Linda Schulman Innovation Fund 2014

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Education Specialist Degree in Curriculum and Instruction, 2024; Masters in Applied Linguistics, December 2014; Bachelor of Arts in English, May 2006

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GRADES

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Grammar, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Basic Operations, Numbers, ESL-EFL-ELL, ELA Test Prep, For All Subjects, Classroom Management, Writing, Tools for Common Core, For All Subjects, Informational Text, Coaching