ELL presentation reflection

I thought that Sarah, Sam, and Jordan did an excellent job of teaching us strategies that can help ELL students succeed in the classroom.  The stations were super effective in focusing on specific areas that ELL students may need extra support in, and after leaving each station I felt that I was better prepared to serve these students, whether it was in teaching vocabulary in ways that they can better understand, aiding them in reading comprehension, or using hands-on and concrete methods to teach scale in math (although I will never teach math and should never teach math for my own lack of skills).  I was also able to connect many of the topics they discussed to some of my other courses here at UMF, which I felt was a great way to reinforce best practices.  I also appreciated how this group brought to light many of the challenges facing ELL students, particularly those that may seem overwhelming to at teacher.  For example, how can we differentiate without singling students out?  I will certainly have plenty to think about walking away from this presentation and am very grateful for the website of resources that the presenters put together for us to use--I will certainly be referring back to that!  Thank you!