The culture students bring from home

This article addresses information that would be useful to teachers at ALL grade levels in a very readable manner. While not all of our ELL students come from Mexico or Central America, man... See More

This article addresses information that would be useful to teachers at ALL grade levels in a very readable manner. While not all of our ELL students come from Mexico or Central America, many do. This article was very enlightening on the role of school in a rural Central American culture. It brings up a number of things that teachers who work with students from these areas should keep in mind as we seek to help them to have successful experiences in our science classrooms. One thing the authors don't mention but we should keep in mind is that they investigated only one community and while we can use that to make some useful generalizations for our own classrooms, getting to know our ELLs on a more personal basis will help us to tailor this information into a better teaching/learning experience.