Top Ten Reasons ELL Teachers are so great for Teacher Appreciation Week

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Happy
Teacher
Appreciation
Week!
From the Office of
Multilingual Learning

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Here are the top ten
reasons why EL
teachers are so
great…

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10. EL teachers can magically
communicate with people with
whom they don’t share a common
language.

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9. Are the teachers who all the
students want to join when they take
their small groups... “Awwww, I
want to go with Ms./Mr. ______!
When do I get to go with Ms./Mr.
________! It’s not fair, I never get
to go with Ms./Mr. ________!”

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8. They have decorated their
classrooms (or carts) with beautiful
art from all around the world.

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7. Have tried at least three of the
following foods and now eat or drink
them regularly: pho soup, sambusa, spring
rolls, sticky rice, tricolor desert, pupusa,
empanada, kimchi, mochi, atole, horchata,
jamaica, ceviche, mole, pozole, halwa, Somali
rice, papaya salad…

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6. Can CALP their BICS, or BICS
their CALP on demand and when
appropriate.

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5. Have a 2nd marriage (and
sometimes a 3rd, 4th, 5th …..) and
have 25 or more kids with each of
their spouses.

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4. Never have to go to yoga class,
because they are already so
flexible.

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3. Can swear in and/or understand
inappropriate words and body parts
in at least three languages other
than English.
#%@&! å&*$!

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2. Have become experts in valence
electrons, human migration, writing
argumentative text, and
pythagorean theorem just this year.

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1. Would have a hard time deciding
between hearing Stephen Krashen
speak and going to see their favorite
band perform.

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Happy Teacher
Appreciation Week!!!
Thank you for everything
that you do.
From: Erika the Giraffe, Kareem, Sana
& Omar, The Tall Hat People and The
Short Hat People, the Emperor
penguin chick, and your TOSAs.