When teaching ELL’s is it important to incorporate language objectives when lesson planning. This allows ELL’s to not only understand the content but understand the important academic language expectations for the lesson. The following link explains the importance of language objectives and provides easy to follow steps on how to create them. Once you get started it becomes easy and routine and most importantly it will provide your ELL students an opportunity to better learn the academic language and expectations.
Additionally the Colorin Colorado is an excellent resource for all things ELL.
ELL Guidebook 
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