Just Who Are These Students?

The stories you are about to read were written by English Language Learners in Fernbrook Elementary School. All of the students have been here less than two years. There is one student, in fifth grade, who got here in September and completed this assignment in late October. He drew a picture with dialog, as he didn’t know how to write it in paragraph form. He wrote some very simple sentences that indicated that he had captured the essence of the science lesson.
AND… all this with only 6 weeks of ESL instruction and lots of help from the ESL designated homeroom teachers, the literacy coach, the reading specialists, the Fernbrook administration and all other staff members.