cclasummit2025

In this interactive 90-minute session, we will explore practical strategies for boosting literacy achievement among multilingual learners through small group instruction. Tailored for elementary teachers and administrators, this session focuses on how to effectively differentiate literacy instruction in diverse classrooms while accelerating language development. Participants will gain insights into creating heterogeneous groups that foster collaboration and language acquisition, while addressing key literacy skills such as phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

Through case studies, hands-on activities, and real classroom examples, you will learn how to design small group lessons that simultaneously build content knowledge and language proficiency. We will also discuss how to leverage multilingual learners’ home languages and cultures as assets in literacy development. By the end of the session, educators will walk away with ready-to-use strategies, formative assessments, and tools to adapt lessons to meet the varied needs of their multilingual learners—empowering all students to achieve literacy success.