Stanford's 'Understanding Language' group launches new materials for teaching math with ELLs

Judit Moschkovich and colleagues at Stanford's 'Understanding Language' project have released a series of documents and instructional templates designed to provide teachers with conceptual and practical resources for working with English learning students around mathematics in elementary and secondary settings. There are 4 major components of the release: 1) an introduction to the materials; 2) general principles for mathematics instruction; 3) guidelines for math instructional materials development; and 4) "Language of Math" mask templates. The latter is meant to provide practical applications of 1 - 3. Embedded in the problem-solving nature of the instruction are the language foci, which appear to be small-group and discussion-based, particularly as regards word problems, while also targeting more discrete skills instruction, including general vocabulary, syntax, and morphological awareness. Here's the link to the release.