Hands-On English teaches routines and builds confidence for newcomer and beginner English learners.

We spoke with veteran EL teacher from Hancock Elementary School Danielle Hicks about why she championed the implementation of the Hands-On English language development program during her school's curriculum adoption at the start of the 2022–23 school year.

In our conversation, she highlighted the program's easy to use plug and play structure, fun and engaging activities, and accelerated language acquisition to be just a few of her favorite elements.

“It makes you feel like, ‘Oh wow, what I'm doing is making a difference!’”

Increase fluency through meaningful, authentic oral practice

Explicit language instruction that is meaningful, engaging, and purposeful is essential for English learners to develop the fluency and automaticity needed for academic success. Frames for Fluency provides students with both language forms and functions practice and oral language practice.

EL teacher Hicks loves how she was able to use Frames for Fluency to bridge the gap from speaking to writing while giving her young ELs confidence in the process.

“I’m trying to push them with the writing and because of the sentence frames, it’s not stressing them out!”

Try Frames for Fluency in your classroom! Fill out the form to access the sampler.