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Learning Luggage and ELLsFirst day of school. New faces. New names. Hopefully, the names and faces will be correctly paired in my brain. But there is more to knowing the students than being able to correctly match names and faces. Each student embarks on the journey of learning with "luggage". Each piece is packed with experiences and memories collected since birth. How a student perceives, understands, and interacts within the world is influenced by the contents of the luggage.

Read the story of Wind Wolf using the link below. Imagine that Wind Wolf will be a student in your class next year.Things to address in your discussion: (1) How would the information from Wind Wolf's father be useful to you as the teacher? (2) What instructional considerations are indicated to insure that Wind Wolf is a able to achieve academic success and language development?