Multilingual learners

Lesson planning for multilingual learners and specially designed instruction

TeacherHero generates a support version of any lesson section for a specific group of students — multilingual learners, developing readers, writing support, organization and focus, specially designed instruction, or advanced extension — built from the same lesson and aimed at the same learning target, not a watered-down separate activity.

Differentiation usually fails at the copier, not at the plan. The support version gets written last, at speed, against a lower target — and the student who most needed access to the day's actual thinking gets a different, easier lesson instead.

One day, six sections.

The gradual-release spine every TeacherHero lesson is built on, and what each phase looks like in your room.

  1. Section 1

    Warm-Up

    The support version keeps the same prompt with the scaffolds — sentence frames, a word bank, a shortened entry — that make it reachable.

  2. Section 2

    I Do

    Modelling is generated to walk the student handout slot for slot, so a student following along is never guessing which box you are on.

  3. Section 3

    We Do

    Guided practice with the language demand made explicit rather than assumed.

  4. Section 4

    Y’all Do

    Group roles and a task where the linguistic load and the cognitive load are separated, so the thinking is still the student's.

  5. Section 5

    You Do

    The same independent ask with the specific supports you selected, aimed at the same target as everyone else's.

  6. Section 6

    Exit Ticket

    The same check, made answerable — so the data you collect is about the target, not about reading speed.

What that gets you.

Six named audiences, one lesson

Support versions are generated for multilingual learners, developing readers, writing support, organization and focus, specially designed instruction, or advanced extension. Each is derived from the section you already built, so the target does not move.

The support packet prints separately

A support packet is one of the eleven export artifacts, so the students who need it get a document that looks like a document — not a marked-up copy that announces itself across the room.

Rewrite an existing handout instead of replacing it

An old worksheet can be uploaded and rewritten into a student-ready version at any level of the curriculum, without touching the lessons around it. Only the excerpt you confirm is sent, and nothing about your lessons changes as a result.

Frequently asked questions

Does the support version lower the learning target?

No. A support version is generated from the section you already built and aimed at the same learning target. What changes is access — scaffolds, language supports, structure — not the thinking students are asked to do. You edit the result directly if it lands wrong.

Which student groups can I generate for?

Six: multilingual learners, developing readers, writing support, organization and focus, specially designed instruction, and advanced extension. They are named for the students rather than for a program label, and you pick per section rather than per lesson.

Can I adapt a handout I already use?

Yes. Upload it as a source, confirm the excerpt, and generate a student-ready rewrite. It is a standalone action: it does not alter your lessons, does not clear any alignment check, and produces its own printable version with a separate answer key.

Is any student data involved?

No student names, records, or work are entered into TeacherHero, and none should be. Differentiation is generated for a described group of learners, not for an identified child. Everything the model sees is curriculum you wrote and material you explicitly confirmed.

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