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SWIRL strategy in action—students building language skills through collaboration
Let’s Get SWIRL-ing: Engaging Every Student in the Social Studies Classroom 7 principles collaborating emergent bilingual interacting language domains listening reading social studies speaking swirl writing May 09, 2025

Have you ever delivered a strong lesson—something you know had clear objectives, strong visuals, and meaningful tasks—and still wondered if your students really internalized it?

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Bea Gonzalez

I’m a longtime educator turned consultant who loves helping teachers make lessons that actually stick. With nearly two decades in schools, I’m all about real strategies, real results, and making teaching feel good again.

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