How do you invite students to bring their own knowledge and experiences into your lessons? In this ENL 2-Minute Tip, 4th grade teacher and ENL Hernandez Fellow, Addison Quinn, shares how a gallery walk helps students activate what they already know and value, while connecting those insights to new learning.
Through movement, visuals, and discussion, students build shared understanding and teachers gain a simple way to make every learner feel seen, capable, and engaged.
📥 Free Resource: Use the Gallery Walk Template to facilitate this strategy in your own classroom: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16pU_E-Q9jVJ8gwlZV-Oh_56mTwobAU137hAcG0cy1rs/template/preview
📺 Watch more ENL 2-Minute Tips here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5l00CggJkDDVXwmvDmwEyy3VnL5M97Lc
🌐 Learn more about ALMA: https://ace.nd.edu/alma
🎥 Video Credit: Special thanks to Addie Quinn, fourth grade teacher at St. Anne School in Santa Ana, CA, for sharing her classroom and expertise. St. Anne is a proud partner in the Latino Enrollment Institute and is served by both ACE Teaching Fellows and ENL Hernandez Fellows from in the Alliance for Catholic Education at the University of Notre Dame.
