The Five Tools

Turn Assessment Data into Classroom Strategies
The MLL Snapshot Tool translates ACCESS scores into specific instructional recommendations. Instead of wondering what a 3.2 in reading means for your planning, you'll get concrete strategies for speaking, listening, reading, and writing that match each proficiency level.

Make Cross-Language Connections Visible
The Language Transfer Project helps you understand how students' home languages support—not interfere with—their English development. You'll learn to recognize and leverage the linguistic knowledge students already bring, positioning bilingualism as the resource it is.

Facilitate Meaningful Academic Discussions
Academic Discussions gives you 12 discussion routines with built-in scaffolds and sentence frames. These structures help multilingual learners at all proficiency levels participate authentically in classroom discourse—not just speak when called on, but drive the conversation.

Unlock the Academic Vocabulary Students Already Know
Roots and Cognates explores Greek and Latin roots alongside Spanish, Portuguese, and French cognates. You'll discover how to help students access academic vocabulary they already possess in their home language, making these connections intentional rather than incidental.

Search 800+ Terms by Linguistic Pattern
The Cognate Dashboard lets you search cognates by morphological pattern (like words ending in -tion or -ar). When planning your next unit, you can identify vocabulary bridges that help Spanish-speaking students recognize academic terms they already understand.