Entry Three: Interview With ELL Teacher For this entry, I have decided to interview my amazing mentor teacher - Kayla Shaw. Ms.Shaw is a third grade science and a ELAR teacher. She has been in the classroom for three years and has worked with all different kinds of students. This being said, she has worked with a handful of English Language Learners and has some great insight into what it is like teaching in an ELL classroom! In her interview, Ms. Shaw mentions that she is currently teaching at a district that uses an early-exit program for their ELL students. According to Wright, the Transitional Bilingual Education program, also known as early-exit, is the most common type of bilingual program in the United States (Wright, 2015, p.97). The goal of this program is to "transition ELLs to an English-medium classroom as quickly as possible" ( Wright, 2015, p.97). Ms. Shaw mentions that her district tries to get students out of the program by third grade or at t...