Translanguaging Pedagogy in Elementary Mathematics

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Tara M. Willging Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond

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A monolingual English-speaking teacher reflects on her experiences practicing a translanguaging stance in first grade with two multilingual learners and provides a set of guiding principles.

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