Help Spanish-speaking English-language learners unlock the mysteries of their new language by using a bilingual book to recognize unfamiliar words and construct meaning from the text.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
When students are studying or being taught, and they learn by engagement, they display a high level of attention, enthusiasm, optimism, and passion, which extends to the level of desire they have to learn and improve in their education. It stimulates them physically and mentally to be active learners. This motivates them more than their learning in lectures or textbooks. They become part of it. Attached are some of the student engagement activities. Classroom Screen Common Sense Quizziz Kahoot Quizlet
Material Type: Assessment, Homework/Assignment
Google Docs is a great word processor, but is much more than just that. Although we can certainly use it to type up a report, take notes, or write a story, we can also get creative with the features and functions built into the program to make some fun learning activities. Recently I did a video training webinar where I took a look at four creative ways to use regular Google Docs features in new fun ways to practice and develop literacy skills. These include: The highlighting tool for the activity "Improve Reading Comprehension with Google Docs Black Out" The special characters tool for the activity "Emoji Learning Activities with Google Docs" The word count tool for the activity "Have Students Write Better by Writing Less with Google Docs" The header tool and hyperlink tool for the activity "Choose Your Own Adventure Stories with Google Docs" See below for the full 1-hour training video, as well as resources, ideas, and templates for each of the four activities. Session Resources Session Agenda - Google Docs link Training Video (1 hour) 1) Improve Reading Comprehension with Docs Black Out Description: In this activity students use the highlighter tool to black out any text that is not critical, leaving behind just the main ideas. Resources: For full details and resources for doing this activity, see my original blog post "Improve Reading Comprehension with Google Docs Black Out" Below is the portion of the training video that covers this specific activity: 2) Emoji Learning Activities Description: In this activity students use special characters to insert emojis to summarize stories, write creatively, and explore character emotions. Resources: For full details and resources for doing this activity, see my original blog post "5 Emoji Learning Activities with Google Docs" Below is the portion of the training video that covers this specific activity: 3) Have Students Write Better by Writing Less Description: In this activity students use the word count tool to write within a character limit or word limit. Resources: For full details and resources for doing this activity, see my original blog post "Have Students Write Better by Writing Less with Google Docs" Below is the portion of the training video that covers this specific activity: 4) Choose Your Own Adventure Stories Description: In this activity students use headings and hyperlinks to create interactive stories in Google Docs. Resources: For full details and resources for doing this activity, see my original blog post "Choose Your Own Adventure Stories with Google Docs" Below is the portion of the training video that covers this specific activity: Post by Eric Curts. Bring me to your school, organization, or conference with over 50 PD sessions to choose from. Connect with me on Twitter at twitter.com/ericcurts and on Google+ at plus.google.com/+EricCurts1
Material Type: Activity/Lab
This lesson employs direct instruction and small-group discussion to help students learn new vocabulary skills while reading Patricia Polacco's "Pink and Say".
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
In this lesson, students use blogs to hold discussions about the effect of the factors of culture, history, and environment on Latino poetry.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
Through a series of picture book read-alouds, students engage in critical discussion of complex issues of race, class, and gender.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
Students name unnamed chapters in a novel they are reading. They discuss possible chapter names, considering accuracy, word choice, and connotation, before settling on a choice.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
Students keep a doodle journal while reading short stories by a common author. In small groups, students then combine their doodles into a graphic representation of the text.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
The treaty of peace ending the Spanish-American War resulted in the United States obtaining the Philippine Islands from Spain. Despite intense political opposition to the acquisition of the islands, the U.S. Senate ratified the treaty. The political impact of anti-imperialist arguments, the difficult experience of suppressing native Filipino resistance, and the lack of attractive opportunities for further territorial expansion, all effectively stalled the American imperialist/expansionist movement.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
This video presents a Classroom Close-up lesson that helps English learners develop their language skills in a meaningful way. English learners will be provided with an autobiography assignment that gives ELs the opportunity to research their family histories and hone in their writing and speaking while encouraging and building their confidence.
Material Type: Lesson, Teaching/Learning Strategy
Follow an Iraqi refugee and learn how his experience in an inclusive charter school has helped his English language skills, in this video from NOVA: School of the Future. In 2013, high schooler Murtada Mahmood arrived in Massachusetts from Iraq speaking only broken English. Because he was placed in a class for English learners (ELs) and separated from the school’s student body, his language skills suffered. After switching to KIPP Academy in Lynn, where ELs are included in regular classes, Mahmood’s self-image improved. As his English skills developed, he raised his expectations for what he could accomplish. This resource is part of the NOVA: School of the Future Collection.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
One of America's greatest heroes is Martin Luther King Jr. He battled to repeal discriminatory laws against African Americans in the 1950s and 1960s. He strove to ensure that all citizens in the United States have the same rights.The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were greatly influenced by Martin Luther King Jr. The Civil Rights Act made it illegal to discriminate on the basis of "race, color, religion, or national origin" in the workplace and public places. The Voting Rights Act ensures that African Americans can exercise their right to vote.Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is honored every year on the third Monday in January in the United States. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and work are commemorated on this day.
Material Type: Lecture Notes
In this lesson, students examine and create holiday/event cards, analyze holiday elements, and create their own. The activities help students focus on the reasons for composing messages as they do.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
Members of the Islamic Center of Washington, DC discuss the religious and spiritual significance of Ramadan and the celebration that concludes it, Eid al-Fitr, in this video segment from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly.
Material Type: Lecture
Students collaboratively interact with a variety of texts as they define reading and develop their own Reader's Profiles modeled after online social networking sites.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
According to MKEwithKids, "There are literally thousands of educational websites and online resources, covering a multitude of subject areas, but it seems impossible to know which ones are high-quality AND fun enough to keep your child’s attention for awhile. (So you can, achem, work or get something done around the house.) Whether you need interactive games for your little ones, math skills help for your elementary aged children, educational videos for older kids, or academic help for your high school student, these websites will definitely help. Some of the websites even offer lesson plans for homeschooling parents and teachers. And all of them (except ABC Mouse) are completely free!"
Material Type: Interactive
Students participate in learning clubs, select content area topics, and draw on texts - including websites, printed material, video, and music - to investigate their topics, and share their learning using similar media.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
These Guidelines for Improving Math Materials for English Learners (the Guidelines) were developed to provide specific guidance to developers of mathematics content on key areas of English language development that must be embedded across a curricula, in units, and in lessons so that English learner students (ELs) can access and engage in grade-level content.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
Senator Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968), served as U.S. Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 before becoming a U.S. Senator for New York in 1964. He delivered this speech after the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. While campaigning for president two months later, Robert Kennedy was assassinated as well. As you read, takes note on how Kennedy uses rhetoric to make his speech more persuasive.
Material Type: Assessment, Lesson, Reading
Julio Noboa is a poet, author, and former professor of social studies at the University of Texas at El Paso. Throughout his work and career, Dr. Noboa is known for advocating for better representation of Latin American history in U.S. social studies classes. In the next poem, a speaker describes flowers and weeds. Read the poem aloud and take notes on how the speaker views flowers and weeds.
Material Type: Lesson, Reading
