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Title: Class Project Ideas around Aeneas' Journey
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From http://bcpublishers.blogspot.com
Connor Hart writes, "What would Aeneas's journey look like today? What sites remain from his original journey? How would the places he visited differ, and what would he see now? If you or your students are wondering how to make a class project from these questions, look no further. The internet provides a plethora of programs to assist students in creating these projects. Some of the best for ease of use and presentation are Google Maps, Zee Maps, and Prezi. Of course that only grazes the surface of the possibilities-let your students explore!"
Get some ideas for student presentations based on special topics around Aeneas' Journey at http://bcpublishers.blogspot.com/2014/12/blog-post.html and see and example at http://bcpublishers.blogspot.com/2014/12/classroom-project-part-2.html
Source: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
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Title: Free Art Calendar from Zambombazo
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Here is a free calendar for 2015 available for free download; it features contemporary artists from the Spanish-speaking world: http://zachary-jones.com/zambombazo/calendario-de-arte-2015/
Source: Zambombazo
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Title: Winter and Cold Activities from Zambombazo
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From the Zombambazo website, here are "[w]inter and cold-themed activities for Spanish class featuring cultural resources, including songs, comic strips, tweets, pictures, movie trailers and interviews. In addition to teaching about wintertime, cold weather and related vocabulary, the accompanying printable activities aim to explore cultural perspectives and practices related to snow, ice and the winter season."
Available at http://zachary-jones.com/zambombazo/winter-cold/
Source: Zambombazo
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Title: Spanish Logic Puzzles for Children
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From http://spanishplayground.net
Your young Spanish learners can strengthen their deductive thinking skills while simultaneously reinforcing their use of Spanish with logic puzzles. Learn more about logic puzzles and access a few of them at http://spanishplayground.net/spanish-logic-puzzles-kids/
Source: Spanish Playground
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Title: Candidates for 2014 Palabra del Año
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Español Urgente has chosen 12 candidates for the 2014 Word of the Year, based on current events and Spanish usage in the last year. Among the candidates: selfi, amigovio, impago, and dron. Learn about all 12 words here: http://www.fundeu.es/palabra-del-ano-2014/las-candidatas-a-palabra-del-ano-2014/
Access a word search with the 12 words and more resources at http://www.fundeu.es/palabra-del-ano-2014/
Read an English-language article about the Word of the Year at http://spanish.about.com/od/spanishlanguageculture/fl/Selfi-Considered-for-Spanish-Word-of-the-Year.htm?nl=1
Source: Español Urgente
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Title: ELLs 'Disconnected' from Mainstream Content
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From http://languagemagazine.com/?page_id=122708
Research that explores the relationship between school-district infrastructure in new-immigrant destinations and the marginalization of English-language learners (ELLs) in those districts shows that in many schools, the teaching of English as a second language (ESL) and the teaching of academic subjects are separated and disconnected, which can cause ELLs to fall behind academically.
"Organizing Language Instruction in New Immigrant Destinations: Structural Marginalization and Integration" was presented at the Segregation, Immigration, and Educational Inequality Conference in Ghent, Belgium, by Megan Hopkins of Pennsylvania State University and Rebecca Lowenhaupt of Boston College.
"This does not represent current thinking in the field," said Hopkins. "While a separate ESL instructional block can be beneficial, ELL educators also advocate for content-based language learning that requires all teachers to have training related to ELL instruction, and that necessitates meaningful, ongoing collaboration between ESL and general-education teachers."
Read the full article at http://languagemagazine.com/?page_id=122708
Source: Language Magazine
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Title: Support English-Language Learners with Scannable Technology
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From http://www.edutopia.org//blog/support-ells-with-scannable-technology-monica-burns
Support English-Language Learners with Scannable Technology
by Monica Burns
November 26, 2014
Scannable technology provides opportunities for students to quickly and easily interact with a variety of content. In a differentiated classroom, children should have access to resources and support materials that will push them toward success. This could be a tool to help them make meaning of the content being taught in a lesson, or it could be resources to help them gather background information before starting a new unit of study. Differentiation should happen for students who are approaching and exceeding grade-level benchmarks, for children who have special needs, and for English-language learners (ELLs).
ELLs can be supported by a variety of tech tools. This includes scannable technology like quick response (QR) codes and augmented reality (AR) triggers. I've shared some of the reasons that I love using scannable technology with students. Children can use any type of smart device like an iPad or Galaxy that is loaded with an app like i-nigma or Layar. When they scan the appropriate QR code or AR trigger, kids will instantly connect to content picked out by their teacher, including resources they need for academic success.
Read on for suggestions on some ways to use scannable technology to support English language learners: http://www.edutopia.org//blog/support-ells-with-scannable-technology-monica-burns
Source: Edutopia
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Title: Federal Government Will Wait Two Years Before Counting ELL Test Scores in Florida
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Feds relent in standoff over testing students still learning English
by Thomas C. Tobin
December 22, 2014
Federal education officials have backed down in a dispute with Florida over how the state should test thousands of new students who are still learning English in public schools.
The government will allow Florida to wait two years before counting those students' test scores toward a school's grade instead of the federally required one year.
Officials in Washington previously stood by the federal law's intent — to hold schools immediately accountable for educating English-language learners. But state officials pushed back, saying it is harmful and unrealistic to expect those students to show their skills on standardized tests when they can't fully comprehend many of the questions.
According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, students need five to seven years to develop the language skills of a native English speaker.
Read the full article at http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/feds-relent-in-standoff-over-testing-students-still-learning-english/2211184
Source: Tampa Bay Times
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Title: Writing the Narrative Essay: How to Find the Words
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From http://learningenglish.voanews.com
English language learners may struggle more with a narrative essay than with a research essay - narrative essays must express the writer's own voice, which can be a challenge in a second language. Here is a short article in simple English with advice for writing a narrative essay: http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/writing-the-narrative-essay/2544873.html
Source: VOA
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Title: Incorporate Learning about Music in Your Language Classes
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From http://languagemagazine.com/?page_id=122775
Music to All Ears
by Donna Stoering
"[J]ust as there are, sadly, several spoken languages under threat of extinction, the individual musical languages of many smaller tribes and regions have been dying out at an alarming rate as well. Ethnomusicologists and cultural anthropologists are generally in agreement that the world is losing music cultures at the rate of five per year, and for the first time in the history of many tribes or cultures, there are instruments in their villages that no living members know how to play.
"...The good news is that many of today's social entrepreneurs, educators, musicians, and music aficionados alike are applying their time and resources to remedy that situation. Through innovative projects and educational products, they work to both save and celebrate the manifold musical languages on the planet as not only as critical means of cultural and individual expression, but also as tremendous tools for learning."
Read on to learn how you can incorporate information about the world's languages into your language classes: http://languagemagazine.com/?page_id=122775
Source: Language Magazine
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