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Title: Spanish Classroom Tour
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Take a look at different Spanish classrooms curated from social media to get some ideas for what you can do in your own classroom in the coming year: http://spanishmama.com/spanish-classrooms-tour/
Source: Spanish Mama
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Title: Using Videos in Language Teaching
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From https://www.spanishplayground.net
In this guest blog post, Elisabeth from Spanish Mama describes many ways that you can use videos in a language class. The blog breaks approaches into three categories, depending on whether the video is mostly comprehensible to learners, sort of comprehensible, or not really comprehensible.
Read the blog post at https://www.spanishplayground.net/how-to-use-videos-to-teach-spanish/
Source: Spanish Playground
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Title: Incorporating Authentic Resources with Novels
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From http://www.secondaryspanishspace.com
In this guest blog post, Maris Hawkins shares how you can incorporate authentic resources when teaching with novels such as those popular with teachers using a CI approach. Learn how to use authentic resources to introduce a novel, how to sprinkle them throughout the reading of the novel, and how to use them for assessment.
Read the blog post at http://www.secondaryspanishspace.com/2018/06/incorporating-authentic-resources-with.html
Source: Secondary Spanish Space
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Title: Using Traditional Songs in Elementary Spanish Class
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From https://funforspanishteachers.com
Carolina Gomez describes how she uses traditional songs in her Spanish classes, with a specific example of how she uses "La Vicuñita."
Read the blog post at https://funforspanishteachers.com/2018/06/using-traditional-songs-in-an-elementary-spanish-class/
Source: Fun for Spanish Teachers
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Title: Educator Resources around Family Separations at the Border
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¡Colorín Colorado! has curated resources for educators dealing with family separations at the U.S./Mexico border, including classroom resources and information for educators: http://www.colorincolorado.org/immigration/border
Source: ¡Colorín Colorado!
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Title: Public Comment Sought for National Dual Language Education Teacher Preparation Standards
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Dual Language Education of New Mexico (DLeNM) is seeking public comment on the initial draft of the National Dual Language Education Teacher Preparation Standards.
View the draft standards at http://dlenm.org/uploads/files/NDLETPS_PublicVetting.pdf
Learn more and submit comments at https://dlenm.formstack.com/forms/public_vetting
Source: DLeNM
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Title: Strategies for Grade-level Mastery for English Learners
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From https://www.districtadministration.com/article/4-steps-fluency-and-mastery-education-ells
4 steps to fluency and mastery in education for ELLs
How educators can meet the needs of this diverse and growing student population
By Ramon Namnun
June 20, 2018
"Incorporating high-quality resources to support ELL students can have a stark impact on whether they succeed. At High School of World Cultures, we have been able to pinpoint four best practices for evaluating ELL resources.
"With an effective curriculum, ELL students can achieve the dual goals of establishing language fluency while reaching grade-level mastery across each subject. When the curriculum addresses the needs of these students, English language fluency and grade-level mastery across each subject is achievable."
Read the full article and learn about using content-rich instruction to accelerate comprehension, using comprehensible input, leveraging direct instruction for academic vocabulary, and cementing mastery through output, at https://www.districtadministration.com/article/4-steps-fluency-and-mastery-education-ells
Source: District Administration
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Title: U.S. Department of Education Announces New Website to Assist State Education Policy Makers Access ESSA Resources
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The U.S. Department of Education is pleased to announce the launch of the Comprehensive Center Network (CC Network) website. The CC Network website brings together a compilation of more than 700 resources developed by 23 Comprehensive Centers and over 200 projects currently underway in states across the country and makes searching by state or topic easier.
Access the new website at https://www.compcenternetwork.org/
Browse a collection of resources specifically about English learners at https://compcenternetwork.org/search?f%5B0%5D=topic%3A84&search_api_fulltext=&page=0%2C0%2C0
Source: HomeRoom
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Title: More World Cup Resources
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Here are more World Cup resources:
If you don't really understand the sport, here's a guide to understanding soccer from Common Craft: https://www.commoncraft.com/soccerguide
What's the top-selling national jersey in your state? Find out here: https://www.soccer.com/guide/infographic-top-jerseys-2018-fifa-world-cup
Here's an interesting article about language translation at the World Cup from K International: http://www.k-international.com/blog/translation-at-the-world-cup/
A delightful video with supporting resources from Géraldine Lepère on how to talk about "le football" in French: https://www.commeunefrancaise.com/blog/world-cup-how-to-talk-about-le-football-in-french
Follow the French team with this map of establishments that plan to show the games in the United States: https://france-amerique.com/en/where-to-watch-the-2018-world-cup-in-the-u-s/
Here's some more helpful French vocabulary from Transparent Language: https://blogs.transparent.com/french/le-coupe-du-monde-the-world-cup/
Learn about soccer in the Netherlands and see some helpful Dutch vocabulary at https://blogs.transparent.com/dutch/football-in-the-netherlands/
Read an English-language article about the Abseitsfalle strategy: http://germanyinusa.com/2018/06/22/word-of-the-week-abseitsfalle/
Learn two Brazilian Portuguese phrases having to do with soccer from Street Smart Brazil: "vestir a camisa" at https://streetsmartbrazil.com/learn-colloquial-portuguese-expressions-soccer-1/ and "pisar na bola" at https://streetsmartbrazil.com/learn-colloquial-portuguese-pisar-na-bola-expressions-soccer-2/
Here are more resources curated by Larry Ferlazzo: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/06/21/new-world-cup-resources-3/
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Title: Suggestions for the Beginning of the School Year
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An FLTEACH listserv user recently asked for suggestions on how to best engage students' interest during the first week of school. Go to https://listserv.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1806&L=FLTEACH&P=R2827&I=-3&d=No+Match%3BMatch%3BMatches to read the original query, and then click on "Next" by "By Topic" to see other users' suggestions.
Source: FLTEACH
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