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Title: Bastille Day Resources for Kids
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Here are some online resources dealing with Bastille Day, France, and French culture, curated on the Mundo de Pepita blog: https://elmundodepepita.blogspot.com/2018/07/bastille-day-resources-for-kids.html


Source: Mundo de Pepita
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Title: Back to School Unit: Friends
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From https://mrsspanish.com

Here is a CI-oriented back to school unit for Spanish learners, organized around themes of friendship (good or toxic?), differences, and rock-paper-scissors: https://mrsspanish.com/2018/06/25/back-to-school-somos-diferentes/


Source: Mrs. Spanish
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Title: Café y Conversación: Get Your Students Discussing Issues
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From http://misclaseslocas.blogspot.com

In this guest blog post, Jen Ries describes how she facilitates "Café y conversación" discussions with her Spanish 3 and 4 students. Her process involves plenty of supports: pre-conversation planners, clear expectations for the discussions, topics of interest, and student self-assessment following the experience.

Read the full blog post at http://misclaseslocas.blogspot.com/2018/07/cafe-y-conversacion-guest-post-from-jen.html


Source: Mis Clases Locas
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Title: Report: Educational Experiences of English Learners
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This report from the U.S. Department of Education explores three important areas for English learners: access to and enrollment in preschool, access to college preparatory coursework in high school, and the availability of dual credit programs. 

Read the report at https://www2.ed.gov/datastory/el-experiences/index.html#five


Source: U.S. Department of Education
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Title: Two-part Series on School Data and Parents Includes Language Issues
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EdSurge has recently completed a two-part series on school data and parents. 

In Part 1, "How Transparent Is School Data When Parents Can’t Find or Understand It?" Jenny Abamu introduces the issue and describes two initiatives to help parents access, understand, and use school data. Read it here: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-06-26-how-transparent-is-school-data-when-parents-can-t-find-or-understand-it

In Part 2, "Spanish-Speaking Parents Struggle to Learn How Well Schools Serve Their Children," Abamu focuses specifically on parents with limited English proficiency and well as testing and data issues for children with limited English proficiency. Read it at https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-07-02-spanish-speaking-parents-struggle-to-learn-how-well-schools-serve-their-children


Source: EdSurge
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Title: Teaching Science to English Learners
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From http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org

In this excellent guest blog post, Stephen Fleenor describes the challenges that English learners face with the vocabulary and grammar of science, along with strategies to facility learning that benefit all students: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/06/26/guest-post-teaching-the-language-of-science/


Source: Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
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Title: Language Objectives: The Key to Effective Content Area Instruction for English Learners
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In this article written for Colorín Colorado, Jennifer Himmel of the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) provides an overview of how to use language objectives in content-area instruction for English learners. Her overview includes:
 
• what a language objective is
• steps that teachers can take to create language objectives
• how to implement language objectives in a general education classroom
• how to align objectives to content and language standards
• ideas and resources on how to support teachers as they become familiar with this practice.
 

Source: ¡Colorín Colorado!
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Title: STARTALK-Endorsed Principles for Effective Teaching and Learning
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STARTALK, funded by the National Security Agency, offers students (K–16) and teachers of critical need foreign languages creative and engaging summer experiences that strive to exemplify best practices in language education and in language teacher development. 
 
The program follows six principles for effective teaching and learning that serve as helpful guidelines for teachers in any context. They are as follows:
 
• Implementing a Standards-Based and Thematically Organized Curriculum
• Facilitating a Learner-Centered Classroom
• Using the Target Language and Providing Comprehensible Input for Instruction
• Integrating Culture, Content, and Language in a World Language Classroom
• Adapting and Using Age-Appropriate Authentic Materials
• Conducting Performance-Based Assessment
 
Go to https://startalk.umd.edu/public/principles for more specific descriptions of each principle as well as examples of effective implementation.

Source: STARTALK
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Title: Google Geo Tools: Virtual Reality in the Language Classroom
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From http://fltmag.com/google-geo-tools-virtual-reality-in-the-language-classroom/

High school French teacher Heidi Trude defines virtual reality and differentiates it from augmented reality, overviews Google virtual reality tools, shares ideas for using virtual reality in a language classroom, and discusses some of the challenges involved in using it in this article: http://fltmag.com/google-geo-tools-virtual-reality-in-the-language-classroom/


Source: FLTMAG
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Title: Global Problem Solvers Animation Series
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From https://www.gpstheseries.com/en-us/about/

The Global Problem Solvers animation series is designed to introduce middle-to-high-school students to strategic social innovation with a particular focus on how they can use technology to create effective new solutions to seemingly intractable problems. This free program from Cisco Corporate Social Responsibility promotes social entrepreneurship in the classroom. 

Explore the series at https://www.gpstheseries.com/en-us/


Source: Cisco
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