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Title: Game for Colors: Color Colorcito
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From https://funforspanishteachers.com
Carolina Gómez describes a simple, no-prep game for reinforcing colors that gets students moving around the classroom. One student (the "It") says "Color colorcito [color]," and the other students race around the room to touch something of that color before they're tagged by the "It."
Read a fuller description of the activity at https://funforspanishteachers.com/2019/02/fun-game-for-spanish-class-color-colorcito/
Source: Fun for Spanish Teachers
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Title: Carlos Caridad Interview with Spanish Students about 3 Bellezas
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Kara Jacobs writes of the movie 3 Bellezas, "It is a dark comedy and definitely not for everyone. I would only use it with older students and you definitely have to skip some parts! However, if you frame the movie as a dark comedy and learn about the context of the movie (by reading authentic articles about concursos de belleza in Venezuela...), students will like the movie too."
Recently, Jacobs reached out to the director/write of the movie, Carlos Caridad, and he answered her students' questions. You can access the slideshow with their questions and his responses by reading Jacobs' blog post: http://www.ceauthres.com/2019/03/3-bellezas-con-un-recurso-muy-especial.html
Source: CEAUTHRES
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Title: The Ultimate Guide to the Best Authentic Spanish Books for Kids
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In this article, you can find a comprehensive list of Spanish book titles for children. The titles are categorized into sections, such as: Authentic Poetry/Music in Spanish, Alphabet Books in Spanish, and Spanish Fiction Picture Books.
To read more, visit https://spanishmama.com/authentic-spanish-books-for-kids/
Source: Spanish Mama
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Title: Connect Native and Second Language to Deepen English Literacy
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Connecting native and second language deepens English literacy for ELLs
by Shawna De La Rosa
March 18, 2019
Tan Huynh looks at the big picture when teaching English language learners (ELLs). An ELL himself, Huynh has dissected the art of infusing a second language into the first by teasing out specific strategies. The Philadelphia native then enhances the understanding of language by building context.
An ELL teacher at the private Saigon South International School in Vietnam, Huynh injects meaning into words to bring the topic to life in ways that his students understand. For example, at the secondary level, he will use a writing prompt such as "How did Rosa Parks fight injustice?"
“I give them the topic sentence because students often say, ‘I don’t know what to write about,’” he chuckled.
He then gives them vocabulary words, or a “word bank,” that they can learn and then use to respond to the prompt. In this case, words like injustice, prejudice, illegal, bus and unfair all come into play, along with transitional words including although, when and after.
Taking this bigger approach to ELL brings understanding into focus, which is the main reason behind the second language: to better understand the world.
Read the full article at https://www.educationdive.com/news/connecting-native-and-second-language-deepens-english-literacy-for-ells/550272/
Source: Education Dive
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Title: Achieving Accessibility for All of Our Learners
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From https://www.middleweb.com/39954/achieving-accessibility-for-all-of-our-learners/
Valentina Gonzalez writes, "No matter the subject area or content area, you can make content accessible for English learners. Whether you teach a science discipline, math, English language arts, theater arts, visual arts, physical education, dance, music, choir, etc., you can and should make the content that you teach accessible to ALL of your students and not just to some of them.
"Simply making content available to students is not enough. We have to make it accessible as well to the learners in front of us. By supporting their linguistic needs as English learners acquire English, we can help to ensure that they are learning content.
"...Never feel bad for English learners. There isn’t anything to feel bad about! These kids are future bilinguals! Celebrate them and support them in this! Then set high expectations and let them know that you will be there to guide them. Setting goals with students holds them accountable and lets them know that learning is not passive. They are the most important part of the process."
Read the full article at https://www.middleweb.com/39954/achieving-accessibility-for-all-of-our-learners/
Source: MiddleWeb
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Title: Developing Fluency Working with News and Fake News
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From https://www.cristinacabal.com
Cristina Cabal shares an activity for English learners in which the class works in different configurations to digest some news articles, one of which is fake news. The students then determine which one is the fake.
Read a full activity description at https://www.cristinacabal.com/?p=13465
Source: Blog de Cristina
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Title: Icebreaker Activities
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From https://www.eflmagazine.com
Tory Thorkelson shares three activities that can be used in university classes, and also with high school students and adults. Read about how you can use partner introductions, board games, and emoji stories with your students: https://www.eflmagazine.com/my-favorite-icebreaker-activities-for-new-university-classes/
Source: EFL Magazine
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Title: Self-Portrait Project
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From https://englishteaching101.com
Melchor Bernardo shares an activity that he did with his middle school English learners, but that could be used with a wide range of ages and proficiency levels, in any language. In this well-scaffolded multiple-step project, students use a mind map about their identity to create a series of self representations.
Read the full activity description at https://englishteaching101.com/self-portrait-ideas/
Source: English Teaching 101
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Title: Activity: Drawing Dictation with a Twist
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From https://getcreativecom.wordpress.com
Many teachers are familiar with drawing dictation activities, in which one student describes a drawing to another student, who tries to re-create the drawing without seeing the original. It is a classic information gap activity. Here's a new twist on the activity, suitable for the whole class: one student has the drawing taped to his/her back, so that as he/she faces the whiteboard to draw on it, the whole class can see the original picture and provide instructions to the artist up front.
Read a full description and see a photo that makes this activity instantly clear at https://getcreativecom.wordpress.com/2019/03/27/drawing-dictation-with-a-twist/
Source: Get creative
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Title: Tips and Ideas for Bell Ringers
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From http://misssenoritatpt.blogspot.com
Jessica of the Miss Señorita blog and website shares some tips for bell-ringer activities - things that your students can do when they enter your classroom while you take roll, check in with some students, and get things in order to begin the day's lesson.
Read her tips and access some free and paid resources here: http://misssenoritatpt.blogspot.com/2019/03/bell-ringers-helpful-tips-for-easy.html
Source: Miss Señorita
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