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(Re)Building Classroom Community Post-Election

02 Friday Dec 2016

Posted by Alison Sattler in Creating Inclusive Lessons, English Learners' Page, For US Immigrants and Refugees, Free and Low-Cost Teacher Resources, Lesson Ideas, Lessons_Advanced Level, Lessons_Intermediate Level, On-Line Publications and Sites, Teachers' Page

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Facing History and StoryCorps provides lessons about American history and social issues designed to promote critical thinking skills, empathy and tolerance, and a sense of civic responsibility. In addition to the link to “(Re)building Classroom Commuity Post-Election” below, the site also offers the posts and topics:

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  • Facing Technology (71)
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  • Facing History and Ourselves (53)

Source: (Re)Building Classroom Community Post-Election

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Culturally Responsive Instruction for Holiday and Religious Celebrations | Colorín Colorado

01 Thursday Dec 2016

Posted by Alison Sattler in Creating Inclusive Lessons, Teacher Education

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cultural awareness, Inclusive Classroom Strategies, TEFL, TESOL

Now is the time of year to learn about and share cultural traditions in a way that expands students’ knowledge, interest, and respect for all people.   The article referenced below offers teachers suggestion son how to observe the variuos cultural and religious holidays and celebrations in their classrooms throughout the year.

Source: Culturally Responsive Instruction for Holiday and Religious Celebrations | Colorín Colorado

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English Language Learners | ELLs With Learning Disabilities

01 Thursday Dec 2016

Posted by Alison Sattler in Creating Inclusive Lessons, Teacher Education

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Find out about the unique challenges facing English language learners (ELLs) who have learning and attention issues, and what can parents do to help.

Source: English Language Learners | ELLs With Learning Disabilities

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Kindergarten Children with Disabilities Gain Social Skills with ELLs in Classroom

17 Saturday Sep 2016

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English Language Learner Classmates and the Classroom Social Skills of Students with Disabilities (click on title to open article)

The article above describes social skills improved for kindergarten children with a disability when more English language learners were in the classroom with them.  While English language learners’ social skills didn’t change as a result of having children with a disability in their classroom.  As a result, researchers concluded that schools should focus attention the characteristics of students who perform well and not as well in classroom settings to see if their is a pattern, and then to work on strategies that will help all students do well.

Source: Teachers College Record Volume 117 Number 7, 2015, p. 1-40
http://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 17960, Date Accessed: 9/16/2016

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Technology & English Language Learners | Colorín Colorado

03 Saturday Sep 2016

Posted by Alison Sattler in Creating Inclusive Lessons, Teachers' Page

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Blended Learning, ESL, Inclusive Classroom Strategies, teacher, TEFL, TESOL

English language learners’ experience with technology can vary greatly from one student to the next. Some kids may have never used a computer. Others may be doing all of the troubleshooting! This resource section provides ideas for using technology with ELLs, activities for using multimedia tools, and bilingual tips for managing media at school and at home.

Recommended Resource from Understood.org

For more great ideas, take a look at the bilingual resources on Assistive Technology from Understood.org, a free website focused on learning and attention issues.

Source: Technology & English Language Learners | Colorín Colorado

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Teaching with a Hearing Impairment

31 Wednesday Aug 2016

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Hearing Impaired Teachers, Inclusive Classroom Strategies

In the future, I will offer a tool kit with information on how to teach English with a hearing impairment. I’m able to do so with hearing aides and listening devices that enable me to isolate sounds so I can listen to individual students in noisy environments and minimize peripheral noise while in small group settings. Listening devices alone cannot substitute for teaching strategies designed to meet my needs while, at the same time, give students what they need from me in a way that keeps them learning and engaged.

Below is a presentation that contains helpful suggestions for hearing impaired teachers in general.

Source: Hearing Loss: Strategies for the Classroom Teacher Victorian Deaf Education Institute June 25, 2015. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISWkl29SpwU Accessed 8/30/16)

Teach English Using Songs from American Rhythms Site

29 Monday Aug 2016

Posted by Alison Sattler in Creating Inclusive Lessons, Free and Low-Cost Teacher Resources, On-Line Publications and Sites, Teachers' Page

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English Lessons, ESL Teachers, TESOL

sing-out-loud-finishThe Sing Out Loud American Rhythms website features FREE songs, lyrics and readi (ng, writing and speaking activities for teen and adult English language learners–and people who enjoy hearing good music!   Teachers can download the songs, information about the songs (including artist credits) and pre- and post-listening activities by clicking on the song’s title under the Table of Contents.  An additional, generic list of activities is available for use with any of the songs on this site as well. English language levels are indicated for activities associated with individual songs as well.  This site has it all!

Source: American Rhythms | American English

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How Plain Language Makes Life Simpler 

25 Thursday Aug 2016

Posted by Alison Sattler in Creating Inclusive Lessons, Lessons_Intermediate Level

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Civil Rights, English language, Language Laws, Plain Language Law

This speaker offers several suggestions for how to make language easier for people to understand–and why it’s so important to do so.  By law, U.S. government agencies must use “plain language” (common words, short sentences, no idioms and graphics).  Companies should use plain language; but, as yet, are not required to do so.  My hope is that companies use plain language in their documents and when speaking with people who need it in order to communicate with someone and comprehend what is being said.

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Facing History and Ourselves

17 Wednesday Aug 2016

Posted by Alison Sattler in Creating Inclusive Lessons, Lesson Ideas, Teacher Education, Teachers' Page

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history, multicultural experience

Facing History and Ourselves is a great resource for multicultural information and lesson activities or units.

Source: Facing History and Ourselves

Awesome Teacher Education Site

20 Monday Jun 2016

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ANCD Think Teach Lead

ASCD is a global community dedicated to excellence in learning, teaching, and leading. Comprising 125,000 members—superintendents, principals, teachers, and advocates from more than 138 countries—the ASCD community also includes 54 affiliate organizations.

Our diverse, nonpartisan membership is our greatest strength, projecting a powerful, unified voice to decision makers around the world.

NOTE: Most resources are for member access and registration is not free. The site does offer a free trial membership and some materials for free.

This is one of the best international continuing education sites I’ve seen for English language teachers.  If you agree, please consider sharing this site with your colleagues. 

Source: English Language Learners – Videos, Articles, Resources, Experts

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