Teaching and Learning Resources

Books unlike textbooks allow teachers to differentiate for our learners' reading levels and interests.  When looking for SPANISH books to use in your bilingual or dual immersion classroom, here are three ways to think about them so that you can have a balanced book collection.

Migrar is an amazing story of a young boy's journey from the North to the South. His experiences are similar to many others that have made the journey.

My attempt at integrating word work with reading and writing.

Cartonera books are a great way to celebrate your students writing at the end of the year! This is a guide to help you.

This article shares my experiences using virtual games with English Language Learners. This article was originally published in the WIDA Focus on Technology Bulletin in October 2014.

Low Income Kindergartners Lag Behind, but are we really valuing all that they know?!

Educational game designers are excellent at creating engaging, standard based games. However, there are three things I would like game designers to consider incorporating into games, so that more students and teachers can and will use them.

Books del Sur & my classroom is celebrating Dia de los ninos by learning about the United Nations Rights of the Child.

Two days of activities that give examples of how Day of the Dead, el día de los muertos, is celebrated in Mexico and the United States.

Presentation at GLS 9.0 about using games to increase language development

Heather Robertson talks about games and learning with bilingual students.