Teaching and Learning Resources

Word Study: Estudio de Palabras Integrado

My attempt at integrating word work with reading and writing.

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Celebrate Writing with Cartonera Books

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

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Playing with Language: Using Games with ELLs

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.

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Follow Your Passion

This weeks Positive Thinking Thursday is a quote not from someone "famous", but a recent Milken Educator Award winner Josie Igielski. I can proudly say that two of my friends and colleagues have won the Milken Education Award for their...

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Rethinking Interventions: Learning is Messy

"In order to fly, you must love the wind." I have no idea who to attribute the quote to, please leave me a message in the comments if you know the source. The source for the graphic is Ola a...

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Valuing Low Income Kindergartners Knowledge

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

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A Teacherprenuer's Summer Productivity Tips

My strategies for staying productive this summer.

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Dear Game Designers,

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.

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Día de los niños

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

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THEY don't speak English

My experience with a person complaining about an immigrant that doesn't speak English. Ugh. My response and what our responses should be to advocate for a multi-lingual United States.

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