Running dictation is an active cooperative learning strategy in which students work in teams to accurately write down a text that is written on a paper in another location.
In this collaborative strategy, students listen to a short text about their current unit of study several times and reconstruct the text together.
Word-Phrase-Sentence is a visible thinking routine from Harvard Project Zero that engages Grade 2-12 students with making
Total Physical Response (TPR) connects vocabulary and phrases to actions or gestures.
In this activity, students retell a narrative story or key points of an informative text using pictures from the text as a support.
Images and visuals can be a powerful way to support students' learning and help them make connections. They can include photographs, maps, icons, illustrations, cartoons, and more.
Although it may seem like a small gesture, using Spanish phrases can mean a great deal to your Spanish-speaking students and their families. Making an effort shows that you respect and value their language.
Pedro Martín has grown up hearing stories about his abuelito — his legendary crime-fighting, grandfather who was once a part of the Mexican Revolution!
This article offers ideas for schools serving new groups of multilingual families who have relocated to their community, such as asylum seekers, with specific tips for schools that have not previously had a large populations of English language learner