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Shaeley Santiago

Education Week: Schools Face Shortage of Digital Curricula for English-Learners - 1 views

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      The Best Practices sidebar here can be used as a type of checklist to help evaluate digital programs & materials for ELLs.
  • It's the only program that she knows of that addresses the literacy aspect of math for ELL students.
  • found a measurable increase in vocabulary knowledge and text comprehension,
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  • gave HELP Math its highest rating for effectiveness after reviewing research on student improvement related to the program.
  • Because there's not a plethora of digital curricula designed exclusively for English-language learners, teachers often rely on digital curricula used for all students that help individualize lessons, as well as software programs tailored for English language learners,
  • researchers created multimedia folktales and informational texts that included clickable words with definitions in English or Spanish, along with images for students whose English proficiency was very low. The text contained built-in audio, so that students could hear it in English or in Spanish, as well as embedded activities for reflection in both languages.
  • "There's not a lot out there."
  • Very few digital products are backed by research proving they work, and that's important to educators,
  • That can be a problem with digital curricula not targeted for ELLs, Mr. Proctor said. "Most interventions like that exclude very limited-proficient-English students because they don't speak enough English to use them,"
  • Professional development to prepare educators to use digital curricula for English-learners is critically important, too.
Shaeley Santiago

Selecting Vocabulary Words to Teach English Language Learners | Colorín Colorado - 0 views

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    via Judie Haynes
Shaeley Santiago

Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds - 0 views

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    via Anne Wear
Shaeley Santiago

A16. Tiered Vocabulary: Not All Words Are Created Equal - Empowering ELLs - 0 views

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    via @TanELLClassroom
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Visual Dictionary Online - 0 views

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    Via Judie Haynes "QA International launched , a new valuable resource to learn Spanish. Includes 17 all-around themes to explore, including the human body, sciences and food. MORE Today QA International presents a new downloadable version of the celebrated Visual Dictionary: The Visual Multimedia 4th Edition."
Shaeley Santiago

Online Etymology Dictionary - 1 views

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    via Jasmine Olmo
Shaeley Santiago

Are We Losing Track of the Ingredients for Language and Literacy Development? | Languag... - 1 views

  • Teacher’s interactions that best encourage language learning include having conversations that stay on a single topic, providing children opportunities to talk, encouraging analytical thinking, and giving information about the meanings of words
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    via @KarenNemethEdM
Shaeley Santiago

The Word and the World: Technology Aids English-Language Learners | Edutopia - 0 views

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    via @KnowELLSGVWP
Shaeley Santiago

Literacy 2.0: Tools for ELLs and Reluctant Readers - 1 views

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    via @AlexHerrera_7
Shaeley Santiago

OneLook Reverse Dictionary - 2 views

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    Find words by typing in a description. Fantastic for ELLs!
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    via Nathan Hall
Shaeley Santiago

SIPPS | Center for the Collaborative Classroom - 0 views

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    via @easkelton
Shaeley Santiago

Vocabulary Cards - 1 views

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    via @EmilyFrancis
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