Find great resources for educators and families of English language learners (ELLs)! | | | | | Many schools serving immigrant students highlight the importance of partnering with families to keep emergency contact information updated. Learn why this is so critical and how schools can help make it easier for multilingual / ELL / immigrant families.
See more in Answering Immigrant Students’ Questions: Resources for Schools.
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| These suggestions for families and educators provide guidance on how to talk about school violence or violence in the community, discuss events in the news, and help children feel safe in their environment. This article includes a statement from the Wisconsin Department of Education in response to this week's tragic school shooting in Madison.
For students and families who are new to winter weather, this article offers ideas on how to address different aspects of winter with lots of examples from schools across the U.S. and Canada.
The following information provides tips for addressing rapidly unfolding current events in Syria, as well as background information for teachers and students on the Syrian civil war. See related books for students of all ages in Syrian Stories: Books for Children and Teens.
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New on Colorín Colorado This collection highlights a wide range of nearly 20 new Colorín Colorado resources published during 2024 on topics such as ELL instruction, AI, and professional issues for ELL educators.
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| The holiday season is the perfect time to share the gift of reading! This guide (also available in Spanish) offers ideas of reading activities for families to do together, book recommendations, and links to educational gifts such as bilingual magazines and books and puzzles from PBS Kids.
Discover a world of laughter, love, friendship, adventure, history, fantasy, art, science, and more between the covers of children’s books. Take a look, share a book, make a memory … with one or more of these titles from Reading Rockets' 2024 gift guide bookshelf. |
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| In this special feature from Tan Huynh's Teaching MLs podcast, Tan interviews Lydia Breiseth about the day-to-day operations of Colorín Colorado and stories behind some of the site's most popular content.
A related resource page and annotated transcript of the interview feature many of the resources discussed. |
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| This article shows teachers how to bring rich cultural content into their teaching in a way that expands students' knowledge, interest, and respect for the culture being featured. The article offers suggestions that teachers can use throughout the school year, as well as when observing cultural and religious holidays and celebrations.
In this video from Syracuse, NY, bilingual teacher Jesus Ortiz talks about the ways that educators can celebrate their students' cultures and why he makes an effort to help students stay connected to their heritage. |
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Family Resources and Outreach |
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| Winter vacation is a great time for families to share stories, books, and more! Pass on the ideas in this article (also available in Spanish) with families and encourage them to try them in their home language! |
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Book of the Month
Tamales for Christmas
By: Stephen Briseño Illustrated by: Sonia Sánchez With so many children and grandchildren in her family, Grandma is selling tamales so that she can put gifts under the tree. As Halloween passes, and Thanksgiving, Grandma is still toiling away in the kitchen. When it’s time to string the lights for Christmas, she’s inching closer to 1000 dozen tamales! Enough to give some to those in need and enough to sell to earn money for Christmas gifts. Based on the author’s own grandmother, who was the heart of the familia, here is a warm story about Christmas, generosity, and, yes, tamales. Also available in Spanish. The following booklists highlight diverse stories about the winter holidays (and winter weather!) across cultures and languages. Winter Holiday Booklist Christmas Stories: Hispanic Heritage Christmas Stories: American Indian Heritage Winter Stories: Asian Pacific American Heritage Snow, Snow, Snow! 11 Hanukkah Titles to Help Readers of All Ages Celebrate (School Journal Library) 5 Titles for Kwanzaa (School Journal Library) |
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NEA’s 2024-25 Read Across America digital calendar highlights a monthly theme and a related picture book, middle book, and YA book. All of the titles in the calendar include activity suggestions, questions for discussion or reflective writing, related resources, and more titles to try.
December's theme is Foster Confidence.
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