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Seasons of the Year Spanish Lesson
Seasons of the year in Spanish lessons or bilingual activities can introduce more than the cycle of seasons. Naturally, children will experience the changes in seasons as the weather varies. However, that is just the beginning of learning the seasons of the year. With simple steps of planning activities, you can develop reading and literacy lessons and introduce some basic weather terms.
Bilingual Resources Practical Guide
Bilingual resources are essential to every dual-language or bilingual teacher. Most likely, you have a set of resources that help you plan your lessons, find standards, and even help with a classroom set up. Those resources help you with classroom management, improving your professional career, and emotional care. However, finding bilingual resources in English and Spanish can sometimes be challenging – more like finding a…
Bilingual Reading Strategies Using Holiday Themes
Bilingual reading strategies are crucial techniques for any teacher’s toolkit. As many children learn in different ways, teaching strategies are also different. An approach for one child might not benefit another child. Of course, this idea does not indicate that you need multiple lessons. On the other hand, you need different strategies. When supporting bilingual learners, you probably might need various texts to relate and…
Thanksgiving Bilingual Activities for Kids
Thanksgiving bilingual activities can consist of a variety of things to do. You could easily create a writing or reading activity about Thanksgiving. Also, you might use specific vocabulary in English and Spanish to develop different activities. Using themes around holidays or particular times of the year can engage students in many ways. Besides enriching vocabulary and strengthen language skills, themes in lessons activate prior…
Bilingual Reading: Pumpkins and Harvest Time
Bilingual reading about pumpkins does not have to limit to books to Halloween or spooky stories. Many bilingual pumpkin stories carry a message of harvest time. While children might like to read funny Halloween stories, encourage them to seek other types of bilingual literature. Learning about pumpkins in a fun reading activity can motivate them to learn other language skills.
Bilingual Sight Words: Learning About Apples
Bilingual sight words for dual-language students is a good start for reading. Beginning to grasp reading in English and Spanish, you might want to use bilingual books that display both languages. In that way, your students can interact with both vocabularies in the text. Perhaps, you can also use reading methods to address letter identification and syllable formation. With these tools, bilingual students begin to…
Hispanic Heritage Month Activities
Hispanic Heritage Month activities can vary depending on grade levels. For early grades, you might consider simple, straightforward activities. In comparison, in the upper grades, learning about Hispanic culture can create more meaningful experiences. That is, older children could begin to ask about different cultures and other places as they get to know classmates. If your classroom is a bilingual class full of wonderful children…
First Day of School Bilingual Reading Tips
The first day of school is just as nerve-wracking for teachers as it’s for students. Most of the time, students may have met the teacher during meet-the-teacher events. However, for students that couldn’t attend those events, they might feel nervous. Usually, students don’t know what to expect. Also, they may feel anxious about their classmates and the school environment. With all these emotions, teachers need…
Back to School: How to Make a Photo Frame
Back to school can be an exciting time for children. For most students, they anticipate a new classroom, teacher, classmates, and the environment. These unique moments in schooling can also build anxiety in young children. For example, for preschoolers transitioning to kindergarten, children may feel stressed and anxious. While these feelings are part of new beginnings, there are fun ways to encourage children to share…
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