Posts by sara23read
READ Customer Named Teacher of the Year!
I am proud to share that Daisy Hernandez, my former college student and current READ customer, was chosen as Teacher of the Year at her school in San Antonio, TX! Daisy has been a dual language kindergarten teacher at Jackson-Keller Elementary school for 2 years. Prior to her move to the Lone Star State, Daisy…
Read MoreCognitive Content Dictionary
GLAD Model. Have you heard of it? Project GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design) is a K-12 instructional model consisting of 35 well-articulated strategies. Any teacher I talk to who is GLAD certified speaks wonders of how prepared they feel to teach in a language classroom! In many Methods and Materials for Teaching ESL courses, the…
Read MoreExit Slips
I like to share with my clients that in all language classrooms, teachers need to ensure that they allow time in the beginning of each lesson to explain content and language objectives and then again at the end of the lesson to see whether these objectives were met. I think teachers shy away from the…
Read MoreSpeaking and Listening with Barrier Games
Why use barrier games? Every teacher needs more tools that are authentic in nature that focus efforts on building language, both expressive and receptive.
Read MoreWriting Frames
Larry Ferlazzo. This man eats, sleeps and breaths ESL and has for years! If you aren’t following him on Twitter, you should. He shares and compiles great lists to links, media, books etc. all to support ESL students and teachers. Below is a link to a blog post where he describes the importance of teaching Geography. …
Read MoreValentines Day Game
Famous Pairs The “Famous Pairs” game is a great way to engage all students around Valentines Day. Since Valentines Day is all about “couples”, it is fun to point out that not all famous couples are people: salt and pepper, chips and guacamole, a fork and a knife and the list goes on! It is a…
Read MoreSnow Day!
Are you looking for something to do on a snow day? What can you do when you have indoor recess? Take a look at these gems! Design a sled Design a sled__SPANISH Comic strips
Read MoreRESOURCES
Many teachers have asked us to put the resources we have used during professional development sessions, here on our website. What follows is a list of ideas teachers have enjoyed using in the classroom with links to digital copies so you can alter them to fit your students’ needs. We will be adding to this…
Read MoreCinco de mayo -versus- Mexican Independence Day
Many people in the United States and elsewhere confuse Cinco de Mayo with Mexican Independence Day. The following activity is one you can use in your classroom. It outlines key features of each of these days in Mexico. Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican Army’s unlikely victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla,…
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