Netvouz / jgordon / tag / language http://netvouz.com/jgordon/tag/language?feed=rss&pg=3 jgordon's bookmarks tagged "language" on Netvouz Bilingual Education Websites http://esl.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ecsu.ctstateu.edu%2Fdepts%2Fedu%2Ftextbooks%2Fbilingual.html Provides links to various information available available on the Internet that includes current congressional policy on and guidlines for bilingual education. In addition, arguments in support of bilingual education from the standpoint of the student and the future of this nation. Bilingual Resourses jgordon Sat, 03 Aug 2002 15:17:32 GMT Building Academic Language: Essential Practices for Content Classrooms, Grades 5-12 http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0787987611.html Building Academic Language by Jossey-Bass:: explains the functions and features of academic language that every teacher (language arts, history, math, & science teachers, etc.) should know for supporting academic reading, writing, and discussion. The book includes research-based instructional and assessment activities that content teachers can use to build students' abilities to understand and describe the many abstract concepts, higher-order thinking skills, and complex relationships in a discipline. The book emphasizes an approach that builds from students' existing ways of learning and communicating, scaffolding them to think and talk as content area experts think and talk about math, science, history, and language arts. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Literacy > Vocabulary jgordon Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:17:53 GMT Building Connections in High School Content Areas through Sheltered Instruction. http://www.tcbee.org/pdfs/BuildingConnectionsHSSheltered.pdf PDF presentation providing orientation to the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)Region IV Education Service Center in collaboration with Texas Ed. Agency English as a New Language > Sheltered Instruction (Teaching Content to ELLs) jgordon Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:37:51 GMT Conversations with Mainstream Teachers http://carla.acad.umn.edu/esl/minnetesol2000.html Answers to common questions asked by mainstream teachers English as a New Language > About ELLs and Great Resources jgordon Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:30:58 GMT Creating a Literate Nation by Leveraging the Power of the Family http://www.famlit.org/educators/free-resources This site provides multiple links to free resources to help develop family literacy. Resources are available in Spanish. A Toolkit provides needed support and serves as a resource to adult education and family literacy instructors. English as a New Language > Family/Adult Learners jgordon Sat, 27 Jul 2002 18:11:42 GMT Differentiated Curriculum Samples http://www.openc.k12.or.us/reaching/tag/dcsamples.html This is a list of differentiated curriculum samples related to various topics and grade levels. I imagine the quality of the samples will depend on the writer. Differentiated Instruction jgordon Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:23:35 GMT Differentiated Instruction: A Guide for Foreign Language Teachers http://www.eyeoneducation.com/prodinfo.asp?number=7020%2D7 This book by Deborah Blaz is the only book in print devoted solely to applying the principles and practices of differentiated instruction to the teaching of foreign languages. It provides detailed classroom-tested examples of activities and lessons plans to help you - - prepare and teach “tiered” lessons - differentiate by content - differentiate by process - differentiate by product. See online excerpts. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Differentiating Instruction jgordon Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:21:49 GMT Effective Lesson Planning for ELLs http://coe.sdsu.edu/people/jmora/5StepELL/ 4 by 4 Lesson Design (a modification by Jill Kerper Mora, Ed.D. of Madeline Hunter's 5 step design differentiate for English language proficiency levels. English as a New Language > Sheltered Instruction (Teaching Content to ELLs) jgordon Tue, 23 Jul 2002 19:15:25 GMT English Language Arts Curriculum Framework K-2 (Good Ex. of UBD) http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum.aspx Montgomery County Public Schools This school district has developed curriculum based on essential questions and understandings as recommended by Understanding by Design. Curriculum Development > Examples of Understandings/Big Ideas: Many with Curr. Dev. Examples jgordon Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:24:51 GMT For Kids, Two Languages Can Be as Easy as One http://www.languageseducation.com/newsl090827.htm For Kids, Two Languages Can Be as Easy as One Peter West, reporter Health Day News THURSDAY, July 9, 09 European researchers are contesting the assumption that bilingual toddlers have more trouble learning language skills than children who know just one language. Bilingual Resourses jgordon Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:51:49 GMT