…notes about life
L: I need to go to Mexico sometime, because I need to practice my Spanish because I forget it. Me: You need to practice your Spanish so you can speak English and Spanish really well. Then you could be an interpreter or translator. You could do a lot of things if you know two languages.… Continue reading Classroom Sweet Classroom: train of thought
Giggles: Miss W., M- was looking and looking for his pencil. He couldn't find it anywhere and it was in his hand the whole time! - 2nd grade
One of the best instructional strategies for ELs is using lots and lots of pictures. I found these books at the Dollar Tree that included 100 vocabulary words with activities. Add in the cost of page protectors and three-pronged folders and the cost was less than $2 per book. I'm excited to use these books… Continue reading This Small Classroom: Dollar Store Vocabulary Activity Books
Prepositions: one of the hardest grammatical concepts for ELs. One of the things we practice is telling the difference between literal and figurative use of prepositions. After discussing prepositions as relationship/location words (see here), we discuss other phrases that use prepositions to talk about the locations/times of other things. The students then illustrate an example… Continue reading Teaching Prepositions: Literal Meaning and Figurative Meaning
Meet Pooky. Pooky is our class mascot. I don't really remember why I started using him in my classroom -- except that it seemed like a fun idea at the time -- but here is how he has helped out this year... Calm down bear -- He's soft, textured, and has beans inside him. Perfect… Continue reading The Classroom Mascot
Kindergarten writing activity after reading "The Cat in the Hat".
thoughts and songs 