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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

10-1-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL:









Updates On The Colorado Student & Teacher Protests
© 2011 sboneham, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Here are new additions to The Best Posts & Articles On The Teacher & Student Protests In Colorado: Jeffco’s Latino students: U.S. history debate could cost them a chance to get ahead is from Chalkbeat. Q&A: What are students in Colorado protesting? is from The Associated Press. Colorado school protests roil swing state politics is also from T
Join Me At A #PTchat Next Wednesday On “Engaging ESL Families”
I’ll be a guest next Wednesday at 6:00 Pacific Time on Twitter’s #PTchat to discuss Engaging ESL Families. You can learn more about #PTchat here, and learn how to participate in a Twitter chat here. I look forward to connecting with you then!
More Excellent Resources On The Hong Kong Protests
© 2014 Pasu Au Yeung, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Here are new additions to The Best Resources For Learning About The Hong Kong Protests: Hong Kong Overview is an interactive from the Associated Press. Hong Kong pro-democracy protests: Occupy Central and pro-democracy movement – interactive timeline is from The Guardian.
A Simple Lesson On Climate Change For English Language Learners
© 2014 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio My colleague and co-author Katie Hull Sypnieski (with whom I’m writing a sequel to our surprisingly popular book, The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide) are teaching a lesson on climate change to our Intermediate and Advanced English Language Learners on Friday. I’ll be combining my Intermediate class with her Advanced one. I thoug


“What Is Your Advice For Student Teachers & Their Supervisors?”
What Is Your Advice For Student Teachers & Their Supervisors? is the latest “question-of-the-week” at my Education Week Teacher column. Feel free to leave your responses there or in the comments section of this post…
Diwali Is In Late October — Here Are Related Resources
October 23-27 is Diwali, the Hindu festival of light. You might be interested in The Best Sites For Learning About Diwali.

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The Best Posts & Articles On The Teacher & Student Protests In Colorado
© 2011 Sean MacEntee, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio You may have heard about the protests in Colorado in the Jefferson County School District. The School Board wants to change the Advanced Placement history curriculum to make it more “patriotic.” And that’s just one of a number of ridiculous policy changes the Board is trying to make. Here are a few recent articles: In Colorado, a Student Counterprot


9-30-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Teachers Can Receive Free DVD Of “12 Years A Slave” & Study GuideTeachers can receive a free DVD copy of the movie “12 Years A Slave,” a book and more, and it’s very simple to register for it online. Here’s what you get: *FREE Educator’s Toolkit Includes: Full Length DVD copy of the movie (edited version, parental appro