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Sunday, February 9, 2014

2-9-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

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






From The Archives: “Home Visits and Hope for the Future”
I’ve recently re-started an effort I’ve tried to do previously by regularly highlighting previous posts and articles I’ve shared in previous years that I think might be worth a second look. Today, I’m highlighting a piece I co-authored with Carrie Rose, Director of the Parent-Teacher Home Visit Project. It appeared in ASCD Express a few years ago, and was titled Home Visits and Hope for the Future

This Week’s “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t” — February (Part Two)
I have a huge backlog of resources that I’ve been planning to post about in blog but, just because of time constraints, have not gotten around to doing. Instead of letting that backlog grow bigger, I regularly grab a few and list them here with a minimal description. It forces me to look through these older links, and help me organize them for my own use. I hope others will find them helpful, too


Help Me Make A List Of Student Projects That Require Parent Engagement
I’ve just posted The Best Student Projects That Need Family Engagement — Contribute Your Lessons! over at my other blog, Engaging Parents In School. I’ve love to compile a lengthy list of lessons teachers have used that have also required a high degree of parent engagement — where students have had to talk with family members and find out information from them; parents whom would not typically sp

Some Very Useful Teaching Resources For Sochi
Here are the latest additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games, and I think they’re particularly useful today: Teaching Sochi 2014 – news and resources round up is from The Guardian. Classroom resources for teaching the 2014 Winter Olympics is from The PBS News Hour. USA Today has a special site for their Olympics coverage. Surya Bonaly is the biggest bad _
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 2-8-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAYFrom The Archives: “4 concerns about Michelle Rhee”I’ve recently re-started an effort I’ve tried to do previously by regularly highlighting previous posts and articles I’ve shared in previous years that I think might be worth a second look. Today, I’m highlighting a short piece I wrote for