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Author: Deyanira Navarrete

Five Steps for Designing Effective ELD Lessons for Newcomers

Five Steps for Designing Effective ELD Lessons for Newcomers

Newcomers encounter many changes at once: a new school community, country, and new language. Newcomer ELD instruction...
Teaching Humor in the Language Classroom

Teaching Humor in the Language Classroom

All teachers understand that for their students to succeed in the classroom, they must feel comfortable and “open”...
Poesía: Cinco poemas en español para leer y analizar con tus estudiantes

Cinco poemas en español para leer y analizar con tus estudiantes

Leer y estudiar poesía es uno de los placeres más gratificantes de la enseñanza. La poesía es arte, vida,...
Italian Proverbs About Spring: Idioms and Expressions

Italian Proverbs About Spring: Idioms and Expressions

Spring—la primavera—is a particularly evocative season. Nature is back to life (at least in the Northern...
How Italians Celebrates San Giuseppe (Festa del Papà): Traditions, Food, and Customs

How Italians Celebrates San Giuseppe (Festa del Papà): Traditions, Food, and Customs

March 19 is St. Joseph’s Day—San Giuseppe, in Italian—and, in Italy as well as in many traditionally Catholic...
Pi Day: Incorporating Math into Language Learning

Pi Day: Incorporating Math into Language Learning

Math and languages may seem like they have little in common, but many skills cross over between the two subjects, like...
Pathways to Spanish Proficiency: Connecting Hearts and Bridging Cultures

Pathways to Spanish Proficiency: Connecting Hearts and Bridging Cultures

"One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way." — Frank...
Content-Area Writing Strategies for Secondary Multilingual Learners

Content-Area Writing Strategies for Secondary Multilingual Learners

Feeling overwhelmed with writing instruction? You’re not alone. Teachers often struggle with where to start and how...
Blazing a Trail to Language Proficiency with Communicative Activities

Blazing a Trail to Language Proficiency with Communicative Activities

The struggle to get kids speaking in an ELD classroom is real. Communicative activities and resources can make the job...
Personas afrolatinas que nos llenan de orgullo

Personas afrolatinas que nos llenan de orgullo

El mes de la historia afroamericana tuvo su origen para el año 1915, medio siglo después de la abolición de la...