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Expand ESL Students’ World of Learning
The Rosetta Stone Communicate and Connect Scholarship invites high school seniors who have learned English as a second language to write about discovering the world of possibilities that learning the English language opened up to them. Sample essay topics include how learning English enabled excellence in other courses, such as mathematics or science; a personal memoir about how getting cast in a play because of English-speaking abilities awakened a desire to perform and to create; and an examination of how learning English transformed their perspective of life in the United States. The winner will be selected by a panel of experts and awarded a $3,000 scholarship to help pay for school—expanding his or her world even more!
Deadline: May 15, 2009
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Assist Hispanic Parents in Navigating the School System
The ToolKit for Hispanic Families, provided free of charge by the U.S. Department of Education, helps the parents of Hispanic American children navigate the education system. The toolkit, written in Spanish, was developed with guidance from more than 1,800 Hispanic parents at Parent Information and Resource Centers across the country. The toolkit contains brochures titled “You and Your Elementary School-Aged Child”; “A Challenging High School Education for All”; “You and Your Preschool Child”; “Tips for Helping Children Learn to Read”; “School Success for Your Child”; “No Child Left Behind: Help for Students and Their Families.”
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Find Out What Works for English Language Learners
The U.S. Department of Education’s Teaching Literacy in English to K–5 English Learners provides videos, slideshows and tools for teaching reading to K–5 English learners. The site’s resources are based on five research-based recommendations: screen and monitor students’ progress; provide small-group reading interventions; provide vocabulary instruction throughout the day; develop academic English competence beginning in primary grades; and schedule regular peer-assisted learning opportunities, including structured language practice.
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Swim in a Sea of Sounds
Immerse your ESL students in Ocean Odyssey, a comprehensive and interactive site that leads children through the main concepts of sound through a game. The evil Sea Serpent has stolen the voice of Mel Scale the mermaid, and students need to investigate the science of sound to solve the fishy goings-on.
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Dive into the SEA
Dive into the Shedd Educational Adventures (SEA), a treasure trove of aquatic science resources in English and Spanish for K–12 teachers and students. You’ll find Interactives, Lesson Plans and Explorer’s Guide related to Plants and Animals, People and Cultures, and Places: Land and Sea. You can browse the site by Topic, Concept or Grade Level.
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Literature, in all forms, is an easy way to familiarize your ESL students with science concepts. For example, if your students are studying a unit about plants, you could go to the school library and assign them books to read, for homework, that illustrate some of the concepts you will go over in the main class unit.

The vocabulary in these books should be the simpler vocabulary that you expect your native language students to already have. If you have time, you can design questions for your English language learners to answer, or you can have students design questions and answer them for extra credit.

In addition, you can bring in seed packets, branches and flower petals and discuss them during class. These real objects give ESL students a reference point for learning. Students can connect their prior knowledge to a new concept, making the learning more meaningful.

Poems and fiction stories can also aid students in their understanding of science concepts; the interest level is high because children are naturally curious about the world around them.

Browse these lists of Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12. (The 2009 list includes books published in 2008.) The books were selected by a book review panel appointed by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and assembled in cooperation with the Children’s Book Council (CBC).
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Just the Facts, Please!
Unlock the amazing mysteries of plant life with Detective LaPlant and his partners, Bud and Sprout. They need your students’ help to find clues, conduct experiments and solve problems as they journey into the world of plants. The six interactives in the Great Plant Escape are accessible in English and Spanish.
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If Trees Could Talk…
Take your elementary ESL students on A Walk in the Woods to gain an appreciation of nature. Sometimes students are not able to go to a forest preserve or woods, so this site brings the woods to them. The site is accessible in English and Spanish.
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Analyze a Historic Speech
This comprehensive lesson plan for English language learners focuses on the final part of Barack Obama’s presidential victory speech. Students complete pre- and post-listening activities, including a focus on the literary style of the speech and Internet-based research tasks. The lesson is available at intermediate and advanced levels, along with a video clip, on OneStopEnglish.
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