9B) Preview content in home language
Preview and review learning material (e.g., books, vocabulary, etc.) in the home language, before teaching that material in English.
Website: Hablemos de Matemáticas
This website offers activities and resources in both Spanish and English on how teachers can work with families to bridge mathematical learning both at school and at home.Read More
Website Article: Connecting Home & School Mathematics
This resource offers written and video examples of how teachers can partner with families to connect math with both school and home activities.Read More
Video: Gustavo Counts & Shares Galletas
In this video clip, Gustavo counts and organizes manipulative blocks (or "cookies") with prompting and support from the teacher. She uses intentional questioning to develop Gustavo's mathematical vocabulary and thinking.Read More
Video: Outdoor, Indoor & Family Inclusive Learning Environment—PK Bilingual
This video shows the power of thematic instruction and rich learning environments in a bilingual PreK classroom.Read More
Website: SALSA Spanish Language Series
This is a collection of 30 episodes of puppet-based Spanish language programming for children. Each episode is roughly 20 minutes long and comes with supporting materials and vocabulary lists.Read More
Video: Model Curriculum for English Learners – Weathering and Erosion (3rd grade)
A multilingual teacher uses numerous supports in English, Spanish, and Portuguese to develop the content understandings of beginner Multilingual Learners.Read More
Strategy Overview: Translanguaging
This resource offers guidelines on the various ways teachers can implement translanguaging in the classroom.Read More
Video: Model Curriculum for English Learners—Justice, Courage and Fairness (2nd grade)
In this video, a designated teacher for Multilingual Learners talks through her objectives for a fairness and justice lesson. The bridge lesson incorporates opportunities for Multilingual Learners to share their thinking and practice oral language in English. The content matches up to prior learning they have done in Spanish.Read More
Strategy Overview: Organizing Learning Experiences
This resource provides extensive guidance on how teachers can use children’s interests to organize learning activities around themes, studies, or projects. Themes, studies, or projects help to integrate language and content learning for Multilingual Learners and provide them with extended opportunities to give language and content meaning.Read More
Presentation Slides: Organizing Instruction for Explicit Skill Transference
This slide deck presentation was used to present research and provide examples on how language skills can transfer from Spanish to English.Read More
Video: Transfer and Integrated ELD in a Bilingual Classroom
The teacher in this bilingual classroom makes an intentional plan to develop literacy and oral language skills in two languages. She begins content instruction in Spanish to strengthen Multilingual Learners' understanding of key concepts, and then purposefully transitions to an integrated ELD block to offer speaking and writing practice in English.Read More
Video: Integrated & Designated ELD- 2nd grade
In this integrated ELD video, the teacher uses numerous structured supports, visual cues, and small grouping strategies throughout the lesson. Multilingual Learners have multiple opportunities to practice hearing, reading, speaking, and writing academic English language.Read More
Video: How to Support Concepts in Home Language
This resource discusses how previewing and reviewing learning material in the home language can support Multilingual Learners’ content learning. Previewing concepts in the home language helps to activate and build background knowledge prior to teaching concepts in English.Read More
