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        PROMOTING DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION & INCLUSIVENESS USING INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND BILINGUAL AUDIO BOOKS

        February 22, 2016
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        If a classroom were a puzzle, the students in it would be its pieces. Each piece would have its own shape, or learning style; its own size, or level of readiness. Teachers are trying to reach every student in an effective way with a finite amount of resources. More educators are looking to differentiated instruction and inclusiveness to help them achieve these goals. New technology, like the PENpal Audio Recorder Pen, along with interactive bilingual literacy sets, are helping teachers customize............. CONTINUE READING
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        EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR STUDENT IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES

        February 1, 2016
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        The number of immigrant and refugee children has increased over the past decade, and is now the fastest-growing segment in the US youth population. These students face many challenges when adapting to a new life in the US: culture shock, making friends, and learning a new language, just to name a few.  All too often, schools lack the resources to research the best ways to help these students, and miss out on methods developed by other districts............. CONTINUE READING
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        PENPAL AUDIO RECORDER PEN: TAP & LISTEN TO BILINGUAL BOOKS & RECORDABLE LABELS

        January 20, 2016
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        Language Lizard is proud to announce the PENpal Audio Recorder Pen… The pen that’s bringing sound to paper! What is PENpal? An award-winning digital audio “pen” that promotes reading, speaking and listening for a diverse student population.  PENpal supports dIfferentiated instruction and inclusiveness. Listen to content in many languages by simply touching the pen to interactive books, charts, labels and other learning resources.   Record your own narrative, music or sound effects with Recordable Labels. What can you do with PENpal and Recordable Labels? Download hundreds............. CONTINUE READING
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        10 WAYS MAINSTREAM TEACHERS CAN ACCOMMODATE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (ELLS) IN THE CLASSROOM

        December 23, 2015
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        Teachers and parents of bilingual children face many challenges. Whether it’s creating a sense of community in a diverse classroom, or finding creative ways to use multicultural resources, helping a student learn a new language requires a multi-faceted approach. Because of a nationwide shortage of bilingual teachers, many ELL students are placed in mainstream classrooms with limited bilingual assistance. Those students can be successful when given the necessary support. The 10 tips and strategies below can help mainstream............. CONTINUE READING
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        5 WAYS TO A BILINGUAL/ MULTICULTURAL HOLIDAY SEASON

        November 5, 2015
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        If you feel like the school year is speeding by, you’re right: the holiday season is already upon us. There’s still plenty of time to work on that Christmas list. You may already be planning your big meal for Thanksgiving Day. Or, you may find yourself wondering how to get through another stressful holiday season with your sanity intact. If you find this year’s holiday spirit is more ho-hum than ho-ho-ho, try adding a multicultural and bilingual twist to your classroom............. CONTINUE READING
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        TITLE III GRANTS: FUNDING FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS / LEP STUDENTS

        October 13, 2015
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        In a previous blog post, we provided a thorough guide to many different types of grants and funding for bilingual classrooms. In this post, we’ll take a look at one type of grant in particular: Title III. What is Title III Funding? Title III is a two-part, $700 million federal program with a goal of improving education. Part A is dedicated to students who are immigrants or Limited English Proficient (LEP). Its primary purpose is to make sure these students become proficient............. CONTINUE READING
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        LANGUAGE LIZARD’S BIGGEST GIVEAWAY EVER! $300 IN BILINGUAL CHILDREN’S BOOKS

        September 27, 2015
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        October is full of bilingual reading fun! In honor of two exciting events – Celebrating the Bilingual Child Month AND Language Lizard’s 10th Anniversary – we are proud to announce our biggest giveaway ever! Enter to Win $300 in Bilingual Books from Language Lizard! Language Lizard will send one lucky winner a $300 Language Lizard gift certificate that can be used to purchase any of the bilingual / multilingual products available on the Language Lizard website. Books are available in English with Albanian, Arabic,............. CONTINUE READING
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        BACK-TO-SCHOOL DISCOUNTS – BRING DUAL LANGUAGE BOOKS TO YOUR STUDENTS!

        September 14, 2015
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          We hope your school year is off to a great start! To help you bring dual language books to your classroom and home, Language Lizard is offering a special Back-to-School Discount! Until September 30, 2015, choose from one of the following: Get $10 off your order of $100! Just use coupon code BackToSchool2015 during checkout. Or choose 5% off our popular bilingual book sets! Always a great value, our bilingual book sets are offered in 30 languages and include many of our most popular titles. Use coupon............. CONTINUE READING
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        CREATING COMMUNITY IN YOUR CLASSROOM

        August 21, 2015
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        It’s the start of a new school year, and your classroom fills with a brand new kaleidoscope of personalities. You may find yourself wondering how to help an eclectic group of kids connect with each other. How do you bring your class together as a community, and jump start the conversation and collaboration? You want to create a safe, secure and nurturing learning environment for all children – an especially challenging task when they come from diverse backgrounds. Celebrate Individuality Although it may sound............. CONTINUE READING
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        GREAT GIVEAWAYS FOR BACK-TO-SCHOOL

        August 2, 2015
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        If you’re getting ready to head back to school, we have two great giveaways for you! First, you should check out iTeachBilinguals and their Back-to-School Giveaway. You can enter now through August 8, 2015 by following this link. The grand prize winner will receive an iPad Air 2! A winner will be announced August 9, 2015. Another great giveaway for language learners is Language Lizard’s Cookbook & Bilingual Book Giveaway. You can win a copy of Room to Read’s Recipes Worth Reading............. CONTINUE READING
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