Classroom, Dual Language, Multicultural, Refugee and Immigrant Resources, Teacher Resources,

Bilingual Book Series Explores Friendship, Kindness, and Community

August 18, 2025

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Language Lizard’s popular Living in Harmony Series now features seven unique titles with multicultural illustrations that examine concepts of diversity, kindness, and friendship........... CONTINUE READING

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New Bilingual Book Celebrates Friendship

February 11, 2025

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Feathers and Friends follows the adventure of two immigrant children who become friends based on their shared interest in birds and creative arts........... CONTINUE READING

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New Bilingual Book Features Reading to Shelter Dogs

November 13, 2024

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Leo’s Dogs is a heartwarming and beautifully illustrated story about a boy named Leo, who volunteers to read to dogs at an animal shelter shortly after he moves to a new country. .......... CONTINUE READING

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NEWCOMER TOOLKIT: SUPPORTING NEW IMMIGRANT STUDENTS

July 20, 2016

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In the past, we’ve written about online resources that can help educators trying to accommodate an increasingly diverse student population, as well as tips to make the critical first days of school go more smoothly for bilingual students in your classroom. Today, we take a look at the US Department of Education’s recently updated, detailed Newcomer Toolkit, designed to help educators (teachers, principals and school staff) working with foreign-born students who have recently arrived in the US. In addition to............. CONTINUE READING

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HOW TO HELP STUDENTS SURVIVE CULTURE SHOCK

February 23, 2012

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By Colleen Miller Photo credit: vasta Have you noticed that about halfway into the school year, new ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) students, who once seemed excited and energized, seem to hit a wall? Students who once were bright-eyed and cheerful come to school looking listless and detached. More than just the mid-year doldrums, they may be in the crisis stage of the powerful phenomenon of culture shock. What is culture shock? In the 1950s, a diplomat named Karl Oberg first used the............. CONTINUE READING

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THE VALUE OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

February 7, 2012

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Do you remember dreading group projects when you were in school? Inevitably, our teacher would pair us up with someone we hardly knew and begrudgingly we participated in the activity. Of course, by the end of the project we knew our classmate better than ever while having had a wonderful time. For English Language Learners, cooperative learning activities have been shown to help improve academic performance as well as increase motivation, strengthen self-esteem, encourage student bonding and promote literacy skills.  Of course,............. CONTINUE READING

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