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Note: Colorín Colorado is a non-profit public media project based at PBS station WETA in Washington, DC. |
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This Month's Highlights Educators who work with migrant farmworker students have a unique opportunity to make a difference in their students' lives. Learn more about migrant students’ strengths and challenges and how to provide them with opportunities for success.
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Migrant Farmworker Stories
The books on this booklist explore the lives of migrant farmworkers: |
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| High School Math Teacher Jorge Bermudez shares his family's experience in a migrant education program and how it paved the way for his future success. And while it's not included in this story, his father went on to complete his education and become a professor of Latin American literature. For a special bonus, see this message he recorded in Spanish for his parents (with English subtitles). |
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Webinars Learn more about the popular ELL Strategy Library from Colorín Colorado. Discover ideas for using and sharing the strategies with ELLs of different proficiency levels, as well as resources to support co-teaching and professional development.
This free archived webinar is available for one hour of PD credit. |
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| Educators keep asking for more resources related to the ELL Strategy Library! Colorín Colorado has prepared several free, customizable slide decks that can be used for turnkey professional development sessions. - ELL Strategy Library Overview: If you want to introduce these resources to colleagues, this slide deck and presenter’s guide offer a great starting point and feature several activities for professional learning.
- ELL Strategy Slide Decks: These slide decks go in-depth on several of our strategies in the library, including cognates, visuals, and sentence frames.
Multilingual glossaries support students' vocabulary development by providing key terms in students' home languages and English. This strategy includes several templates created by Dr. Diane August. |
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Recommended Resources  In this article, ELL experts Beth Skelton and Tan Huynh share some of the lessons they have learned from their experienced multilingual students, also known as long-term ELs (LTELs). You can see more in their related book, Long-Term Success for Experienced Multilinguals.
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If you are wondering about using artificial intelligence (AI) to support ELL instruction, this article provides a helpful introduction. Author Susan Lafond has compiled key tips and practical applications based on current best practices, along with insights on using AI tools effectively and ethically with ELLs. We also highlight some risks and challenges educators should understand.
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We are creating new resources about using AI in ELL instruction and want to hear from you!
Please take a moment to complete our brief survey and share your feedback. These new materials will be featured in Colorín Colorado's AI Resource Collection for Educators. |
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Family Resources and Outreach
This multimedia guide offers information on how families can support their children's reading and literacy development at different ages and stages. The guide is available in English on Reading Rockets and in Spanish on Colorín Colorado.
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Book of the Month By: Samuel Teer, Mar Julia  Almudena has always wondered about the dad she never met. Now, with her mother headed on a once-in-a-lifetime trip without her, she’s left alone with her Guatemalan father for an entire summer. Xavier seems happy to see her, but he expects her to live in (and help fix up) his old, broken-down brownstone. And all along, she must navigate the language barrier of his rapid-fire Spanish — which she doesn’t speak. As Almudena tries to adjust to this new reality, she gets to know the residents of Xavier’s Latin American neighborhood. Fixing a broken building is one thing, but turning these stubborn individuals into a found family might take more than this one summer.
This middle grade book is featured in our Graphic Novels: Hispanic Heritage booklist. |
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NEA’s 2024-25 Read Across America digital calendar highlights a monthly theme and a related picture book, middle grade book, and YA book. Each title includes activity suggestions, questions for discussion or reflective writing, related resources, and more titles to try. March’s theme is Join In.
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