March Summary Craft (1-2 Bilingual)

Hello everyone! Welcome back to this month's linky. I am very excited to be joining my fellow blogger friends to share spectacular ideas with our readers.

This month I am sharing all about a cute craft perfect for this time of year with the kiddos. Before my students complete the "Lucky Summary" necklace, I use St. Patrick's Day videos to introduce the holiday. See the links below for some kid-friendly St. Patrick's Day videos.

Click here for a list of St. Patrick's Day videos. Find out the history, explore crafts, and enjoy a few festive read alouds. 

Now on to a FREE craft for you to use: "Lucky Summary" Necklace. For this craft, you will have students read a book or have a read aloud. After that, talk about what makes a good summary. I have included Title, Characters, Setting, Problem and Solution. Students will fill out each shamrock. You can differentiate if needed by having some students just illustrate on the shamrock and others write in complete sentences.

After the shamrocks are completed, students will need yarn and a green plastic straw cut into 1 inch pieces.

Students can assemble these on the yarn and wear throughout the day. Click the picture below to download an exclusive freebie for my blog readers. Available in both English and Spanish. 

Enjoy! Check out my store for other March/St. Patrick's Day products and keep clicking through the linky below for more ideas from many amazing bloggers!

    

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February Resources for the Bilingual Classroom

Hello everyone!! I am happy to be back with February resources to use in your bilingual classroom!

Students love to exchange Valentine Cards this time of the year and get excited about the cards and candy they receive. However, I wanted to make this experience a bit more meaningful for them. I created this Valentine Card on a card stock paper. Students rotate around the room writing an adjective or good characteristic for each student's card. When the students return to their desk, they get to read the nice comments left by their peers. They can also color it in and decorate. I send these to get laminated and they have a keepsake of this special day. You can download the template here or click the picture. 

Do you like to keep your writing centers timely and fresh? Check out this great writing center which includes: 18 vocabulary cards, lists, sentence builders, Valentine's cards, and seasonal themed paper. Click the picture or click HERE to see more details about this resource. 

And last but not least, here's a free sample of my Valentine's Day Sentence Sort. It includes anchor charts, cut/paste activities, and a sentence sort. This is just a small preview of a bigger unit you can purchase. Check out the freebie here.

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Is there a special tradition or activity you and your kiddos have for Valentine's Day? Please let me know in the comments, I'd love to hear your ideas.

Until next time friends :)

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Ringing in the New Year in the Bilingual Classroom

Happy New Year everyone!! Today will be all about the New Year and how you can celebrate with your students as soon as you get back from winter break.

The New Year is a perfect time to start fresh with our students. It brings a great teaching opportunity to talk about new beginnings, resolutions, and goal setting. Stay tuned there's a FREEBIE just for you!

Any cute holiday writing can be spruced up with party favors. As you are out buying decorations or party favors for your home, throw in a few extra packs of balloons, party hats, and streamers that can help you decorate a festive New Year's bulletin board. Your students can write on just a simple lined page and then throw on a festive squawker to add depth and cute-ness to a bulletin board. Check out this pack from Oriental Trading for ideas.

A resolution can be a hard concept to understand especially for students. If at home they are hearing about resolutions, but not seeing their families go through with them, they will not understand the importance of these. It is a good idea to discuss resolutions the first day back after winter break, and also explain that it is important to strive to keep these resolutions. An anchor chart can help students visualize and remember resolutions. Click on the picture if you'd like to use this in your classroom. 

Have students discuss resolutions with a partner. Then they can set their own resolutions for the New Year. Keep referring to their resolutions so that students will remember and recall the importance. Feel free to use this banner to have students draw and write about their resolutions. Students can have this as a keepsake. (*Note: I did not include the year, so that you can use this resource year after year*)

How do you teach New Year's Resolutions to your students? I'd love to hear from you in the comments :)

Check out January themed products from my store! Perfect for those days after winter break.

  

Until next time!

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December Pinterest Pick 3

Welcome to December's edition of Pinterest Pick 3 Linky hosted by Pawsitively Teaching and Inspired Owl's Corner! This month's Pick 3... is all about December classroom ideas!! Enjoy!

I am loving the festive look these lights create. I can already imagine our hallway decorated with these cute lightbulbs and students' name.

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This is such a cute bulletin display! I love the bright colors used and hope my bulletin comes out this cute.  

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I totally LOVE chocolate covered marshmallows! These can also serve as a great treat for holiday parties.

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Teaching Inferences in the Bilingual Classroom

Hello friends! I am happy to link up today with some of my favorite Bilingual Bloggers from I Teach Bilinguals to bring you a new blog post! Today will be all about inferences. We all know how difficult this skill can be, however, with a few tips, your students will be experts at making inferences! Stay tuned there's a FREEBIE just for you!

When students hear "We will be making inferences," they do not automatically know how to respond to this. However, it is important to explain that they already make inferences on a daily basis. One student came up to me and told me, "Teacher, I think it might rain today." This was a great teaching moment. I asked him, "What clues tell you it's going to rain?" To which he responded that he had looked out the window, the sky was dark, it was windy, etc. That was a perfect inference! These moments can help students believe in their background knowledge and create inferences more easily. 

It is vital for students to be exposed to the academic vocabulary involved when making inferences. The following is a short list of words and inference stems I have posted in my classroom: 

~Mi inferencia es...
~Yo infiero que...
~Podría ser que...
~Puede ser...
~Quizás...
~Esto podría significar...
~Las pistas señalan que...
~Esquema...
~Creo... porque...

I enjoy using a photo of the day for students to build up on background knowledge and practice making inferences. They study the photograph, there's question prompts for those that need it, then students talk about what they inferred that is happening in the photo or what they infer will happen next. Students love the photographs and scenarios presented, and they keep a journal of these to refer to in the future.  

After these three tips, students feel more confident when making inferences on passages and readings. Hope these are helpful as we continue to raise rigor for our bilingual learners.

Enjoy these FREE festive inference organizers. I like to jazz them up with some glitter and decorate a bulletin board! How do you tackle the task of teaching inferences to your students? I'd love to hear from you in the comments :)

Until next time!

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November Pinterest Pick 3

Welcome to November's edition of Pinterest Pick 3 Linky hosted by Pawsitively Teaching and Inspired Owl's Corner! This month's Pick 3... is all about November classroom ideas!! Enjoy!

Who doesn't love seasonal crafts!?!  I know I do, and my kiddos love the festive mood crafts in the classroom create. Here's a pin with tons of ideas for November! Enjoy!

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I am loving this anchor chart. Perfect brainstorming activity and then my kiddos could write amazing Thanksgiving turkey stories. 

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This will be a great activity for the month of November. I love that my students will write daily about what they are grateful for and reflect on all the blessings and great things in their life. Hopefully, they keep these and can read them later on in life to reminisce about their gratitude journal.

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