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I love this resource! I can see this being extremely engaging and useful for students as they gain their proficiency and confidence in writing. Students can tell their stories more in pictures, with a few words as a stepping stone to writing essays.

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Create Your Own Comic Strips Online with MakeBeliefsComix

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From Richard Byrne, editor of Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week -- ''Creating Comics for Comfort'' -- Living in Maine and father of two school-age children, Richard wrote the following item for teachers and students dealing with the terrible tragedy of the recent mass shootings in that state. He thought this an appropriate time to review and use Social and Emotional Learning resources, such as those offered by MakeBeliefsComix.com.

Make Beliefs Comix offers a library of fantastic, free ebooks for SEL. The library hosted by Make Beliefs Comix contains fillable PDFs that you can download for free. The latest addition to that library is 50+ Ways to Talk to Yourself and Find Healing. And for something a bit lighter, take a look at Pet Words: Conversations With Your Animal Friends.

"Here's a video overview of the Make Beliefs Comix ebooks and here's one about how to create comic strips on the Make Beliefs Comix website."

For many LGBTQ+ kids, especially when they're figuring things out, finding accepting spaces online can sometimes feel safer. Seek out creative opportunities and modes of self-expression, with this section in Make Beliefs Comix.

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MakeBeliefsComix encourages students to create their own visual pandemic diary.

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One easy way to start playing with ideas is through the free, online tool at MakeBeliefsComix.com.

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Create Comics Online, it's Fun & Free at MakeBeliefsComix!

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Create comics online at MakeBeliefsComix. A fun way educators & parents can empower students to express ideas and stories in comix!

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Upon researching this website, I immediately found it useful for small group work on specific sections. This could be both teacher or student centered as students can explore the pictures and words on their own, or teachers could show student the pictures and words as part of direct instruction time.

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KinderSay is a free online video website to help your preschooler or ESL child learn English!

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This site would be good for upper level emergent bilinguals. If technology resources are an issue, I could see students doing this in teams or partners.

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Grammar | Arts and humanities | Khan Academy

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This resource was great because each question gave you a choice to view an example problem. On the particular problem I looked at, the word odd was in bold and then you could click and see examples of odd words.

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Improve your math knowledge with free questions in "Even or odd" and thousands of other math skills.

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Welcome to LearnEnglish Kids

LearnEnglish Kids is brought to you by the British Council, the world's English teaching experts. We have lots of free online games, songs, stories and activities for children. For parents, we have articles on supporting children in learning English, videos on using English at home and information about English courses for your child.

Do you or your child need more help with your English?

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LearnEnglish Kids is brought to you by the British Council, the world's English teaching experts. We have lots of free online games, songs, stories and activities for children. For parents, we have articles on supporting children in learning English, videos on using English at home and information about English courses for your child.

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This was a great resource that could be used instructionally at multiple different proficiency levels. The short written parts on each picture would help to develop academic language and critical thinking.

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In Pictures | Latest News & Updates | BBC News

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Get all the latest news, live updates and content about In Pictures from across the BBC.

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On this site, I focused in on the Tesol blog. By committing to reading the weekly blog post I could be building my knowledge base on best practices teaching emergent bilinguals. I also like that I could stay current on the latest best practices by reading the blog.

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This site is a wealth of information and even has a page dedicated to teaching strategies for ELLs. This would be a helpful resource for me to turn to with questions I have about best practices when I am preparing lesson plans.

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A bilingual site for educators and families of English language learners

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This site has a self-guided learning professional development that focuses in on setting up a tolerant classroom community. This is a great resource to lay the groundwork for a classroom based on the four c's.

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Understanding how school discipline policies can contribute to the school-to-prison pipeline is essential for educators and families. Harsh punishments, automatic out-of-class time and police involvement for discipline can push young people out of classrooms and into the criminal legal system. But educators, parents and caregivers can help to change this harmful system by advocating for and implementing practices that prioritize mental health and well-being.

We offer this new resource page that highlights LFJ articles and content to open dialogue, shift practices and foster change to benefit all young people.

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Learning for Justice | Education Resources

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Learning for Justice provides free resources to educators-teachers, administrators, counselors and other practitioners-who work with children from kindergarten through high school. Educators use our materials to supplement the curriculum, to inform their practices, and to create civil and inclusive school communities where children are respected, valued and welcome participants.

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This site not only has great resources that could help planning and instruction of lessons, but also great uses for my knowledge base of teaching emergent bilinguals. This site has great templates to help emergent bilinguals, for example, the narrative structure map.

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This site has lots of ebooks and tech lesson for emergent bilinguals and teachers. There is a cost to downloading and using the resources on this site.

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A blog about the use of educational technology in language learning and teaching

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This resource is great for content learning. Specifically, the lesson plan on screenwriting would have great carry over to students learning the patterns and pieces of narrative writing.

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Screenwriting is the act of writing what's known as a script or screenplay for film, television and webseries. It involves a special set of rules that makes it different from a book or play.

Writing the script is part of the pre-production process. Once it is written, it will be edited (often several times) and passed on to the director.

Scripts include all essential information such as: the setting of each scene, character details, dialogue and behaviour. But there's a lot more in a script than these things.

Character

The characters take us through the story. We experience the story from their perspective. Through the characters, we can feel empathy (for a hero), or even fear (if they are a villain). The more the audience learns about the characters, and the more interesting and complex the screenwriter makes them, the better the script will be.

Plotting and structure

Every film or TV drama is structured. So before you write a script you will plot and plan out the bones of the story. There are different ways to do this, and we'll introduce you to a few.

Theme

When planning a script, start with a theme or an idea. You can separate theme from plot by saying the plot is what happens in the film, and the theme is what the film is about. Your theme might change or grow as your story develops, but it gives you a great starting point. To identify a theme you might want to explore, start by asking yourself these questions:

What makes me excited?
What makes me angry?
What is important to me?
What do I notice about the world?
What concerns or excites me about the world?

Treatment

After screenwriters have done their plotting, created their characters, and identified their themes; they'll write what's called a 'treatment'. This is where you write the story of your script in prose form. You generally don't include dialogue or specific description in a treatment. Instead, you focus on the plot and characters. It's the story in a nutshell.

Formatting

There is a universal way of writing scripts which means that once the writer has finished, the script can be clearly interpreted by everyone who works on the film from the director to the cast, art department to editors. It has to be consistent so it can be used to plan locations and shots.

We recommend scriptwriting software such as Celtx or Writer Duet. These programs make formatting easy. You can also get Google Doc add-ons such as Screenplay Formatter.

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Screenwriting is the act of writing what's known as a script or screenplay for film, television and webseries. It involves a special set of rules that makes it different from a book or play. Writing the script is part of the pre-production process.

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This would be a great student directed site or teacher directed site when working with learning rhymes or implementing rhymes into content area lessons.

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RhymeZone rhyming dictionary and thesaurus

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A comprehensive rhyming dictionary, thesaurus, and brainstorming tool for the English language. Includes dozens of functions to help songwriters, poets, and anyone else in need of a word.

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Thesaurus and word tools for your creative needs. Find the word you’re looking for!

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This is a great resource for students to have access to. After looking at a few of these great tools for students, if the technology was there, it would be great to have these as apps on an ipad for students to use as they independently work

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learn how to pronounce english words free

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how to improve english accent and pronunciation

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how to pronounce english words correctly with audio

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how to improve pronunciation and fluency

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Free Online English Pronunciation Dictionary | Howjsay | Learn to Pronounce English Words | Howjsay

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Learn How to Pronounce English Words | Natural Recordings by Native Speakers

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I liked this site because students have so much fun playing video-game like learning games. What really stood out was the critical thinking that had to take place and that the site gives helpful hints and visuals.

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Math Word Problems with Thinking Blocks ®

Model and Solve with Thinking Blocks

Print Word Problems from Thinking Blocks

Addition and Subtraction Videos

Multiplication and Division Videos

Decimals and Percent Videos

Ratio and Proportion Videos

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Math Playground has hundreds of interactive math word problems for kids in grades 1-6. Solve problems with Thinking Blocks, Jake and Astro, IQ and more. Model your word problems, draw a picture, and organize information!

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This site is awesome because it takes real-life scenarios and turns them into math problems that take critical thinking. This site definitely covers the four c's as these could be great problems for student collaboration.

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We think that this is a very good time to wish for peace. Above is a picture of the wreath that I made for this winter's season. Do you know this symbol? Where did it originate? Do you ever use a different symbol for peace (for instance, sideways "V"s)?

In this activity students learn about the semaphore flag symbols and how this peace symbol was first designed. They design their own symbol and try to figure out how many possibilities there are in this kind of communication.

The activity: PeaceSymbol.pdf

How should I cook my turkey? - Students judge timing, cost, tastiness, and quantity necessary as they plan for the feast. 4.MD, 5.NBT, 4.MD, 6.RP, 6.NS, 7.NS + Great video on a deep frying fire with William Shatner.

Shopping season already! - Students will be able to add some understanding and analysis to holiday shopping trips after calculating savings in dollars and percents with this timely investigation. 6.RP, 7.EE, 7.EE

Not enough mashed potatoes - Use Brian's famous mashed potatoes recipe to practice changing decimals to fractions; calculating ingredient measure for various-sized Thanksgiving servings; have students explain their reasoning; and to have students figure out how many servings 7½ pounds of potatoes would make. 5.NF, 6.RP, 7.RP

Consumers in the U.S. spend a lot of money. In this activity we look at historical data to see if there are any patterns in our spending. How does our holiday spending show up in these graphs? What accounts for spikes or drops in spending? What patterns do you notice? Which patterns will likely continue and which patterns won't? Let the class see, think, wonder and discuss in this timely activity.

Soo Yeon is a Mathematics teacher at an international school in Asia and has be an avid user of YummyMath. Formerly she was a chemical engineer and shares our intent of providing practical, relatable, and real-world contexts in teaching mathematics.

She would like to share the following with YummyMath users:

"As you know Leslie and Brian's hard work and vision of exploring math in real life contexts has been instrumental in helping students develop critical thinking, questioning skills, and a positive attitude towards Mathematics. I wholeheartedly share their vision and am dedicated to upholding their mission. Moving forward, YummyMath will continue to evolve, enhancing content and user experiences to better meet your needs both now and in the future. I understand the challenges teachers and parents face in balancing engaging activities with time management. To address this, I kindly request your input through a survey ( ) to ensure that YummyMath effectively supports your needs.

Thanks so much for your support as YummyMath starts this new chapter. "

In this activity, students work through the nomenclature to understand the possibilities of nano science and quantum dots. Questions that are answered; How many nanometers are in a millimeter? What is a semiconductor? What and why does this nano technology increase our ability to closely examine, understand and modify our tools?

The activity: Quantum-dot.pdf

On Veterans Day we honor the men and women that have served in the Armed Forces of the United States. There are now 16.2 million living veterans. We found these maps that show where veterans live in the U.S.

What do you notice and what do you wonder when seeing these maps?

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We think that this is a very good time to wish for peace. Above is a picture of the wreath that I made for this winter's season. Do you know this symbol? Where did it originate? Do you ever use a different symbol for peace (for instance, sideways "V"s)?

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This is a great site because the level of engagement is very high and this can either be independent work or done in collaborative groups. The other nice thing about this site is that students have so much fun with it that they will engage with the content material more in order to get a better score in the game.

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Kahoot! | Learning games | Make learning awesome!

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Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that brings engagement and fun to 1+ billion players every year at school, at work, and at home.

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This assessment tool is not only fun, but can be done in groups to get more language discussion and collaboration going. It is cool to think that taking an assessment can continue to work on language proficiency and content area understanding.

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Create your own jeopardy template online, without PowerPoint. Or browse the pre-made templates created by other people!

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Not only were students able to use pictures for each site on this timeline, but the overall timeline serves as a visual as well. In order to make a timeline students need creativity and an understanding of each event to know what picture to put on their events.

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This site is a nice alternative to a powerpoint format in that students could make a film explaining a topic or concept.

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My overall philosophy of technology use in the classroom is that technology use should minimally be used at the substitution level. I observed in a classroom where every single lesson besides math was done on the computer at the substitution level. Screen time isn't good, and kids get way too much of it at home, so technology use at this level doesn't seem effective to me. Now, technology use at the augmentation, modification, and redefinition levels seems highly beneficial. 

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My overall philosophy of technology use in the classroom is that technology use should minimally be used at the substitution level. I observed in a classroom where every single lesson besides math was done on the computer at the substitution level. Screen time isn't good, and kids get way too much of it at home, so technology use at this level doesn't seem effective to me. Now, technology use at the augmentation, modification, and redefinition levels seems highly beneficial. 

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Technology use above the substitution level of SAMR model has the power to bring more creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking into lessons. Ultimately, these tech tools can bring fresh takes on lessons and strengthen engagement in content area and language practice.