February 15, 2016

Week 4: Health

It's the last week of the HEALTH theme:

JUST ADDED - HEALTH-RELATED RESOURCE/UNIV. OF MASSACHUSSETTS

Our Lower Manhattan Intake Advisor Michelle Lopolito just shared this great resource:

(Thanks, Michelle!)

The University of Massachusetts has a good ABE/low to intermediate ESOL health literacy and workers' safety curriculum. I've used Rosa's story, pages 37 and on. It's especially applicable for the many home health aide/nursing assistants in our classes. 

http://www.umass.edu/roundtable/projects/Health-Safety-ESOL.pdf

MORE HEALTH-RELATED RESOURCES

Ruby Taylor MacBride shared this great website called Family Health and Literacy that has a ton of resources and links for teaching the health theme. Thanks Ruby! Family Health & Literacy

Here's a great shopping list of healthy food: Healing Foods Shopping List and a great text about essential oils here: The King's Medicine Cabinet (Thanks to Joanne Springstead for sharing!)

GOOGLE HELP
Need a little help with Google calendar? This website called Educational Technology and Mobile Learning explains Google Calendar especially for teachers here: Google Calendar for Teachers


I LOST ON JEOPARDY...
Would you like to create a Jeopardy game for your class, but have no idea where to start? The Free Technology for Teachers blog tells you how to create one using Google Sheets here: How to Create a Jeopardy Game in Google Sheets 
(kudos to anyone who gets my joke (knows the song) in the header- EAS)

LISTENING ACTIVITIES


Looking to add some listening activities to your repertoire? This is a great list of 7 activities you could use right away. From the Busy Teacher Blog: 
Super Fun Listening Activities for Adult Learners

http://www.esl-lab.com/
Here's a great website with many different listening activities for students, by level. Great to introduce in class, then students can practice more at home, on their computers or smartphones.

Each topic has an audio recording and multiple choice questions:

BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Would you like to include Black History Month in your repertoire this month? The Edutopia website lists some resources here: Black History Month Teaching Resources


VENTURES QUARTERLY
In each Ventures Quarterly, Ventures authors and experienced educators showcase best practices in ESL education. VQ provides practical tips, webinars, and ideas that you can use immediately in your ESL classes. The latest edition is here: Ventures Quarterly


ENGAGING OUR STUDENTS
This is an interesting (and short!) article about how we engage our students in the classroom and what we could keep in mind while working with them. From the Edutopia blog: Golden Rules for Engaging Students


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Have a great week!
Elizabeth & Elke