Week آٹھ 8
CIVICS
Due to the holiday and a vacation, the next blog will be published 11/30/18
My notes say that Weeks 8 and on are for the theme Family and Friends. If you want to continue Civics, just check in with your HUB Manager. I'll share resources for Family/Friends with the next blog post.
POST TESTING: It's that time already!
Just a quick note about post-testing. It's important that we get as many students tested as possible. Our program is "graded" by the percentage of students that receive a post-test, and percentage of those that make a gain on their test (receive a higher score than their pre-test).
When Intake Advisors, student mentors, HUB Managers and other staff come to test your class, it's really helpful if you coordinate with them to help get all of your students tested. Unlike other terms, all students will need to be post-tested this time around. Remember you can see on your roster pre-test scores, and who has been post tested.
If you work in an ALC, and you have a student in class that needs a test, it's super helpful for you to let staff know the student is available for a test.
If you have any questions, leave a comment at the end of the blog. Thanks for your help getting this hugely important task accomplished!
TEACHING RESOURCES
I can envision a pretty cool civics project using this idea from Free Technology for Teachers:
TEACHER READING
English Language Teaching Global Blog
There are many benefits to getting students to work in pairs and groups.
These range from giving students more speaking opportunities to creating better
overall classroom dynamics. Read the full blog post here:
25 ways of randomly placing students into pairs or groups
CLASSROOM SHOWCASE
This week, Sandra Ham has shared some pictures:
My Hudson Park 5/6 class did a walking tour of Greenwich village as part of the Civics unit. Emil and Heather (library staff) led the tour.
We visited the narrowest house in Manhattan- a one time residence of Edna St Vincent Millay and several other historical sites. We were lucky to have a beautiful fall day for our tour.
I also included a photo of the fashion shoot that was going on during our tour and a mural that some of us went to see afterwards.
Best, Sandra
Please send me pictures, and be sure to include the branch name and level. I need them by the end of the business day on Wednesday. If I already have enough submissions for the week- that just means your pictures will be published the next week. Personally, I think the pictures that you share are the best part of the blog.
Thank you! elizabethschade@nypl.org
CALENDAR
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Last day of classes: Monday, December 17
2019 Dates to Note:
January 22: Winter term begins
February 18: No classes
March 31 Winter term ends
April 22 Spring term begins
June 30 Spring term ends
July 29 Summer term begins
August 25 Summer term ends |
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Thank you for all that you do! Have a great week!
TEACHER HUB is a weekly blog of resources and information for instructors and staff of the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Adult Literacy (ABE) programs of the New York Public Library in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island
