February 2, 2018

Week Three

HEALTH

TEACHING RESOURCES

Plenty of HEALTH topics in WANY.
Click on the episode below for a Google Drive with resources
Asthma
New Life Cafe
No Smoking
The Hospital
Key Lines from all episodes
All Discussion pictures
WANY Website

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report.

In winter, people might lessen their outdoor exercise. The days get dark earlier, and it can be very cold! These conditions can make it harder for some of us to get outdoors for exercise. Watch the video and get the transcript here: VOA - Cold Weather Workouts

BOOKSHELF

Here are some books your HUB has- in classroom sets. 
Contact your HUB manager if you would like to use them with your group. 
Please note, this is just a snapshot. 
There are more titles available than what is pictured below.

Here is the link to the Grass Roots Press website: Health Series

There are pdf's of Easy True Stories and Sam and Pat on the wiki. 
(Makes it very easy to print out and copy!)
Grass Roots Press website: Active Reader

TEACHER SHARE

Topic: Health - Stress

Do you worry? Feeling stressed?

I put together a package based on the book "Stress" from the Grassroots series (The books are available at Adult Learning Centers. If you don't have the book, no problem - the original and edited text is part of the package)

Google Doc: Grassroots "Stress"

The package has activities for all 4 skills. Here's the link to Google drive:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1itWqH1OYGnqOV_T2tqAhYChgLSX4qNoSD8hzTuyt-3M/edit?usp=sharing

Level: NRS 1-2 and 3-4, TABE L (and low E)

I also edited Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds" song with lyrics - Don't worry about a thing... It's a good song for beginners.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWDtxigcBiY

Music is one of the best remedies for stress - for students and teachers, isn't it?

Elke

(if you need edit access to the file, just email me: elkestappert@nypl.org)

TEACHER SHOWCASE

Did you know that some of your colleagues are giving presentations at the TESOL Convention in Chicago at the end of March?

Emily Skalet: Authentic Texts for Adult ELLs With Limited Literacy

Adult ELLs with limited literacy often require instructor modifications in the classroom. This session explores methods and strategies to utilize and develop authentic community-based texts that empower learners to access and develop their language and literacy skills.

Elke Stappert and Stephanie Burnes: Teaching and Technology: How Many Different Hats Can Teachers Wear?

With technology readily available, teaching has changed considerably. This session reviews learning benefits of videos as in-class and independent practice tools. The presenter also show teachers how to wear different hats: educator, scriptwriter, videographer, editor. The session welcomes participants with no or intermediate technology skills.

Let's wish them good luck!

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Need to brush up on your Google Suite skills? Don't forget about the NYPL's Tech Connect program. You could attend something for free, maybe even in your own branch. Here is the NYPL page you can explore: Tech Connect

TECH TIPS

From Blog Author Richard Byrne:

Three FAQs from New Google Slides Users

I have hosted hundreds of G Suite webinars and workshops over the last eight years. In that time there have been some questions that I learned to address early on because people always ask them. Here are three questions that I frequently hear from new Google Slides users. Learn more about Google Slides in my on-demand course, G Suite for Teachers.

Read the entire blog post here: FAQ's about Google Slides

Oxford Adult ESL Conversations podcast

Jayme Adelson-Goldstein, co-author of the Oxford Picture Dictionary and series director of Step Forward, is joined by Adult ESL educators, thought leaders, and advocates for candid conversations about topics important to you!

New episodes will be uploaded regularly. Subscribe on iTunes, or sign-up using the form to the right to receive email updates when new episodes are out.

Adult ESL Conversations Podcast

TEACHER READING

Did you know that:

"One in five New Yorkers is an immigrant, while one in six is a native-born U.S. citizen with at least one immigrant parent."

Read an interesting study by the American Immigration Council:

Immigrants in New York

END QUOTE

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires” (William Arthur Ward)

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