Week 6
Around Town/Communities
FRIDAY FUNNY
TEACHING RESOURCES
Questions Asked About the Census
Single Point Rubric
Why Is 2020 Called a Leap Year?
Ten Fun and Challenging Geography Games for Students of All Ages
Single Point Rubric
Why Is 2020 Called a Leap Year?
Ten Fun and Challenging Geography Games for Students of All Ages
Online Census Practice Form
Use this free online tool to help your adult learners develop their digital literacy skills as they learn to navigate and complete the online Census form.
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Check out the online tool. (press resume or restart)
The tool looks and reads exactly like the actual online Census site. Help icons throughout provide explanations in popup balloons. Teaching tips are provided in a Note to Teachers on the landing page. Navigate to the tool here: https://tinyurl.com/
Information that learners enter on the tool is not saved, stored, or sent to the Census Bureau. The tool is based on the Census Bureau's own video tutorial.
The online practice form was developed by the New England Literacy Resource Center at World Education in partnership with the NCL.
TEACHER SHARE
David Fobair (1/2) and Geniene Monterrosa (3/4) teach at St. George on Tuesday/Thursday mornings. They collaborate frequently. This week, they shared the song Small Town (by John Mellencamp) with their groups. Here's a cloze: Small Town by John Cougar Mellencamp
David Fobair (1/2) and Geniene Monterrosa (3/4) teach at St. George on Tuesday/Thursday mornings. They collaborate frequently. This week, they shared the song Small Town (by John Mellencamp) with their groups. Here's a cloze: Small Town by John Cougar Mellencamp
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| Stephanie Cimino reviewed the Culture Pass NYC with her students at Port Richmond: Culturepass.nyc |
CLASSROOM SHOWCASE
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| We wish you a HAPPY RETIREMENT, ERIC!!! |
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A presentation by a student in Kathryn Bonn's WIOA class at Tompkins Square. |
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
Save the date: May 8 Staff Meeting
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Join a free webinar on Wednesday, February 26th on the subject of Needs Assessment for ELT Course or Curriculum Design.
This webinar will be offered at 8 a.m. and again at 1 p.m. EST (New York time)
You can join live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/
or online at: eca-state.zoom.us/j/975451162
Please share with your professional friends and colleagues. Description below.
Needs Assessment for Course or Curriculum Design
A new course or curriculum should be designed based on the needs of the students. However, often teachers begin a curriculum or course design project without first stopping to carefully consider and assess the needs of the learners. In this American English Live event, we look at the process of needs assessment. We review several methods for learning what student needs are, including a menu of different needs assessment techniques and options. Then we consider how to use that information in course design, looking at basic steps and choices in development.
Check the local time here: www.timeanddate.com/
If joining via Facebook, try refreshing the page at the time the webinar begins.
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NYS TESOL News/Events:
→ Register now for the Rennert/NYS TESOL 2020 Conference Leap into the Future of Teaching, to be held on February 29, 8:30-3:30 in Manhattan. This conference brings together English language educators and administrators in private language schools, community colleges, and university IEPs from across New York.
→ Register for the Applied Linguistics Winter Conference, to be held Saturday, March 7 at the University of Rochester.
→Submit a proposal for Tech in Ten by Friday, March 13! This event showcases TESOL professionals and the educational technology they use. Each presenter has 10 minutes to overview their idea, followed by a brief Q&A. Tech in Ten is on Tuesday, April 21 from 6-8pm at Baruch College.
→Submit your proposal for our NYS TESOL Annual Conference 2020! The Conference Proposal Submission Form is due April 6. Being our 50th anniversary conference means it’s going to be even more amazing, enriching, and energizing than ever...come as a presenter! We have some new formats, such as the teaching tips and electronic village which might work really well for sharing your ideas!→ Register now for the annual NYSABE Conference on March 19-21! NYS TESOL and NYSABE are sister organizations and we look forward to participating in their event!
→ The 2020 American Language Program Winter Conference will be held on Saturday, February 29 from 9:30 AM to 6 PM at Columbia University's Faculty House. The theme is Curricula & Materials: Lessons, Units, Courses.
→The Applied Linguistics and TESOL Program at Teachers College cordially invites you to the 2020 APPLE Lecture (Applied Linguistics and Language Education). Dr. Richard Donato will speak about Culture as Context: Exploring Cultural Products, Practices, and Perspectives on Friday, March 6 from 4:30-6:00 PM in Thompson 136.
→ Saturday, March 7 is the Celebration of Teaching event hosted by the TESOL program at Teachers College, Columbia University. The focus will be on trauma-informed approaches.
GOOGLE RESOURCES
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