11/16/18

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:

Meaningful Reading Engagement with Quote Cards

Thanksgiving activities from Teachervision: Teachervision Thanksgiving Resources

Some videos from VOA

The US Congress Explained
Women Help Lead Democrats to US House Majority

TEACHER READING

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

English Language Teaching Global Blog

25 ways of randomly placing students into pairs or groups

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

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

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

NYS TESOL NYC Region

in collaboration with

Columbia University’s American

Language Program

“Providing

Essay Feedback”

Register now! 

https://nystesol.wildapricot.org/event-3095926   

Friday, November 30^th, 2018 5-7pm

Columbia University, 601 Fairchild

Presenters: 

The ‘Why’ of Errors in Correction Logs

Louise Stracke, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY

Five Common Errors Made by High-Level Students in Academic Writing

Alan Kennedy, American Language Program

La Crème de la Crème

David Quinn, American Language Program

Written Corrective Feedback: Effective for Students, Timesaving for Teachers

Jeanne Lambert, New School

NYS TESOL Members: $10
Non-Members: $15

For more information: nyc@nystesol.org

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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

11/9/18 Civics

Week 七 (7)

CIVICS

TEACHING RESOURCES

If you would like to extend teaching CIVICS for another week (next week), or even until Thanksgiving, talk to your HUB Manager. 

Three Thanksgiving-Themed Activities To Do This Month

Free Technology for Teachers: Thanksgiving

If you scroll down to the bottom, there's some useful post-election resources:
NYPL Election 2018 Resources

Veterans Day is observed on November 11 each year, originally in commemoration of the armistice of World War I. Use TeacherVision's cross-curricular Veterans Day lessons, printables, and resources to help students understand the contributions veterans have made to the country. There are Veterans Day worksheets to honor heroes, facts about flags, pop-up art books to make, literature guides, patriotic songs, historical references, and many more educational activities for your students of all grade levels.
Teachervision.com: Veterans Day


More than 100 women were elected to United States legislative office in mid-term elections Tuesday. A record number will serve in the new Congress. The results came almost two years after women marched in Washington and cities across the country to oppose the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
VOA Learning English: Women Help Lead Democrats

Picture Prompts from the NY Times Learning Network: Public Libraries

TEACHER SHARE

Thanks to Stacy Brower for sharing Thanksgiving Activities for beginner levels. 

TEACHER READING

How I See It Now blog:

In the middle of the exercise, you suddenly realize it; once again, the wicked coursebook writers have included a question where no rule can be applied. You start panicking because you didn’t check the answer key. You never do with pre-intermediate classes, not for trivial grammar exercises like this one. The trouble is that both answers seem perfectly ok to you.
Don't Know the Answer? Ask your PLN to Save the Day

CLASSROOM SHOWCASE

Hope you’re having a good week!  I just joined the library and started teaching an intermediate class at Hunt’s Point, wanted to share some photos from this week. 

As part of our Civics unit we spent a couple of days discussing The Constitution and The Bill of Rights. Last night the students focused on the First Amendment by looking at historical photos and working in groups to decide what the story was and how the people were exercising their freedoms. 

Best,
Selena Daniels

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

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

REMEMBER THE NYPL IS CLOSED MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 FOR VETERANS DAY

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Long Island ESOL Conference 2019

One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Multimodal, Multilingual, Multilevel Instruction for ELs

Saturday, March 23, 2019

Place: Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY

Time: 8:00 AM-1:00 PM

Call for Proposals

Proposal Guidelines                                                                                                                                         Due Date:  November 20, 2018

PLEASE FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES: In a Microsoft Office Word document, please include the following information (Names will appear in the conference program as specified below):

Presenter’s name:

Place of employment/Professional affiliation:

Complete home address (street, city, state, zip code):

Telephone number:

Email address:

Co-presenter’s name:

Complete home address (street, city, state, zip code):

Telephone number/Fax number:

Email address:

Specify Intended Audience:  (indicate all that apply)

1. ESOL in Elementary Education​4.  Bilingual Education  ​  

2. ESOL in Secondary Education  ​5.  Immigration  

3. ESOL in Adult Education  ​6.  Pre-Service Teachers

Proposal Summary: Prepare a typed 250-word description of what you plan to present and your presentation format (interactive workshop, panel, demonstration).  Include your name and the title of the presentation at the top of the page.  

Proposal Description:  Type a 50-word (maximum) description of your presentation.  This description will be used in the conference program.  Please be specific. Include your name and the title of the presentation at the top of the page.

E-Mail Your Proposal:  Deadline for proposals is November 20, 2018.  E-mail your completed proposal to:  

Dr. Maria Dove mdove@molloy.edu and Dr. Carrie McDermott cmcdermott@molloy.edu ​

************************************************************************************************************************

LIESOL Conference Information

*All Sessions Will Be 1 Hour Long*

Audiovisual Equipment:  Each classroom will be equipped with an LCD projector/screen or interactive whiteboard, PC, sound capability, and DVD player.  There will be no charge to the presenter for this equipment.

Presenter’s Registration Fee:  The registration fee will be waived for presenters.

Notification of Acceptance:  Notification regarding the status of your proposal will be emailed on or about December 20, 2018

Questions about Program Proposals:  Please contact Dr. Maria Dove mdove@molloy.edu or Dr. Carrie McDermott cmcdermott@molloy.edu

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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

11/2/18 Civics

Week හය (6)

CIVICS

TEACHING RESOURCES

This is an interesting site with lots of resources centering on the citizenship test: uscitizenpod.com

From Larry Ferlazzo: 

iCivics is unveiling a new information literacy game on October 3rd called NewsFeed Defenders. Larry Ferlazzo: .edublogs: icivics

THE BEST RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ABOUT THE MID-TERM ELECTIONS Larry Ferlazzo edublogs: Midterm Elections

Sharing Immigrant Experiences in the Classroom

Exploring the perspectives of immigrants with students helps them better understand the meaning of citizenship in a democracy. Read the entire blog post here: 

Edutopia: Immigrant Experiences

This is something best used on November 7, a graph that will show you how areas voted: NYT Learning Network: What's Going On in this Map?

Thanks to our own Terry Sheehan for sharing this: whosontheballot.org

About the time change (ugh!): Free Technology for Teachers: It's Time to Change the Clocks

TEACHER SHARE
Thanks to Carol Halebian for sharing this with us:

Trump again raises much-debated but rarely tested ... - Washington Post

 

This Washington Post article contains an excellent video describing the history of

birthright citizenship.  I'm going to use this with the branches of government,

the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Amendments.

You can also go directly to Youtube and put in--- The fight for birthright citizenship in

American Washington Post.  It's two minutes and 30 seconds long and contains captions.

Regards, Carol

TEACHER READING

Poor time management is one of the most debilitating bad habits of any profession and especially for educators. We have so much to do and so little free time to accomplish it that many of us often feel overwhelmed and stressed. 

Read the entire blog post here: 

Time Management for the Incredibly Busy Teacher

CLASSROOM SHOWCASE

NRS Level 1 students at New Dorp, one of the southernmost branches in our program. Thanks Porsche Linwood for sharing!

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

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Are you thinking about a graduate degree in our field?

Here is some information from Teachers College, Columbia University that might be of interest to any prospective students who plan on pursuing graduate degrees in applied linguistics and TESOL:

(1) See our program at a glance on the attached flyer

(2) Get more information on our program from our webpage:  at RESOURCES FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS

(4) Sign up for two upcoming webinars
    Applied Linguistics & TESOL Virtual Information Session
    (a) Wed 11/28 4-5 with Carol Lo and Dr. Vivian Lindhardsen
    (b) Wed 12/5 10-11 with Jorge Beltran and Dr. Hansun Waring

GOOGLE RESOURCES

From the blog:

A few weeks ago I published a chart of G Suite for Education shortcuts that included directions on how to quickly access the various tools within Google Drive. It appears that I need to add onto that chart because a couple of days ago Google introduced a new batch of shortcuts for making new Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, Forms, and Sites. In a Tweet on Thursday Google revealed that you can now simply type "doc.new" in your web browser to launch a new blank Google Document. That same structure can be used to create new Slides, Sheets, Forms, and Sites. Take a look at the Tweet embedded below for a visual. 

Read the entire blog post here: A Handy New Way to Create New Google Docs

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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