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: ThanksgivingIf 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Day worksheets to honor heroes, facts about flags, pop-up art books to make, literature guides, patriotic songs, historical references, and many more educational activities for your students of all grade levels.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 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
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| 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 Education4. 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.
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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 rega
Questions about Program Proposals: Please contact Dr. Maria Dove mdove@molloy.edu or Dr. Carrie McDermott cmcdermott@molloy.
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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
