Classroom Resources
Literacy Classroom Resources:
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Multimodal apps:
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Picture books that use translanguaging
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Drawn Together by Minh le and Dan Santat (book in Vietnamese and English)
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Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto
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Dim Sum for Everyone by Grace Lin
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More culturally relevant texts can be found on Our Diverse World Book List for Kids by Multiculturalchildrensbookday.com
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Multilingual word walls that include key vocabulary for the current unit of study which are written by students on sentence trips in English and in the home languages represented in the class.
STEM Classroom Resources
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Website that allows you to google search a topic in two languages. For example, students can search for water cycle and be given information in both English and their native language
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Website with computational thinking resources for classrooms without access to laptops
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EngageNY math curriculum has translated curriculum modules in the 5 most common spoken languages in New York (Spanish, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Arabic, Bengali, and Haitian Creole)
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Khan Academy offers a multitude of learning resources in different languages.
Social Emotional Learning Classroom Resources
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List of greetings from around the world for students to choose from during morning meetings. (Created by Changchup Sherpa)
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Translanguaging landscape in a 5th grade classroom. (From Balancing Windows and Mirrors: Translanguaging in a Linguistically Diverse Classroom by Heather H. Woodley and Andrew Brown, 2016)
Teacher Resources
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iTranslate App Translates using microphone and reads back messages in desired language
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Collection of glossaries in a variety of languages across content areas and grade levels