A Gift for Laura

A Gift for Laura
Author: Pilar Velez
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2017-09-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781522794042

Teaching children how to overcome their fears and value simple things while learning from nature. A Gift for Laura is a bilingual book written in both English and Spanish, ideal for home or school reading. In this beloved tale, Laura learns important life lessons from nature which help her overcome her fears. She shares with her readers her birthday and her unique way of celebrating it with her grandmother, school friends and her tree. She teaches us the true value of every day gifts which we sometimes overlook.

A Gift for Laura

A Gift for Laura
Author: Pilar Velez
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2018-03-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781986322195

Teaching children how to overcome their fears and value simple things while learning from nature.A Gift for Laura is a bilingual book written in both English and Spanish, ideal for home or school reading.Bilingual English / Spanish.In this beloved tale, Laura learns important life lessons from nature which help her overcome her fears. She shares with her readers her birthday and her unique way of celebrating it with her grandmother, school friends and her tree. She teaches us the true value of every day gifts which we sometimes overlook.

A Gift for Laura (Bilingual Books for Education)

A Gift for Laura (Bilingual Books for Education)
Author: Pilar Velez
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2019-11-29
Genre:
ISBN: 9781951484132

Christmas is a great season to enjoy reading and to think about the true value of everyday gifts which we sometimes overlook. A Gift for Laura is an English-Spanish book, ideal for home or school reading. In this beloved Christmas tale, Laura learns important life lessons from nature which help her overcome her fears and value the simple things in life.La Navidad es una época para disfrutar de la lectura y meditar sobre el verdadero valor de los regalos que nos da la vida y que a veces pasamos por alto. A Gift for Laura / Un regalo para Laura es un libro bilingüe en inglés y español, ideal para leer en casa o en la escuela. En esta historia navideña, Laura aprende importantes lecciones de vida de la naturaleza que la ayudan a superar sus miedos y valorar las cosas simples de la vida.

Dual Language Bilingual Education

Dual Language Bilingual Education
Author: Kathryn I. Henderson
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2020-04-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1788928105

This book explores the role of the teacher in dual language bilingual education (DLBE) implementation in a time of nationwide program expansion, in large part due to new and unprecedented top-down initiatives at state and district level. The book provides case studies of DLBE teachers who: (a) implemented the DLBE model with fidelity; (b) struggled to implement the DLBE model; and (c) adapted the DLBE model to meet the needs of their local classroom context. The book demonstrates the way teachers as language policymakers navigate and interpret district-wide DLBE implementation and the tensions that surface through this process. The research, conducted over four years using a variety of methods, highlights the challenges and opportunities faced by teachers implementing DLBE, and will be of interest to both teachers and administrators of DLBE programs as well as scholars working in bilingual education.

Bilingual Community Education and Multilingualism

Bilingual Community Education and Multilingualism
Author: Ofelia Garc?a
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2012-09-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 184769800X

This book explores bilingual community education, specifically the educational spaces shaped and organized by American ethnolinguistic communities for their children in the multilingual city of New York. Employing a rich variety of case studies which highlight the importance of the ethnolinguistic community in bilingual education, this collection examines the various structures that these communities use to educate their children as bilingual Americans. In doing so, it highlights the efforts and activism of these communities and what bilingual community education really means in today's globalized world. The volume offers new understandings of heritage language education, bilingual education, and speech communities for bilingual Americans in the 21st century.

Laura and the Sky Wizard

Laura and the Sky Wizard
Author: Pilar Velez
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2018-09-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781727212044

Bilingual edition English/Spanish. In Laura and the Sky Wizard, Laura discovers that beauty and perfection exist not only in the sky but also in the universe. Through conversationswith her grandfather, Bruno, Laura gains a better understanding of how beauty goes beyond physical appearance, and that all living creaturesand elements of nature acquire a special value when we recognize their purpose. She also learns how to understand what perfection means. By learning these virtues, she realizes that if the sky wizard has the power to make stars shine, she has the power to make people shine with happiness.

Rethinking Bilingual Education

Rethinking Bilingual Education
Author: Elizabeth Barbian
Publisher:
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2017
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781937730734

In this collection of articles, teachers bring students' home languages into their classrooms-from powerful bilingual social justice curriculum to strategies for honoring students' languages in schools that do not have bilingual programs. Bilingual educators and advocates share how they work to keep equity at the center and build solidarity between diverse communities. Teachers and students speak to the tragedy of languages loss, but also about inspiring work to defend and expand bilingual programs. Book jacket.

Building Bridges with Bilingual Books and Multicultural Resources

Building Bridges with Bilingual Books and Multicultural Resources
Author: Anneke Vanmarcke Forzani
Publisher:
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2019-11-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781951787004

This manual provides K-5 educators and homeschooling parents with tools for culturally responsive teaching including lessons to engage dual language learners and families, diversity activities to support literacy and language awareness, and games and resources to promote cultural awareness and understanding. The book includes numerous multicultural lesson plans that use bilingual books and diversity activities to support literacy development and build culturally inclusive classrooms. The lessons meet Common Core Standards and include detailed procedures, assessments, cross-curricular extension activities, and vocabulary-building flashcards. Each lesson incorporates optional ESL activities, accommodations for language learners, and suggestions for involving dual language families. Also included in the book are games, foods, and crafts from around the world; diverse language profiles; handouts to build community in the classroom; and unique holidays to celebrate diversity.Written by multicultural education expert and founder of Language Lizard, Anneke Forzani; Coordinator of the Master's of Education program in Applied Studies and Teaching at West Chester University, Heather Leaman; and two practicing elementary school teachers.

Naptime with Joey

Naptime with Joey
Author: Laura Izumikawa
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2017-10-03
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 150117407X

From viral Instagram sensation, lifestyle photographer, and mommy blogger Laura Izumikawa comes Naptime with Joey, a ridiculously delightful photo book of her now internet-famous daughter dressed up in various pop culture costumes—a perfect gift for new parents everywhere. Lights, Camera…Nap! Joey Marie wears many hats (or, rather, wigs): she’s dressed up as Inigo Montoya, Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Pikachu, Anna Wintour, Moana, and Barb from Stranger Things. She’s taken trips to Hawaii, baked croissants, and blasted off to the moon as an astronaut (at least, in her dreams). She’s held occupations such as pizza chef, aerobics instructor, and handy-dandy-fixer-upper (figuratively, of course). She’s inspired a parenting blog, been the face of her mom Laura Izumikawa’s Instagram account—and for the first time, she’s taken the leap from the ranks of internet-baby-snoredom to the pages of a book. Naptime with Joey is chockablock full of over a hundred deliciously adorable photos of Joey dressed up as various pop culture characters, movie stars, musicians, vacationers, and holiday-goers, making this the most fun, festive, and downright delightful gift under the sun!

Translanguaging and Transformative Teaching for Emergent Bilingual Students

Translanguaging and Transformative Teaching for Emergent Bilingual Students
Author: City University of New York-New York State Initiative on Emergent Bilinguals
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2020-11-26
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000216667

A critical and accessible text, this book provides a foundation for translanguaging theory and practice with educating emergent bilingual students. The product of the internationally renowned and trailblazing City University of New York-New York State Initiative on Emergent Bilinguals (CUNY-NYSIEB), this book draws on a common vision of translanguaging to present different perspectives of its practice and outcomes in real schools. It tells the story of the collaborative project’s positive impact on instruction and assessment in different contexts, and explores the potential for transformation in teacher education. Acknowledging oppressive traditions and obstacles facing language minoritized students, this book provides a pathway for combatting racism, monolingualism, classism and colonialism in the classroom and offers narratives, strategies and pedagogical practices to liberate and engage emergent bilingual students. This book is an essential text for all teacher educators, researchers, scholars, and students in TESOL and bilingual education, as well as educators working with language minoritized students.