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6th–8th Grade: English Level 2, Learning Packet #1 • Theme: Traveling To Mexico, Ronnie Grace, Aaron P. Johnson, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 2 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Traveling to Mexico!, Vocabulary you need to know, Where in the world are we?, Mexico's flag, Mexico's language, Pack your suitcase!, Mexico's climate, What do you know? What do you want to learn?, Let's go to Mexico!

Day 2 • Vocab review, Weather in Mexico, Instagram post!, Mexico's geography (land), Geography questions, Math review

Day 3 • Vocab review, Math review, Soccer in Mexico, Your turn!, Sugar skull art

Day 4 • Vocab review, Chichén Itzá, Plants in Mexico, What is the same and what is different?, Money in Mexico

Day 5 • Vocab review, "Juego de …

3rd–5th Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #5 • Theme: Space And Time, Sarah E. Ansari, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Choose a Buddy, Space, time, and weather, Matching game, Solar system, Time

Day 2 • Calendars, Months of the year, My favorite month, Days of the week, My daily schedule

Day 3 • The four seasons, Season: fall, Season: winter, Season: spring, Season: summer, Get up and move!

Day 4 • Weather, Weather and seasons, Observe light and shadows, get up and move!

Day 5 • Space, time, and weather, Word search, Crossword puzzle, My dictionary, My week

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6th–8th Grade: English Level 2, Learning Packet #3 • Theme: Australia, Ronnie Grace, Aaron P. Johnson, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 2 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Traveling to Australia!, Vocabulary you need to know, Where in the world are we?, Australia's flag, Pack your suitcase!, What do you know? What do you need to know?

Day 2 • Vocabulary review, Australia's geography, Geography questions, Math practice

Day 3 • Math practice, Rugby vs. football, Great Barrier Reef

Day 4 • Vocabulary review, Wildfires in Australia. Australian Outback

Day 5 • Vocab practice, What did you learn in Australia?, The Sydney Opera House, Goodbye, Australia!

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6th–8th Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #1 • Theme: Introductions & Feelings, Tricia Ramaekers, Mary Royers, Kara Mitchell Viesca, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Where am I?, Feelings vocabulary, It's nice to meet you, About me, Daily journal

Day 2 • Feelings and time, How old are you?, Word unscramble, Opposite feelings, How are you feeling? comic strip, Daily journal

Day 3 • How do they feel?, How to solve a word search, Feelings word search, How are you feeling? comic strip, Daily journal

Day 4 • Sequencing comic strip, About them, Emoji dictionary, Daily journal

Day 5 • Essential question: how am I feeling today?, Daily journal

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6th–8th Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #1 • Theme: Introductions [Students With Interrupted Formal Learning], Jessica Millen, Brooke David, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, Kara Mitchell Viesca, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Introduce yourself, Introduce someone else, Say and write letters: the English alphabet

Day 2 • Talking to a friend reading, Talking to a friend writing, Talking to a friend speaking

Day 3 • I am poem

Day 4 • New vocabulary, Say, Write, Categorize likes and dislikes

Day 5 • All about me

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6th–8th Grade: English Level 2, Learning Packet #4 • Theme: Russia, Ronnie Grace, Aaron Johnson, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 2 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Traveling to Russia!, Vocabulary you need to know, Where in the world are we?, Now it's your turn!, Russia's flag, Pack your suitcase!, What do you know? What do you want to learn?

Day 2 • Vocabulary review, Time to write, Russia's climate, Questions!, Math practice

Day 3 • Vocabulary review, Time to write, Math practice, Let's write poetry!

Day 4 • Vocabulary review, White Night festival, Now it's your turn!, Russian money and way of life, Your turn!

Day 5 • Stargazing in Russia, Your turn!, Cathedrals in Russia, Your turn!, Postcard reflection, Goodbye, Russia!

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3rd–5th Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #4 • Theme: Hobbies, Sarah E. Ansari, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Choose a Buddy, My hobbies, Matching game, My hobbies self portrait, My favorite hobby, Write about your hobbies

Day 2 • Science: force and motion, Hobbies interview, Graph: family hobbies

Day 3 • Science: force and motion, Energy, Get up and move!

Day 4 • Energy. Science: force and motion, Teach your buddy how to play your favorite sport or game, Get up and move: force and motion!

Day 5 • Word search, Crossword puzzle, Write about your hobbies, My dictionary, My week

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6th–8th Grade: English Level 2, Learning Packet #5 • Theme: Egypt, Ronnie Grace, Aaron Johnson, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 2 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Traveling to Egypt!, Vocabulary you need to know, Where in the world are we?, Egypt's flag, Pack your suitcase! What do you know? What do you want to learn?

Day 2 • Vocabulary review, The desert in Egypt, Desert questions, Math practice

Day 3 • Math practice. Whirling in Egypt, Good luck animals in Egypt, Your turn!

Day 4 • Vocabulary practice, Pyramids in Egypt, Your turn!, Way of life in Egypt

Day 5 • Make a pyramid, Falafel, Reflection activity, Goodbye, Egypt!

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6th–8th Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #2 • Theme: Family, Tricia Ramaekers, Mary Royers, Claudia T. Yunes, Kara Mitchell Viesca, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Reading daily practice

Roll your sight words

Family vocabulary

Family vocabulary practice

Family vocabulary writing practice

Family names

This is my family

Physical characteristics vocabulary

Memory game

True or false?

My family tree

My relationships

Sentence frames

Actions

Action sentences

A family story

My family story

Gendered vocabulary

Physical descriptions

Vocabulary dictionary

Essential questions

Math numbers practice

Numbers in word form and expanded form

Let's move!

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9th–10th Grade: English Level 2, Learning Packet #2 • Theme: Finding Your Voice, Morgan Spanel, Aaron P. Johnson, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 2 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Finding your voice: what does it mean to vote?, History of voting, Neighborhood walk: collecting data, Graphing data

Day 2 • Choosing the right path for you, Superlatives and comparatives, Describing the data

Day 3 • Vote by mail: is it safe, fair and ready for November? by Christian Science Monitor, adapted by Newsela staff, Mathematics of voting

Day 4 • 2020 Presidential election issues, Taking a stand

Day 5 • Comparing the Presidential candidates, Who would you choose for our next President?

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9th–10th Grade: English Level 2, Learning Packet #1 • Theme: Who Am I?, Morgan Spanel, Aaron Johnson, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 2 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Who am I? reading comprehension, Create your own family tree, Calculating ages, Family tree vocabulary practice

Day 2 • Cute features caused by gene mutations by ThoughtCo.com, adaptation by Newsela staff, Examining fingerprints, Find and complete the pattern, Practicing sequence words and phrases

Day 3 • What do dominant and recessive mean? by Washington Post, adapted by Newsela staff, Practicing with Punnett squares, My own dominant and recessive genetics, Graphic genetic traits

Day 4 • Who am I? Barack Obama: timeline of important events, Timeline of interesting events from my life, Mirella's eyes: identifying sequence language, Family …

9th–10th Grade: English Level 2, Learning Packet #3 • Theme: Finding Your Voice, Morgan Spanel, Aaron P. Johnson, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 2 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Finding your voice, week 2: defending your opinion, Who do you think is the better basketball player?, Identifying compare and contrast language, Practicing compare & contrast words and phrases

Day 2 • Pro & con language, Is your pet really your best friend?

Day 3 • Pet ownership, The science behind decision making and preferences, What's in YOUR brain?

Day 4 • Pro & con language, Measuring circles

Day 5 • Standing up for what you believe, Journal: write your opinion on your chose issue

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11th–12th Grade: English Level 2, Learning Packet #2 • Theme: Frederick Douglass, Trevin Wurm, Aaron P. Johnson, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 2 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Frederick Douglass: journal, Who was Frederick Douglass?, Math: story problems

Day 2 • What is something you had to work hard for?: journal, What is a quote?, Math: story problems

Day 3 • Tell me a story of a time when you helped someone: journal, Draw a picture, Using "a" and "an," Math: story problems

Day 4 • Contribute/contributed/contribution, Math: story problems

Day 5 • What can you contribute to your school?: journal, Math: story problems

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6th–8th Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #5 • Theme: Community Helpers [Students With Interrupted Formal Schooling], Jessica Millen, Brooke David, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, Kara Mitchell Viesca, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Community helpers vocabulary, Community walk, What is the problem?

Day 2 • Can you help me please?, Who can help you at school?

Day 3 • Ku Moo helps

Day 4 • Who do you help?, Planning for writing: beginning, middle, and end, Check the plan, Plan your writing: Beginning, middle, end

Day 5 • Writing a personal narrative: beginning, middle, and end, Read Mukendi's story, Write your personal narrative: beginning, middle, end

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9th–12th Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #2 • Theme: Family, Mary Royers, Tricia Ramaekers, Claudia T. Yunes, Kara Mitchell Viesca, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Reading daily practice

Roll your sight words

Family vocabulary

This is my family

My family tree

Physical characteristics vocabulary

Memory game

True or false?

Physical descriptions

Family member symbols

Altar to remember

Gendered vocabulary

My relationships

How old are you?

Family and food

Question words

Pastimes vocabulary

Likes and dislikes

Family pastimes

Comparisons

Pastime locations

Math numbers practice

Numbers in word form and expanded form

Let's move!

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6th–8th Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #3 • Theme: School, Tricia Ramaekers, Mary Royers, Claudia T. Yunes, Tricia Gray, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Reading daily practice

Roll your sight words

School vocabulary

Write and draw

Try the words in a sentence

Class vocabulary

Matching vocabulary

Class schedule

My schedule

School actions

Prepositions introduction

Vocabulary cards: prepositions

People at school

Job description

Drawing prepositions

How to open a lock

Lock combination

Make a safety plan

Your turn!

Similarities and differences

Facts and opinions about classrooms

Compare and contrast

Safety and school

Vocabulary dictionary

Essential question

Angles and polygons

Let's take a break!

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Bishop Healy Committee E-Newsletter (Winter 2020), Bishop Healy Committee, College Of The Holy Cross

Bishop Healy Committee Newsletter

This e-publication is the newsletter for Holy Cross ALANA alumni created by the Bishop Healy Committee of the Holy Cross Alumni Association (HCAA). Read student testimonials and alumni highlights, learn how to get involved through volunteering and mentorship, and stay up to date on campus news and events.

Featured articles include profiles of new members, a tribute to Mable Milner, upcoming events by the Office of Multicultural Education, and an alumni highlight.

The Communicative Function Of Adjective-Noun Order In English, Kelli Hesseltine, Joseph C. M. Davis

Publications and Research

The problem undertaken here is to account for the relational placement in English of words traditionally known as adjectives and nouns. Two distinct orders are examined as signals of discrete meanings: one where the characterizing word is preposed to the characterized word, as in long hair, and the other where it is postposed, as in hair long. Distribution of the two signals in attested text is accounted for under the hypothesis that an Assertion of Characterization is made WEAKER or STRONGER, respectively, through this word order. With these meanings, a writer draws a distinction between Characterization the writer assumes the …

Exhibit Curriculum For Fighting For Democracy: Unit Two, Sarah Aponte, Martin Toomajian

Open Educational Resources

Exhibit curriculum for the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute exhibit, Fighting for Democracy: Dominican Veterans from World War II.

Students in Global History and U.S. History courses often spend extensive class time studying World War II. Dominicans were involved in virtually every facet of the U.S. war effort. The Dominican Studies Institute's exhibit highlights Dominican veterans who served in both the European and Pacific theaters, in multiple branches of the U.S. armed forces. These same veterans, like other people of color, faced discrimination as soldiers in the U.S. An exploration of these veterans' experiences would be memorable and valuable for secondary …

Are (We) Going Deep Enough?: A Narrative Literature Review Addressing Critical Race Theory, Radical Space Theory, And Black Identity Development, Kala Burrell-Craft

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Faculty Publications

A narrative literature review was conducted to examine how researchers address the concept of intersectionality using critical race theory, racial space theory, and Black identity development. A Boolean search revealed 18 articles met criteria for consideration. Multiple reviews occurred to isolate the articles that contained all the search criteria and multiple reviews occurred that selected the Boolean phrase or phrases that the researcher was searching for. Thirteen of the 18 articles met one or more search criteria and were included in the review, however, no articles matched 100 percent for inclusion. Thus, indicating we are not going deep enough in …

Family Structure Stability And Transitions, Parental Involvement, And Educational Outcomes, Shana L. Pribesh, Jane Smith Carson, Mikaela J. Dufur, Yuanyuan Yue, Kathy Morgan

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Faculty Publications

The family environments children live in have profound effects on the skills, resources, and attitudes those children bring to school. Researchers studying family structure have found that children who live with two married, opposite-sex, biological parents, on average, have better educational outcomes than children living in alternate family structures, perhaps due to higher resources, lower stressors, or different selectivity patterns. Socioeconomic stratification plays a major role in family structure, with low-income families seeing more instability. We argue that the impact of family structure is attenuated by transitions in and out of family structures that may decrease a specific resource important …

Self-Acceptance Of Adolescent Latino Students With Disabilities, Diane Rodriguez, Kenneth J. Luterbach, Sara B. Woolf, Sabino Peralto Rivera

Publications and Research

This study examines the relationship of 165 adolescent students who self-identity as Latino and have been identified as having a disability. The participants completed the Perceived Stigma in People with Disabilities (PSPID) and Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanics (SASH) questionnaires to examine factors that may affect the academic engagement of adolescent Latino students with disabilities. The researchers investigated self-acceptance as a factor that may positively predict the academic engagement of adolescent Latino students with disabilities.

Language Education For Ab Initio Flight Training: A Plan Going Forward, Jennifer Roberts, Alan Orr

Publications

English language proficiency for the aviation industry is a critical issue given the industry’s growth in regions of the world where English is not a first or a national language. This chapter discusses language training for ab initio flight students who will comprise much of the next generation of aviation professionals (NGAP). It describes aviation English as a form of English for Specific Purposes (ESP), and the language skills required for flight school contexts where English is the Medium of Instruction (EMI). The chapter advocates for the assessment of incoming ab initio flight school students using a tool adapted from …

Identity Negotiation In Multilingual Contexts: A Narrative Inquiry Into Experiences Of An African Immigrant High School Student, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, James Oloo

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications

Background/Context: Inclusion of African immigrant youth voices in educational and research discourses remains rare despite the steady growth of this population in the United States over the past four decades. Consequently, the multilingual abilities of these youth remain typically unnoticed or ignored in the classroom, and little is specifically known about their histories, cultures, expectations, and achievements.

Purpose: Using the narrative inquiry approach and the Natural, Institutional, Discursive, Affinity, Learner, and Solidarity (NIDALS) theoretical lens, we explore the lived experiences of one African immigrant high school student in the midwestern United States.

Research Design: Using narrative inquiry (Clandinin & Connelly, …

Making The Water Cycle Accessible And Relevant For English Language Learners, Summer Teed

Graduate Research Papers

Students with limited English-proficiency present many unique challenges for educators and schools. These challenges multiply as both the number of students requiring services and the diversity of languages spoken increases. In Iowa’s 335 public school districts, the number of students classified as English-language learners (ELL) has nearly tripled in the last 15 years, jumping from 2.1% of the student population during the 1999-2000 school year to 5.7% in 2015- 2016 (Iowa Department of Education (IDOE), 2013; IDOE, 2015). Individual districts currently range from 0 to 57.4% of students requiring ELL services, with 25 of Iowa’s districts identifying more than 10% …

Beyond Dissociation And Appropriation: Evaluating The Politics Of U.S. Psychology Via Hermeneutic Interpretation Of Culturally Embedded Presentations Of Yoga, Genelle N. Benker

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

Psychology in the United States (U.S.) is partially constituted by a cultural history of intellectual imperialism that undermines its altruistic intent and prevents disciplinary reflexivity. The scholarship and clinical application of Yoga exemplifies the way U.S. psychology continues to give lived authority to imperialism as part of the neoliberal agenda. Through a hermeneutic literature analysis of two source Yogic texts and peer-reviewed articles that exemplify the dominant discourse on Yoga in U.S. psychology, this dissertation identified themes that describe culturally embedded presentations of Yoga and their sociopolitical implications. Through interpretation, Yoga was conceptualized as: (a) a 5,000 year-old tradition that …

Policy And Practice Brief 5: English Learners And High School Graduation: Beyond The Four Year Pathway, Virginia Massaro, Merc English Learner Research & Evaluation Team, Virginia Commonwealth University

MERC Publications

An ever-present concern among high schools is student graduation. The pressure is on to graduate students within the typical four-year time frame it takes to complete requirements. While most students graduate in four years, they are not required to do so. This policy and practice brief provides research and resources related to this topic.

Policy And Practice Brief 4: The Obligation Of Schools To Provide Information To Multilingual Families In A Language They Can Understand, Carolyn N. Waters

MERC Publications

Research shows that strong relationships between families and schools are key to student success. By providing information and communication in languages and formats that multilingual parents and guardians can access and understand, schools can strengthen relationships with these families. This policy and practice brief provides research and resources on this topic.

Policy And Practice Brief 3: Dual Language Programs Are Growing Across Virginia, Virginia Massaro

MERC Publications

The number of dual language (DL) programs has increased in response to a growing number of English learners (ELs) in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Virginia Dual Language Educators Network (VADLEN) is committed to supporting the growth of DL programs in the state. This policy and practice brief provides research and resources on this topic.

Exhibit Curriculum For Fighting For Democracy: Unit One, Sarah Aponte, Martin Toomajian

Open Educational Resources

Exhibit curriculum for the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute exhibit, Fighting for Democracy: Dominican Veterans from World War II.

Students in Global History and U.S. History courses often spend extensive class time studying World War II. Dominicans were involved in virtually every facet of the U.S. war effort. The Dominican Studies Institute's exhibit highlights Dominican veterans who served in both the European and Pacific theaters, in multiple branches of the U.S. armed forces. These same veterans, like other people of color, faced discrimination as soldiers in the U.S. An exploration of these veterans' experiences would be memorable and valuable for secondary …