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2nd–3rd Grade: English Level 2, Learning Packet #1 • Theme: Where Do I Live? Part 1, Rachael Ballweg, Tricia Gray, Kara Mitchell Viesca, Alexa Yunes

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

Day 1 • Choose a Buddy, Vocabulary practice Day 1, Vocabulary trace, Draw your room, Add to 100

Day 2 • Vocabulary practice Day 2, Be a tour guide, Workout time, Meet Theo, Draw Theo's room, Subtract to 100

Day 3 • Practice your vocabulary words, Workout with your buddy, Read a letter from Theo, Subtract to 100

Day 4 • Play Go Fish, Workout with your buddy, Meet Theo, Compare and contrast, Add and subtract with word problems

Day 5 • Match the vocabulary, Draw your Buddy a room, "Here's your new room!," Make a word problem, My dictionary …

2nd–3rd Grade: English Level 2, Learning Packet #2 • Theme: Where Do I Live? Part 2, Rachael Ballweg, Tricia Gray, Kara Mitchell Viesca, Alexa Yunes

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

Day 1 • Choose a Buddy, Vocabulary practice Day 1, Vocabulary trace, Workout time, Drawn your neighborhood, Repeated addition, Journal writing

Day 2 • Vocabulary practice Day 2, Vocabulary write, Workout time, City dog, country dog, Repeated addition, Journal writing

Day 3 • Vocabulary practice Day 3, Word find, Workout time, City dog, country dog, Write a diary entry, Arrays and repeated addition, Journal writing

Day 4 • Vocabulary practice Day 4, Memory game, Workout time, Rex's neighborhood, Use text features, Repeated addition arrays, Journal writing

Day 5 • Vocabulary practice Day 5, Draw your neighborhood, Pictures to cut out, …

2nd–3rd Grade: English Level 2, Learning Packet #5 • Theme: Weather And Seasons, Rachael Ballweg, Tricia Gray, Alexa Yunes

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

Day 1 • Choose a Buddy, Vocabulary practice Day 1, Vocabulary trace, Weather mini book, What time is it?, Journal writing

Day 2 • Vocabulary practice Day 2, Workout time: garbage bag kite, The strongest wind: tornadoes, Journal writing

Day 3 • Vocabulary practice Day 3, Read the clues, Workout time: yoga, Blizzards!, How much time?, Journal writing

Day 4 • Vocabulary practice Day 4, Describe the picture, Timed workout, A big wave!: hurricanes, How much time?, Journal writing

Day 5 • Vocabulary practice Day 5, Make a weather report, When will it be over? (how much time has elapsed?), …

4th–5th Grade: English Level 2, Learning Packet #1 • Theme: Our Planet, Claudia T. Yunes, Tricia Gray, Kara Mitchell Viesca, Alexa Yunes

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

Packet #1 Outline: Our Planet (activity, content area)

Choose a Buddy

Reading daily practice

Roll your sight words #1

Vocabulary

Vocabulary cards: Earth

Our planet

Fill in the blanks

Vocabulary matching

My report

Math daily practice

Numbers in word form and expanded form

Math facts about Earth

Where do I come from?

Let's move!

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

Answer Key

4th–5th Grade: English Level 2, Learning Packet #2 • Theme: Habitats, Claudia T. Yunes, Tricia Gray, Kara Mitchell Viesca, Alexa Yunes

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

Packet #2 outline: habitats

Choose a Buddy

Reading daily practice

Roll your sight words #2

Vocabulary cards: habitats

Habitats

Write and draw

Facts and opinions about habitats

Compound words

Vocabulary cut and paste

Writing a poem: acrostic

Math daily practice

Coordinate habitat

Goods from habitats

Lunchtime goods and services

Let's take a break!

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

Answer Keys

4th–5th Grade: English Level 2, Learning Packet #3 • Theme: Deserts, Claudia Yunes, Tricia Gray, Alexa Yunes

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

Packet #3 outline: deserts

Choose a Buddy

Reading daily practice

Desert vocabulary

Desert vocabulary cards

Deserts

Desert notes

Memory game: vocabulary packets 1-3

Drawing my sentences

Writing a poem: sensory poem

Creative writing: lost in the desert

Math unit conversions

Desert facts conversions

Importing and exporting

What does your country export and import?

Desert diorama

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

Answer Keys

3rd–5th Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #2 • Theme: Body, Heredity, And Traits, Sarah E. Ansari, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, Alexa Yunes

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

Day 1 • Choose a Buddy, My body, Matching game, My self portrait, Our bodies

Day 2 • Heredity by Aliyah, Learned traits, Family traits interview, Graph: family traits, Get up and move!

Day 3 • Compare and contrast: family traits, Family traits writing, Family traits fractions, Get up and move!

Day 4 • I am a poem by ___, My traits, Get up and move!

Day 5 • My dictionary, Word search, Crossword puzzle, My week

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

Answer Keys

4th–5th Grade: English Level 2, Learning Packet #5 • Theme: Rainforests, Claudia T. Yunes, Tricia Gray, Alexa Yunes

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

Activities

Choose a Buddy

Packet #5 outline: rainforests

Sorting sight words

Sorting sight words match

Parts of a plant vocabulary

Read, label, and write

Life cycle of an apple tree

Sequence of a plant life cycle

Rainforest vocabulary

Rainforests

Rainforest vocabulary cards

Layers of the rainforest

My rainforest habitat

Rainforest report

Spelling my words

The Jaguar and the Mouse (adapted from Aesop's fable)

Character's feelings

Feelings chart

Creative writing

Nouns, adjectives, and verbs

Decimals to fractions

Rainforest fraction facts

Learn to draw bats

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

Answer Key

4th–5th Grade: English Level 2, Learning Packet #4 • Theme: Oceans, Claudia T. Yunes, Tricia Gray, Alexa Yunes

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

Packet #4 outline: oceans

Choose a Buddy

Sight word phrases 1-minute race

Ocean vocabulary

Ocean vocabulary cards

Oceans

My informational text in 3-2-1

Texting my vocabulary words

Creative writing

Deserts

Compare and contrast

Rounding numbers

Rounding ocean numbers

Our planet's oceans

Paper plate fish

How to solve a crossword puzzle

My vocabulary crossword

Let's move!

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

Answer Keys

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 …

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!

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

Answer Keys

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!

My …

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

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

Answer Key

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!

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

Answer Keys

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?

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

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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 …

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

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

Bilingual Authorization Program Standards Content Analysis White Paper, Bilingual Standards Refresh Work Group

White Papers and Position Statements

This white paper was developed in consultation with the Bilingual Authorization Working Group and reviews the 2009 California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) Bilingual Authorization Program Standards (BAPS). The analysis included current research in the field of bilingualism, equity, and dual language education. This Working Paper was presented to the CTC to influence and support efforts to update the BAPS. For each of the first set of five program standards, the authors offer: (1) descriptions of key elements within the standard; (2) recommended revisions; and (3) implications related to assessment, policy, and practice. The authors accepted standard 6 as written. …

Culturally Familiar Texts To Improve Reading And Writing Outcomes For High School English Language Learners: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Study, Taryn Courtney Robertson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Research suggests that culturally relevant pedagogical strategies are essential for improving culturally and linguistically diverse student achievement. However, there is little research about which specific strategies provide the largest impacts. And there is even less research on which strategies help LatinX English Language Learners achieve academic success in the areas of reading and writing. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of utilizing culturally familiar text, as compared to culturally unfamiliar text, on reading comprehension and summary writing outcomes for secondary LatinX ELL students. This study sought to determine if there were statistically significant differences in reading …

Gifted Identification In Young, Historically Underrepresented Populations: A Phenomenological Study, Meryl A. Faulkner

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine the implications of the low numbers of identified gifted young, historically underrepresented students. The research questions that guided this study were: what are educators’ experiences of the gifted identification process of young, historically underrepresented students? What are parents’ experiences of the gifted identification process for their young, historically underrepresented child?

Participants were parents of a student from an underrepresented population (American Indian or Alaskan Native, Latinx, Black or African American, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander) identified gifted in second grade or younger or educators who were involved in the …

Caballerismo In Latinx Men In Higher Education, Victor Carrasco

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Latinx men continue to be marginalized in higher education, and more research is needed to understand how to retain them using anti-deficit frameworks (Cook et al., 2012). Studies have investigated caballerismo as a protective factor for LatinX men. Caballerismo is defined by egalitarian beliefs, affiliation, positive family relationships, and empathy (Arciniega et al., 2008; Neff, 2001). Despite its promise as an anti-deficit framework, little is known about how caballerismo informs Latino students’ experiences in higher education. Therefore, this study addresses the following research questions: a) How does caballerismo manifest in Latinx men in higher education, b) how does caballerismo intersect …

Amjambo Africa! (January 2020), Kathreen Harrison

Amjambo Africa!

In This Issue...

Transportation planning ...........p. 2

Celebrating Diversity in Maine .p. 3

Opinion on refugee numbers....p. 4

Jamat Ibrahim dreams big..........p. 9

In Her Kitchen ...........................p. 10

Lewiston author pens children’s book.........................p. 13

Food Co-op and MAIN ............p. 18

World Affairs Council...............p. 19

Youth Get Together..................p. 19

Exhibit Curriculum For Fighting For Democracy: Unit Three, 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 …

Dual Language Programming: A Model To Enhance School Climate And Academic Achievement In Diverse Schools, Melissa J. Cuba, Kate Daly Rolander

MERC Publications

This policy brief summarizes research and data on English learners (ELs) in Virginia and current dual language (DL) education policies and practices. It includes discussions of (1) the growth of ELs in Virginia and across the Richmond area; (2) both federal and state education policies on language use and DL programming; (3) critical factors related to outcomes and the instruction of ELs and native English speakers in an integrated setting; (4) case studies of school divisions in Virginia that have spearheaded DL programs in their region; and (5) responses to frequently asked questions around the implementation and new 2018 Virginia …

Corpus Analysis Of Engagement Discourse Strategies In Academic Presentations, Carolina Viera, Serena A.P. Williams

World Languages Faculty Publications and Presentations

Text analysis informed by Genre Theory (Hyon 1996) and methods in Corpus Linguistics provide the opportunity to describe language patterns that exist not only at the individual level but also in discourse communities. In this study, we investigate the discourse strategies used by novice and expert members of the academic United States (US) Spanishspeaking community to engage their audience, construct interpersonal meaning, and position themselves as expert speakers. We analyze two corpora: a specialized corpus of 32 conference presentations delivered by professors and doctoral students of Hispanic Studies, and a learner corpus of 24 in-class presentations to describe discourse patterning …

In Memory Of Dr. Ronald Reigner, Dawn Owens

Georgia Journal of Literacy

Leaders and members of Georgia Association of Literacy Advocates (GALA), formerly Georgia Reading Association (GRA), were deeply saddened by the recent passing of a revered friend, Dr. Ronald Reigner. The association extends sincere appreciation for the contributions of Dr. Reigner, a Georgia Reading Association (GRA) Past President. Dr. Reigner served the organization faithfully in numerous positions during the past twenty years, including GRA President, GRA Executive Committee member, GRA Board of Directors member, GRA committee chair, local council president, and student council sponsor/liaison.

An Examination Of Relational Health, Belonging, And Self-Compassion In Chinese International Students, Elizabeth A. Harris Shaffner

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Chinese international students (CISs), the largest segment of international students coming to the US to study at institutions of higher education (IIE, 2016), are reported to experience more acculturative stress than other international students because of the vast differences in social and cultural norms between the United States and China (Li & Glasser, 2005; Yeh & Inose, 2003). The present study used Relational-Cultural Theory (RCT) as the framework to explore the ways undergraduate CISs struggle and thrive in the face of acculturative stress and to understand how positive and negative outcomes are associated with their relational health, sense of campus …

Teacher Self-Efficacy In A Multicultural Alternative Education Program, Angela Marie Trowers

Theses and Dissertations

As the United States embraces cultural diversity, educators need to feel a sense of preparedness to effectively master culturally responsive teaching which is vital to students’ academic growth and development. Drawing on the interpretivist- constructive paradigm and self-efficacy theory, this narrative inquiry study, examined teacher’s beliefs, attitudes and perceptions, with regards to their culturally relevant pedagogy and the impact on their multicultural students’ academic achievement and social success. Eight teacher candidates, seven females and one male (Caucasian), who teach at a multicultural alternative education program in New York State participated in two interviews, one face to face and the other …

Academic Esl World History: Journal - Mesopotamia, Karin Lundberg

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No abstract provided.

Academic Esl World History Unit 2.2. Ancient Greece Listening Exercise, Karin Lundberg

Open Educational Resources

No abstract provided.