This resource http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ has a multitude of children's books in every language. We use the site in my district to gain cultural richness to our read alouds.
Diana On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Megan McKinzie <[email protected]>wrote: > I majored in middle level math/science education and have my masters in > Curriculum and Instruction. To make a long story short, I am now in > Arequipa, Peru helping to serve as a staff developer to public school > teachers in reading. I work as a volunteer to an NGO (cudaperu.org). We > are targeting just the third grade this first year as our "pilot program." > I have 4 classes that I work with. I am basing all of my meetings with > the teachers on Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis's *Strategies That Work*. > I spoke with the professor of reading at my university (who introduced me > to this book and does staff development seminars all over the state of AR), > and he recommended that I buy the Comprehension Toolkit and *The Fluent > Reader*. > > Everything I do is in Spanish. There are such incredible resources In > English, but I am having a hard time finding materials in Spanish. Can any > of you direct me to those materials that have already been translated? > Remember, I am NOT teaching an ESL class. All of the texts I choose to > use need to be culturally appropriate. But I have run across lots of > teachers that have made posters for the strategies and done a lot of leg > work for staff development. Does anyone know someone or somewhere that I > can look to find this stuff already translated? Any information you may > have would be helpful. Thanks so much. I just recently joined this group, > and I pray that I can get some good advice from you all. Blessings. > > -- > Megan McKinzie > www.gregandmeg.net > www.teamarequipa.net > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
