Bilingual Planet

Links for Teachers

Setting Up A Classroom

Mrs. Mcdowell's site
A site full of resources, teaching ideas and great information for setting up centers. Lots of photos!

Learning Starts Here
A wonderful blog put together by Melissa Resendez.
 It is full of resources and ideas for the bilingual teacher! 

Learning Centers in the Classroom
Get information on learning centers, where students use instructional material to explore alone
or in groups, and how to incorporate them in to your instructional routine.

Spanish for English Speakers

  • Learn Spanish
     An interesting site for learning Spanish.
  • Sing-A-Lingo
    A very nice site that emphasizes learning Spanish for the 3 to 6 year olds through music.
  • Spanish Comics
    Spanish language comics that promote new cartoonists a way to share comics, mangas, historietas or tebeos,online in Spanish.
  • Teaching Spanish
    An overview of all of the Spanish courses on this website, including level and syllabus

Music and Poetry to learn Spanish, French and English

Children's poetry by Meadowbrook Press. How to teach poetry in the classroom. Lots of ideas for educators on teaching poetry in fun and interesting ways
        Learn Spanish from your favorite music artists!
        Play and practice learning the lyrics.         Les poètes vol.2 (Bauldelaire,Verlain,Rimbaud)         Charles Aznavour 26 albums         Todo tipo de generos         Puedo escribir los versos mas tristes esta noche         Gracias a La Vida- With lyrics

Other Languages

  • Chinese
    A lively introduction to Mandarin Chinese in 10 short parts with video clips from the Real Chinese TV series.
        These 10 online topics are based on the 20-part TV series and build on the absolute basics of Talk French.         Resources for teaching greetings, introductions, talking about your family, children and pets, where you're from and what you do
        An introduction to basic Greek in 10 short parts
        German from expert or somewhere in between.
        Introduction to Portuguese in 11 short parts with printable activities.
        20 audio phrases and learn how to say a range of useful phrases from 'Hello' to 'Pleased to meet you'.
        20 audio phrases and learn how to say a range of useful phrases from 'Hello' to 'Pleased to meet you'.
        Learn and take these essential phrases in 40 languages with you on your mp3 player and as a print-out!

 Free Audio Books and Stories

  • Free eBooks by Project Gutenberg
    Project Gutenberg is the place where you can download over 33,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone, Android or other portable device
Horror Masters
Over 2,900 free horror stories with a new  every night. There are special sections for ghost stories, vampires, monsters, the occult, werewolves, witches, and general horror.
      
LibriVox 
LibriVox provides an  extensive collection of free audio books read by volunteers; the goal is to record every book in the public domain. The quality of their narrators varies significantly depending on the reader's voice and the audio recording.
        
       
        

Test Reference

  • Teacher Educator Performance Award
    Since the creation of D.A.T.E. in 2006, Texas has spent nearly $550 million to allow districts to design their own strategic compensation programs. For the 2010-2011 school year, 307 districts will be implementing a program. The districts represent over half of Texas' student and teacher population.
  • TEA Testing and Accountability
    TEA provides an array of reports based on the results of student testing and other assessments. Another key function of the agency involves testing and certifying educators to make sure they are prepared to deliver high quality education to the state’s schoolchildren.
  • ITBS Iowa Tests of Basic Skills
    This booklet was written by The Princeton Review, the nation’s leader in test preparation. The Princeton Review helps millions of students every year prepare for standardized assessments of all kinds.
  • DIBELS
    IDEL Information Indicadores Dinámicos del Éxito en la Lectura is a research-based formative assessment series of measures designed to assess the basic early literacy skills of children learning to read in Spanish.

Teacher Resources

Diccionario

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Un diccionario cuenta con un portal muy completo. Con traducciones, sinónimos, formas verbales y mucho más.
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Sites for Teachers
  • The Learning Patio  Our sister site where teachers go for ready made classroom materials and a growing number of interactive learning activities for students
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Important Links for Bilingual Education/Dual Language

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