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Hi, it's been a while since I've visited the site. I'm really glad you found my feedback helpful. If you email me your address, I can mail you some of the Spanish alphabet worksheets and letter pages I used. I try not to be "Worksheet Queen" but my school required homework for ALL grades, Mon-Thur. ...

Hi Lety, Gosh! I read your post the other night and was thinking about it later...there is so much I want to tell you! Is this your first teaching assignment? Or just a new grade level? Well...here goes... Several other bilingual teachers and myself found that our kids really enjoyed “Cancionero”—Le...

Hi, I'm going to be teaching Bilingual 3rd/4th this year. I've taught Bilingual K and ESL 3rd, but this is a little new. I love the Four Blocks Literacy approach and I just found "Formando Palabras" ("Making Words")--Yay! But does anyone have any other resources they could recommend? (Specifically f...

I disagree heartily to the anti-bilingual education sentiment! I think it is true that CONCURRENT translations are not a good idea. The ELL tunes into his/her native language, (It is easier!) and doesn't attune to the English as much. However, the L1 is very useful in acquiring L2. Try this: If you ...