EL Education
El Education: 20 Years Project Portfolio
This project is a portfolio of an 8th grader who projects herself 20 years into the future including her future occupation and life. To prepare students interview someone who works in a field similar to their projected one. The project...
EL Education
El Education: Our Book of Tools
Students choose a tool from a photograph and then become an expert on that tool. Through field visits to a hardware store, interviews with community members, and descriptive writing exercises, students learn the use of each tool....
EL Education
El Education: The Amazing Pre K/k Superheroes
Kindergarten students make comic book pages showing every heroes and turning themselves into superheroes.
EL Education
El Education: Flower City Almanac
3rd grade students at the Genesee Community Charter School created this booklet as part of a three-month Learning Expedition on how and why Rochester became to be known as the Flower City. The product was modeled after a farmer's almanac...
EL Education
El Education: Maine's Flora
Students gather research, complete field observations, and work with a local arborist to create a field guide to local flora. Information includes illustrations, descriptions, identifying characteristics, and more.
EL Education
El Education: Many Faces, Many Places One New Life
Students interview recent immigrants and research the countries from which they came. Students present the information along with digital photographs on each page of a twelve-month calendar.
EL Education
El Education: Rock on "Rock"chester
Students create a field guide containing geological information about local sites and explaining the geologic concepts that worked to create these sites. Through observations and work with local geologists and museum staff, students...
EL Education
El Education: Small Acts of Courage
After researching local heroes of the civil rights movement through secondary sources and through primary source interviews, students write biographies of these unsung heroes. The biographies, along with digital photographs, are compiled...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: El Salvador
Provides an overview of the culture of El Salvador. Gives basic information on topics such as geography, ethnic makeup, languages, symbolism, economy, food, customs, social stratification, family life, education, religion, politics, etc....
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Resources for Learning: The Path to El Nino
Through this resource, students explore the history, causes, effects, and patterns of El Nino.
EL Education
El Education: Learning to Read Informational Texts: Building Background
In this comprehensive unit, students launch their learning about birds by using informational texts. As students read these texts, they build background knowledge and develop their skills as readers of informational texts. Included are...
Utah Education Network
Uen: El Nino in a Bowl
Students model formation of an El Nino current in a pie pan.
Other
El Diario Informacion General De Bolivia
This site is a reference to vital statistics and other data about the country of Bolivia. General information on the history, government, environment, and tourism of Bolivia are also provided. Illiteracy rate, average number of years of...
NASA
El Nino: Making Sense of the Weather: Global Wind Patterns
This is an educational site offered by NASA that has information on global winds, including prevailing westerlies, with illustrations. Included is a short activity to illustrate the winds.
Other
All4ed.org: Urgent but Overlooked: Literacy Crisis Among Adolescent El Ls
English language learners (ELLs) represent more than 10% of the national pre-K through 12th grade enrollment, and more than 70% of these ELLs fail to develop strong literacy skills. To increase this group's educational, college, and job...
Other
Nourish Interactive: Actividades De Nutricion Para El Dia De Accion De Gracias
A collection of printable, nutrition-related activities on Thanksgiving. In Spanish.
Education.com
Education.com: Asking Questions and Finding Answers
[Free Registration/Login Required] Pretending to be someone else is so much fun! In this hilarious instructional activity, students will get to take on the persona of a book character as they practice their question and answer skills. At...
University of Texas at Austin
Lanic: Latin American Network Information Center
Vast network of information from and about Latin America is provided. Major topic headings include countries, economy, education, government, humanities, science, social sciences, society and culture, recreation, media and communication,...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: Tomorrow's Forecast: Oceans and Weather [Pdf]
A lesson unit for Grades 4-9 on how the ocean affects climate and weather. Includes worksheets (also in Spanish) and maps.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Spanish 1: Unit 3: El Tiempo
In this third unit of an introductory Spanish course, students learn to have a written conversation with someone about the weather and their locations, to communicate about seasons, to speak about themselves, use clothing and other...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Spanish 2: Unit 4: El Cuerpo
In this fourth unit of an intermediate Spanish course, students learn about and present information about the art, music, and literature of a Spanish-speaking country in Central America or the Caribbean. They also develop vocabulary...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Spanish 2: Unit 8: El Entretenimiento
In this eighth unit of an intermediate Spanish course, students learn about how Spanish-speaking peoples entertain themselves and they investigate a dance style. Includes modeling of oral Spanish pronunciation and conversation, games,...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Spanish 1: Unit 2: El Dia Y La Fecha
In this second unit of an introductory Spanish course, students learn how to use days of the week in conversation and in writing, how to change nouns between singular and plural, how to recite a children's song, how to identify and model...
SEDL
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory: Spiders
This detailed lesson, designed to integrate mathematics, science and language arts, explores the world of the spider. Through a variety of learning activities, students will learn about spider characteristics, their life cycle, their...