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1. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Online Professional Development  |  Web Seminar
   Confidence in Community Literacies: Bilingual Writers Reading the World
   In this Web seminar, join Steven Alvarez in considering how the strengths of after-school community programs—connecting with language-minoritized communities in ways that build relationships of trust, or confianza, between parents, extended families, and caring adults in neighborhoods—can inform our practices as teachers of English language learners.
2. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Online Professional Development  |  Web Seminar
   On Demand Web Seminar Package: Supporting English Language Learners
   Take the guesswork out of choosing the best on demand Web seminars while building your professional library on supporting English language learners.
3. Professional Development | Grades   5 – 9  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Power of Picture Books, The: Using Content Area Literature in Middle School
   Featuring descriptions and activities for fifty exceptional titles, Mary Jo Fresch and Peggy Harkins offer a wealth of ideas for harnessing the power of picture books to improve reading and writing in the content areas.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Sí, Se Puede: Making a Difference, One Letter at a Time
   After reading the book ¡Si, Se Puede!/Yes, We Can!: Janitor Strike in L.A., students learn about labor unions, strikes, and organizing for change. Students interview staff members in their school to learn about their daily work life, and write persuasive advocacy letters.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   The Magnetism of Language: Parts of Speech, Poetry, and Word Play
   What wonderful ways words work! The parts of speech are the highlight of this lesson in which students identify parts of speech in a nonsensical poem and then create their own wild and wacky rhymes.
6. Professional Development | Grades   K – 6  |  Strategy Guide
   Using Paired Reading to Increase Fluency and Peer Cooperation
   In this strategy, students read aloud to each other, pairing more fluent readers with less fluent readers. This strategy can also be used to pair older students with younger students to create "reading buddies."
7. Professional Development | Grades   5 – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Using the RAFT Writing Strategy
   This strategy guide introduces the RAFT technique and offers practical ideas for using this technique to teach students to experiment with various perspectives in their writing.