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Welcome! Please fill in the information below to sign up for Colorín Colorado e-newsletters and alerts. (You also have the option to sign-up for e-newsletters from our sister sites, ReadingRockets.org, LDOnLine.org, and AdLit.org). A monthly newsletter about teaching English language learners. A weekly email of ELL educator news headlines (sent on Fridays). Monthly tips for raising strong readers and writers, written especially for parents.

Used by schools and PTAs in parent newsletters, and by libraries and community literacy organizations. (In English and Spanish) Email notifications of our latest blog posts. Colorín Colorado is the premier national website serving educators and families of English language learners (ELLs) in Grades PreK-12. Colorín Colorado has been providing free research-based information, activities, and advice to parents, schools, and communities around the country for more than a decade. See tools, resources and tips to help educators support newly arrived English language learners.

View the current newsletter or read past issues. You can also subscribe to receive the newsletter directly via e-mail. Creating a class newsletter can be an excellent way for English language learners to develop their language skills. They build vocabulary through writing and through interacting with others in the class. In addition, research shows that through repeated revisions of their own writing, students learn to become better writers. But most important of all, students learn how to work cooperatively, and they soon realize that "it's easier to do stuff as a group than on their own" (Irby, p.

53). Students not only discover the benefits of teamwork, but they also feel a great sense of ownership once they see their end result - a newsletter. This is an excellent activity that allows students from different cultural backgrounds to find common ground and to work cooperatively. Yet as educators we must remember that the writing experience should be an empowering one instead of just another assignment students are told to do. The goal of creating a newsletter should be to bring the classroom together as ELLs learn how to better express themselves orally and polish their writing skills. Printing Press: Student Publishing Tools

This page, sponsored by the International Reading Association (IRA) and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), is designed to help students create all types of newspapers, brochures, flyers, and booklets. There are many templates to choose from, as well as a variety of publishing tools to add interest to the final product. Irby, J. (1993). Empowering the disempowered: Publishing student voices. English Journal 82(7), 50-54.

Huntergirl replied on Mon, 2012-01-23 18:36 Permalink Throughout the week, Colorín Colorado gathers news headlines related to English language learners from around the country. The ELL Headlines are posted Monday through Friday and are available for free! To receive our free weekly newsletter of the week's stories, sign up on our Newsletters page. You can also embed our ELL News Widget. Note: These links may expire after a week or so, and some websites require you to register first before seeing an article.

Colorín Colorado does not necessarily endorse these views or any others on these outside web sites. In an emotional discussion, Chicago school board members said district families are living in fear because of increasingly aggressive federal immigration raids, and some urged the district to offer virtual learning to immigrant students. To kick-start Hispanic Heritage Month, students at Brashear High School festooned the building’s south wing corridors with bright murals, forming a tapestry of color that reflects the school’s diversity. A pillar is painted with flags from countries around the world alongside a painting of a man holding a letter that says, “We the people of all nations.” Flags of various countries are also... Another wall highlights stories of students who immigrated to Pittsburgh from Venezuela, Uzbekistan, Colombia, Honduras and other countries, charting their journeys to the U.S. This part of the building belongs to the school’s English Language Development (ELD) department, where immigrant or refugee English learners have their classes.

With around 50 languages spoken among the students, Brashear is one of the most culturally diverse schools in Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS).

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