Resources for your ESL/CBET lessons

Raising Children in a New Culture

This is a great booklet about raising children in a new country.  The pages are illustrated and the messages are short, relevant,  and simple.  Copy one page and make a lesson out of it.  How about a tip of the day for your CBET parents?!

Raising Children in a New Country Handbook

Multi-Level Lessons for your CBET classroom from the San Diego Community College District.

http://sdce.edu/about/faculty-staff-resources/esl-resources/cbet-lessons.htm

Interesting lessons, activity sheets and links for all levels of ESL.Dan Pittaway from North Orange County Community College District has started a great ESL blog.  Be sure to check out the "Downloads" section!  Click:  eslprogram.wordpress.com.

Learning Styles Quizzes

All students want to learn how they can learn faster and better.  Give your higher level adults the Learning Style Assessment to complete for themselves and the Child's Learning Style Quiz to complete to understand how to better help their kids.

Adults for themselves:  SensoryPreferenceSelfTest6-15-07.pdf, Sensory self test mixed.doc

Adults for children: Child's Learning Style Quiz.doc

Holiday Activities

Great during promotional testing for quick finishers and for parents to read and share with children.

Just click for a simple black line storybook of Mothers Day which is great for ESL parents and children!

Book.ReadandColor.MothersDayHistory.pdf

ESL HOLIDAY LEAFLETS.pdf  and http://www.edhelper.com

Music

Spice up your class with a multi-level music cloze!

Teach Your Children

Cloze activity implementation tips.doc

Teacher Tools

This site offers templates for flashcards, games, puzzles, word searches, certificates, and more!http://internet4classrooms.com/teachertools.htm 

Take Home Activities for Your CBET Parents 

100 pages of simple activities parents can do with their kindergarten- 3rd grade children.  Copy a page and encourage your parents to take it home and do it with their young children!  Activities available in Spanish too. 

School-Home Links- K-3 Activity Kits for Parents to do with Children at home (in Spanish too)