Jane Manner, East Carolina UniversityDiane Rodriguez, East Carolina University

Maria Delgado, East Carolina UniversityYvonne Hardy, East Carolina University Wendy Piro, East Carolina University

Student Biography Cards Interest Surveys Home Visits

Cultural MindMaps Students’ T-shirts Student Artwork

Culture Bears Country of origin/Birthplace Countries lived in Strengths Cultural traditions/holidays/celebrations Dress, Foods, Religion Languages Interest Talents Family Age you came to United States/NC Personal goals(career, marriage, etc) Struggles/Challenges Traditional clothes Most difficult adjustment Fears

Language and Content Objectives posted daily (Bilingual)

Cooperative Learning Groups

Using Multiple Intelligence: Gardner, H. (1999) Visuals Cognates

Map Projections- “Orange Activity”

Tic Tac Tell (Vocabulary)

Vocabulary Quilt/Foldable

Demonstrations

Experiments

Bomba (Spelling/Warm-up)

Hands-On Activities Graphic Organizers Interactive Notebooks

¿Preguntas?

Gardner, H. (1999). Intelligence reframed: Multiple intelligences for the 21st century. New York: Basic Books.

Herrera, S., Murry, K. (2005) Mastering ESL and Bilingual Methods, Boston: Pearson.

Herrera, S., Murry, K., Cabral, R. (2007) Assessment Accommodations For Classroom Teachers of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Student, Boston: Pearson.

The learning strategies contained in this presentation have been adapted to fit our classroom instruction and students’ needs. Learning strategies have been gained from the instruction and lesson materials within the Project LEAP coursework. The above listed textbooks are references to where more information about the learning strategies presented in this presentation can be found.