Resources from discussions in learning unit 3 & 4

1. Notes from
Discussions in
Learning Unit #3 &
#4
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2. Texts you suggested for use with
ELL students
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3. 3
Translated in many
languages!
Other suggestions:
• Rhyming & Rhythmical text
• Songs & Chants
• Fairy tales
• Text with repetition

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GVSU Library:
Children’s Books in Many Languages
How to search:
(gvsu.edu/library)

6. Enter the language you are searching for:
Example: Spanish language
This narrows to
children’s books!
Check with your local library for
children’s books in other
languages!

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https://tprsbooks.com/what-is-tprs/
TPRS
(Shared by Shannon Howard, Spanish teacher in
middle and high school in Kalamazoo.)
This website offers strategies for working with students
in language acquisition. TPRS is is “a living foreign
language teaching method that stands for Teaching
Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling”.
There are many resources offered at the website below,
including book suggestions in many languages. (See
book categories at the website.)

8. Resources for Literature Circles
• Literature Circles have no set format…you design
the way they will work with your students. Resources
I think are very helpful for implementing in your
classroom: