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ESL. What Messages Do We Give Students with Our Classroom Library Design? In the article Room for Beliefs: Linking Classroom Design and What We Value, Debbie Miller helps us think through the ways that our room design reflects the things we value about student learning. She provides three important questions to think about when we map out our classroom designs that we want others to be able to answer when they visit our rooms: What do you know I value? What do you know about what I believe about teaching and learning? What's the evidence? What do you know about the kids in this room? Looking at the above questions, Miller says, "Any thoughtful person who spends even a small amount of time in our classrooms should be able to respond to these questions.

" These questions have helped me to think about classroom design and the messages that I am giving about learning and the things I value to my students. The design of our classroom library gives a message to anyone who walks into our classroom. " books by Mo Willems or one that houses all of the Judy Moody. The Best Music Websites For Learning English. Check out my New York Times post for English Language Learners focuses on using music for language development and includes a student interactive, video, and teaching ideas.

I use music a lot in my teaching of English Language Learners. I thought people might find it helpful to see which sites I believe to be the best out there to help teach English — Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced — through music. My students have certainly found them helpful. Music is a familiar, fun, and engaging tool to use in learning a second language. This list includes sites that have music to listen to, activities for students to do, and ways for them to create their own. This is latest of my “The Best…” series, also known as Websites Of The Year.

You might also be interested in an interview I did about using music in the ESL/EFL classroom. Lastly, you might find these other “The Best…” lists useful: Here are what I believe to be the best music websites for learning English: One is Lyrics Training. Related. Internet Catalogue. Teachable Moment - free lesson plans and topical activities for k - 12.

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