If you have ever had an adult learner ask, “When am I ever going to use this?”—or if you simply want to make room for richer, real-world discussions in your math classroom—you will love Citizen Math.
Continue reading Citizen Math: Using Math to Explore the World
We love high quality content-based instructional resources, so are excited to share a recent addition from the University of Minnesota Duluth! This free 16-module curriculum for intermediate / advanced ESOL and ABE/pre-GED learners integrates U.S. History and Civics, Language Proficiency, and Digital Skills instruction. (Some intermediate ESOL learners may require additional support.) The quality and practicality of the curriculum reflect the expertise of the educators who developed them. The lessons were refined through pilot testing before being released this spring.
Here are some things I especially appreciate about it:
Continue reading CILIA-T: Content-Integrated Language Instruction for Adults with Technology Support
In record time, District 79 in New York City has set up its website for transition to the GED test, and there is a wealth of resources here. Teachers can click on a number of categories on the sidebar, such as general GED resources; Reasoning through Language Arts; Social Studies, and Science, as well as Reading Strategy Resources and Writing Strategy Resources.
Continue reading One Stop Shopping for HSE Teachers at the District 79 Curriculum site
As ABE/HSE teachers, we face the continual dilemma of so much to teach, and so little time to teach it—that is why it makes sense for us to teach literacy strategies in the process of helping students acquire content knowledge. One of the main ways we can do this is through reading.
The Integrating Literacy Strategies into Science Instruction series from the American Museum of Natural History is a very helpful tool for this purpose. The series consists of videos, 5-10 minutes in length, on particular reading strategies—paraphrasing, summarizing, read alouds, vocabulary, and interactive reading guides—that are accompanied by the tools used along with the videos.
Continue reading Improve your Science Literacy Game in Minutes: Educator Resources from the American Museum of Natural History
The Minnesota Literacy Council (MLC) has created a large set of science lesson plans on the content assessed by the GED exam. The MLC science lesson plans cover the same three subdomains tested in Earth & Space Science, Life Science and Physical Science. Continue reading Science Lesson Plans Organized by HSE Standards