Monday, July 27, 2015

Language Acquisition Institute


                
       


Language Acquisition Institute
                 Memorial High School

                             July 29-30, 2015


The Language Acquisition Institute is designed to teach strategies that promote listening, speaking, reading and writing for English Language Learners focusing on meaningful participation, differentiation, and vocabulary acquisition. Our goal is to help teachers with engaging instruction free of worksheets and computer programs



Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Hispanic-American Bibliography

Below are some titles of Hispanic-American books.
I hope you find them helpful.

Gabby

BIG BOOKS


Dorros, Arthur. Abuela. Morriston, NJ. Silver Burdett. 1995

Vazquez, Elena. and Scott Nash. Ten little puppies: A song from the oral hispanic tradition. Boston, Houghton Mifflin. 2002

Biography







FICTION

Alonzo, Sandra, and Nathan Huang. Riding Invisible. New York: Hyperion, 2010.

Gallagher, Diana G.   Vote!  Mankato, MN:  Stone Arch Books,  2009.


Gallo, Donald.  First Crossing: Stories about Teen Immigrants.
Cambridge,  MA: Candlewick  Press, 2004.

Gilb,Dagoberto.   The Flowers .  New  York:  Grove, 2008.


Johnston, Tony.  Angel  City.  New York: Philomel Books,  2006.


Jules, Jacqueline, and Miguel Benitez. Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Takes Off. Chicago: Albert  Whitman, 2010.

Littman,  Sarah. Life, After. New York:  Scholastic Press,  2010.


Marcantonio, Patricia Santos. Red Ridin' in the Hood: and Other Cuentos.  New York: Farrar, 2005.

Pefia, Matt de la.   We were Here.  New York: Delacorte Press,  2009.


Quintero,  Sofia. Efrain's Secret. New York: Alfred A. Knopf,   2010.


 Rigby, Robert. Goal II. Orlando: Harcourt, 2007.                                              

NONFICTION


Alarcon, Francisco. Poems to Dream Together =Poemas Para Sonar Juntos.  New York: Lee and Low, 2005.

Alegre, Cesar. Extraordinary Hispanic-Americans. New York: Children's Press, 2007.

Ancona, George. Mi Barrio =My Neighborhood. New York: Children's Press, 2004.

Ancona, George. Mi Musica =My Music. New York: Children's Press, 2005.

Ancona, George. Mis Quehaceres =My Chores. New York Children's Press, 2005.

Castro, Ivan A. J OO Hispanics You Should Know. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2007.

Carlson, Lori Marie, ed. Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States. New York: Henry Holt, 2005.

Cruz, Barbara.  Triumphs and Strugglesfor Latino Civil Rights.
Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers,  2008.

Davis, Barbara. The National Grape Boycott: a Victoryfor Farmworkers.  Minneapolis, MN: Compass Point Books, 2008.

Hispanic American Biographies.  Danbury, CT: Grolier, 2006.


Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane. Cinco de Mayo: Celebrating the Traditions of Mexico.  New York: Holiday House,  2008.

Makosz, Rory. Latino Arts and Their Influence on the United States: Songs, Dreams, Dances.  Philadelphia: Mason Crest, 2006.

Nobleman, Marc Tyler. The Mexican War. Minneapolis: Compass Point Books, 2005.

 Ollhoff, Jim. Conflicts and Independence. Edina, MN: ABDO, 2012.


Porterfield, Jason. The Treaty of Guadalupe - Hidalgo, 1948: a Primary Source Examination of the Treaty that Ended the Mexican-American War. New York: Rosen, 2006.

Ramirez, M. My Second Latino Scene Book: 50 Two-Minute Scenesfor Young Children. Hanover, NH: Smith & Kraus, 2008.

Sanna, Ellyn. Hispanic Americans' Role in the United States: a History of Pride, a Future of Hope.  Philadelphia: Mason Crest, 2006.

Wendell, Tim.  Farfrom Home: Latino Baseball Players in America.
Washington DC: National Geographic, 2008.

 PROFESSIONAL  COLLECTION


Ada, Alma Flor. · A Magical Encounter: Latino Children's Literature in the Classroom.   Boston:  Allyn  and  Bacon, 2003.


Knowles, Elizabeth, and Martha Smith. Understanding Diversity Through Novels and Picture Books. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2007.