Category Archives: 4. Language Arts

Reading Analysis, Writing: Poetry and Prose, Drama & Theater, Grammar and Foreign Languages, Vocabulary-Powered Reading Practice.

Italian Books, Italian English Dual Language Books, Bilingual Children’s Books

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Award-winning Italian English Bilingual Children’s Books and Dual Language Books are a great resource for teaching and learning Italian as well as teaching and learning English as a Second Language. Collection includes Italian folktales, fables, multicultural stories, myths, legends, picture books and a beautifully illustrated Italian picture dictionary with CDROM.

The books expose children to diversity, help them maintain their heritage and build self-esteem.

ALL BOOKS INCLUDE ITALIAN AND ENGLISH TEXT ON THE PAGE. 40+ other languages also available at this website.

For book recommendations by level, please see the file “BOOK SUGGESTIONS – By Level of Difficulty” in the “Families” and “Teachers” tabs on the left side of this website.

via Italian Books, Italian English Dual Language Books, Bilingual Children’s Books.

iPad Language Arts Games

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  • Intro to Letters – Montessorium: Learn to trace, read, write and record letter sounds, names, and phonograms.
  • Children Learn:
  • ✔ To read, write and understand letters
    ✔ Lowercase letter symbols & sounds
    ✔ Phonograms – writing & pronunciation
    ✔ Capital names – writing & pronunciation
    ✔ Consonants and Vowels
    ✔ Fine motor skills
  • Alpha Writer Revised ◊Update it! (writing to read) Montessorium: Alpha Writer, for the iPad & iPhone, is based on the famous Montessori moveable alphabet. Learn to compose and read words, and also practice writing stories. Continue reading →

    • *Language Arts* Category

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    Language Arts posts go here…

    Essays, Narratives, Poems, Speeches, Recitations (videos or recordings), Grammar Projects, Foreign Language Study, etc.
    Combined Language Arts-Math Projects (Math poems or songs); Combined Language-Arts History Projects (Biographical Narrative, Poltical Speech, etc.)

    *Seminar* Category

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    Seminar posts go here….

    5Ws Charts (Who wrote/painted/composed the reading/artwork/musical piece? What was the title/genre? Where & When was it created? Why was it created? Identify two crucial sentences, elements, or melodies);
    Combined History-Seminar Projects (Timelines: Great Ideas, Great Authors; Essays, Mock-Trial Readings: Fact Patterns, MindMap of Foundation Documents: Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, etc.).