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Resources for Dual Language Learners

This website from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services offers articles, tip sheets and other resources you can use to meet the needs of diverse populations and promote dual language learning, including information about Head Start and ELLs.

Head Start: Information in Spanish

This website offers information about the Head Start program in Spanish, including FAQs for parents and a Head Start search engine that can be used to find local programs.

TeacherVision: Poetry Resources for Teachers

A variety of printables, lesson plans, activities, and references for you to use in your cross-curricular study of the art of poetry.

EdSitement: Poetry Lesson Plans

Lesson plans covering a wide range of poetry units, from Langston Hughes to Haiku.

ReadWriteThink: World Poetry Day Activities

A wide range of lesson plans, poetry collections, and student activities.

Poetry Portfolios: Using Poetry to Teach Reading and Writing

This lesson from ReadWriteThink supports students' exploration of language and writing skills as they read and dissect poetry.

Academy of American Poets: 30 Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month

Includes links to creative ideas like "putting poetry in unexpected places" and "take a poem to lunch."

Academy of American Poets: National Poetry Month

Provides a description of National Poetry Month, answers questions about how and when it started, and includes suggestions for celebrating.

Academy of American Poets: Great Poems to Teach

Includes links to poetry from many poets including, Maya Angelou, Lewis Carroll, Emily Dickinson, and William Wordsworth.

Academy of American Poets: Poetry in Translation

This poetry unit created by Queens teacher Carol McCarthy draws on the unique abilities of the students in her multicultural classroom.

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