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The Bilingual Balance

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Hi, I'm Jenna! I'm a mom of three, bilingual teacher, and reading specialist, and I love helping teachers and parents foster a love for language and reading in their children!

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Guided Reading Quick-Guide

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Spanish Alphabet Charts

$2.00

Calendar Set Fiesta de Flores - English/Spanish

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Guided Reading Quick-Guide

By The Bilingual Balance

This guided reading quick-guide includes research-based questions and ideas for teachers as they plan and implement effective guided reading instruction. It includes:-selecting appropriate texts-setting a focus for learning-ideas for your guided

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Reading

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Teacher Manuals

$5.00

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Guided Reading Quick-Guide Spanish/English

By The Bilingual Balance

This is my guided reading guide for use by bilingual English and Spanish teachers. It includes: guiding questions and ideas for selecting appropriate texts and setting a focus for learning, before, during, and after reading ideas, observational

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Teacher Manuals

$5.00

Digital Download PDF (0.41 MB)

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Spanish Bilingual Picture Dictionary

By The Bilingual Balance

Create bilingual picture dictionaries for your students to use to collect all of their new words during the school year! Use these forms to make individual dictionaries for each of your students. Staple them together, put them in a three ring

Subjects:

Spanish, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Literacy Center Ideas, Interactive Notebooks, Printables

$2.00

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Spanish Phonics Skills Posters

By The Bilingual Balance

These Spanish phonics skill posters will be bold and colorful tools to use when teaching one of the skills to students, when reviewing, when you need a visual for the skills around the room, or when reteaching any of these skills. Print them on

Subjects:

Spanish, Phonics, Reading

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Posters, Printables

$5.00

Digital Download PDF (1.26 MB)

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High Frequency Word Practice Templates SPANISH

By The Bilingual Balance

Do you need some easy to use word work practice pages for your students? These SPANISH templates will give your students fun and engaging ways to practice their sight words. They can be used with any words you'd like! Perfect for use with your

Subjects:

Phonics, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Literacy Center Ideas, Graphic Organizers, Printables

$2.50

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Spanish Alphabet Charts

By The Bilingual Balance

Help your beginning readers learn the Spanish alphabet with these cute, black and white printable charts! Students can practice alphabet letter names and their sounds. Use the charts to introduce letters and their sounds, practice them with

Subjects:

Spanish, Phonics, Reading

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Handouts, Printables

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (1.12 MB)

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Bilingual Word Work Templates ENGLISH & SPANISH

By The Bilingual Balance

Do you need some easy to use word work practice pages for your dual language students? These templates will give your students fun and engaging ways to practice their sight words. They can be used with any words you'd like! Perfect for use with

Subjects:

Phonics, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Literacy Center Ideas, Graphic Organizers, Printables

$4.50

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Around the World Class Cookbook ENG/SPAN

By The Bilingual Balance

Create a classroom cookbook with your students to celebrate their cultural diversity - excellent opportunity to integrate community building around writing and social studies.This set includes:-An English cookbook cover-A Spanish cookbook cover-A

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Spanish

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Cultural Activities, Activities

$3.00

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Calendar Set Spicy Peppers - English/Spanish

By The Bilingual Balance

Use this colorful calendar set in ENGLISH, in SPANISH, or both!This beautiful Spicy Peppers calendar set can be used in a pocket chart or on any bulletin board. It also includes extra classroom decor for your wall or bulletin board. You'll

Subjects:

Foreign Languages, Back to School, Spanish

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Posters, Fun Stuff, Bulletin Board Ideas

$5.50

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Calendar Set Fiesta de Flores - English/Spanish

By The Bilingual Balance

Use this colorful Otomi-inspired calendar set in ENGLISH, in SPANISH, or both!This beatiful Fiesta de flores (Flower Party) calendar set can be used in a pocket chart or on any bulletin board. It also includes extra classroom decor for your wall or

Subjects:

Foreign Languages, Back to School, Spanish

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Posters, Fun Stuff, Bulletin Board Ideas

$5.50

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Spanish Pronunciation Guide

By The Bilingual Balance

This Spanish pronunciation guide is a wonderful tool for parents or teachers of bilingual students!It includes a cute and colorful Spanish alphabet chart with how to say each letter name so parents can practice letter names and sounds with their

Subjects:

Spanish

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Posters, Handouts, Printables

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.58 MB)

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High Frequency Word Practice Templates ENGLISH

By The Bilingual Balance

Do you need some easy to use word work practice pages for your students? These templates will give your students fun and engaging ways to practice their sight words. They can be used with any words you'd like! Perfect for use with your classroom

Subjects:

Phonics, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

Homeschool, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Literacy Center Ideas, Graphic Organizers, Printables

$2.50

Digital Download PDF (1.08 MB)

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Spanish Partner Interview Set

By The Bilingual Balance

Looking for a way to increase students' Spanish oral language? This set of seven interview forms can be printed and used for partners to interview each other. Students have scripted questions, a place for writing their partner's answers, and a

Subjects:

Spanish, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Literacy Center Ideas, Graphic Organizers, Cooperative Learning

$5.00

Digital Download PDF (0.26 MB)

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Guided Reading Tools: Lesson Plans & Observational Notes

By The Bilingual Balance

I have created lesson plan templates and an observational notes form to help you plan and implement more effective guided reading groups. You will receive:-a guided reading lesson plan template for three lessons/sheet-a guided reading lesson plan

Subjects:

Literature, Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Professional Documents, Printables, Teacher Manuals

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (0.43 MB)

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Beginning Reading Strategies: a bilingual printable for parents or teachers

By The Bilingual Balance

This bilingual handout will get you (or parents!) confidently supporting new readers!It includes 8 beginning word-solving strategies (like Look at the Picture, Skip it and Reread, and Ask Yourself, "Does it Make Sense?") in a poster form on the

Subjects:

Reading Strategies, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

For Parents, Printables

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.28 MB)

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Spanish Alphabet Printable

By The Bilingual Balance

This is a bright, colorful printable of the Spanish alphabet letters!It includes the 27 letters and how to say their names. I hope it can help students or parents learn how to correctly pronounce them. It does not include digraphs ch and ll.

Subjects:

World Language, Spanish, Phonics

Grades:

PreK, Homeschool, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Graphic Organizers, For Parents, Printables

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Digital Download PDF (0.66 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have experience teaching in dual language classrooms (Spanish and English) in Iowa, Arizona, and Colorado. I've also been a literacy specialist for a 1st-5th grade elementary school, and I'm the blogger behind www.bilingualbalance.com.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I am passionate about all things language and literacy!

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

I earned my Master's degree in 2011 and graduated summa cum laude as a regents scholar in 2008.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I have a Master's degree as an Elementary Reading Specialist, a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education, and teaching endorsements in Reading and Spanish.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I love creating resources to use with my own three kids, too! Visit my website at www.bilingualbalance.com.

GRADES

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading, Vocabulary, World Language, Spanish, EFL - ESL - ELD, Foreign Languages, Literature, Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Phonics

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