Tech Thursday (9/15/2022): Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Flocabulary!

<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9b0ehgWYPhUg-i73VXFzNGbVJVnR6VGmM3c8sQiwWANWO4qmyr5R6DQCgFpJh4etFMLU8TlBzuAmNUYIqmPlMfbk_3-MYtqZyQtl7rFXGCkOTMj9XldcaatzhwdIUhSx_PsGqIOPTm1Lgf_V5zQNwCW0C8SRAp_hERQbeQ5IC031tZ1EIjryVC1A4XA/s924/Screenshot%202022-09-15%20122136.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="924" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9b0ehgWYPhUg-i73VXFzNGbVJVnR6VGmM3c8sQiwWANWO4qmyr5R6DQCgFpJh4etFMLU8TlBzuAmNUYIqmPlMfbk_3-MYtqZyQtl7rFXGCkOTMj9XldcaatzhwdIUhSx_PsGqIOPTm1Lgf_V5zQNwCW0C8SRAp_hERQbeQ5IC031tZ1EIjryVC1A4XA/w269-h140/Screenshot%202022-09-15%20122136.png" width="269" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a Rap Writing Contest in Flocabulary</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15th - October 15th), Flocabulary is inviting students to be researchers, lyricists, and rappers through their rap writing contest. This contest runs from September 15th - October 12th and you can see all of the details <a href="https://www.flocabulary.com/HispanicHeritageMonthContest/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.  </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you are new to Flocabulary, it is an engaging tool that covers content and lessons through hip-hop videos. Through these lessons, students build vocabulary and reading skills. One exciting update to Flocabulary is that <a href="https://flocabulary.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360037222052-Flocabulary-s-Integration-with-Microsoft-s-Immersive-Reader" target="_blank">Immersive Reader now available</a> on Vocab Cards and digital Lyrics (lyrics can be translated to over 50 languages)! Also, try Flocabulary <a href="https://flocabulary.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/5474430121741-Create-a-Flocabulary-Mix-Lesson" target="_blank">"Mix and Break it Down"</a> where Flocabulary Mix takes new comprehension skill </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">videos mixed with topic videos to create a learning experience that supports reading comprehension, digital literacy skills and open ended, text evidence based responses! </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u><b>More Resources to Explore</b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Explore other resources </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">from the list of digital tools below that </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">our district subscribes to for premium features from the list below (all can be accessed via ClassLink):</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>BrainPOP's <a href="https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/hispanicheritage/" target="_blank">Hispanic Heritage Month Collection</a></b> - </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. offer a diverse collection of resources to help your class learn about and celebrate Latino culture and history during Hispanic Heritage month AND all year long! </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Discovery Education</b> has many resources such as videos, - Just search "Hispanic Heritage Month" and filter through to get resources by subject, grade level, etc.</span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>

Tech Thursday (9/15/2022): Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Flocabulary!

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