World Book- Foreign Language Edition(s)

World Book Foreign Language Edition (French) I looked up elephants (again). I took a gamble by assuming that in French the word is spelled similarly. It turns out elephant is not just similar, in French and English, it’s exactly the same! But I also had the pictures to help me. And the arrows above “suivant” which I assume means “next” were also helpful. I didn’t realize how much I relied on pictures. I’m not really sure where I could use this in class, unless I had a student who read in another language. Or (here’s an idea!) I could use it to have students try to figure out how they would navigate the website when they don’t speak the language. I think they could learn how much they are able to do with out the language and they may also take away the idea that just because you do not know another language that does not mean you don’t know anything. World Book Foreign Language Edition (Spanish) I looked up “historia” and had the article read aloud to me. Again, I was grateful for the sound image that showed me what I could click on to have it read to me. Again, I think this could be useful for students that speak mostly Spanish. And some students need things read to them, this would include ELL students. ~Common Core~ Key Ideas and Details: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. In social studies I could see using the foreign language world books to see the similarities in different languages. I think students would be surprised to see how similar some words are (or even that they are the same) and that they can figure it out.