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What do we do about this kind of situation?

I pushed into a Science class where the topic was resources
- both non-renewable and renewable. I was working with a
native Spanish speaking 8th grader who is emergent in
English. I do not speak Spanish, therefore I was not able to
explain to the student what is meant by resources and the
implications of renwable and non-renewable. The teacher
started talking about coal, water, air, etc.. I could not
explain anything to her. This student is going to have to
take the state assessment in Science because she is in 8th
grade. She will be able to use a Spanish translated test,
but so what?
What do we do about this?
Thanks,
Hermione  

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