Register Now   Date: Thursday, January 9, 2025 Presenter: Rachell Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503061 Integrating Trabalenguas, dichos y adivinanzas in Spanish Literacy Do you teach Spanish literacy in a bilingual or dual language program? If yes, then you need to join me for a session geared towards bringing fun and engagement to your instruction through the use of trabalenguas, dichos y adivinanzas. We will explore how to engage students in Spanish literacy and oracy by using fun and popular trabalenguas, dichos, and adivinanzas. We will examine how these non-traditional types of texts can be used [...]

Register Now   Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 Presenter: Rachell Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503053 Supporting Newcomers in Dual Language Classrooms  Our Dual Language classrooms are currently experiencing increasing numbers of newcomer students. During this session we will Examine the rise of Spanish speaking newcomer students and their placements in various program models Consider ideas for welcoming and supporting new students in Dual Language classrooms Explore ways to support students’ literacy, oracy, and content development in Spanish and English in Dual Language settings   TARGET AUDIENCE: Dual Language Educators

Register Now   Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025 Presenter: Rachell Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour Event ID: 255503054  Encouraging el flujo of responses bilingües Let’s talk about supporting our bilingual students;  those students who are navigating more than one language on a daily basis. We’ll explore strategies for encouraging students to express themselves orally and in writing using the translanguaging that is natural for them. You’ll leave with ideas to try immediately to help encourage students to fluidly express themselves bilingually. TARGET AUDIENCE: Bilingual/ Dual Language Educators

Register Now   Date: Tuesday, March, 18 2025 Presenter: Rachell Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503060  Using bilingual books to support el desarrollo bilingüe Join me for an exploration of various types of bilingual text. Together we’ll examine how these texts can be used during instruction in bilingual and dual language classrooms. We will explore many different examples of Spanish/English bilingual books, and also some from other languages We will examine how bilingual books can support translanguaging use in the classroom We will consider ways to incorporate the use of bilingual text in your instructional practice as [...]