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Strengthening Writing in a Bilingual and Dual Language Classroom (Spanish-English)
Strengthening Writing in a Bilingual and Dual Language Classroom (Spanish-English)
Register Now  Date: Thursday, October 10, 2024 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503006  Strengthening Writing in a Bilingual and Dual Language Classroom (Spanish-English) Teachers will receive evidence-based strategies and share ideas on how to strengthen writing for their bilingual and dual language learners (Spanish-English). We will examine writing rubrics, student work and teaching techniques that can be utilized in practice. This workshop content will be beneficial for ESL/Bilingual Teachers, Dual Language Teachers or General Education Teachers who would like to learn more about how to support their bilingual and/or dual language learners.  Audience: Teachers [...]
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Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Reading:Teacher-led small groups & Independent Reading
Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Reading:Teacher-led small groups & Independent Reading
Register Now  Date: Saturday, October 19, 2024 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503005 Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Reading:Teacher-led small groups & Independent Reading  The goals of this session are to explore how to address specific students’ needs with regard to reading skills, comprehension strategies and interest in a dual language classroom setting, English-Spanish.  Teachers will have an opportunity to explore suggestions for implementation of independent reading and orient to the biliterate reading zones. Escamilla et al (2014) Biliteracy from the Start: Literacy Squared will be among the primary tools leveraged in [...]
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Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: El Dictado/Dictation
Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: El Dictado/Dictation
Register Now  Date: Saturday, October 26, 2024 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503007 Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: El Dictado/Dictation Teachers will examine TheDictado/Dictation writing method in Spanish-English in grades K-5 dual language classroom settings. Teachers will receive suggestions for implementing TheDictado across grades and analyze student work samples to identify students’ developmental linguistic needs. Teachers will view a model as presented in Biliteracy from the Start: Literacy Squared by Escamilla et. all. and Teaching for Biliteracy: Strengthening Bridges between Languages by Beeman & Urow. This workshop content will be beneficial for Dual [...]
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Administrator Academy 1804: Five Key Practices for Every Teacher who Works with English Learners
Administrator Academy 1804: Five Key Practices for Every Teacher who Works with English Learners
Register Now  Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2024 Presenter:  Adelicia Brienzo and Vanessa Figueroa NOTE: Participants must register through IPA’s website at https://irc.thecenterweb.org/professional-learning/ipa-administrator-academy Administrator Academy 1804: Five Key Practices for Every Teacher who Works with English Learners Ideas for collaboration among educators who teach the same group of ELs Use big ideas to plan instruction while incorporating meaningful prior knowledge and vocabulary building activities into their lessons Create opportunities for students to practice their language skills through interactive activities TARGET AUDIENCE: Educators working with English LearnersÂ
