Wednesday, September 30, 2015

SDW Bilingual Department-These are our PROGRAMS Matrix


Ever wonder what we offer language learners in SDW!



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Thursday, September 24, 2015

English Learner Tool Kit-The How to Manual on all things ELL (A MUST FOR LEADERS OF ANY KIND)


English Learner Tool Kit (Click the link)
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Thursday Update September 24, 2015

September 24, 2015
Celebrations!!
Phenomenal messaging and leadership! All buildings have had their first DL PLC/Dept. Meeting.  
We can now say that all DL teachers know:
The goals of the program
How to use the DL Handbook

Week in News!! Noticias de la Semana

T SHIRT ORDERS ARE BACK!!!
IMPROVED QUALITY, TIME LINE AND PRICE!!!
SEE DONNA, MARLA, LYNN, OR NATALIE FOR DETAILS!!
FRONT                                     BACK


SEPTEMBER DATES:
CLM/BUF Unit 1 September Week 1 thru October Week 1
September 24: Banting DL 5K Parent Dinner
September 24 7:45am: HEYER DL PLC
September 30-DL ESL and BIL Spec Ed "Sign off" on Dual Language Handbook (Site based sign off)
October 1st: NABE the Importance of Being Bilingual Writing DUE to NABE!!  
October 5th (on or around): Unit 2 BUFS posted on BB9 by the EC team for grades 2-5.
!!IMPORTANTE!!!!!!!NABE Writing Contest.  

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE EMAILED BY TEACHER AND BE IN WORD DOCUMENT!!


A suggestion would be to have students write them in word and save them to a drive.

Email the entries to awards.nabe@gmail.com, and in the subject you must write 2016 and the students First and Last Name (ex. 2016DarioGarcia)

Please also have students upload their writing to a google folder, and share the folder with me, as we will be using these writing samples for other purposes.




Resources:
Foss Science Spanish/English Glossary

Opportunity:


  • Learn the ins and outs of BadgerLink-Espanol from the pros Thursdays, 10-10:30 AM


  • BUFS-support can be sought through Erica Mueller's TDP on:Supporting Students in Constructing Explanations in Science.  This book is a great resource (and you get it FREE!) in how to instruct students and help them become better thinkers, READERS AND WRITERS in science.  One of the biggest themes in NGSS and the science CCRS is constructing explanations; the more we know the more we can support students.  Check out the syllabus for more information.  Our face to face dates will be October 27 and November 17 from 4-5:30. This course can be taken for free if you are just looking to learn and/or count toward your 9 required Waukesha credits. If you would like a graduate credit, you can earn one credit through Viterbo for $220.  The registration for Viterbo is attached and can be returned with the money to Chris Garcia at Lindholm. If you would like to take part in this collegial study, please fill out this form by October 16.
T SHIRT ORDERS ARE BACK!!!
IMPROVED QUALITY, TIME LINE AND PRICE!!!
SEE DONNA, MARLA, LYNN, OR NATALIE FOR DETAILS!!
FRONT                                     BACK


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Friday, September 18, 2015

Dual Language Thursday Update September 17, 2015


Thursday Update 9/17/15

 DL Celebrations!
Noticias de la semana/ Week in News 
Video celebrates the last week in Dual Language 1.36 minutes

5K Imagine Learning
Each 5K DL Classroom will have 10 Imagine Learning Accounts for student use.   Imagine Learning is a tool that students can use as a supplement to universal instruction, and as such, your neediest students should access it as a supplement to regular instruction.

Please use this Document to write the names of the students you would like accounts for.  If after October 15, licenses remain or are unused, those licenses will be given to needy children throughout our program.
!!IMPORTANTE!!!!!!!NABE Writing Contest.  
ALL ENTRIES MUST BE EMAILED BY TEACHER AND BE IN WORD DOCUMENT!!

 A suggestion would be to have students write them in word and save them to a drive.

 Email the entries to awards.nabe@gmail.com, and in the subject you must write 2016 and the students First and Last Name (ex. 2016DarioGarcia)

 Please also have students upload their writing to a google folder, and share the folder with me, as we will be using these writing samples for other purposes.

Spanish Library Media Resources SDW
Follow this link to the Resources in our Library Media Collection

 NEW LEARNING (Walk throughs start this week)

DL 2015-2016 Walk Through Tool Tutorial (link to youtube) 

 DL EC PD BUF Anchor Charts (Link to youtube)
DL ECs spent several hours learning about Phase 1 of the BUF, Building Concrete Background and Oracy

 Essential Question: What is background knowledge?  How is it acquired?

    • Strategies introduced and refined the concept that students cannot write what they cannot say, and that spoken language needs to enter permanent memory to become a resource for writing:
      • Think, Sentence Frame, Pair, Share
      • Speaking in Paragraphs
      • Stronger Clearer Each time, with the borrowing table/presta uno
      • Concept mapping
      • Dialogic rehearsal
      • Applications of the Thoughtful Log in Buf Units
      • El Dictado and related word work (see Urow and Beeman pf 128 and 142)
      • Bilingual Pairs (linked)


 Important DL/ESL September Dates:
CLM/BUF Unit 1 September Week 1 thru October Week 1

September 24: Banting DL 5K Parent Dinner

September 30-DL ESL and BIL Spec Ed "Sign off" on Dual Language Handbook (Principals)

October 1st: NABE the Importance of Being Bilingual Writing DUE to NABE!!  see above!!!!!!


September DL Department Meetings by site:
  • Heyer: September 24 7:45am
  • Blair: September 22, 7:45 am
  • Banting: September 29, 7:45
  • Bethesda: September 23, 7:45
  • Middle Schools: OTL-N/A
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Friday, September 11, 2015

Thursday Update September 11, 2015

Celebrations
WELC is transitioning 4K Bilingual to 4K Dual Language 
Monday September 14, 2015.  
Along with Banting 4K Dual Language and our 7 5Ks, 
we are on the road to the full transition of the program.


5th Grade Students at Banting write on the "Importance of Being Bilingual".  
Ready for submission to NABE!!!!!


Blue and Black
Marker care packages on their way to support your practice in Teaching for Biliteracy 5K-7!
Update: CCSS Spanish Texts
These texts will be available in libraries 5k-5 by November.  
See your EC for access in the meanwhile.

NEW LEARNING (Walk throughs start this week)
DL 2015-2016 Walk Through Tool Tutorial (link to youtube) 

Sharing Learning and Celebrating Practice
Sharing practice across our 8 sites is critical in growing and capacity building.  If you do not want your image to appear on photos of celebrated practices, please inform D. 

Looking for Bloggers and contributors:
I am looking for a few people that would like to regularly contribute to this blog once a month.  Those interested might write about the following themes:

  • Spanish text complexity
  • Engaging Latino and DL Families to each other, the program and the school
  • Effective DL Leadership/perspectives
  • Oracy and Metalinguistic Awareness Practices
  • DL Parent perspective
  • other
Please email D with your ideas!  Also looking for photos of your kids in action!


Important DL/ESL September Dates:
CLM/BUF Unit 1 September Week 1 thru October Week 1
September 14th, DL 2-Way WELC First day of class (seats are still available!)
September 17th DL Walk Through EC/Principal Drop Support in at Banting Elementary School
September 17th DL EC PD 12-4PM, prep for Unit 2 BUF
September 11, "Infinite Campus and English Learners" (Principal WEBEX) See WEBEX on the Principal Page of BB9
September 17 Bethesda Dual Language 5K Family Dinner 
September 24: NABE writing samples and cover sheets due to Bilingual Office!
September 30-DL ESL and BIL Spec Ed "Sign off" on Dual Language Handbook (Principals)
October 1st: NABE the Importance of Being Bilingual Writing DUE to NABE!!

September DL Department Meetings by site:
  • Heyer: September 24 7:45am
  • Blair: September 22, 7:45 am
  • Banting: September 29, 7:45
  • Bethesda: September 23, 7:45
  • Middle Schools: OTL-N/A


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Thursday, September 3, 2015

DL Thursday Update September 3, 2015

WELCOME BACK!!!

Spread the WORD-This is the THURSDAY UPDATE 2015-2016!

Celebrations!!!
All 5Ks are now TWO-WAY!!!


Bright Lights was inspiring on September 1st!!
Special Thank You to 
Jamie M. (Heyer) Cynthia Gannon (Formerly Banting) Mark Schnieder (Heyer) and Katrina Tarke-Karge (Heyer Parent)

6th DL Two-Way Opens at Les Paul!!!
While kids are hot and sweaty, they are working their bilingual brains!  What an accomplishment!

Celebration of Biliteracy-Read This from the 8th grade ELA teacher to Lalo and Liz, Butler DL Team!
To: Elizabeth Gould <egould@waukesha.k12.wi.us>, Gerardo Lemus <glemus@waukesha.k12.wi.us>
I have some girls in 8th grade who had both of you last year and they are rocking our first list of word stems because they learned them with you guys! Awesome job :D :D
Program Visibility: NABE Writing Contest-Chicago!
Last year, Luis Albiter WON the first prize in the middle school category for his essay on the importance of being bilingual and went to Las Vegas to accept his award!

 This year all 8th grade Pre-AP Spanish Students will participate too!  

 This is a great opportunity to also submit to WIABE later in the year, and to prepare for a district wide award!  These writing samples will also prepare students to be great stewards of the program during parent information nights, See it LIVE! and even in the Freeman!

Writing is DUE to the Bilingual Office by September 24th!!!!!
A BOX will be sent with each classes writing and coversheet!
Be sure to include the cover sheet!
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 DL New Learning for ALL-Preparing to use the Walk Through Tool:
DL 2015-2016 Walk Through Tool Tutorial (link to youtube)

Resources:
Blooms en espanol

Important DL/ESL September Dates:
CLM/BUF Unit 1 September Week 1 thru October Week 1
September 10th-DL and ESL Instructional Schedules updated to Elementary/Secondary Matrix (Principals)
September 10th-Principal/EC STAR Professional Development 10-11am
September 17th DL Walk Through EC/Principal "on your own"
September 17th DL EC PD 12-4PM
September 11, "Infinite Campus and English Learners" (Principal WEBEX)
September 24: NABE writing samples and cover sheets due to Bilingual Office!
September 30-DL ESL and BIL Spec Ed "Sign off" on Dual Language Handbook (Principals)
October 1st: NABE the Importance of Being Bilingual Writing DUE to NABE!!

September DL Department Meetings by site:

  • Heyer: September 24 7:45am
  • Blair: September 22, 7:45 am
  • Banting: 
  • Bethesda:
  • Middle Schools: OTL-N/A


Topic: 

  •  Communicating a theory of action for consistency, growth and capacity building


 Goal, Site leads:

  • Communicate a shared, clear message across the district about the DL Program
  • Ownership of the goals of the program
  • Understanding of the Language Allocation Plan
  • Accessibility to the Dual Language Handbook
  • Shared leadership of the Theory of Action for 2015-2016 Director-Principal-EC-Teacher Roles
  • Understanding of how data on practice will be gathered and developed through site department meetings


 Google Resources: links




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