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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