Not yet a 22 in Spanish or English? IC-next steps

SPANISH and ENGLISH RUNNING RECORD K-5

Students who have not yet demonstrated benchmark at a level 22 in SPANISH, must participate in Benchmark Running Record assessment at any grade K-5 and in ENGLISH Grades 2-5.  Alli Poff is creating a pathway in Infinite Campus to communicate this data and all dual language K-5 teachers will have access to add this data for any student.

DL Assessment Team Meeting

Read to Learn: This is an overview of the ENIL LINK.  ENIL is the most research based and aligned assessment protocol for Dual Language Bilinguals.  Our assessment team is inviting all of you to read this packet of 12 pages to understand how the ENIL Works.   We have collected notes on our experience with the ENIL which you should read here LINK.

Youtube video of ENIL 1st, and 8th grade LINK

Feel Free to provide feedback to these staff who were present, as they can bring your questions and comments back to the team (as always-everyone is invited to the next session Dec 11th at 4:15-5:45:

Banting: Julie Jordan/Marlene
Bethesda: Deyse/Lucia
Heyer: Jamie/Lindsay
Blair: Barbara Sanchez

DUAL LANGUAGE SEE IT LIVE!!!!!!!!! 12/14/2018

Dual Language SEE IT LIVE! 

is offered to our community on 

Friday December 14, 2018 from 

9AM-12AM.

Parents, future students and community 

members will be in your classrooms 

to see how we foster our pillars:

Bilingualism and Biliteracy

Academic Achievement

Global and Mutlicultural Competence

To prepare for our multilingual community to enter our buildings and learning spaces, please ensure your multilingual students know this event is occurring.  Many sites have prepared students to welcome families and guide their tour in English and Spanish.

ACCESS TESTING TIME for EL and DL

ACCESS STARTS DECEMBER 3rd!

See Shelley's email below..

Scheduling: EACH STAFF WILL INDEPENDENTLY SCHEDULE ASSESSMENT DATES!!!! (Yea!-we are finally at this place)

• Each School will get 2 Kits (Heyer and Horning will get 3 kits due to their population)
• Lynn and Molly will each have a kit for the non-Dual Schools

Reminders: All DL and ESL Teachers are trained-use your team to administer the test.

Best Practice Grades 2-12: Ratios15:1 for Listening and Speaking, 30:1 Reading and Writing

LYNN and MOLLY will do ALL Kindergarten (send them LOVE)

Principals and ESL teachers-

The ACCESS for ELLS is the annual mandatory testing of our ELL population only. The Testing Window opens Dec 3 and closes February 1. 

The attached Compliance Tool is designed to provide administrative support for those who will  administer the test. The availability of fully charged Chromebooks and dedicated space for students are both essential for successful testing. 

Principals: Please sign your name within the row for your school to indicate your awareness and intent to help organize the various requirements.   

 

Schools, working around their own conflicts, will have a little more flexibility in  scheduling their own testing this year. Our 2 itinerant ESL testers, Lynn and Molly, will assist in testing all Kinders at Dual Language Schools in the months of December and January. Headsets will be evenly distributed among schools based on testing numbers, with most schools getting 1 or 2 kits (10 per kit)  and a few with the highest testing numbers getting 3 kits. 

The website WIDA-AMS is now populated with students and accommodations can be entered.  If you have ELLS that need accommodations and need help with entering or understanding the accommodation choices, let's discuss. Materials for the lower grades (writing booklets) and Alternate ACCESS tests will be distributed at the end of November, as soon as we get them at Lindholm. Otherwise it is online, with very few exceptions. (Some paper tests are used at Alternate locations.)

COME LEAD w/ ME: DUAL LANGUAGE DECEMBER 1st

SUPPORT the ENROLLMENT IN OUR DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM! 

(great for 4E/4D)

I need 3 teachers who can help to support attracting families to Dual Language.  Come and help provide education to families, market our program and conduct bilingual "read aloud" at this event!

email dmgarcia@ if interested!

DECEMBER 1st 9-1 at North High School

WIABE ART CONTEST!!!

WIABE 2019 Student Art Contest

Elementary school, middle school, and high school students who are learning in two languages are encouraged to participate in the WIABE 2019 Student Art Contest. Students are invited to create artwork about the theme: My Bilingual/Bicultural Life.

Please complete and submit your registration by January 4, 2019. WIABE 2019 Art Contest

  

                                                                                

Format:  The original artwork must be completed in pencil, pen, marker or paint. Photography is also eligible. All original artwork must be 11”X14” or less in size. A scanned or electronic copy of the artwork must be submitted as part of the entry and the file should be no larger than 1GB..

Registration Form:  Each entry must include the WIABE Student Writing Contest Registration Form.  The student's name should not appear on the entry. Registration requires the signature of the teacher and a parent/guardian verifying that the student meets the contest eligibility criteria.

Description:  A one-paragraph description  (in Spanish or English) of what the art represents and how it reflects the theme: “My bilingual/bicultural life” must accompany each entry.

Participation in the contest is limited to students who are in grades 3-12 and learning in two languages.

Each entry will be judged on:

• Development of the theme/ Desarrollo del tema—30%

• Content and clarity of artistic expression/ Contenido y claridad de expresión artística—30%

Winners must submit an original copy of their artwork.  All participants will receive a certificate of participation. WIABE 2019 Art Contest

How to participate:

1. Create a piece of artwork (e.g., drawing, painting or photo) related to the theme: My Bilingual/Bicultural Life.

2. Complete the WIABE Student Art Contest Registration Form and include a copy of the artwork and description by Friday, January 4, 2019.

AWARDS

•First place winners in each category will receive a $100 cash prize/ El ganador(a) del primer lugar en cada categoría recibirá un premio de $100 en efectivo.

•The winners, along with two parents/guardians and their teacher, will be invited to the awards luncheon during the   2019 WIABE Conference where they will read the description of their drawings and receive their awards. The luncheon will be held on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells/ Los ganadores, junto con dos padres/tutores y su maestro(a) serán invitados al almuerzo de premiación durante la Conferencia de WIABE 2019 en la cual los estudiantes leerán sus descripciones de sus ilustraciones y recibirán sus premios. El almuerzo se llevará acabo el sábado 4 de mayo de 2019 en el Kalahari Resort en Wisconsin Dells.

•Winners will also receive a one-night stay at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells. A parent/guardian must accompany the student in order to receive the one-night stay at the Kalahari Resort/ Los ganadores recibirán también una noche de estadía gratuita en el Kalahari Resort. Un padre/tutor debe acompañar al estudiante para poder recibir la estancia de una noche en el Kalahari Resort en Wisconsin Dells.

•Winners will be featured in the WIABE 2019 program booklet and on the WIABE website. They will be invited to sign copies of their artwork following the luncheon. Their artwork will be displayed at the Walker Point Art Center/ Los ganadores serán incluidos en el folleto del programa de WIABE 2019 y en la página web de WIABE. Los ganadores serán invitados a firmar copias de sus ilustraciones después del almuerzo.  Sus obras serán exhibidas en el Walker’s Point Art Center.

•All contest participants will receive a certificate of participation/ Todos los participantes en el concurso recibirán un certificado de participación.  

All artwork and photographs will become the property of WIABE and will not be returned.

By submitting your essay and registration form, you give WIABE permission to use your work and photographs on the WIABE website, social media platforms, newsletters and promotional and educational materials without limitation, reservation, or compensation.

Questions or need assistance with submitting your work, contact Dr. Kathryn Henn-Reinke via email

hennrein@uwosh.edu o Dr. Mariana Castro via email mcastro@wisc.edu

DL Biliteracy Assessment Team Meeting November 27-Open to ALL

DUAL LANGUAGE BILITERACY ASSESSMENT TEAM

The Dual Language Biliteracy Assessment Team Meeting was November 15th.  During this session we prepared and created a Biliteracy Evaluation Tool that we will use to review the ENIL Assessment next meeting.

See the Tool HERE.

On TUESDAY November 27 from 4-5:30 in Room 109 this team will get to the the ENIL Assessment of Spanish Literacy. ALL ARE ENCOURAGED TO COME!   If you choose to come, be sure you are familiar with the evaluation tool above as you will be put to work to help us find a better assessment solution!

Information on ENIL can be located HERE.

ALL ARE INVITED, PLEASE BRING YOUR VOICE TO THIS TEAM!