Thursday Update Dec 2!!

Department of Multilingual and Global Education December 2,  2016 FIRST DAY OF DL PROGRAM ENROLLMENT 37 Applications!!! 30 K4 Seats for English Speakers (more or less) 90 5K Seats for English Speakers (more or less)

BUF RESOURCES

ALL 3rd-5th Teachers,

Please send me your BUF Resource needs on the doc I shared with you.  I really want to ensure that we have all of the materials you need to facilitate the BUFS.

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IImpor Important Dates Dec 6 ACCESS Testing Starts Dec 7-9 Illinois Bilingual Conference Dec 13 La Estrellita Assessment Training 3:30-5 pm Dec 13 DL Parent Dinner with the teacher Heyer 5:30-6:30 Month of November November, by the 30th: Set up and assess 8th graders in PRE-AP, and other “Spanish” Speakers who may need placement beyond Spanish 2 PROMOTION!! SDW DL Car Magnets ($7), Bumper Stickers($5) and Yard Sign ($15)Promotions will also go out next week!! Look For It! Like us on Facebook @ SDW Dual Language Program/a Lenguaje Dual *Please add this reminder to school newsletters As we translate some of these letters we are noticing that this message needs to be specifically included.

STAR Q&A Doc Thanks to all in attendance for the STAR Training.  Here are the STAR Q&A Doc we collected. Shelley will have IRLs in December so we can compare the growth of our students. STAR will be in wisedash soon! ACCESS TESTING Let the process (and collaboration) begin. Here is a link for all the Access Events happening in the District, including schedules etc. Oracy Practices Click on this link for self guided PD through flipped media presentations on: Sentence Starters v Sentence Frames Bilingual Pairs Form v Function Think Frame Pair Share And so many more! Illinois Bilingual Conference Dec 6-9 Staff Going Leslie Waltz Jadia Kirk Zach Bennet Miguel Rodriguez Their conference notes will be shared next week! Low Incidence Languages FINALLY, we have a phone line to work with families in languages other than English or Spanish. Maria P will be coordinating the accessibility to this service.  Please connect with her if needed for conferences, PST etc.  IEPs will continue to be handled through Student Services. AWESOME DICTADO INNOVATION!! Jessica and Kris at Banting put all of their dictados into a google classroom with a voice over.  That way, the kids are using a blended approach to “DO” the dictado, to maximize time for teaching the skills. Fabulous! This method really allows kids to listen critically, at their own pace, and to prepare for instruction See images below! Data will be available in Dec after our Training on the 29th

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