Here’s an excellent comprehensive article on translanguaging. cal.org/wp-content/upl…

This week, we're closing out Unit 4, and this game has been a hit today for reviewing unit vocabulary. Thank you Sr. García for this idea! 'Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships #MichaelJordan
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Yesterday, we took our class outside for a fun hands-on experience, conducting experiments about volcanoes and writing a report about what we learned. It was a blast! 💥 🖤💛
Let’s Go Cougar’s!💫
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My ❤️ was full to see our leaders having these conversations & advocating for our bilingual learners! 😊

Science of Reading and the Bilingual Brain! Thank you apsDualLang for the great PL! ❤️catching up with Dwight Hutson and spending the day with our new literacy coach Ms. Dorothy Chu ❤️🐝❤️

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Thank you Alexandra Guilamo for speaking on the Science of Reading for the Bilingual Learner! So many points to process & digest after today's session. I am excited to continue the learning & these conversations! @BenteenIBPYP Jay Bland Dwight Hutson apsDualLang

Would you walk in our shoes?!? 👞

Our newcomers’ shoes are some big shoes to fill.

Several of my students had a hard time asking you to walk in their shoes. They would never wish their afflictions on anyone. But, these are our realities— Our stories — our experiences—Our…

Los niños de Primer grado DLI celebran el Día del planeta 🌎Tierra. Cuida tu planeta!!🐝🌎❤️Jay Bland Morris Brandon Elementary School apsDualLang

Oracy precedes literacy.

This is especially important for emergent bilingual students or bilingual/multilingual learners.

How do you ensure that oracy is paramount in daily practices?

Annual Foreign Language Spoken contest, Spanish, French and Arabic apsDualLang Jay Bland SarahSmithElementary Emily Morehart

Bravo to our budding biliterate Brandon 🐝🐝! Morris Brandon Elementary School ATL Public Schools Jay Bland Dr. Margul Retha Woolfolk Tommy P. Usher Dr. Danielle S. Battle

👁️ spy another ATL Public Schools DLI teacher named TOTY…🥳 Congrats, Ms. Davis! apsDualLang Teachers ROCK! Andrew Lovett Jr., Ph. D.

Our PRE-K Benteen had a #booksandbadges reader this morning from Atlanta Public Schools Police Department, who habla en español. #HairLove never sounded so good. Andrew Lovett Jr., Ph. D. Chief Ron Applin Alexa Smith Benteen Elem IB authorized world school Princess S SchoolCounselorsRock Paul W. Brown

“The Seal of Biliteracy is an opportunity for students who have multiple languages to present all that they know in another language.' ow.ly/cGp550RiCqk

Children that are exposed to two languages from birth will have different sound systems and grammatical systems than other kids that were exposed to one language at birth and another language later in life. ow.ly/rAEJ50RiCH2

These kids are having so much fun doing this project, and I can't wait to see the final oral presentation! Let’s go Cougars 💫🖤💛
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Let’s Go Cougar’s!
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Breaking Down the Monolingual Wall III languagemagazine.com/2024/04/15/bre…

Congratulations to Ms Flores and Ms. Meraz! Our ATL Public Schools DLI Teachers and Parapros are AMAZING! 🥳

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The United Nations sees multilingualism as an “essential factor in harmonious communication among all peoples and an enabler of multilateral diplomacy,” assuring greater transparency, efficiency, and empathy. ow.ly/Mjbt50RcMZT