Teaching & Learning
October 20, 2023
Language Supports for Writing
Anchor Charts
Mrs. Sweet's Kinder English+ class: Visual representation of main idea and key details.
Key Details and New Vocabulary
Mrs. E. Afanasiev's dual Russian kinder class: Teaching retelling using key details and new vocabulary words.
1. Shared reading (determining the important details and vocabulary). Students learned TPR for each vocabulary word
2. During shared writing-- write important details. Highlight the key vocabulary
3. Use key vocabulary to retell
Interactive Reading
Mrs. E. Alfaqeeh's Dual Russian 3rd grade class: Modeling how to connect key details and main ideas using vocabulary work. Using enlarged text from Benchmark students' magazine, teacher models to highlight the key vocabulary/details. Then encouraging kids to use learned vocabulary together they determine main idea.
Bridging in Action
Mrs. Kosovan's Dual Russian 4th/5th grade: Bridging side by side strategy. During the shared reading lesson students have learned about characters, and the next day the teacher asked them to recall vocabulary that they remember from the lesson.
Barriers and Bridges
Barriers and Bridges is an activity used to help people discover obstacles and solutions for difficult situations or tasks.
Flashback to New Teacher Week!
November Professional Learning Conference
Also, a huge shout out to HS staff members who will be sharing their spaces with us over those two days. To learn a little more about the conference, including the keynotes, please check out our webpage, and to see the schedule for the two days, please see below.
