7 Steps to a Language-Rich Interactive Classroom (All Levels) Face to Face

What if you could design an amazing learning environment? We already have, and it's all contained in 7steps! 7 Steps to Building a Language-Rich Interactive Classroom provides a seven step process that creates a language-rich interactive classroom environment in which all students can thrive. Topics include differentiating instruction for students at a variety of language proficiencies, keeping all students absolutely engaged, and creating powerful learning supports. This session will be a 6 hour session presented by Carol Salva from Seidlitz Education.

Tongue Tied? Steps to Untying the Knot (Primary and Elementary) Virtual

Oral language development is the initial stepping stone of literacy. Help your students engage in authentic academic conversations through a gradual release model. Learn practices to increase EBs' participation and engagement in classroom discussions that focus on diverse perspectives and the development of critical thinking skills.

Deeper Dive of Cross Linguistic Connections: Part 7 - Syntax-Grammar and Complex Verbs (Elementary) Face to Face

The purpose of this workshop is to discuss instructional strategies and activities to perform a contrastive analysis of the elements of English and Spanish, specifically on the syntax/grammar and complex verbs of both languages.

Oracy Development and Listening Comprehension in Spanish and Cross-Linguistic Connections (SLA Primary to Elementary) Virtual

Educators will explore different vocabulary strategies/activities that will build and stimulate word recognition, ideas, problem solving, writing, and metacognition. These activities/strategies will give students many opportunities to explore vocabulary that they are learning within the classroom setting. This presentation will encourage educators to help students build a firm foundation in the building blocks of language.

Motivating ELLs (Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

Motivating ELLs: Activities to Inspire & Engage Students will guide teachers through a unique approach of user-friendly strategies that help teachers inspire and connect to their English language learners. This session provides teachers with activities focused on developing meaningful relationships with students' an important key to motivation that is often neglected. Teachers will learn how to build off student interests to foster total engagement with academic content, breathe new life into content and language objectives, capitalize on student and teacher creativity and innovation, and facilitate enjoyable content writing for all ages.

Fomentando el Vocabulario en Español (Bilingual Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

Acompáñanos a aprender y compartir actividades e ideas para fomentar el vocabulario de nuestros estudiantes. En esta presentación revisaremos información básica del lenguaje español e inglés mientras obtenemos estrategias para enriquecer el vocabulario de nuestros estudiantes. Estas actividades se pueden usar para expandir ideas en las lecciones de nuestro plan curricular o como juegos didácticos durante el recreo o transiciones

Work Smarter Not Harder: Using Benchmark E-Readers to Teach SLA in the Social Studies Classroom (Elementary) Face to Face

One thing that works against all bilingual teachers is having enough time to fit it all in. In this workshop, you will learn how to incorporate Benchmark E-readers and Spanish Language Arts into your Social Studies instruction. Teachers will walk away with an understanding of TEKS aligned resources for grades 3-5 as well as samples and tools to support leveraging these resources to cover Spanish Language Arts Reading and Writing skills.

A Tisket, A Tasket: What's in a Story Basket? (Primary) Face to Face

Do you want to bring your favorite children's books to life? Come learn about story baskets and how to use them in a preschool, pre-K, kindergarten, or first grade classroom. Story baskets enhance narrative development and comprehension in your classroom. You will even make a story basket during the session to use immediately in your classroom.

Little Bo Peep has found her sheep (in a small group) (Primary) Face to Face

Primary teachers will learn the essentials of small group instruction; grouping students, literacy center rotation charts, and tracking sheets. This session will provide you with the skills for an effective small group session with your students plus walk away with helpful materials.

Influencing your Targeted Language! (Primary and Elementary) Virtual

Do you have emergent bilingual students in your monolingual class? Are you needing strategies to help the learning stick? Emergent bilingual children might have trouble following and participating in a whole-class conversation. In this session, you will learn how to adjust your instructional strategies by providing intentional support such as color coding, cognates, sentence stems, and visuals to increase English language development. Come join our session and learn various language supports to use during your CKLA Knowledge instruction to make the learning stick!

Using a Kinesthetic Approach to Increase Student Learning (Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

Teaching with the simultaneous use of two languages, or translanguaging, is a way to elicit the use of the entire brain in the learning process. We will focus on methods of raising SEL values in the classroom while teaching academic vocabulary using bodily movement.

Promoting Diversity Within Readings & Lessons (Primary and Elementary) Virtual

Desiring to find multicultural resources and literature to use for upcoming lessons, whether it be online or face-to-face? Looking for a way to include technology in lessons for Kinder to 5th grade? Come to this session for a model lesson and resources that you can implement in the next unit! The focus will be reaching on Special Education and English Language Learners. Participants will learn why it is necessary to have diverse literature and what they can do to implement tips shared!

Words, Words, Words: Strategies to Increase Vocabulary in Young Children (Primary) Face to Face

Join Frogstreet's expert, Monica Cordoba for this great session. This course will identify the most effective strategies for teaching vocabulary based on the research documented in the article “Developing Early Literacy: Report of the National Early Literacy Panel” 2008) and supported by the book Early Childhood Literacy: The National Early Literacy Panel and Beyond (Shanahan & Lonigan, 2012). Participants will review myths of vocabulary instruction and expand knowledge of research-based practices including tiered vocabulary instruction.

Tongue Tied? Steps to Untying the Knot (Primary and Elementary) Virtual

Oral language development is the initial stepping stone of literacy. Help your students engage in authentic academic conversations through a gradual release model. Learn practices to increase EBs' participation and engagement in classroom discussions that focus on diverse perspectives and the development of critical thinking skills.

Deeper Dive of Cross Linguistic Connections: Part 7 - Syntax-Grammar and Complex Verbs (Elementary) Face to Face

The purpose of this workshop is to discuss instructional strategies and activities to perform a contrastive analysis of the elements of English and Spanish, specifically on the syntax/grammar and complex verbs of both languages.

The Science of the Bilingual Reading Brain (Elementary) Virtual

Join TaJu Learning (Teaching for the Achievement & Justice of Us)! Participants will build a deep knowledge of how emergent bilinguals and dual language students learn how to read differently than monolingual, English-speaking students, and the decades of research that support it. So, what has research revealed about the science of reading for dual language programs that has been excluded from the reading wars? Participants will learn to apply an approach to literacy instruction in two languages that requires both meaning making and reading words, efficiency of practice, and focus on purpose, all while systematically leveraging the most useful aspects of each language.

Oracy Development and Listening Comprehension in Spanish and Cross-Linguistic Connections (SLA Primary to Elementary) Virtual

Educators will explore different vocabulary strategies/activities that will build and stimulate word recognition, ideas, problem solving, writing, and metacognition. These activities/strategies will give students many opportunities to explore vocabulary that they are learning within the classroom setting. This presentation will encourage educators to help students build a firm foundation in the building blocks of language.

A Tisket, A Tasket: What's in a Story Basket? (Primary) Face to Face

Do you want to bring your favorite children's books to life? Come learn about story baskets and how to use them in a preschool, pre-K, kindergarten, or first grade classroom. Story baskets enhance narrative development and comprehension in your classroom. You will even make a story basket during the session to use immediately in your classroom.

Work Smarter Not Harder: Using Benchmark E-Readers to Teach SLA in the Social Studies Classroom (Elementary) Face to Face

One thing that works against all bilingual teachers is having enough time to fit it all in. In this workshop, you will learn how to incorporate Benchmark E-readers and Spanish Language Arts into your Social Studies instruction. Teachers will walk away with an understanding of TEKS aligned resources for grades 3-5 as well as samples and tools to support leveraging these resources to cover Spanish Language Arts Reading and Writing skills.

Little Bo Peep has found her sheep (in a small group) (Primary) Face to Face

Primary teachers will learn the essentials of small group instruction; grouping students, literacy center rotation charts, and tracking sheets. This session will provide you with the skills for an effective small group session with your students plus walk away with helpful materials.

Using a Kinesthetic Approach to Increase Student Learning (Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

Teaching with the simultaneous use of two languages, or translanguaging, is a way to elicit the use of the entire brain in the learning process. We will focus on methods of raising SEL values in the classroom while teaching academic vocabulary using bodily movement.

Promoting Diversity Within Readings & Lessons (Primary and Elementary) Virtual

Desiring to find multicultural resources and literature to use for upcoming lessons, whether it be online or face-to-face? Looking for a way to include technology in lessons for Kinder to 5th grade? Come to this session for a model lesson and resources that you can implement in the next unit! The focus will be reaching on Special Education and English Language Learners. Participants will learn why it is necessary to have diverse literature and what they can do to implement tips shared!

Framework for Excellent and Equitable EB Education (Primary and Elementary) Virtual

Learn how to develop excellent and equitable EB Education by digging deep into the guiding principles that focus on students' strengths rather than deficits. We will support you through the process of reaching beyond your comfort zone while balancing content and language instruction simultaneously. You will walk away with an action plan based on a framework, to implement equitable ideas that will benefit emergent bilinguals.

Deeper Dive of Cross Linguistic Connections: Part 8 - Writing (Elementary) Face to Face

The purpose of this workshop is to discuss instructional strategies and activities to perform a contrastive analysis of the elements of English and Spanish, specifically on writing.

Oracy Development and Listening Comprehension in Spanish and Cross-Linguistic Connections (SLA Primary to Elementary) Virtual

Educators will explore different vocabulary strategies/activities that will build and stimulate word recognition, ideas, problem solving, writing, and metacognition. These activities/strategies will give students many opportunities to explore vocabulary that they are learning within the classroom setting. This presentation will encourage educators to help students build a firm foundation in the building blocks of language.

Motivating ELLs (Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

Motivating ELLs: Activities to Inspire & Engage Students will guide teachers through a unique approach of user-friendly strategies that help teachers inspire and connect to their English language learners. This session provides teachers with activities focused on developing meaningful relationships with students' an important key to motivation that is often neglected. Teachers will learn how to build off student interests to foster total engagement with academic content, breathe new life into content and language objectives, capitalize on student and teacher creativity and innovation, and facilitate enjoyable content writing for all ages.

Let Them Talk: Promoting Oral Language in the Early Childhood Classroom (Primary) Face to Face

Oral language has been described as the “engine” of learning and thinking. This is especially true for dual language learners who face unique challenges as they develop as readers and writers. This session will present specific strategies for promoting oral language in early childhood classrooms. These strategies can provide both a strong foundation in children’s first language and a meaningful context for dual language learners. Topics addressed will include the role of extended conversation in the classroom, empowering children to experiment with language, and creating a classroom environment that is language-rich, open-ended, and engaging for young children.

Language Bridging in the Bilingual Social Studies and Science Classroom-Make and Take (Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

This workshop will provide a brief overview of cross-linguistic connections: what they are and how to implement them in the Science and Social Studies classroom. Teachers will then have the opportunity to collaborate, plan, and make anchor charts with cross-linguistic connections alongside other teachers in their content area. These resources will be ready to go for the 2022-2023 academic school year.

Using Spanish to Build Students' Background Knowledge in Grades 3-5 Bilingual Classroom (Elementary) Virtual

In this session, teachers will learn different ways to build students' background knowledge in their first language while acquiring their second language in a content based curriculum.

Building a Classroom Community Through Cooperative Learning (Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

This presentation will focus on engaging strategies that can be used in a classroom to promote cooperative learning amongst our EB students. We will be sharing activities that will encourage our students to build their academic conversations, reading skills, and writing skills. In order for a student to be successful in class, they will need to be comfortable enough to truly express their learning and thinking process without focusing on if their answers or responses are right or wrong. Research shows that a cooperative learning environment increases EB students participation and self - esteem.

Level up Literacy for EBs (Elementary) Face to Face

Research shows EBs are still underperforming when it comes to reading! What can teachers do to help? Level up the classroom! Participants will be immersed in research based strategies that support student's knowledge & skill development through active engagement. Learn about some of the brain research and leading theories that activate leaning. Teachers will engage in activities that support the foundations of reading!

Building Early Literacy Skills (Primary) Face to Face

Join Frogstreet's expert, Monica Cordoba for this great session. Participants are guided along a developmental sequence of emergent literacy based on the research documented in the article “Developing Early Literacy: Report of the National Early Literacy Panel” (2008) and supported by the book Early Childhood Literacy: The National Early Literacy Panel and Beyond (Shanahan & Lonigan, 2012). Participants will review literacy instruction models that include strategies to build oral language skills focused on vocabulary and comprehension, phonological awareness, concepts of print, expressive writing, and alphabet knowledge.

Framework for Excellent and Equitable EB Education (Primary and Elementary) Virtual

Learn how to develop excellent and equitable EB Education by digging deep into the guiding principles that focus on students' strengths rather than deficits. We will support you through the process of reaching beyond your comfort zone while balancing content and language instruction simultaneously. You will walk away with an action plan based on a framework, to implement equitable ideas that will benefit emergent bilinguals.

Deeper Dive of Cross Linguistic Connections: Part 8 - Writing (Elementary) Face to Face

The purpose of this workshop is to discuss instructional strategies and activities to perform a contrastive analysis of the elements of English and Spanish, specifically on writing.

Oracy Development and Listening Comprehension in Spanish and Cross-Linguistic Connections (SLA Primary to Elementary) Virtual

Educators will explore different vocabulary strategies/activities that will build and stimulate word recognition, ideas, problem solving, writing, and metacognition. These activities/strategies will give students many opportunities to explore vocabulary that they are learning within the classroom setting. This presentation will encourage educators to help students build a firm foundation in the building blocks of language.

Motivating ELLs (Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

Motivating ELLs: Activities to Inspire & Engage Students will guide teachers through a unique approach of user-friendly strategies that help teachers inspire and connect to their English language learners. This session provides teachers with activities focused on developing meaningful relationships with students' an important key to motivation that is often neglected. Teachers will learn how to build off student interests to foster total engagement with academic content, breathe new life into content and language objectives, capitalize on student and teacher creativity and innovation, and facilitate enjoyable content writing for all ages.

Fomentando el Vocabulario en Español (Bilingual Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

Acompáñanos a aprender y compartir actividades e ideas para fomentar el vocabulario de nuestros estudiantes. En esta presentación revisaremos información básica del lenguaje español e inglés mientras obtenemos estrategias para enriquecer el vocabulario de nuestros estudiantes. Estas actividades se pueden usar para expandir ideas en las lecciones de nuestro plan curricular o como juegos didácticos durante el recreo o transiciones

Let Them Talk: Promoting Oral Language in the Early Childhood Classroom (Primary) Face to Face

Oral language has been described as the “engine” of learning and thinking. This is especially true for dual language learners who face unique challenges as they develop as readers and writers. This session will present specific strategies for promoting oral language in early childhood classrooms. These strategies can provide both a strong foundation in children’s first language and a meaningful context for dual language learners. Topics addressed will include the role of extended conversation in the classroom, empowering children to experiment with language, and creating a classroom environment that is language-rich, open-ended, and engaging for young children.

Language Bridging in the Bilingual Social Studies and Science Classroom-Make and Take (Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

This workshop will provide a brief overview of cross-linguistic connections: what they are and how to implement them in the Science and Social Studies classroom. Teachers will then have the opportunity to collaborate, plan, and make anchor charts with cross-linguistic connections alongside other teachers in their content area. These resources will be ready to go for the 2022-2023 academic school year.

Influencing your Targeted Language! (Primary and Elementary) Virtual

Do you have emergent bilingual students in your monolingual class? Are you needing strategies to help the learning stick? Emergent bilingual children might have trouble following and participating in a whole-class conversation. In this session, you will learn how to adjust your instructional strategies by providing intentional support such as color coding, cognates, sentence stems, and visuals to increase English language development. Come join our session and learn various language supports to use during your CKLA Knowledge instruction to make the learning stick!

Using Spanish to Build Students' Background Knowledge in Grades 3-5 Bilingual Classroom (Elementary) Virtual

In this session, teachers will learn different ways to build students' background knowledge in their first language while acquiring their second language in a content based curriculum.

Building a Classroom Community Through Cooperative Learning (Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

This presentation will focus on engaging strategies that can be used in a classroom to promote cooperative learning amongst our EB students. We will be sharing activities that will encourage our students to build their academic conversations, reading skills, and writing skills. In order for a student to be successful in class, they will need to be comfortable enough to truly express their learning and thinking process without focusing on if their answers or responses are right or wrong. Research shows that a cooperative learning environment increases EB students participation and self - esteem.