EB Primary & Elementary Sessions

7 Steps to a Language-Rich Interactive Classroom

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.

Analyzing Emergent Bilinguals' Writing Through Bilingual Lens to Use as an Instructional Tool (Elementary)

The objective for this session is for teachers to learn how to analyze emergent bilinguals' writing through a holistic perspective that places Spanish and English side by side. Educators will also learn how to use biliteracy data to teach to students' potential within the scaffolded biliteracy zones to support emerging bilinguals' trajectories toward biliteracy.

The Art Connection (Primary and Elementary)

Yes, you will be making a little bit of art, yes, you are creative and so are your students! Let's inspire and motivate students by incorporating art analysis seamlessly into CKLA lessons with visual connections, graphic organizers, and student-led discussions. Learn how to use the Art of Comprehension strategies to develop the English language and build academic vocabulary skills through visual connections. By infusing the arts into your lessons, your students will gain confidence in their writing and speaking.

The Art of Comprehension (Primary and Elementary)

In this session, Trevor will introduce The Art of Comprehension which is a student-friendly approach to teaching comprehension skills rooted in the viewing of visual texts (pictures). Since the approach can be used with pictures, non-readers, pre-readers and striving readers can all meaningfully engage with the forms of thinking needed for academic success. Trevor will also share how the comprehension and meaning-making skills developed through viewing and discussing pictures can then be transferred to various forms of written texts, both read and written. The Art of Comprehension not only helps students to gain the academic skills they need, it highlights the value of having rich, in-depth conversations around works of art.

Background Knowledge, The Spark that Ignites your Lesson (Primary and Elementary)

Looking for the key to unlock your students' success? Your EBs' experiences and existing knowledge is the spark that will ignite your lessons. With increasingly rigorous content, EBs struggle to connect. Join us for a step by step approach to know which background knowledge to activate and explore deeper.

B.E.L.I.E.V.E.! in Transformative Emotional Intelligence: Strengthening Teaching from Within (All Levels)

Join Miss Dorito for some real talk with research and see how learning about the 4 Pillars and 13 Major Skills of TEI can create a happier, less stressful, more compassionate, boundary setting you in and out of the classroom. Participants leave rejuvenated, seen, heard and ready to explore emotional intelligence for teachers. That is if you B.E.L.I.E.V.E.!

B.E.L.I.E.V.E.! in Transformative Emotional Intelligence: Strengthening Teaching from Within Part Deux (All Levels)

Join Miss Dorito for Part 2 of this powerful session on Transformative Emotional Intelligence as we continue to explore visions, values, non-negotiables, and boundaries through understanding, navigating, and balancing our emotional and content intellect! That is if you B.E.L.I.E.V.E.!

B.E.L.I.E.V.E.! in The Writing Recipe: Ingredients for Empowerment on Paper (All Levels)

This highly engaging, fun, and informative session demonstrates the successful writing strategy by Miss Dorito called The Writing Recipe. Using old school meets new school techniques, TPR, and pure FUN come see The Writing Recipe in action and how it empowers ALL students to WANT to write while giving teachers the confidence to teach writing with ease! That is if you B.E.L.I.E.V.E.!

B.E.L.I.E.V.E.! in Scaffolding: Breaking Down Content Area Lessons to Build Up Academic Literacy (All Levels)

Join Miss Dorito for this highly informative play-by-play on scaffolding challenging science and social studies lessons so ALL students may feel confident and comfortable to learn. Watch how easy it is to do once you see it happening in real time. Participants leave empowered, ready to differentiate their content for ALL students. Learn to scaffold once and you will see its power and your awesomeness for increased student engagement and comprehension. That is if you B.E.L.I.E.V.E.!

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

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.

Building Classroom Community through Morning Meeting (Primary)

Do your Morning Meetings need a little extra oomph? Do you feel like you don’t have enough time in the day to review important academic skills? Would your students love to start the day with meaningful learning and joy? Join us to learn about a Morning Meeting structure that builds classroom culture, celebrates student voice, and spirals many literacy and math skills in a 20 minute circle time!

Building Early Literacy Skills (Primary)

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.

Coaching Teachers in Bilingual & Dual Language Classrooms (All Levels)

Join TaJu Learning (Teaching for the Achievement & Justice of Us) with engaging dual language teachers in constructive observations and feedback is essential to teacher excellence and student achievement. This session empowers administrators, coaches, and teacher leaders with a proven framework for coaching dual-language and bilingual teachers with fair and effective feedback. Coaches and administrators gain the skills and tools needed to answer the question, "How can I consistently and accurately create a coaching cycle for dual-language and bilingual teachers, especially if the language utilized during instruction is one that I don't speak?" Participants will receive essential tools for providing effective coaching and high-quality feedback cycles. This session is great for instructional specialists or coaches.

Creating a Classroom Environment with Eureka (Elementary)

Come see how to set up your classroom environment with visuals, vocabulary & sentence stems in order to engage learners in the classrooms using Eureka materials.

Creating Powerful Lessons for EBs' Academic and Language Growth (Primary and Elementary)

Participants will (1) design and prepare lessons that concurrently make content comprehensible and develop students' English language skills; (2) write relevant, measurable, clearly defined, and student friendly content and language objectives; (3) analyze ELPS; and (4) align language objectives with selected content objectives.

Cross- Linguistic Transfer and the Sound-Spelling Transfer Kit. (1st Grade)

This session is for first grade bilingual teachers. A presenter from Benchmark, will unpack and explicitly show teachers how to make cross linguistic transfer from Spanish to English. The lessons are specifically tailored to help our first grade one way dual language teachers how to make language transfer during language arts.

Cross- Linguistic Transfer and the Sound-Spelling Transfer Kit. (2nd Grade)

This session is for second grade bilingual teachers. A presenter from Benchmark will unpack and explicitly show teachers how to make cross linguistic transfer from Spanish to English. The lessons are specifically tailored to help our first grade one way dual language teachers how to make language transfer during language arts.

Cultural Awareness-The Pivot of Classroom Partnerships and Student Success (Primary and Elementary)

The focus of this presentation will be from the topic, "Cultural Awareness-The pivot of classroom partnerships and student success". Participants will learn how cultural awareness leads to cultural competency. Educators will better guide the emerging bilingual to academic success in a way that they can understand and appreciate. An activity will include time for attendees to consider any modifications needed in their current practices to prepare for next year.

Deeper Dive of Cross Linguistic Connections: Part 1 (Primary and Elementary)

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 anchor charts, word walls, and cognates.

Deeper Dive of Cross Linguistic Connections: Part 2 - Phonology (Primary and Elementary)

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 phonology on both languages.

Deeper Dive of Cross Linguistic Connections: Part 3 Morphology (Elementary)

Deeper Dive of Cross-Linguistic Connections: Part 3 - Emphasis on Morphology

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 morphology on both languages.

Deeper Dive of Cross Linguistic Connections: Part 4 (Elementary)

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 grapho-phonic relationship of both languages.

Deeper Dive of Cross Linguistic Connections: Part 5 - Spelling Patterns (Primary and Elementary)

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 spelling patterns on both languages.

Deeper Dive of Cross Linguistic Connections: Part 6 - Syntax-Grammar and Prepositions (Elementary)

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 prepositions of both languages.

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

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.

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

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.

EBs Academic Success - What Every Teacher Needs to know (Primary and Elementary)

Summer is a great time to recharge your batteries and to be ready for a new school year. When school starts in August, you will get new students that are coming with their own experiences and knowledge. Students that come looking for teachers that are well prepared to engage them, to challenge them, and to provide them with the support they need to address their students' learning needs. Thinking about this, educators need to be ready with new or renovated skills and strategies and new ways to connect with their EBs as well as with other students in their classrooms. So, my invitation is for you to engage as a learner, build on your own competencies and strengths and to try out as many of the ideas presented in this professional development as you can. Remember, the more you learn, the better you will be able to serve your students!

EB Friendly Environment: Anchors that Teach, Reinforce, and Support (Primary and Elementary)

Get ready to begin the school year with high expectations and stronger anchor charts! We will learn different ways to make anchor charts that will explicitly support your students. We will also work on our anchors for the beginning of the year as we put into practice our new knowledge reinforcing our curriculum!

Ellevation Strategies Overview (Primary and Elementary)

Join us to learn how Ellevation Strategies can help your emergent bilingual students reach their highest aspirations! Our training will provide you with an overview of Strategies and give you a preview of our professional learning modules that your district will be launching in the fall.

Engaging Vocabulary Strategies (Elementary)

In this presentation, we will discuss how vocabulary is implemented when connecting background knowledge. Background knowledge is a critical component not just for us reading/writing teachers, but across all subject areas and being familiar with the vocabulary is essential for students to master their learning objectives. Through various hands-on activities, we will demonstrate and collaborate with teachers on effective strategies implemented that our EB students enjoy using and help them succeed. Research shows in order for students to comprehend and connect they must be presented vocabulary, not in the textbook as traditional or writing it down in a notebook, but rather include multiple opportunities of practice where students are allowed to hear, speak, read, and write.

English Vocabulary Instruction for Emergent Bilinguals (Primary and Elementary)

Learn research-based strategies and activities that develop students' vocabulary in English. Some of the topics included in this training are: (a) identifying academic vocabulary; (b) difficulty of academic vocabulary in the content areas: language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies; (c) receptive and productive knowledge; and (d) inflection, lemma, derivative, and word families.

Enhancing All Learning with Authentic Communication (K-5) (Primary and Elementary)

This presentation highlights the value and power of encouraging and helping students communicate during all learning tasks, with an emphasis on supporting their development of language, social skills, and academic agency. Participants will engage in activities and analyze videos that show examples of communication-rich tasks and ways to enhance all of the literacy and oral language activities that we use to help students grow.

Enhance Your Lessons Through Biliteracy Strategies (Primary and Elementary)

Join us for this highly engaging session that will help bilingual teachers make cross linguistic connections through PVR. Participants will leave empowered and ready to differentiate and implement ELLevation strategies that will support their content for their students. Learn to scaffold instruction with structured conversations that will support students learning English and Spanish.

Enhancing Summarizing and Note Taking Skills (Primary and Elementary)

Did you know that summarizing and note taking are highly effective strategies? John Hattie's research states that summarization has an affect size of .79! Join us for an engaging session about the art of summarizing and note taking in the classroom. Participants will be able to self reflect on their current use of these strategies in their classroom, adjust current strategies, and learn new strategies to implement throughout core content areas.

Fomentando el Vocabulario en Español (Bilingual Primary and Elementary)

Acompananos a aprender y compartir actividades e ideas para fomentar el vocabulario de nuestros estudiantes. En esta presentacion revisaremos informacion basica del lenguaje Espanol e Ingles 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 didacticos durante el recreo o transiciones.

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

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.

Hooked on Ellevation Strategies Part 1 (Primary and Elementary)

Learn how to build background knowledge, clarify input, fortify output, foster interactions and develop academic language. Ellevation strategies will make your content comprehensible while students are engaged in learning.

Hooked on Ellevation Strategies Part 2 (Primary and Elementary)

Learn how to build background knowledge, clarify input, fortify output, foster interactions and develop academic language. Ellevation strategies will make your content comprehensible while students are engaged in learning. Part 2

Increasing EBs' English Speaking and Writing Proficiency (Primary and Elementary)

Participants will learn how to view EBs' speaking and writing proficiencies from an asset-based perspective to determine what EBs can do in academic tasks in English. Using such view, teachers will be able to plan language interventions that will help to increase students' English proficiency in speaking and writing. Interventions are designed by linking the students' current proficiency level with the subsequent level, and by aligning PLDs, TELPAS, ELPS, and TEKS. Some of the topics in this training will include tone and language registers, types of sentences, and coherence.

Influencing your Targeted Language! (Primary and Elementary)

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!

Language Bridging in the Elementary Bilingual Social Studies Classroom (Primary and Elementary)

This workshop looks at ways to implement the strategies of Preview/ View/ Review and language bridging within the elementary bilingual classroom. Together, these tools in a teacher's toolbelt lead to deeper content and language knowledge for Emergent Bilinguals.

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

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.

Las Voces de SEL, Let Their Stories Be Heard (Primary and Elementary)

Our students come from many different backgrounds. Many struggle to fit into their new environment, carrying baggage from their previous experiences. How can we welcome them into our classrooms and help them feel comfortable in their new home? This session will provide you with ideas and activities that can be incorporated into your SEL instruction to allow all voices to be heard based on a bilingual literacies framework.

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

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.

Let's ELLevate with Eureka (Elementary)

If the students are doing the talking.... the students are doing the learning! Participants will learn how to promote student discourse using ELLevation strategies in the math classroom. Come to this engaging session so students can internalize math skills during purposeful discussions.

Level up Literacy for EBs (Elementary)

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!

Literacy and Art for Primary Classrooms (Primary)

Come make art with me! Making connections between children's books and hands-on experiences. Using children's books to build background and provide young learners visual supports before making a piece of artwork. Participants will be taken through an art lesson that uses both English and Spanish children' books.

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

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.

Motivating ELLs (Primary and Elementary)

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.

The Multilingual Allotment of Minutes for OWDL and Aldine ISD's Literacy Framework (Primary and Elementary PK to 2nd)

This session will show participants the alignment of the Multilingual Allotment of Minutes and the Aldine ISD's Literacy Framework for the One-Way Dual Language Classes in PK-2nd Grade.

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

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.

"The Pen is Mightier than the Sword" (Primary)

Primary teachers will dive into the stages of writing and join us as we dismantle the steps in the writing process. Leave this session prepared to develop automatic and fluent writers. You will not only gain knowledge but materials that will improve the quality of your writing lessons.

Promoting Diversity Within Readings & Lessons (Primary and Elementary)

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!

Promoting Strategic Interaction among EBs (Primary and Elementary)

Participants will learn a variety of strategies and activities that promote interaction among second language learners. Maximizing interaction in the classroom is an important factor in in the development of students' oral skills.

Raíces Comunes del Español del Inglés (Bilingual Primary and Elementary)

Uno de nuestros objetivos como educadores de niños bilingües es promover el desarrollo de la capacidad analítica de nuestros estudiantes al aprender comparando el español y el inglés. Durante este taller práctico repasaremos la historia del el español y el inglés y cuáles son sus elementos comunes. Además, utilizaremos estrategias que nos permitirán poner en practica conceptos de lingüística aplicada (competencia metalingüística).

Spanish & English and their roots in common

One of our goals as educators of bilingual children is to promote the development of our students' analytical skills when learning by comparing Spanish and English. During this practical workshop, we will review the history of Spanish and English and what their common elements are. In addition, we will use strategies that will allow us to put into practice applied linguistics concepts (metalinguistic competence).

Reading Comprehension Strategies for Spanish Literacy Development and Cross-Linguistic Connections (Elementary)

Reading Comprehension Strategies for Spanish Literacy Development and Cross Linguistic Connection to English

This training is predominantly done in Spanish. Learn research-based instructional strategies and activities that increase reading comprehension in Spanish and English. Some of the topics included in this training are: (a) causes of poor reading comprehension; (b) relevance of background knowledge in the comprehension process; (c) literal, inferential, and metacognitive comprehension processes; and (d) cross linguistic transfer between Spanish and English.

"Salagadoola-Mechika-Boola-Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (Primary)

As primary educators we should understand how oral language relates to word reading and language development. In this session, we will take a look at how listening to language is the groundwork for later reading skills. Participants will acquire knowledge and materials that build oral language skills that are critical to later reading success.

Scaffolding English Reading Comprehension for Emergent Bilinguals (Primary and Elementary)

U or H professor, Dr. Lauri Weaver, will show participants research-based instructional strategies and activities that increase reading comprehension in English. Some of the topics included in this training are: (a) causes of poor reading comprehension; (b) relevance of background knowledge in the comprehension process; and (c) literal, inferential, and metacognitive comprehension processes.

The Science of the Bilingual Reading Brain (Elementary)

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.

Spanish Language: The Phonological and the Orthographic Systems (Primary and Elementary)

Spanish Language: The Phonological and the Orthographic Systems: Their Components, Attributes, and Cross-Linguistic Connections to English

This training is predominantly delivered in Spanish. The Spanish language structure will be described based on the components and attributes of the Phonological and the Orthographic Systems. Teachers will understand the structure of the Spanish Language with the final purpose of increasing their students' vocabulary and reading comprehension in Spanish. Additionally, the associated cross-linguistic connection to English will be explained emphasizing the differences and similitudes between the structure of Spanish and English and how these differences should impact our practice.

Spanish Language: The Morphological and the Syntactic Systems (Elementary)

Spanish Language: The Morphological and the Syntactic Systems: Their Components, Attributes, and Cross-Linguistic Connections to English

This training is predominantly done in Spanish. The Spanish language structure will be described based on the components and attributes of the Morphological and the Syntactic systems. Teachers will understand the structure of the Spanish Language with the final purpose of increasing their students' vocabulary and reading comprehension in Spanish. Additionally, the associated cross-linguistic connection to English will be explained emphasizing the differences and similarities between the structure of Spanish and English and how these differences should impact our practice.

Spanish Vocabulary Instruction and Cross-Linguistic Connection to English (Primary and Elementary)

Spanish Vocabulary Instruction and Cross-Linguistic Connection to English: Increasing Students' Vocabulary by Learning How Words are Built

This training is predominantly done in Spanish. Learn research-based strategies and activities that develop students' vocabulary in Spanish as well as in English. Some of the topics included in this training are: (a) identifying academic vocabulary; (b) difficulty of academic vocabulary in the content areas: language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies; (c) receptive and productive knowledge; (d) inflection, lemma, derivative, and word families; and (e) cross-linguistic transfer between Spanish and English.

Structured Literacy Instruction for English Learners (Elementary)

During this session, participants will explore each of the components of Structured Literacy along with evidence-based strategies for lesson design and effective implementation. We will reference the work of Dr. Elsa Cardenas-Hagan as we present the essential components of Structured Literacy; discuss special considerations for implementation of Structured Literacy among English Learners; and highlight cross-linguistic features for the development of second language and literacy skills.

Supporting EBs' Superpowers (Primary and Elementary)

In this session teachers will use the Ellevation strategy Preview-View-Review to support Emergent Bilinguals comprehension of content using cross-linguistic connections. Teachers will observe a model lesson done with CKLA materials, internalize a sample lesson and share with other participants how they will implement the Ellevation strategy PVR.

Teach Like a Culturally Responsive Champion (Primary and Elementary)

Myriad research studies suggest the need for culturally responsive teaching strategies to augment student achievement. Our session will offer concrete, engaging, easy-to-implement techniques that will keep students engaged, focused, and learning. Be prepared to be entertained!

A Tisket, A Tasket: What’s in a Story Basket? (Primary)

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Using Mentor Texts and Sentence Frames to improve Emergent Bilinguals' Writing (Elementary)

The objective for this session is for teachers to learn how to teach emergent bilinguals to integrate mentor texts and sentence frames into their own writing as a scaffold while they are acquiring their 2nd language. Participants will have hands-on experience incorporating sentence frames while writing about a specific topic related to CKLA units.

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

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.

Using Strategies with Eureka to Engage Student in Mathematical Discourse (Grades K-5) (Elementary)

Ever wonder how to get students talking? Did you know Eureka provides support and strategies that can be used with lots of lessons? Come see how you can take these engaging activities and use them to promote student discourse!

Vocabulary Now: Part 1 (Primary and Elementary)

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.

Vocabulary Now: Part 2 (Primary and Elementary)

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.

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

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.

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

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.