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Best Practices for Academic and Linguistic Success
Best Practices for Academic and Linguistic Success
TELPAS Practice
TELPAS Practice
Emergent Bilingual learners can practice answering TELPAS and STAAR questions on the TexasAssessment.gov website. It is important to review the assessment features with your Emergent Bilingual learners in order to ensure that they are successful during state assessments.
Professional Learning
Professional Learning
Supporting Emergent Bilingual GT Learners in the Classroom
Supporting Emergent Bilingual GT Learners in the Classroom
Bilingual and Emergent Bilingual learners are consistently underrepresented in gifted and talented classrooms. In this course, you will explore the importance of advocating for bilingual and English learners during the referral, identification, and programming process. This course will provide you with the tools to support both identified and "hidden' advanced learners.
Course Contact Name: Emma Selig - emma.selig@region10.org
CPE CREDIT: 6
**If you are looking for GT credit, please take the course version with "GT Credit" in the title.**
Here is a direct link to the GT Credit version of this course.
This course may only be taken one (1) time for credit. The course Certificate of Completion will only show the original date of completion.
Sign into Region 10 to access this course for free.
Technology Tip
Technology Tip
Draw and Tell
Draw and Tell
Draw and Tell is a creative tool that allows learners to draw, write, and narrate stories and other work.
Black History Month
Black History Month
Campus Spotlights
Campus Spotlights
Denton Creek Elementary
Denton Creek Elementary
Ms. Bradenburg, Kinder teacher at DCE, excels at utilizing number talks in order to increase oral language and critical thinking skills.
Coppell Middle School North
Coppell Middle School North
Ms. Keen, ELA teacher at CMS North, provides content specific sentence stems in order to support her Emergent Bilingual learners with writing a theme literary analysis.
Family and Community Spotlight
Family and Community Spotlight
Spring 2025 Newcomer Parent Community Bus Tour
Spring 2025 Newcomer Parent Community Bus Tour
On Friday ,January 31, over 50 Newcomer parents took part in the CISD ESL/BIL Newcomer Bus Tour! Some had enrolled in CISD in the previous week or since winter break!
Greeted first by Dr. Hunt at the CHS Lecture Hall, the tour continued with an awesome group photo on the stadium field. Next, participants met Mayor Wes Mays at Town Hall then enjoyed a behind-the-scenes tour of Cozby Library.
The afternoon was spent enjoying a short hike at the Biodiversity Center, including information on how families can enjoy the facility and Nature Center year-round. The day ended with a fabulous tour of the Life Safety Park, including safety and security orientations by the LSP and the Coppell Police Department's School Resource Officers.
The purpose of the event is to introduce new Coppell ISD emergent bilingual families to area leadership and to share opportunities for family engagement activities. Guides for the tour were Language Acquisition Specialists from CISD campuses and the ESL/Bilingual Programs Department.
CHS Seniors and Juniors Visit UNT
CHS Seniors and Juniors Visit UNT
On Tuesday, February 11, 34 Juniors & Seniors joined the CHS Latina Leadership Club for a college visit to UNT. The ladies toured academic buildings, the student union building, cafeterias, intramural buildings, and interesting sites around campus.
Lunch at the Bruce Hall Cafeteria (“Bruceteria”) was sponsored by Isabelle Garcia, State Farm Insurance of Coppell.
The UNT Welcome Center then provided a presentation on applications to UNT: scholarships, financial aid, deadlines, options for residence, hours, working on campus, and family engagement in the college decision process.
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