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AnnouncementsPD OFFICE HOURS When: Sunday, May 15th from 2-5pm
Where: Ebenezers (201 F St NE, near the Union Station metro)UPCOMING PDS (FOR 2010 CMS ONLY)
When: Saturday, May 21st Where: Gallaudet University
2009 AWARDS FOR TEACHING
Want to recognize a fantastic 2009 CM? Nominate him or her for the Edith Tatel Excellence in Teaching Award by Friday, May 13th.2009 ALUMNI INDUCTION
Who: 2009 CMs When:Saturday, May 21st Where:Mayflower Renaissance Hotel
VISIT TO MARYLINS CLASSROOM
Who: Anyone who is interested in joining Kat, Campbell, and I on a visit to Marylins classroom to see how she executes immersion style instruction When:2pm, May 25th Where: Benjamin Foulois How: ContactJoaquin for details!
COHORT CORNERALWAYS FREE Issue # 36
D.C. REGION FOREIGN LANGUAGE / MAY 8, 2011
Hillary Coleman: forteaching me things aboutSpanish that I didnt knowexisted, and for making my
reading ten times better.Before your class, I read littleto nothing in Spanish and nowI read like every little thingbecause its not that hard--Student in Hillarys class
Campbell Glenn: forfacilitating fun and engagingSpanish lessons for herstudents parents!--KatieTomlinson
Sarah Myers: for providing
her students with anopportunity to apply the targetlanguage in a real-life contextby taking them to a restaurantto order food in Spanish andbeing resourceful in her effortsto take students abroad byhosting meetings with studentsand parents, reaching out to2nd years for advice, andlaunching her new Web site.--
Joaquin
Marylin Rodriguez: foragreeing to open up herclassroom to host me,Campbell, and Kat on the
afternoon of May 25th to learnabout how she introducedimmersion style instruction toher middle school students. Ifanyone would like to join,please email me... I have a fewspots left in my car!--Joaquin
Teresa Pandolfo: forpitching an inspiring innovationproject idea at the PGCPSInnovation Challenge event lastweek which would revampsupport for English language
learners and their families inPrince Georges County. Herpitch was so compelling thatDr. Hite said that it made himrethink the entire ESOLprogram in PGCPS. Check outthe PowerPoint to learn abouther inspiring concept!--Joaquin
Please see SHOUT OUTS,next page
Action ItemsEMAIL RECENT ASSESSMENT RESULTS
Remember to send your students most updated exam
results to my gmail address.
Team Shout Outs
Sarah Myerss students practice their Spanish by ordering food at LaPupeseria de San Miguel
Resource SpotlightSPANISH 1 FAMILY UNIT REVIEW
Help students review family unit vocabulary with Ilanas family trees PowerPoint or boost investment by providing them with an element of choice with Amanda Gs tic tac toe choice board. You can also reinforce content with Amandas family tree project and performance taskSPANISH 1 UNIT 5 RESOURCES
DownloadToris zip folder of Spanish 1 Unit 5 resourcesREVIEW RESOURCES
Check out this bank of over 7,000 quick review activities (thanks, Katie!)PEER REVIEWED RESOURCES
Check out this site, which is filled with awesome peer-reviewed resources for foreign language teachers (and also teachers of other content areas). Hillary has found the listening videos at this page to be particularly helpful!NEW VIRTUAL VISIT
Watch how Campbell uses competition and realistic scenarios to invest her kids in studying as well as how she models helpful study strategies. You can also download the resources that she used to facilitate this lesson on studying!SPANISH 2 UNIT 4 EXAM
Looking for a good Spanish 2 Unit 4 exam? Download Nicholes nicely alignedexam and prom-themed performance task (includes rubric)
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SHOUT OUTScontinued from front page
Campbell Glenn: for not punchingme in the face, despite my constantlybeing a forgetful friend.--CJ Libassi
Sasha Guevara: she is so great atputting up resources on the Facebooksite, and they are all so useful!--KulsumVakharia
Betsy Leach: for taking her kids on ahighly successful trip to the DominicanRepublic over Spring Break and forthinking expansively about what shewants students to take away from herclassroom (as evidenced by the recentlesson on self-advocacy that shefacilitated). By doing so, she is ensuringthat students are walking out of herclassroom more aware of the worldoutside of the United States, better
informed about the expectations thatprofessors will hold them to in college,and more knowledgeable about the waysin which they can advocate forthemselves in high school, college, andbeyond.--Joaquin
Meredith Ackerman: for thinkingcreatively about ways that she can helpmake the content come alive for herstudents. From the work she has doneto help her students build a city in herclassroom to her students recent fieldtrip to a restaurant where they ordered
food in Spanish, Meredith has done atremendous job of investing her kids inlearning the language by presenting themwith interactive scenarios in which they
can apply what they have learned.--Joaquin
Nichole, Meredith Ackerman,Kat, Betsy, and Campbell: foragreeing to work with me and TFAnetscontent community leader to pooltogether, revamp, and add to ourcohorts bank of summative assessmentitems for Intro/Spanish 1 and 2. Pleaselet me know if any of you are alsointerested in pitching in and helping todraft items so CMs our cohort has high-quality test questions to pull for finalexams. Our meeting is going to beMonday (tomorrow) evening at the TFAoffice (free pizza included :))!
Meredith Ackerman: for helpingme with Spanish 2 planning when I washaving a freak out. She kept me calm andmy lesson was a success thanks toher!--Amanda Gewirtz
Marylin, Betsy, and CJ: for comingout on a Friday afternoon to attendDoug Lemovs session on teachingreading. It was inspiring to see theminternalizing and practicing concretestrategies that theyll be able to use tohelp their students read and writebetter in Spanish and English. --Joaquin
Tori Hornstein: for accepting anoffer to work at the Center forEducation Reform starting in June. Thiswell-deserved opportunity will allow
her to play to some of her biggeststrengths as a writer, storyteller, andcompelling advocate for educationreform.--Joaquin
1. Campbells Parent Night
2.Amanda and CJ ClassroomManagement
3. Campbells Stem- ChangersSong
4. Ms. Earnshaws StrongManagement and Culture
5 . S t r o n g V o i c e ( T L A Cresource)
6 . 1 0 0 P e r c e n t ( T L A Cresource)
7.Joy Factor (TLAC resource)
8. Do Not Engage (TLACresource)
9.Teaching Study Skills
10. Repaso Oral w/ IndiraCruz
Top 10 Videos
of the Month
Betsy Leachand her Spanish 1 students
read aloud to children at an orphanage during
their Spring Break trip to the Dominican
Republic.
Sasha Guevarapaints a mural on the
walls of Davis Elementary School as part
of a service project with Hands on DC.
Maria Ramirez poses alongside Ms.
Sim and students from Benjamin Stoddert
during a trip to Howard University.
Our Cohort in Action
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