Pilar Moreno-RecioDirector of Bilingual/ESL Education
“The limits of my language are the limits of my world.”
L. Wittgenstein
November, 2016 • Issue No. 1
12/08/2016LPAC Parent Breakfast
9/10/2018T. A. B. E.
11/12/2016T. E. S. O. L.
12/10/2016
4/22/2016TExES ESL
Review Prep Class
World Café features language building
strategies and activities, presented by
Ms. Pilar Moreno-Recio, to prepare
teachers with Sheltered Instruction
methods.
WRITING WITH ELs
Secondary teachers have an
opportunity to learn about strategies
to support English learners with writing
during the summer ELL Academy.
August 11, 2016.
Well done, BJS! Providing students with
a diverse experience in a multicultural
student body exposes our students to
rich experiences. Students gain an
international experience by way of their
fellow students who speak an
additional language or who have a
varied cultural experience.
The Bilingual/ESL Department provides
program information and free face
painting for all children in the
community. October 28, 2016
Baytown Jr. Mariachi Performance
WORLD CAFÉ of STRATEGIES
Empowering English Learners with Language
HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
Texas Association of Bilingual Education recognizes Goose Creek Parent and Bilingual/ESL Director
Claudia Fuentes is a proud LPAC parent
of an ELL student and a member of the
LPAC Parent Ambassador Committee.
She represented the Goose Creek parent
community at the Texas Association of
Bilingual Educators. Congratulations,
Claudia! November 25,2016
PARENT RESOURCE FAIR
District Wide Grade Level Bilingual PLCs
in Action
The picture above depicts teachers
showing student work samples of
their foldables that were done during
the poetry unit. Teachers were also
sharing ideas on the taught poetry in
their bilingual 4th grade classrooms.
Use Your Alphabet:Cultivation by a Praxis of Refining
PK bilingual teachers emphasize the
prerequisite of basic fine and gross
motor skills throughout the language
arts curriculum. Attendees included
among others Laura Enriquez, Carver
Elementary, Arlin Perez, Ashbel Smith,
and Jessica Amezcua, Highlands
Elementary.
Claudia Ovalle highlights the special
marks of a uniquely designed poem
foldable at the 4th grade bilingual
PLC.
Writer’s Workshop
Student at Highlands Elementary in Ms. De Alva’s 4th grade class
recite from the heart! Dilma Gutierrez , Salvador Cruz and Valeria
Villagomez share their poems featured in a custom-made foldable.
Imagine Learning provides a revolutionary ESL Reading program to
support language acquisition for all English learners in the classroom.
Bilingual teachers receive training on how to use the program and
how to monitor English language development progress.
Teachers on the Vanguard
with Innovative ESL Learning
Elementary Perspectives
Aprendiendo Juntos / Learning Together
ESL Parent Night at Newcomer AcademyBeyond Your High School Diploma
Marylou Ortuvia, LEE college representative, speaks to parents about
scholarship and grant opportunities to attend college.
WORKSTATIONS at the secondary
level include free choice
independent reading and written
response to literature.
SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION takes
place in Ruth Zimmerman’s class at
Cedar Bayou Junior School
ESL SECONDARY
READING PROGRAM
WORKSTATIONS include vocabulary
instruction and reading
comprehension in the SOLO Journeys
reading program.
ESL Secondary Reading PLC, Peer Learning in Action
I really enjoyed the ESL Reading PLC and came out
refreshed with a new perspective "“
Mrs. J. Morgan – English teacher at LEE High School
Jackie Morgan implements High Deck Application to make content comprehensible for
her students during the October ESL Reading Teacher Professional Learning Community
Quarterly Meeting at Lee High School.
Brian Trachte, ESL Reading teacher at Horace Mann Junior School, emphasizes the
importance of differentiation by adapting materials to meet student needs as key
to student success at the Secondary ESL PLC November 2nd at Lee High School.
Free Resources, Videos and Materials:
Florida Center for Reading Research www.fcrr.org (workstations ideas)
The Teacher Toolkit www.theteachertoolkit.com (videos and strategies)
LPAC administrators engage in a rigorous process to ensure they
keep their campus 100% in compliance with the state law
requirements for identification, placement, monitoring and exit of
English learners. Special thanks and congratulations to Monica
Juarez, principal at Victoria Walker Elementary, for her outstanding
work as LPAC administrator.
LPAC Administrator of the Year
MONICA JUAREZ
Bilingual/ESL Teachers attend the state bilingual/ESL
education conference in Galveston October 19th-22nd.
Teachers learned new instructional strategies to bring
back to GCCISD to share with peers during the district
Bilingual/ESL PLC meetings.
Ms. Moreno-Recio, Director of Bilingual/ESL
Education, represents Goose Creek CISD at the
Texas Association for Bilingual Education with the
presentation District Systems that Support English
Language Development.
Director of Bilingual/ESL Education empowering parents to become
trainers of trainers during the beginning of the school year breakfast.
Training on how to support campuses during the LPAC (Language
Proficiency Assessment Committee) meetings.
Empowered Parents, Teachers and Administrators
TEXAS ASSOCIATION
OF BILINGUAL EDUCATORS