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The Shift

The Shift – How I Went from Teaching English to Teaching for Biliteracy   I have a tendency to be pretty passionate about most things I get into. As I began my teaching career, I developed into a teacher who loved teaching English and literacy to children, helping them gain independence and giving them tools to be successful citizens down the road. Maybe your story is similar? I remember counting seven different home languages other than English among the students in my first Read More...

La orientación a un libro nuevo

La comprensión es la meta de la lectura, pero el lector emergente necesita ser guiado en cómo encontrar el sentido de lo que lee. Una oportunidad para desarrollar el significado de un texto es presentar el libro nuevo a los alumnos. En el capítulo 7 de Teaching for Biliteracy: Strengthening Bridges between Languages, Urow y Beeman hablan de “un paseo de dibujos”, en conjunto con charlas en pareja y un marco oracional . El propósito es construir el significado Read More...

Putting the “Literacy” in Biliteracy

What is reading? Today I asked this question to students in the cafeteria and here is what they said: “Leer es ver las letras” (Margot, first grade) “I look at the picture, say the words, turn the page, look at the picture, say the words, turn the page” (Ayla, first grade) “To read is to go like this:  ssss---ooo----llll” (Celia, kindergarten) “Leemos para subir el nivel para leer libros con chapters.” (Betsy, third grade) “When you read you try your best. You do it to Read More...