Dual immersion classroom

Calendar time is a natural thing to do in the elementary World Language classroom. Students are used to doing it in their regular classroom and it's an opportunity to introduce and practice content - math, science, and even geography. I got the chance to observe some of the regular classroom teachers and even some Dual Language Immersion teachers to see how they do calendar and I've copied what I liked, adjusted what I needed to, and now my kiddos love calendar time. Here are some ideas to…

Are you a new Dual language teacher? Welcome! I hope you'll find this tips helpful! This post may contain affiliate links. It might seem obvious, duh I'm a teacher of course I have to be patient! It is so different when you have a room full of kiddos who are learning a language. You will give directions and some students will give you a blank stare because they have no idea what just happened. Let me tell you, when teaching language learners, you will have to find the patience you didn't…

Embark on the exciting journey of transforming your bilingual classroom. Discover 6 powerful dual language professional development books revolutionizing teaching practices and student engagement. Stand by as we unravel each book and its unique benefit to you! Happy reading!

Laura - Learning Bilingually on Instagram: “EL PUENTE 🌉 BRIDGING anchor chart - a way to explicitly show students how to bridge the languages and what aspects we should be looking at…”

As a dual language teacher, you know the challenges of providing a comprehensive learning experience for your students. The lack of appropriate resources can leave you feeling unprepared and hinder your ability to create an engaging bilingual classroom environment. That’s why in this blog post, we will explore five essential bilingual classroom must haves that every dual language teacher needs to feel set up for success and prepared to empower their students.

If you teach Spanish reading to beginning readers in the USA more than likely you are expected to teach high frequency words. Here are 3 things you may want to keep in mind when teaching these words: 1. Spanish high frequency words are not sight words. Sight words in English, are words that usually cannot be decoded phonetically or 'sounded out'. Because of this, we teach children to recognize them by 'sight’ that is, to memorize them. Spanish however, is a mostly phonetic language, words…

Definition and examples of cognates... then either immediately or as they find them throughout the day/week/class, students put more examples on sticky notes

Prefixes meaning/ examples

When researching Spanish bilingual education, I couldn't find any visuals of a Kindergarten dual immersion classroom. So, here you go, come look!

Working with a Buddy Chart