Bilingual/ESL Newsletter
February 2016
Our Work is Working! MOY Scores from 2015-16 Show Growth for ELLs!
ELL Reading scores increased 2 percentage points from MOY 2015 to MOY 2016.
ELL scores in Science increased by 12 percentage points from last year to this year.
ELL scores in Social Studies increased 18 percentage points from last year's MOY to this year's MOY.
ELL scores in Math had the highest increase---26 percentage points from 2015 to 2016.
Thank you all for your hard work, dedication, and commitment to our students.
Sheltered Instruction--- Making a Difference for ELLs!
Language objectives are written in student friendly terms, observable, and aligned to content objectives. Language objectives should be discussed with students before the lesson, during the lesson and at the conclusion of the lesson. Quality language objectives scaffold student’s language use through vocabulary banks and sentence stems. We saw great examples of this as we walked--a few images are posted below. Thanks for all that you are doing to support our kids!!!!! Your work is much appreciated!!!!
Manor Middle School
Shadow Glen Elementary
Presidential Meadows Elementary
TELPAS Time again!
Feria Educativa Para Familias--- Education Fair for Families
The Student and Family Support Services and Bilingual Department cohosted a Feria Educativa for parents at Oak Meadows on Jan. 30. We put together a variety of educational sessions for parents on topics that include protecting children from drugs, strengthening family communication and setting boundaries, and the safe use of technology. American Gateways presented about immigration, visas, and DACA. Many other non-profits attended this resource fair to share their programs. There were fun activities for the children and prizes for the families. MMS Mariachis closed this event out with a rousing performance! Special thanks to Joanne Grace and Marlen Gonzalez for collaborating to make this event awesome!
Teacher resources
Duolingo
https://www.duolingo.com/course/en/es/aprende-ingl%C3%A9s-en-l%C3%ADnea
Word Generation
Bilingual/ESL Department
Email: Meredith.Roddy@manorisd.net
Website: http://www.manorisd.net/
Phone: 512-278-4457