And on the mps professional Development Moodle for wl

This year is the implementation year for the new WL curriculums. Teachers designed some lessons and units for new materials in June 2010. These are posted on the MPS WL webpage:

http://worldlanguages.mpls.k12.mn.us/

and on the MPS Professional Development Moodle for WL:

http://moodle.mpls.k12.mn.us/professionaldev/

2010-11 Professional Development will be on focused instruction, articulating curriculum and common assessments. Dates to be announced.

SPANISH 6-12: Go to www.realidades.com ; click on the training tab, sign up for a live training webinar, one hour in length, repeated for flexibility. “Getting Started” on realidades.com is an overview of how to get started, the Digital Student and Teacher Center on Pearson SuccessNet Plus platform. This includes: Getting Registered as a Teacher, Setting up a Course and a Class, Enrolling Students in a Class, Navigation in the Teacher Digital Center.

SPANISH K-5: Contact Gaelle Berg for materials and guidance, 668-5358.



Welcome to the new language teachers in MPS! Best wishes to all of you for a successful school year!

Danielle DeGregory, French Anwatin MS and Southwest HS

Jessica Feigal, Spanish, Bancroft

Brenda Leviton, Spanish, Field and Olson/Lind Upper School

Seng Lo, Hmong at Henry HS

Kathryn Balk, Spanish, Lake Nokomis

Roberta Myer, Arabic, Lyndale

Ahmed Fouad El Eraky, Arabic, Pratt

Casey Thompson, Spanish, Ramsey

Fatima Lemtouni, Arabic, Sanford

Thomas Belt, Arabic, Sanford MS & Roosevelt HS

Jenn Welbaum, Spanish, Washburn HS

Lydia Lutz, Spanish at Washburn HS

An optional meeting of new WL teachers regarding new MPS WL curriculum will be held Tuesday, Sept. 14, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. with Gaelle Berg at 807 NE Broadway, in Room 6 at 807 NE Broadway. Please RSVP – 668-5358 or [e-mail]

Update of staff changes at schools:

Luz Arias-Ortiz, Spanish, South HS

Stacy Berglund, French, Anthony MS

Ellen Kirchoff, Spanish, North HS

Nathan Lee, Spanish, Anwatin MS

Billy Perkiss, Spanish, Anthony MS

Erica Perry, Spanish, Edison HS

Lorrie Spading, Spanish, Anwatin MS

Jennifer Viedma, Spanish, Anthony MS


Gaelle Berg, World Languages Specialist

Curriculum and Instruction


September 1, 2010

Upcoming Events

New WL Teacher meeting 9/14

Extra Learning Materials Pick-up

Sept. 8^thand Sept. 15^th


Contents

Welcome WL Teachers 1

Implementing Curriculum 1

Upcoming Events 1

Recommended Reading 2

Managing Materials 2

Extra Learning Materials 2

Fulbright Opportunities 2

Ideas and Lesson Resources 3

MPS World Languages Newsletter

Welcome to MPS World Languages!

Implementing NEW WL Curriculum in MPS

“Be the change you wish to see in the world.

• 
  Gandhi (a polyglot)
  

Learning Materials Manager
Terry Dinovo is the new MPS Learning Materials Manager. He oversees the ordering, bar-coding, and distribution of all textbooks.
Contact information for Terry:
[e-mail]
phone: [phone], 8:00 – 2:00 p.m.

For information on the removal of obsolete and surplus materials and the process for textbook redistribution go to:

http://ci.mpls.k12.mn.us/texbook_management.html

To request to transfer textbooks between schools, teachers must fill our a Textbook Redistribution Form, to efficiently move needed textbooks between schools as well as provide valuable tracking information through Destiny. Send a copy to Gaelle Berg. Please contact Terry with questions, 668-0686.

Recommended Reading for New Teachers

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FRENCH 6-12: Go to http://holtmcdougal.hmhco.com/hm/wl.htm

for a Program Overview. Contact Colleen McMahon, Educational Consultant for technical support:

[e-mail]

Phone: [phone]

For GERMAN 9-12: Go to http://holtmcdougal.hmhco.com/hm/wl.htm

for a Program Overview. Contact Colleen McMahon for technical support.

ARABIC K-12 and CHINESE K-12: Support is provided through MPS’ ACES FLAP grant project. Contact Ayumi Stockman, grant coordinator.

ASL, HMONG, JAPANESE, LATIN

See various publishers

DAKOTA and OJIBWE: Contact Ida Downwind, 668-0610.

All languages can call Gaelle Berg for specific support, 668-5358.

Implementing NEW WL Curriculum in MPS (cont.)

A limited amount of extra materials is available for Spanish and French teachers to pick-up at 807 NE Broadway on:

Wednesday, Sept. 8^th, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Meet Gaelle in Room 6.

Wednesday, Sept 15^th, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Meet Gaelle in room 6.

Please RSVP.

These materials include books to create small classroom libraries, some TPRS mini-novels, maps, posters, word walls, and flashcards. These extra materials are limited. Please consider your specific needs. Any questions, call Gaelle Berg, 668-5358. Teachers should RSVP by email to [e-mail]

Materials will need to be checked out to teachers on Destiny.

• 
  Becoming a Language Teacher, by Elaine Kolker Howitz
  
• 
  The First Days of School, by Harry Wong and Rosemary Wong
  
• 
  The Keys to the Classroom, by Paula Patrick
  
• 
  Languages and Children: Making the Match, 3^rd edition, by Helena Curtain and Carol Ann Dalhberg
  
• 
  The Teacher Handbook, 4th edition , by Judith Scrum and Eileen Gilsan
  
• 
  Foreign Language Education: The Easy Way, by Stephen D. Krashen
  
• 
  Fluency Through TPR Storytelling, by Blaine Ray and Conte Seely
  
• 
  TPRS in a Year, by Ben Slavic
  
• 
  Foreign Language Teacher’s Guide to Active Learning, by Deborah Blaz
  
• 
  Priorities in Practice: The Essentials of World Languages, Grades K-12, by Janis Jensen and Paul Sandrock
  

Managing New Learning Materials

Extra Learning Materials Pick-Up

MPS WL Newsletter






“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.”

• 
  Nelson Mandela
  

“Those who know no foreign language know nothing of their mother tongue.”

-Goethe, (a polyglot)

1. 
   Play “People Bingo”. Make a Bingo grid. Fill squares with activities that students would do in the summer, such as “went to a concert, traveled to another city, swam in a lake, ate ice cream, learned to ride a bike”, written in the target language. The students ask each other if they did one of the activities and then ask their name and write it in the square. When they get a row completed, they sit down and tell who did what, and introduce their new classmates, i.e. “Janice listened to music.”
   

2. 
   Get to know your students better by having them fill out a questionnaire about their favorite foods, activities, singers, and sports. Ask them who they admire, what they want to become, what they like and dislike. Use this to personalize stories and questions in the target language to aid comprehension and increase engagement.
   

3. 
   Show the video “Why Language Matters” from http://asiasociety.org/video/education-learning/why-language-matters
   

A pervasive lack of foreign language capacity threatens the security and economic well-being of the United States. (1 min., 14 sec.).





Announcing 2011-2012 Fulbright Opportunities for K-12 Teachers





Language Starter Ideas for the Beginning of School


Online Lesson from Choices

The Haitian Revolution Today

This is a free, online lesson for The Haitian Revolution that uses art, music, and literature to consider how Haitians today think about the Revolution. Get
Techy Things for Teachers to Try

Mary Schirber, of Edison HS, recommends this “Awesome Site for WL Teachers” from the TPRS listserv:

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/08/11-techy-things-for-teachers-to-try.html

Background Music for Making Language Raps

Kim Kolstad from Northeast MS recommends this CD on iTunes. It is recent hits, the background music only.

“The Best for Musicians No. 030- Backtracks".

Resources for Language Teachers

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MPS WL Newsletter


From the Academy for Educational Development:

Learn more about unique professional development opportunities with two Fulbright programs that are designed for K-12 teachers from the United States and other countries: The Fulbright Classroom Teacher Exchange Program and The Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program.

 These two Fulbright programs are sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and they are managed by The Academy of Educational Development (AED) under a cooperative agreement. We invite you to see our website at www.fulbrightteacherexchange.org for more details about programs, requirements, benefits, and application forms.










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Curriculum and Instruction

807 NE Broadway, Room 6

Minneapolis, MN 55413

Ph: 612-668-5358

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Email: [e-mail]





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