This session focuses on how intentional classroom design can promote language production and student discourse. Participants will explore the use of narrative input charts as tools to model language, support comprehension, and scaffold speaking and writing. The session highlights how a thoughtfully designed environment can provide ongoing language supports that help students confidently produce language and engage in meaningful conversations.
This session focuses on how to intentionally support students in making connections across languages to strengthen overall language development. Participants will gain hands-on, applicable strategies for making connections at the word and sentence level, helping students transfer knowledge between languages.
This session is designed for first- and second-year dual language teachers to build a strong foundation in the core non-negotiables and instructional framework of a successful dual language classroom. Participants will explore what is expected across key areas, including environmental supports, language allocation, instructional strategies, and the long-term goals of dual language programming. The session will provide clarity on how to create classrooms that intentionally support biliteracy, language development, and rigorous content learning in both languages. Teachers will leave with practical tools, clear expectations to confidently implement the dual language model with integrity.
Participants will explore how to intentionally plan for oracy, use dictado and implement The Bridge to support meaningful cross-linguistic connections. The focus is on helping students deepen their understanding of target languages by making language features visible and transferable. Teachers will leave with clear, actionable strategies to strengthen biliteracy and elevate language learning in their classrooms.
