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May I just point out that these ELs are GOING INTO FIRST GRADE and are already co-creating 3 sentence paragraphs together!! 😍@SPSELD @officialSPS @WilderElem

This training is genuinely one of the BEST I’ve ever been to. #Seidlitz7Steps

@DrMericaClink @SPSELD @officialSPS There was no way I was going to let our EL student miss out on his field trip!!! After many language line calls, a house visit, and transporting a bike from Jarrett to Rountree, we made it happen. And he had the time of his life. 🥹

There are not enough words allowed on Twitter to describe what @MsBentonELD did to ensure her student could participate in his class field trip today. “This is just what we do for our kids” she says. @SPSELD @officialSPS

@jtalburt @DrMericaClink @SPSELD @officialSPS It was SO good seeing you today, even if it was just briefly!! 🫶

@DrMericaClink @MsBentonELD @SPSELD @officialSPS @MsBentonELD is a treasure! 💎

Using environmental print is EVERYTHING. We’ve been on a panda and polar bear journey! We are rewarding our hard work with some drawings that we will then turn into fictional stories. Creativity is important! YES our EL’s can do it. @SPSELD 🐼🐻‍❄️

We as a country have minimized the teaching profession so much that we are okay with teachers needing a second job to survive. I am not okay with it, our teachers deserve better and at @usedgov we are working to make better happen. ed.gov/raisethebar/

LOVE walking into a classroom and seeing a translation on the board for the morning question! S/O to @SRounsavilleSPS at @RountreeOwls !! @SPSELD

Look at this Women’s History Month bulletin board at @RountreeOwls !!! 🤩@officialSPS

Lo he dicho antes y lo diré de nuevo. El multilingüismo es un superpoder.

MY ♥️ IS GOING TO EXPLODE!! @RountreeOwls @SPSELD Happy Valentine’s Day, friends!

@DrCarolSalva and @Seidlitz_Ed more research to add to the value of QSSSA. The first step allows the learner to have the pause needed after hearing new vocabulary before using it! neurosciencenews.com/language-learn… @MsBentonELD

@DrMericaClink @DrCarolSalva @Seidlitz_Ed In such a fast-paced world, it’s natural as a T to want students to quickly repeat.. this takes a cognitive focus shift for Ts. The power is in the wait time, not quickly moving on to the next thing!

After keynoting #ELevateSTL22 and sharing at 2 breakout sessions, I went home and revised this graphic. Multilingual Learners in Missouri

When your director rolls out the red carpet for her ELD staff at SPS Activate.. 😎 it was a great day of learning! @DrMericaClink @officialSPS 💫

It’s an event for YOUR family, at YOUR school! 🏫 Save the date for SPS University 📅 Tuesday, Sept. 13. Learn more at sps.org/university #SPSUniversity

This Saturday! 9:30-3:00pm at the Springfield Expo Center. Free parking, food, backpacks, immunizations, and more! 🤓

Great learning at the #ELevateSTL22 with some of the @SPSELD team. Thanks @RobGreenhaw!

@MsCastillosMath I knoooowwwww 🫣 I’m going to miss it. My heart is in two places.

@MsBentonELD What?!?!? No more math?! You’ll be great but I’m more than a little sad to see you leave math teaching.

As I transition into my new position as an ELD specialist next year, I have gathered some summer reading! Time to learn. Time to grow. Time to be better. 🤘📚

iReady has begun… can you tell it’s the end of the year?? 😂 Gross? Probably. Keeping the stress low after weeks of testing? For sure. I dig it. I love these kiddos. @sherwoodsps @officialSPS