Ms. Dempsey

“Multilingual Voices: Narrative Writing” project✅ ESL 1 and 2 created original narrative pieces that embodied their experience living in another country. They presented these along with posters to teach other students and teachers a little about their culture or country! 🌎

Recently in CMMS ESL….. -multilingual vocabulary posters for our public service announcement unit -“Who Gets The Girl?” (Comparing Arguments and evidence) using popular music artists and their lyrics - “Fun Friday” effective communication practice doing blind trust mazes❤️

CMMS winter dance! Had tons of fun💛❄️ s/o @CMMSPTO

How School Leaders Can Support Immigrant Students and Families This blog post is a collaboration between @NASSP and @ColorinColorado. @NAESP @AASAHQ @AFSAUnion

Today we honor and remember the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. #MLKDay

We had a great time at @CMMSCougars Student Leadership Night. Our ESL table showcased some pieces of culture within our class. 🌎We also learned where many of our CMMS families are from! 📍 💛🖤

November: identifying theme and using textual evidence to prove our claims ( aka texting our friends the proof), main idea and summary writing practice posters, and little SEL moments with ESL 1! 🥳

Last week 8th grade had the honor of listening to a presentation created by two bilingual CMMS students in lighthouse club. Thank you to these two amazing scholars for connecting and engaging our multilingual learners and families! 💛🖤

Unplanned 7th grade twinning with G and @victoriasplyler today at @CMMSCougars. #WeLead

I spy some multilingual learners doing amazing things at @CMMSCougars !! Today during grade wide pep rallies, they received awards for representing one of the 7 Habits (Stephen Covey). 🙌

Times are hard for so many. We feel that. Your PTO uses every gift carefully. We stretch every dollar to fund special events, fun extras, staff appreciation & campus upgrades. Things are costing more, but we don't want anyone to go without. Let's do this: bit.ly/nofuss24

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.@CMMSCougars 8th graders in @MsDempseyESL’s class are interpreting language through song. What fun as students dive deep though @JourneyOfficial’s iconic “Don’t Stop Believing” 🎶 🎸 #WeLead

Back with Writer Wednesdays in ESL 1 and 2. 10 mins…in your journal…any language…choose your own prompt or use one of mine!! 📝❤️ Writing can be so powerful

Students who are reading in a language they are still learning may benefit from additional scaffolding to support comprehension. 1. Chunk — Divide the reading into manageable portions. 2. Stop for discussion — Give students frequent opportunities to discuss the reading with their peers. 3. Pause for drawing — Have students do something with the reading such as draw or act out a scene. 4. Read together — Pair students to read with a buddy, read together as a class, or have the class echo read. 5. Use L1 — Leverage students” full linguistic resources including their first language. What would you add? #teaching #teachingenglish #teachingideas #teachingresources #teachingkids #ESOL #bilingual

A new year! ⭐️ Classroom environment posters, paragraph puzzles, writing our bios, and parts of speech word sorts✏️ These were all part of our intro unit so we can be successful in ESL😁

Carpool Duty Crew 😎 First Day of School was great!

We are searching for a 7th grade Science teacher to join our dynamic team at @CMMSCougars. If you or someone you know would like to know more contact me at bfetters@wcpss.net. #WeLead

You did it 8th grade! I’m incredibly proud of your hard work this year. The future is SO bright for you☀️🌎🎓

Some pics from our “Our Living Planet”unit last month! During this unit in ESL 1, we worked on expressing opinions, comparing/contrasting, and descriptive language! 🌎 💡 Some strategies we used: shared writing, word sorts, quick writes, gallery walks