Making Centers Work Dual Language Immersion Teresa Meehan

Making Centers Work Dual Language Immersion Teresa Meehan teresa_meehan@gwinnett. k 12. ga. us

Objective – to share About myself My successes and my failures What worked and what I need to fix

Why learning centers? “Kindergarten was created as a place to emphasize the development of the whole child. Now, however, emphasis has shifted so much to academic development, at the expense of emotional, social, and physical development, that we often forget how important these are. However, your classroom learning centers, provided that you implement them right, can be a perfect place to promote these areas of growth in young children. ” Allie Magnuson

More and more things to teach And now I have to do all that in a different language? ? HOW? ? SLOW DOWN

SLOW DOWN Rule of Age: Years = minutes (ability to attend to direct instruction) Your instruction must be Brief � Intentional � Purposeful � You must have Firm expectations � Clear routines � Building stamina is top priority �

(what we are going to cover) � Organization and scheduling � Classroom management � Unit planning � Language objectives � Introducing new centers � Specific centers examples

ORGANIZATION AND SCHEDULING • What subjects are you teaching? • What is your schedule like? • Organize your time – different centers for each subject – combine your centers

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT • creating memories and building stamina Thedailycafe. com • • Exploration No breakdowns! • All supplies • Extra copies • “Run” it in your head

UNIT PLANNING • Subject and Domain – Math - measurement • CCS/AKS – MD 2 Directly compare • Concept – Order • Essential Question or “I can” statement – 2 objects based on capacity containers based on capacity. I can tell which container holds more…. • Instructional strategies – Concrete to abstract (using manipulatives: containers of all sizes, rice, etc. ) Visual representations: recording sheets, journals, etc. • ***Language objectives*** - Vocabulary • Assessment – Observation, journals, etc.

LANGUAGE OBJECTIVES – MY GOAL • Academic vocabulary • Content Specific Vocabulary • **Language structure** • Specific questions they should ask each other • What should they talk about/discuss during centers • Routine or game specific vocabulary

Introducing new centers › Become an actress (actor) › Lots of visuals/puppets › Model, model › Get your paraprofessional to help you roll play Repetition Ø Signs Ø Starting over Ø � Do NOT speak English

Example of Language structure “Weighing Center” � � � Each other: Me toca – te toca Mi turno – tu turno No es tu turno! Mi borrador pesa mas. Mi lapiz pesa menos. To the teacher: � “El borrador es mas pesado que el lapiz. ” � “El lapiz es mas ligero que el borrador. ” � “El objeto mas pesado de todos es el pegamento. ” �

In every center Create a script for each center and place it in your “tub” Have posters around your classroom teaching them noise levels Post each expected noise level in your tubs

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Let us practice � How would you introduce your center to your students? � General Academic Vocabulary � Content Specific Vocabulary � Language Structure

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