Polyglot Press
08.20.14
GAME ON!
Each addition of the polyglot Press is
archived at http://polyglotpress.blogspot.com
Welcome to New Teachers: New
to UCPS or New to Their Schools
1. CATA – Monica Roncagliolo, Español
2. CHS / WHS –
Shannon Du, Zhongwen 中文
3. MMS – Fo Roldan, Español
4. MRHS – Fernando Flores, Español
5.
MRHS – Leah Smith, Deutsch
6.
PDHS – Mary Thomas, Español
7. PRHS – Ron Crider, Français
8. PRHS - Patrick
Chang, Español
9. PWMS – Pierre Louis Harlin, Français
10. PWHS - _________ Español
11. SVHS – Ezequiel Brusa, Español
12. SVMS – Aricela (Juliana) Carrazco, Español
13. SVMS – Yseult Bevygres, Français
14. WHS – Gheisa Kisiah, Español
15. WMS – Natalie Korda, Español
16. WMS – Christin Ohrel, Français
BRAVO
Shout out to all the teachers
who want this generation to be world citizens with language skills and a world
view! Thanks to those who are helping with Curriculum Day!
UCPS News
Dr. Mary Ellis has been named the 2014-15 Regional Superintendent
of the Year by the Southwest
Regional Education Service Alliance (SWRESA). Ellis is one of eight
superintendents who will vie for the 2015 A. Craig Phillips North Carolina
Superintendent of the Year award. Dr. Ellis will represent Region 6.
Professional Development
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Practice Your Spanish
in Google Hangouts
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+Languagepracticehangouts-Spanish/posts
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Monday, September 29,
2014 - Thursday, October 2,
2014 “Catching Up With Your
Students”
NCCAT, Cullowhee. Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Web 2.0, text messaging, Instagram,
video conferencing, music downloading, video games, and online social
networking communities. http://www.nccat.org/events/13777-%E2%80%A2-catching-your-students-digital-learning-cullowhee
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October 2 – 4 FLANC Annual Conference;
Winston-Salem, NC. Thursday: half-day and
full day pre-conference workshops at additional expense; Friday – Saturday:
Conference; Saturday afternoon: half-day workshop at additional expense http://flanc.org/
Students at the Heart of
Learning
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Creating
An Environment for Learning: Get to Know Your Students
Tech Tools
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WL
Standard 2 – Interpretive Communication: Reading. Try Lingro supports reading in the second language by helping to
translate words on webpages, in online newspapers, etc. http://lingro.com/ From the Lingro
page, add a link to the page you want students to read. Students can click on
words they have trouble with. Give students authentic reading samples in the
target language and use lingro for that little bit of necessary help to permit
them to work independently. Set the languages you want Lingro to translate from
and into. Works with: Chinese, English, French, German, Spanish, etc. Try it
out:
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WL
Standard 3 - for Presentational Communication: Speaking– With Pixiclip students can create a ‘video’ on a whiteboard using visuals
and their own handwriting. Pixiclip works like a screencast feature and on is
reported to work on Chromebooks (not yet tested on the IOS version in UCPS). Pull
images into an image bank then slide them onto the white board background
surface while you talk about them. With an airliner, etc. you can write on the
white board background while recording. http://www.pixiclip.com. Read what Kathy
Schrock says about Pixiclip http://blog.kathyschrock.net/2014/05/pixiclip-for-teaching-and-learning.html
Formative Assessment
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Do
you use PollEverywhere? This is a
great site for polling your class with multiple choice questions, fill in the
blank or open-ended surveys for opinions, etc. You can sign up for free at http://www.polleverywhere.com/ One minute video explanations are found at http://www.polleverywhere.com/ There are weekly
webinars every Thursday at 4:00 EST. If you are interested go to http://www.polleverywhere.com/survey/D7jm13Ogk
Global
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Hispanic Heritage
Month – September 15 – October 15.
Hispanic Heritage Month begins each year on September 15, the anniversary of
independence of five Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Mexico, Chile and Belize also celebrate
their independence days during this period and Columbus Day (Día de la Raza) is
October 12. http://hispanicheritagemonth.gov/about/ and http://www.hispanicheritagemonth.org/
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Schools Online:
British Council - The British Council Schools Online partner-finding tool, has over 40,000
registered teachers and 180 countries. You can use filters such as country,
language or institution type to find the match that is best suited to your
school. https://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org
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U.S.
World Cup Soccer Team Includes Sons of Immigrants http://soccer.fusion.net/2014/06/16/without-immigration-half-of-the-u-s-world-cup-soccer-team-disappears/
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Travel – Alice Shrader wants to share how
totally impressed she was with the travel company Academic Programs
International (API) that she used this past summer for her trip to Salamanca,
Spain. http://www.apistudyabroad.com API has programs in Central America,
South America, Europe, UAE and Qatar. Contact Alice for details on her trip.
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World Cup for
Kids http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/world-cup-for-kids
PLNs
– Professional Learning Networks
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#LangChat is an online Twitter chat dedicated to the discussion of
topics associated with issues and trends in world language instruction and
learning. Educators, administrators, learners, and aficionados of world
languages are encouraged to participate and share their. Join in every Thursday at
8 pm EST. Visit their webpage
at http://langchat.pbworks.com/w/page/39343677/FrontPage
for archived
materials and future topics.
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#edchat: Considerd the "grandfather" of
educational chats, #edchat is one of the most popular chats and is held on
Tuesdays from 12 to 1 and 7 to 8 pm Eastern Time. This fast moving chat
attracts participants from all over the world to discuss a variety of topics
related to education. You'll also find interesting discussions and resources
shared by searching for this hashtag during the week. Learn more at edchat.pbworks.com.
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#edtechchat: is dedicated to all things related to
Education Technology and takes place Mondays from 8 to 9 pm Eastern Time. If
you are interested in education technology, you'll find inspiring discussions
and valuable resources here. Archives are found at edtechchat.wikispaces.com and
podcast discussions of each week's chat can be found here on
the Bam Radio network.
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Read more at http://thejournal.com/articles/2013/09/23/13-twitter-chats-for-educators.aspx#yXcCoIu19ZXgME52.99
Resources for WL Teachers
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Cool
Tools for Schools: Foreign Languages http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Foreign+Languages+Resources
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Authentic Resources
for World Language
Teachers – a webpage from Laura
Terrill http://lauraterrill.wikispaces.com/Authentic+Materials
Chinese Resources
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Chinese Fashion
through the Dynasties
- video in English 7 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiWEBzZofjo&list=TL-SRm2OuGYdeV046QVaJQ11vQZRUa6Q7H
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Ex-US Ambassador to
China advises students to learn Chinese - http://asiasociety.org/blog/asia/gary-locke-advises-students-get-job-21st-century-learn-chinese
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BBC Chinese Quick
Fix:
Listen and repeat basic phrases on these topics:
basic phrases, accommodations, Olympics, food and drink, shopping, getting
around http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/quickfix
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Beginning
Chinese Reader Audio Podcasts from
Seton Hall University’s Beginning Chinese https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/beginning-chinese/id705335764?mt=10&ign-mpt=uo%3D8
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24
short videoclips from Learn Chinese with Me make good
listening practice http://www.hanyu.com.cn/oldedition/genwxhy/Fram02.htm
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Chinese ‘Slat Book’ to practice writing
characters vertically and to imitate
ancient Chinese writing http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/chinese-slat-book
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Chun ‘Spring’ paper
cut craft project
http://yr9chinesewghs2011.blogspot.tw/2011/11/spring-is-herechinese-paper-cutting.html
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Chinese New Year
‘banners’ to print –
free download at http://downloads.twinkl.co.uk/res_downloads/minizapijeous69/T-T-466-Chinese-New-Year-Decorative-Banners.pdf
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Chinese Drum
instructions for primary students http://www.giftofcuriosity.com/chinese-new-year-drum-craft-for-kids/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chinese-new-year-drum-craft-for-kids and at http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/chinese-drum-craft
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Traditions
and the Art of Living: China. Culture
bearers from China share their traditions at this year’s Smithsonian Folklife
Festival, providing a window into the China’s diversity. http://challenges.epals.com/folklife/festival-map/
o
Build
playdough Mooncakes http://challenges.epals.com/folklife/moon-cakes/ Buy moonckae molds at http://www.amazon.com/Wok-Shop-Mooncake-3-in-1-Square/dp/B001F8WID8
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Pinterest: Authentic
Chinese Resources from Peggy Boyles
http://www.pinterest.com/briarcreekgirl/chinese-resources/
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Professor Garfield
Toon Book Reader
– Reads children’s picture books aloud in Chinese, French, Spanish as the pages
are flipped. Great for listening and reading practice as well as reading aloud
practice for level 3 – 4 students. http://www.professorgarfield.org/toon_book_reader/index.html
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French Resources
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Guillaume: 11 ans – reading
comprehension practice for novice students http://www3.sympatico.ca/serge.richard2/index.html
o Qui je suis ? http://www3.sympatico.ca/serge.richard2/page2.html
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Pinterest: Authentic French
Resources from Peggy Boyles, national world language consultant. Use these authentic
resources to spark interest and as written input for students. They are high
interest materials as they spark interest. There are many infographics. http://www.pinterest.com/briarcreekgirl/french-resources/
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Pinterest: Authentic French
Commercials from Peggy Boyles http://www.pinterest.com/briarcreekgirl/french-commercials/
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Professor Garfield
Toon Book Reader
– Reads children’s picture books aloud in Chinese, French, Spanish as the pages
are flipped. Great for listening and reading practice as well as reading aloud
practice for level 3 – 4 students. http://www.professorgarfield.org/toon_book_reader/index.html
German Resources
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Germany
and Porter Ridge Elementary School in UCPS - Ms. Hasty’s First Grade
class ‘adopted’ Germany for the 2013-2014 school year. German students might
enjoy reading the teacher’s blog at http://mrshasty.wordpress.com/ Note the Flat Stanley
photos from near Dresden, etc. that Ms. Blackwelder, the media center
specialist, took when she went to Germany to visit family. Feel free to contact
Ms. Hasty at debra.hasty@ucps.k12.nc.us and Ms. Blackwelder at carol.blackwelder@ucps.k12.nc.us
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Pinterest
Board: Authentic German Resources from Peggy Boyles
(national WL consultant and textbook author) http://www.pinterest.com/briarcreekgirl/german-resources/
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BBC Talk German: Watch and listen to the clips and have a look at the key
language and transcripts if
needed. These clips are taken from the Talk German TV series. The topics are:
greet people, order drinks, talk about your family, check in at a hotel, ask
for directions, talk about what you do, order a meal, say where you’re from,
buy train tickets, buy food and souvenirs. http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/talk
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BBC German Quick Fix: Listen
and repeat basic phrases on these topics: basic phrases, accommodations, food
and drink, shopping, getting around, ski, celebrations, social phrases, http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/quickfix/
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Four websites for learning
German:
o leicht-deutsch-lernen.com
audio lessons are more advanced and rather suitable
for intermediate and advanced students
o learn-german-easily.com
has basic lessons. These little audio lessons are
suitable for complete beginners to get started with the German language
o
learn-to-speak-german.de song
lyrics in German and English. “If you want to improve your language skills, it
is very important that you get involved with the language as much as you can.
And learning with songs is usually much more motivating than learning with a
second or third grammar book.”
Spanish Resources
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El español: Una
lengua viva
(Informe 2013) FASCINATING review in Spanish about the Spanish language: number
of speakers around the world by country, numbers of students of Spanish around
the world, number of Internet users per language, etc. great source of data for
encouraging students to study Spanish and to see its relative position in the
world. http://eldiae.es/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2013_espanol_lengua_viva.pdf
o i.e. Más de 500 millones de personas hablan español.
o i.e. El español es la tercera lengua más utilizada en la Red. El 7,8% de
los usuarios de Internet se comunican en español.
o i.e. México tiene la población mayor de hispanohablantes 112.336.538
o i.e. Entre los idiomas más estudiados como lengua extranjera, hay inglés
(69%), francés (7%), español (6%). Número total de estudiantes de español como
lengua extranjera 19.962.500.
o i.e. En 2050 Estados Unidos será el primer país hispanohablante del
mundo.
o i.e. Hispano-hablantes en EEUU 46.695.602
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Pinterest Board: Authentic Spanish Resources from Peggy
Boyles (an author of Realidades and national
consultant) http://www.pinterest.com/briarcreekgirl/spanish-resources/
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Pinterest Board: Authentic
Spanish Commercials from Peggy
Boyles http://www.pinterest.com/briarcreekgirl/spanish-commercials/ such as
o El Sabor del Verano se
disfruta en McDonald's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EtRFR5ZdDM
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Pinterest Board: Authentic
Spanish Videos from Peggy Boyles http://www.pinterest.com/briarcreekgirl/spanish-videos/
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Professor Garfield
Toon Book Reader
– Reads children’s picture books aloud in Chinese, French, Spanish as the pages
are flipped. Great for listening and reading practice as well as reading aloud
practice for level 3 – 4 students. http://www.professorgarfield.org/toon_book_reader/index.html
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Canción de países – video con
caricatura animada sobre los nombres de países por todo el mundo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csff7XNA8wc
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Himno de las Américas – Video in Spanish
that promotes the brotherhood between countries in the Americas. Nice visuals
of each country. Lyrics are included below video. 2:35 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNzpt_k3zTk
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Latino Initiative Noticias -
The UNC Center for International Understanding’s ‘Latino Initiative’ took a
group of community leaders from Mecklenburg and Union Counties to Mexico in May
to explore issues surrounding immigration. The delegation was in Mexico City,
Guanajuato, and the village of Mineral de Pozos to learn about Mexican history,
government, education, and develop. After travel, each group creates a
community action plan. The 15 year report from Latino Initiative is online at http://ciu.northcarolina.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Web.verson.Latino-Initiative-15-Year-Report.pdf
