September 15, 2015
BRAVO
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Welcome to Elizabeth
Morales, Spanish teacher at Monroe High School.
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Welcome to Sebastián Tellez,
new Spanish teacher at Sun Valley High School.
Professional Development
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September 23, 2015 8:30 – 11:30 Speaking of Canvas – Training on how to
incorporate audio recording and videorecording in Canvas for announcements,
assignments, input, discussion threads and feedback to students. Marvin Ridge
High School Media Center. Presenters, Donna Podgorny, Casey Zvanut (ITF) and Danilo
Loor (German / Spanish Teacher CATA). These are optional workshops on optional
workdays for UCPS teachers. Attendance hours accumulate all year for Academic
Content CEUs. To sign
up to attend at http://bit.ly/UCPSWLPD15-16
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October 12, 2015 Optional Workday UCPS WL Professional
Development Workshop 3 – 0.3 Academic Content CEUs
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January 19, 2016 Optional Workday UCPS WL Professional
Development Workshop 4 – 0.3 Academic Content CEUs
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February 15, 2016 Optional Workday UCPS WL Professional
Development Workshop 5 – 0.3 Academic Content CEUs
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April 25, 2016 Optional Workday UCPS WL Professional
Development Workshop 6 – 0.3 Academic Content CEUs
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October 23 – 24, 2015 FLANC Conference (Foreign Language
Association of North Carolina) Durham NC http://www.flanc.org/
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February 21-22, 2015 SCOLT Conference
(Southern Conference on Language Teaching) Charlotte, NC http://www.scolt.org/
Movement and Pairwork – A 2015-2016 Focus
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How to set up partners http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2013/11/15-quick-and-creative-ways-group-and-partner-students.
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Fun Ways to Group Students http://achpernt.com.au/app/webroot/uploaded_files/media/fun_ways_to_group_students.pdf
GRADING SCALE UCPS
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10 Point Grading Scale In October
2014, the State Board agreed and approved a standard 10-point grading scale to
begin with the 2015-16 school year. This scale will not include “pluses” or
“minuses” and it will be applied for the coursework beginning with the
2015-2016 school. 90 – 100 = A; 80 – 89 = B; 70 – 79 = C; 60-69 = D; 59 and
below https://webcp.ucps.k12.nc.us/library/uploads/3/10_Point_Grading_Scale_Letter.pdf
GRANTS
Cultural Events - Mark Your Calendar
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September 15 – October 15 - Hispanic Heritage
Month
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September 19 – October 4 - Oktoberfest http://www.oktoberfest.de/en/article/About+the+Oktoberfest/About+the+Oktoberfest/Oktoberfest-Calendar+2015/4162/
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September 23 - Sabor latino – 6;00 – 9:00 p.m. Levine Museum of the New South Food and beverage tasting while watching a chef
explain Latin American cooking. $35 per person.Thanks to Natalie Korda for
sharing.
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September 27, 2015 – Mid-Autumn Festival
(aka Mooncake Festival)
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September 27, 2015 – Mid-Autumn Festival
celebrations at the Knight Theatre, 3;30 – 6:30 pm. Charlotte http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=4cb398aa-b5a4-4bf3-815f-6caa19a345bd&c=8359e730-dba9-11e3-8587-d4ae5292c3f3&ch=836001b0-dba9-11e3-8587-d4ae5292c3f3 $25 - $45 per person
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September 27 – Confucius Classroom
Day (UCPS is a Confucius Classroom)
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October 6 – October 10 National German Week http://old.wl.k12.in.us/hs/depts/fl/beckera/celebrate_national_german_week.htm
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October 10, 2015 Latin American
Festival http://www.latinamericancoalition.org/festivallatinoamericano/about
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October 12 Día de la Raza (aka Columbus Day, Día de las Américas, Día de la
Hispanidad))
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October 17 - International Festival UNCC 10:00 a.m.
– 6:00 p.m. Celebration and fireworks 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. http://ifest.uncc.edu/
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February 3, 2016 – Zydeco
and Louisiana Creole Music http://clclt.com/charlotte/terrance-simien-and-the-zydeco-experience/Event?oid=2612974
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February 8, 2016 Chinese Spring Festival (aka Chinese New Year)
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February 9, 2016 – Mardi Gras
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February 22, 2016 – Chinese Lantern Festival
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May 5, 2016 - Cinco de mayo – Battle
of Puebla in Mexico celebrates conquest against French invasión.
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May 14, 2016 – Dragonboat Festival,
Charlotte Asian Festival, Ramsey Creek Park, Lake Norman http://www.charlottedragonboat.com/
Professional Organizations
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FLANC – Foreign
Language Association of North Carolina http://www.flanc.org Membership included
in yearly conference attendance.
Membership without conference attendance $25.00 Renewal date each year
is October 22.
§ October 23-24, 2015 – The Fall Conference is in Durham, NC at the Sheraton
Imperial Hotel and Convention Center. $100 by 9/15, $140 after 9/15; NEW:
Choose up to three webinars; Reserve a room at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel
(Conference rate $132 by 9/25)
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Pre-Conference Webinars - 8:00
– 10:00 p.m. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4K4-_EFH7ZyTW5EQWtqbXQ3WnM/view
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Optional Workshops - Purchase up
to two optional on-site workshops ($30 each) Friday evening or Saturday
afternoon http://bit.ly/1KdUAtt
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FLANC on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Foreign-Language-Association-of-North-Carolina/230626706994828?fref=ts
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Mini-Grants up to $500: apply
in December. Grants awarded in January http://www.flanc.org/membership-benefits/mini-grants
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February 18 – 20, 2016 the 2016
SCOLT Conference in Charlotte. Partner organizations are FLANC, SCFLTA http://www.scflta.org/ and SEALLT – the Southeast Association for Language Learning
Technology http://www.clas.ufl.edu/llc/seall/
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$150 Early Bird Registration (through January 8, 2016), $175 Late Registration
(January 9 - 22, 2016), $200 Onsite Registration, $125 Saturday only
registration
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Program Cover Contest: SCOLT will
once again have a contest to determine the program cover. It's a great way to
involve students from around the region. Download a PDF with details about the
contest. Deadline to submit your entries is December 12, 2015. http://www.scolt.org/images/PDFs/Conference/2016/2016_SCOLT_PROGRAM_COVER_CONTEST_GUIDELINES_and_STUDENT_INFORMATION_FORM.pdf
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ACTFL - American
Council on Teaching Foreign Languages http://www.actfl.org/ Membership $79.
Receive the quarterly magazine The Language Educator http://www.actfl.org/publications/all/the-language-educator , The Foreign
Language Annals, etc.
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November 20 – 22, 2015 Fall Conference
San Diego, California. ACTFL on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/actfl
Pedagogy
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Great
Warm-ups and Motivators – Two Truths and A Lie, Turn and Talk, Trivial
Pursuit, songs with cloze activities, videos with no sound track, writing
prompts, pictures to describe, Jeopardy, etc.
http://blog.calicospanish.com/2011/09/09/quick-motivators-and-warm-ups-for-world-language-classes.html
Hispanic Heritage Month
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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 http://spanishplans.org/2015/09/13/resources-for-hispanic-heritage-month/ and 12.http://hispanicheritagemonth.gov/about/ and http://www.hispanicheritagemonth.org
NC DPI and the ASW Process
Remember that UCPS has a
waiver and is not participating in the ASW Process. That said, you can
follow the webinars or the notes from the webinars.
Sample
evidence submitted during pilots can be found at
https://drive.google.com/a/ucps.k12.nc.us/folderview?id=0B-kcXaO4D_dyRnFzbGgxU192MHc&usp=sharing&tid=0B-kcXaO4D_dyaldTaTRiX0x2b28
Examples
of teacher narratives for the types of projects completed can be found athttps://drive.google.com/a/ucps.k12.nc.us/file/d/0B-kcXaO4D_dyY21sME1faTdzVjQ/view
NCDPI and WL
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Webinar
Documents: All materials from the first World Language Curriculum Leaders
(WLCL) webinar broadcast on Tuesday afternoon, September 8, are now posted on
the Professional Development page
(http://wlnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Professional+Development) of the World Languages
wiki.
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The WL CL DPI Update
webinars are scheduled on Tuesdays from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. on December 8,
March 8, and May 10. All are welcome.
Chinese Resources
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Top Ten YouTube Channels for Learning Chinese http://www.digmandarin.com/top-ten-youtube-channels-for-learning-mandarin-chinese-free.html
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Hometowns – In recent years, the Chinese have left their hometowns
for work in the cities and other provinces. The importance of the hometown is
felt in one’s longings to return to home. Discover the songs
o The Ocean, My Sweet Home da hai a gu xiang 大海啊故乡 with pinyin subtitles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdrs4RHlfRE and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOyOUim9I5s
Spanish Resources
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9 Reasons to Learn Spanish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVcTr4OMKEU&feature=em-share_video_user shared by Alice Shrader
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Printable
Travel Posters from the Spanish speaking world with titles such as Relajar,
Respirar, Escapar, Conocer, Andar, Vivir, Llegar. https://instagram.com/nature.geography which reposts photos from travelers and
amazing photographers. http://spanishplans.org/2015/08/19/inspire-travel
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Comics in
Spanish http://www.gocomics.com/explore/espanol These
make great writing prompts and reading samples.
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Commercials
in Spanish https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pQpPcL9X84Ov4RMQMaRe3o2dpiJK3nPWoFveiIXDxJw/edit?hl=en_US
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Spanish
Bell Ringers from SpanishPlans.org http://spanishplans.org/2010/11/05/spanish-bell-ringers/ Name
them “Caliente su mente” “La Campañita” “TocaTimbre” “Para Empezar”
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Listening
Samples in Spanish http://www.spanishlistening.org/ Choose
the question the speaker has answered then watch the videoclips on those
topics. Thanks to Sebastián for sharing the site.
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