September 14, 2016
This year is launched! Hopefully, everyone is
off to a great start. The Polyglot Press attempts to share relevant and timely
messages with UCPS World Language teachers. Please share your new discoveries.
This newsletter is archived at http://polyglotpress.blogspot.com/
BRAVO
Welcome to
our UCPS world language teachers new to UCPS in 2016-2017
1.
Amy Cass – Spanish teacher, Marvin Ridge Middle School
2.
Anabella Rivera – Spanish teacher, Forest Hills High School
3.
José Umpiérrez – Spanish teacher, Cuthbertson Middle School
4.
Julie McAbee – Spanish teacher, Central Academy
5.
María Koonce – Spanish teacher, Porter Ridge High School
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Morgann Lyles – French teacher, Porter Ridge High School
Teachers who
started in UCPS during the 2015-2016 school year
1.
Adam Brown – Spanish teacher, Weddington High School
2.
Amelia Stine – Spanish teacher, Sun Valley High School
3.
Tania Monsalve – Spanish teacher, Sun Valley High School
4.
Yadiraliz Hawks – Spanish teacher, Monroe High School
Great WL News!
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Marty Abbott, the Executive Director of ACTFL, our national organization
has been invited to ACTFL Executive Director Martha G. Abbott has been
appointed by President Barack Obama to the National Security Education Board.
Her appointment sends a strong message about the importance of global
competence in the 21st century.”
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The ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) that has replaced No Child Left
Behind includes foreign languages as part of a well-rounded education Tittle
XIII, Section 800. ESSA also includes increased federal funding for foreign
languages.
Events
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September 15, 2016 China’s Mid-Autumn Festival
is celebrated on month 8 day 15 of China’s lunar calendar (in September or
October). Mid-Autumn Festival 2016 is on September 15. Chinese people will have
a three-day holiday from September 15 to 17
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Hispanic Heritage Month
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Ideas – Dances classes. Fernando Flores was very pleased with the choreographer Ann Jeri who taught his classes and PE
classes at Marvin Ridge HS. You can reach Ana at 704-369-1769
UCPS Instructional Focus: 2016-2017
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Gradual Release of
Responsibility – is faithfully implemented.
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Focused Instruction (I Do It);
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Guided Instruction (We Do It);
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Collaborative Learning (You All Do It Together);
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Independent Practice (You Do It Alone) Note on collaborative learning:
Note that cooperative learning (team approach where students learn from each other) and collaborative learning
(students create an artifact or product of their learning) differ. http://www.teacherswithapps.com/the-differences-in-cooperative-learning-collaborative-learning/
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Purpose Statements – are posted, student
friendly and meaningful.
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Note: Desk Arrangement influences the ability to implement collaborative
learning. Think about how your desks can be arranged into
flexible groups.
Grants
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The LIFT (Leadership and Innovation Funding for Teachers) Grant program
allows Union County Public School teachers to apply for grants for
technological advancements, classroom enhancements and educational programs.
The grants range from $100-$500 and the grant deadline is the second Friday in
September (September 8, 2016). Consider requesting Yabla online vide access,
headsets for audio recording, handheld recorders for audio recording, etc. https://app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/UnionCountyPublicEducationFou/LIFT2015.html
NC DPI World Languages
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The World Language
Essential Standards (WLES) Webinars are part of the World Language Webinar Series
designed for World Language Educators implementing our state’s standards in
their classrooms. They will be broadcast on 4th Tuesdays from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
in months where there is not a DPI Quarterly Update webinar. All World Language
teachers and instructors are welcome. Please register for the webinar(s) by
submitting a registration form for each of the 2016 - 2017 broadcast dates. http://wlnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Professional+Development Here is a tentative
schedule:
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October 25 - Overview of Structure: Weaving Together All of the Strands
and Standards
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November 22 - Essential Standard #1: Interpersonal Communication
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January 24 - Essential Standard #2: Interpretive Communication
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February 28 - Essential Standard #4: Culture
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April 25 - Essential Standard #3: Presentational Communication
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May 23 – TBD
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The LinguaFolio webinars are
designed for language educators interested in and/or implementing LinguaFolio
in dual language/immersion, ESL, heritage language, and/or world language
programs. http://ncfolios.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/LFwebinars They are broadcast from
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. on these dates:
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August 11, 2016
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*October 5, 2016 *The October 5 webinar is at 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. since it
is part of the Fall FLANC Pre-Conference Webinars.
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January 12, 2017
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March 9, 2017
Professional Development
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Thursdays 8 pm EST ; Saturday Sequel - 10am EST Weekly World Language Twitter Chats Every week language colleagues
get together to discuss topics of interest via Twitter using the #LangChat
hashtag. Visit the archives or summaries to glean from the insights shared
during our weekly conversations. http://langchat.pbworks.com/w/page/39343677/FrontPage #LangChat is 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 experiences
and input on various topics such as new ways to teach vocabulary, using music
in the language classroom, and making standards-based grading valid. This chat
is also unique in that it brings together language educators worldwide and from
different contexts (elementary, secondary, higher education, etc.) and
languages. @langchatPLN www.facebook.com/langchat
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Thursdays - 3pm ET Tea with BVP Season 2 -
Bill, Angelika, Walter, and the rest of the crew are ready to go back to the
studio this week to once again be the highlight of your week.
They have been working hard all summer to bring you
more resources and make you the best language Jedi you can be. http://mixlr.com/teawithbvp Tune in,
join the chat, and call them! You can chat with them and other fellow listeners
on our Mixlr page http://mixlr.com/teawithbvp/ , you can tweet at
@teawithbvp, or simply call in at (517) 884-4321. Can't join in live? You can
still send them your questions here teawithbvp@gmail.com Can't listen live? All of the episodes are available on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tea-with-bvp/id1053470460 and Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/teawithbvp Binge listening encouraged.
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Coursera – free online courses:
Beginning Chinese; Teach English Now; Theories of Second Language Acquisition https://www.coursera.org/
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October 7 – 8, 2016 Foreign Language Association of
North Carolina (FLANC) Annual Conference, Durham, NC http://www.flanc.org/fall-conference
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October 11, 2016 to October 14, 2016 The
Canvas Connection, Cullowhee, NC. NCCAT Programs Course # 14251, Canvas, North
Carolina’s Learning Management System (LMS), is your place for one-stop
learning and course management. Canvas is a trusted, open source LMS which
provides a new way of teaching, learning, and thinking. Create modules,
lessons, assessments, discussions, and portfolios. Have your grade book, course
information, feedback, and student analytics all in one place. Come be a part
of the education revolution—it’s Canvas Time, North Carolina! http://www.nccat.org/events/14251-canvas-connection-cullowhee There is no charge to the
participant except that the teacher’s sub needs to be paid.
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October 18, 2016 to October 21, 2016 Flipping
Instruction Without Flipping Out: The Digital Learning Classroom – Cullowhee, NC. NCAAT
Programs Course # 14252 “Schoolwork at home and homework at school” is one of
the many definitions of a flipped classroom. Explore the history, styles, and
benefits of flipping your classroom, including practical, hands-on ways to
create, curate, and differentiate video content. With help from experienced
teachers and educational technologists, each participant will identify what
elements of their curriculum could be flipped and will have the opportunity to
create a ready-to-roll video lesson with ideas for assessment and follow-up
activities. We’ll look at the possibilities created by flipping, including time
for project-based and mastery learning. Come gain the confidence, tools and
skills to flip your curriculum and create a more responsive, active, social,
and creative classroom. http://www.nccat.org/events/14252-flipping-instruction-without-flipping-out-digital-learning-classroom-cullowhee There is no charge to the
participant except that the teacher’s sub needs to be paid.
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October 19 – 20, 2016 K-12 World
View Global Education Symposium “Innovation and Technology to Drive Global
Learning”, Location: The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education
in Raleigh, NC. Cost: $175 per person. $600 for a team of four. $150 for each
additional member. CEU: 1.5 CEUs will be awarded upon completion of program
study guide. Presenters, interdisciplinary sessions, curriculum development
opportunities, and a wide-range of exhibitors http://worldview.unc.edu/k-12-global-education-symposium/ There is no charge to the
participant except that the teacher’s sub needs to be paid.
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October 24, 2016 to October 27, 2016 Expanding
Your Technology Toolbox: Getting the Most out of Digital Learning –
Cullowhee, NC NCCAT Program #14256. Digital learning is a broad category that
encompasses the use of digital resources and technology to enhance and
differentiate instruction. The number of available options, however, can be
overwhelming. Gain experience with free high-quality tools for: video and audio
production, blended lessons, games in education, online content, augmented
reality, digital formative assessment, and LMS (Learning Management Systems).
Participants will explore these digital tools as students, determine how to use
them effectively as teachers, and leave NCCAT with a virtual toolbox of
techniques to take back to the classroom. http://www.nccat.org/events/14256-expanding-your-technology-toolbox-getting-most-out-digital-learning-cullowhee There is no charge to the
participant except that the teacher’s sub needs to be paid.
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October 24, 2016 to October 27, 2016 Motivating
Disengaged Students – Ocracoke Island, NC NCCAT Program #14258. Designed
for teachers of grades 6–8. Students are engaged when they are involved in
their work, persist despite challenges and obstacles, and take visible delight
in their accomplishments. Solving student engagement issues is complex. What
works in one class may be a failure in the next, with every year presenting new
challenges for engaging students in various lessons. This program will review
and evaluate strategies for motivating disengaged students and will prepare you
to implement them upon your return to the classroom. http://www.nccat.org/events/14258-motivating-disengaged-students-ocracoke There is no charge to the participant except
that the teacher’s sub needs to be paid.
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World View Latin America
and North Carolina http://worldview.unc.edu/our-programs/at-unc-chapel-hill
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March 29-30, 2017 World View Stories of Africa:
Connected Over Time and Across the Globe http://worldview.unc.edu/our-programs/at-unc-chapel-hill
Tech Tools
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Voice Typing - Did you know that you can
talk in Google Docs and ‘it’ will type what you say? You can choose many languages.
Go to Tools. Choose ‘Voice Typing’. A grey mic comes up. You choose what
language you want to speak in. Place your cursor in the location in the Google
doc where you want ‘it’ to type… then talk. Amazing.
Globalize Your School
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Post Signs in Multiple
Languages around School Start simple. Get your students more acquainted with the multilingual
nature of the U.S. by adding signs with multiple languages around the school.
Hosting an upcoming event? Add the event translation in Hindi, Spanish, and
Urdu. Create signage in various languages for spaces around your school like
the cafeteria, auditorium, and classrooms. With few extra resources, students
will learn new vocabulary in another language and gain exposure to scripts
other than the Latin alphabet. This is also a great method to enable students
with different native languages to feel welcomed and empowered at school.
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Offer After-School Language
Activities
- Host language clubs where students can watch movies and TV shows or listen to
stories and podcasts in a foreign language. Open up the school computer lab for
students to study languages on free platforms like Duolingo or Coursera. Even
if you don’t have the resources to start an Arabic club, a Chinese club, a
German Club, etc. you can launch a general language club to expose students to
different world languages.
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Multicultural Field and
Service Trips - Think about the multicultural nature of your own community: plan
trips to ethnic restaurants and meet with the chef; start a conversation with
diaspora organizations; host an international dinner for those who need a meal.
If you have enough students learning a specific language (or have a group of
students who already speak it), you could even organize volunteer projects for
them to reach out to that specific language community.
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Welcome Exchange Students
from Other Countries – Consider connecting with high school exchange students. Exchange
students can increase the language and cultural diversity in the classroom.
These students are often ambassadors for their home country and their home
language — and could bolster your efforts to increase inclusion of a language
in your school.
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Connect with Peace Corps
Members -
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Connect with an EPals
teacher from Another Country –
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Great “Day in the Life” Project from iearn. Could be
replicated in one classroom, one school or across UCPS, etc. Very suitable for
Spanish 1 and Spanish 2 existing units. https://iearn.org/cc/space-2/group-6/about
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#globaledchat Twitter
Chat - Every Thursday at 8pm EST is #globaledchat. #globaledchat is a great way
to connect with global educators and develop your Twitter network. Hope you can
try out this Twitter Chat!
Study Abroad
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The National Security Language Initiative
for Youth Program (NSLI-Y) offers full scholarships for high school
students to study five critical languages in immersion environments and is
sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. Scholarships are available for
students to learn the following languages: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Hindi,
Korean, Persian (Tajiki), Russian, Turkish.
The 2017-18 application will be released in late August/early September
2016. http://www.nsliforyouth.org/
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The U.S. Department of State also sponsors the YES Abroad Program, which offers full scholarships for high school
students to spend a summer or academic year immersing themselves in another
culture and includes intensive language study. The Kennedy-Lugar YES Abroad
program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, offers American high school students and recent graduates
full scholarships to study abroad for one academic year in selected YES
countries. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jordan,
Macedonia, Malaysia, Morocco, Philippines, Senegal, Thailand and Turkey. Complete
the form at https://iearn.wufoo.com/forms/r1f8i3qj0k24xxz/ to be notified once the
2017-2018 application for U.S. high school students becomes available. Please
review program information and eligibility at http://yes-abroad.org
Chinese Resources
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Mid-Autumn Festival 2016 http://www.chinahighlights.com/festivals/mid-autumn-festival.htm History http://www.chinahighlights.com/festivals/mid-autumn-festival-history-origin.htm Mooncakes http://www.chinahighlights.com/festivals/mooncake.htm Stories and Legends http://www.chinahighlights.com/festivals/mid-autumn-festival-story.htm
French Resources
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Planète Poutine – Hear the Québécois accent.
‘Planète Poutine et cie réinvente notre plat national en proposant une
sélection de 18 variétés de poutine. Le premier restaurant a vu le jour à
Trois-Rivières en 2011. Depuis, un modèle de franchisage a été développé et on
compte aujourd’hui 14 restaurants au Québec et 1 au Nouveau-Brunswick. La
chaîne connait une croissance très rapide et a créé plus de 350 emplois au
Québec l’an dernier.’ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wrnJ-NV7z1g
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Duke Haiti Lab | MIT-Ayiti | Kreyòl Alphabet Song YouTube video 4:52 min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ukagm5eIvI&index=3&list=PLDDC53505A269BB07
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International Mother
Language Day – in Haitian and other languages. International Mother Language Day is a
worldwide annual observance held on 21
February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and
multilingualism. First announced by UNESCO on 17 November 1999, it was formally
recognized by the United Nations General Assembly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq_iL1s6Ne8&index=4&list=PLDDC53505A269BB07
Spanish Resources
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España en los Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro 2016 https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espa%C3%B1a_en_los_Juegos_Ol%C3%ADmpicos_de_R%C3%ADo_de_Janeiro_2016
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La Gran Pirámide de Cholula
o Viaje pirámide de Cholula,
Puebla, México YouTube video 17:42 minutos en español (Fast
forward to desired sections) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E77jbBTnpM
o ¿Por qué la pirámide de
Cholula nunca se terminó de construir? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMKo4VSA26k YouTube video 5:26 minutos en español
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The world's biggest pyramid is hidden under a mountain in Mexico http://3tags.org/article/the-worlds-biggest-pyramid-is-hidden-under-a-mountain-in-mexico
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Spanish – 6th Grade – Las
vocales canción infantil - a e i o u YouTube video en español https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-3nZ7h_9LE Thanks to Edna Bass for sharing.
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Spanish 1 –Videos with listening
comprehension activities: Spanish
Football https://vialogues.com/vialogues/play/4769/ Thanks to Tania Monsalve
at Sun Valley HS for sharing.
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Spanish 1 Days of the Week (classes, destinations
& activities per day) https://vialogues.com/vialogues/play/27821/ Días de la semana – Questions to answer at different times in video
https://vialogues.com/vialogues/play/27827/
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Spanish 3+ - La independencia de México: Lucha por la libertad de México. Written for Spanish
learners. Includes audio, transcript and word bank. http://www.sipuebla.com/spanishreader/independencia.html
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Spanish 3 / Heritage Spanish 2 - Guernica en D – YouTube video 2:54 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc1Nfx4c5LQ Excelente para Español 3 – Capítulo sobre el arte; Gracias a Anahí Brusa
por compartir esto.
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Spanish 3 / Heritage Spanish 2- Frida Kahlo - Draw My Life En Español - YouTube Video en español 5:44 minutos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX8QsS8so50
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Spanish 3 – AP – TikTak
Draw en español – Collection of You Tube videos about a variety of famous people. Artist
draws on white board as speaker tells their story in Spanish – fast! Ghandi,
Fridah Kahlo, Harry Potter, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXW9I3tejb37PGHyHcQc6hA
