SLP PD
Spring Lake Park immersion Staff Development: Professional Learning Sessions for Immersion Teachers
Monday, Aug 16
8:00-12:00
Introductions & Intentions
- Warm-up – AM meeting
- Agreements
Overview
- Goals of Immersion
- 9 Immersion Strategies
Demonstration Lesson
- Immersion Strategies Checklist
Demonstration Lesson
- Lesh Model
1:00-3:00
Building Background & Thematic Planning
- 8-Piece Unit Plan Format
Application
Resources & Reflection
Tuesday, Aug 17
8:00-12:00
- Welcome & Intentions
- Warm-up – AM meeting
- Immersion Strategy: Scaffolding Language
- Helping students notice language
- Selecting what vocabulary to teach
- Text talk: 7 steps for increasing understanding of vocabulary
- Writing clear language objectives by using XYZ formula
- Graphic Organizers / Spanish Graphic Organizers
- Error correction: Lyster focus on form PPT
- Recap & Reflection on the morning
1:00-3:00
- Energizer
- Application
- Resources & Reflection Sharing
Vocabulary Resources:
Developing Oral Proficiency in the Immersion Classroom: http://www.carla.umn.edu/immersion/acie/vol2/Bridge2.3.pdf
Rin, rin, telefono! A Vocab Building Classroom Activity: http://www.carla.umn.edu/immersion/acie/vol10/feb2007_telefono.html
Draw, Tell, Write, read: http://www.carla.umn.edu/immersion/acie/vol1/Nov1997_DrawRead.html
Using Stories to Promote…Language Development: http://www.carla.umn.edu/immersion/acie/vol11/Bridge_May_08.pdf
Learning Centers: Meaningful Contexts for Language Use…: http://www.carla.umn.edu/immersion/acie/vol8/vol2_bridge3.pdf
Improving Student Oral Proficiency…: http://www.carla.umn.edu/immersion/acie/vol6/Bridgev.6.n.1.pdf
Beck, I., McKeown, M. & Kucan, L. (2002). Bringing Words to Life. New York, NY: The Guilford Press
Cloud, N., Genesee, F., & Hamayan, E. (2000). Oral Language Development, p. 51-86. Dual Language Instruction: A Handbook for Enriched Education. Boston, MA: Heinle & Heinle.
Gibbons, P. (2002). Scaffolding Language, Scaffolding Learning: Teaching Second Language Learners in the Mainstream Classroom. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
What Parents Want to Know about Foreign Language Immersion Programs.http://www.carla.umn.edu/immersion/FAQs.html







