Building Literacy for Newcomer Students!

Funded Nov 29, 2022

We are so grateful to have more bilingual texts in our classrooms! Students have been reading the texts in English/Spanish and English/Portuguese in the 3rd grade ELA classroom. The texts are part of the lending and independent reading library. The students can choose different books for independent reading time, or take them home to share and practice for their reading log.

We now have 17 students who have moved to our 3rd grade this school year. They have come from Colombia, Brazil, Morocco and Nicaragua. The students are excited to connect their reading skills in Spanish and Portuguese as they learn new words in English.

The 3rd grade soccer fans have some favorite books! They love the bilingual biography of Pele and the chapter book "Pedro's Big Goal." We use the phonics decoding flashcards frequently to practice discriminating vowel sounds in English.

Thank you for supporting the newest learners in our community!”

With gratitude,

Ms. Gallogly