Pilar Moreno-RecioDirector of Bilingual/ESL Education

“The limits of my language are the limits of my world.”

L. Wittgenstein

November, 2016 • Issue No. 1

12/08/2016LPAC Parent Breakfast

9/10/2018T. A. B. E.

11/12/2016T. E. S. O. L.

12/10/2016

4/22/2016TExES ESL

Review Prep Class

World Café features language building

strategies and activities, presented by

Ms. Pilar Moreno-Recio, to prepare

teachers with Sheltered Instruction

methods.

WRITING WITH ELs

Secondary teachers have an

opportunity to learn about strategies

to support English learners with writing

during the summer ELL Academy.

August 11, 2016.

Well done, BJS! Providing students with

a diverse experience in a multicultural

student body exposes our students to

rich experiences. Students gain an

international experience by way of their

fellow students who speak an

additional language or who have a

varied cultural experience.

The Bilingual/ESL Department provides

program information and free face

painting for all children in the

community. October 28, 2016

Baytown Jr. Mariachi Performance

WORLD CAFÉ of STRATEGIES

Empowering English Learners with Language

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

Texas Association of Bilingual Education recognizes Goose Creek Parent and Bilingual/ESL Director

Claudia Fuentes is a proud LPAC parent

of an ELL student and a member of the

LPAC Parent Ambassador Committee.

She represented the Goose Creek parent

community at the Texas Association of

Bilingual Educators. Congratulations,

Claudia! November 25,2016

PARENT RESOURCE FAIR

District Wide Grade Level Bilingual PLCs

in Action

The picture above depicts teachers

showing student work samples of

their foldables that were done during

the poetry unit. Teachers were also

sharing ideas on the taught poetry in

their bilingual 4th grade classrooms.

Use Your Alphabet:Cultivation by a Praxis of Refining

PK bilingual teachers emphasize the

prerequisite of basic fine and gross

motor skills throughout the language

arts curriculum. Attendees included

among others Laura Enriquez, Carver

Elementary, Arlin Perez, Ashbel Smith,

and Jessica Amezcua, Highlands

Elementary.

Claudia Ovalle highlights the special

marks of a uniquely designed poem

foldable at the 4th grade bilingual

PLC.

Writer’s Workshop

Student at Highlands Elementary in Ms. De Alva’s 4th grade class

recite from the heart! Dilma Gutierrez , Salvador Cruz and Valeria

Villagomez share their poems featured in a custom-made foldable.

Imagine Learning provides a revolutionary ESL Reading program to

support language acquisition for all English learners in the classroom.

Bilingual teachers receive training on how to use the program and

how to monitor English language development progress.

Teachers on the Vanguard

with Innovative ESL Learning

Elementary Perspectives

Aprendiendo Juntos / Learning Together

ESL Parent Night at Newcomer AcademyBeyond Your High School Diploma

Marylou Ortuvia, LEE college representative, speaks to parents about

scholarship and grant opportunities to attend college.

WORKSTATIONS at the secondary

level include free choice

independent reading and written

response to literature.

SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION takes

place in Ruth Zimmerman’s class at

Cedar Bayou Junior School

ESL SECONDARY

READING PROGRAM

WORKSTATIONS include vocabulary

instruction and reading

comprehension in the SOLO Journeys

reading program.

ESL Secondary Reading PLC, Peer Learning in Action

I really enjoyed the ESL Reading PLC and came out

refreshed with a new perspective "“

Mrs. J. Morgan – English teacher at LEE High School

Jackie Morgan implements High Deck Application to make content comprehensible for

her students during the October ESL Reading Teacher Professional Learning Community

Quarterly Meeting at Lee High School.

Brian Trachte, ESL Reading teacher at Horace Mann Junior School, emphasizes the

importance of differentiation by adapting materials to meet student needs as key

to student success at the Secondary ESL PLC November 2nd at Lee High School.

Free Resources, Videos and Materials:

Florida Center for Reading Research www.fcrr.org (workstations ideas)

The Teacher Toolkit www.theteachertoolkit.com (videos and strategies)

LPAC administrators engage in a rigorous process to ensure they

keep their campus 100% in compliance with the state law

requirements for identification, placement, monitoring and exit of

English learners. Special thanks and congratulations to Monica

Juarez, principal at Victoria Walker Elementary, for her outstanding

work as LPAC administrator.

LPAC Administrator of the Year

MONICA JUAREZ

Bilingual/ESL Teachers attend the state bilingual/ESL

education conference in Galveston October 19th-22nd.

Teachers learned new instructional strategies to bring

back to GCCISD to share with peers during the district

Bilingual/ESL PLC meetings.

Ms. Moreno-Recio, Director of Bilingual/ESL

Education, represents Goose Creek CISD at the

Texas Association for Bilingual Education with the

presentation District Systems that Support English

Language Development.

Director of Bilingual/ESL Education empowering parents to become

trainers of trainers during the beginning of the school year breakfast.

Training on how to support campuses during the LPAC (Language

Proficiency Assessment Committee) meetings.

Empowered Parents, Teachers and Administrators

TEXAS ASSOCIATION

OF BILINGUAL EDUCATORS