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2013

DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION GROUP NEWSLETTER

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Greetings! Welcome! ¡Bienvenidos! Bienvenue! 欢迎 Bem-vindo! Board member directory President: DIANA MOSCOSO-CAUDELL President Elect: Secretary: LIDIA ORDAZ CANALES Treasaurer: Spanish Representative: French Representative: Chinese Representative: Portuguese Representative:

Did you know that…? Parents and teachers who read aloud and talk often to young children are promoting brain development. Quote “If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.” ‒Ludwig Wittgenstein

Announcements, Reminders, Suggestions SEMINAR WITH FERNANDO J. LÓPEZ DEL OSO. For more information, please click on the following link: https://mail.google.com/ mail/? ui=2&ik=f292595bf4&view =att&th=13dcbf405f9f23db &attid=0.1&disp=safe&zw

SPRING FIELD TRIPS. These are some interesting destinations in Utah for different grades. Children's Museum (K - 2nd Grade)

Kennetcott Copper Mine (2nd - 6th Grade) http:// www.kennecott.com/

Hill Aerospace Museum (2nd - 6th Grade) http://www.hill.af.mil/ library/museum/ index.asp

Red Butte Gardens (2nd - 6th Grade) http://www.redbuttegarden.org/

This is the Place (4th - 6th Grade) http://www.thisistheplace.org/

http://www.childmuseum.org/

Zoo (K - 3rd Grade) http://www.hoglezoo.org/

Aquarium (K - 6th Grade) http://www.thelivingplanet.com/ index.php

Thanksgiving Point (K - 6th Grade) http://www.thanksgivingpoint.org/

Hale Theatre (6th Grade) https://tickets.halecentretheatre.org/ online/

STATE DLI WEBSITES utahspanishdualimmersion.org utahfrenchimmersion.org utahchineseimmersion.org utahportugueseimmersion.org 1 of 2

Share your resources and ideas! If you have ideas or resources that you would like to share with our DLI teachers, please email Diana Moscoso-Caudell at [email protected] RESOURCES & IDEAS CHALLENGING ACTIVITIES IN MATH: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/ brainboosters/ CLASS DOJO: http://teach.classdojo.com/login#!/ welcome

WHOLE BRAIN TEACHING: http://www.teachingandlearningtogether.com/ whole-brain-teaching.html

SCHOLASTICS BOOK CLUB: https://clubs2.scholastic.com/webapp/ wcs/stores/servlet/LogonForm? catalogId=10001&storeId=11151

DUAL IMMERSION CLASSES:

Highlights If you want to highlight a teacher in our monthly newsletter, please email Diana Moscoso-Caudell at [email protected] with the following information: Name of teacher to be highlighted. School/District. One paragraph description of why they are being highlighted. Picture of the teacher, if possible. We will be highlighting 2 teachers a month!

Noelia   González   is   a   guest   teacher   from   Spain   teaching   3rd   Grade   Spanish   Dual   Language   Immersion  at   Midvale   Elementary.   She   Taugh   English   Dual   Immersion   in   Spain   in   Kindergarden.   Noelia   wanted   to   do   the   same   in   the   U.S.   but   in   her   naDve   language.   She   has   enjoyed   zález Noelia Gon DI learning   about   management   , Spanish 1st Gra de strategies   in   the   classroom.   She   lementar y Midvale E T U t, ic istr also   really   enjoys   teaching   math   to   Canyons D third   graders.     THANK   YOU   NOELIA   FOR  YOUR  H ARD  WORK!

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Mar   Barranco  is  from   Jaén,   Spain   and    has  been  teachhing  Spanish   in   Utah  for  seven  years.   Some  of   h e r   p e r s o n a l   t r e a t s   a r e   creaDveness,   she   cares   about   other   people   and   her   students   are   always   the   main.   She   loves   doing   craQs   and   singing   smiling   Mar Bar ranc o all   the   Dme.   She   is   such   a   1st Grad e, Span ish DI wonderfull   collegue   as   well   as   a   Dixie Sun Ele mentar y marvellous   friend.   THANKS   FOR   Washington Distr ict, UT BEING   A   ROLL   MODEL   FOR   ALL   OF  U S!!!