Welcome! F.L.E.S. Elementary Share Day 2014

1. Welcome!F.L.E.S. Elementary Share Day 2014 In partnership with Brookfield High School

2. Special thanks goes to… * Bagelman, Brookfield * BJ’s Wholesale Club * Bridgewater Chocolate, Brookfield * Costco, Brookfield * Mama’s CheesebreadFactory * Starbuck’s Coffee, Danbury * Shoprite, Brookfield * Stew Leonard’s, Danbury …for donations & breakfast… * Brookfield High School & Mr. Joseph Palumbo, Principal BHS …for serving as the host district.

3. Goals & Objectives * network * share ideas, methodology * share lessons * Learn about & discuss current programs * imagination, innovation, invention • * strengthen & advocate for elementary • programs across the state

5. WorkingRetreat

6. Coffee Children Computer Chatting Cleaning Teacher’s 5 C’s (in CT)

7. “El carrito”

8. “El carrito”

9. “The hot dog, redefined one cart at a time.”

10. Las piraguas L a s p i r a g u a s

11. Las piraguas L a s p i r a g u a s

12. Las piraguas L a s p i r a g u a s

13. The idea behind the program has less to do with the usual talk about a globalizing world and America’s need to become a polygot nation if it’s going to compete effectively with China and other rising economies- though that’s part of it- and more to do with the nimble minds of the boys and girls doing the learning. Research is increasingly showing that the brains of people who know two or more languages are different from those who know just one, and those differences are all for the better. Multilingual people, studies show, are better at reasoning, at multitasking, at grasping and reconciling conflicting ideas. They work faster and expend less energy doing so, and as they age, they retain their cognitive faculties longer, delaying the onset of dementia and even full-blown Alzheimer’s disease. A bilingual brain is not necessarily a smarter brain, but it is proving to be a more flexible, more resourceful one. In a polygot world, that’s a lesson that a largely monoglot country like the U.S. ignores at its peril. “Monolingualism,” says Gregg Roberts, a language-immersion specialist with the Utah state office of education, “is the illiteracy of the 21st century.” Time Magazine article, “The Power of the Bilingual Brain” July, 2013 (Utah) It kicked off in the 2009 school year with 1,400 students in the 25 schools and by this fall (2013) will include 20,000 kids in 200 schools- or 20% if all the elementary schools in the state, with nearly 95% of school districts participating up through grade 12.

14. Communication Cultures Connections Comparisons Communities The National Standards 5 C’s for Foreign Language Learning

15. Communication Cultures Connections Comparisons Communities The National Standards 5 C’s for Foreign Language Learning ACTFL’s National Standards for World Language 1996 21st Century Skills/Recipe for Success

16. 7 Cs of 21st Century Learning Expectations Collection of Information– Learn to: • Access, organize, and use information • Evaluate and cite sources • Align solutions with tasks Collaboration – Learn to: • Initiate independently • Share responsibilities • Assist others • Take a variety of roles • Contribute ideas • Apply strategies • Keep an open mind • Tolerate different viewpoints Communication– Learn to: • Listen actively • Express ideas • Use multiple, appropriate forms of media and a variety of techniques. Creativity – Learn to: • Generate ideas, be original, and maximize creative efforts. • Know your personal creative process • Profit from your mistakes Critical thinking– Learn to: • Ask clarifying questions and analyze complex systems • Evaluate evidence and justify arguments • Reflect on learning and transfer problem-solving skills Character – Learn to: • Show consideration, respect, and concern for others • Embrace diversity and maintain positive values College and Career Preparation 5 Cs of World Language Instruction Communication– Learn to: • Use language to communicate in “real life” situations • Interpret oral and written messages • Demonstrate cultural understanding • Present oral and written information to various audiences for a variety of purposes. Culture – Learn to: • Understand and appreciate the relationship among languages and cultures • Understand and respect other people's points of view, ways of life, and contributions to the world. Connections – Learn to: • Access information from worlds of knowledge to which a monolingual speaker may only partially enter, if at all. • Connect with other subject areas, which share many common themes, topics, and content. Comparisons - Learn to: • Compare, contrast, and comprehend the nature of language and culture • Discover patterns, make predictions, and analyze similarities and differences • Strengthen one's knowledge of one's own language and culture. Communities - Learn to: • Interrelate appropriately in multilingual and multicultural communities at home and around the world. • Live, work, and prosper in a global Credit: Mike Camporeale World Language Coordinator Stratford Public Schools

17. Credit: Jessica Haxhi CS 1 Interpersonal CS 2 Interpretive CS 3 Presentational CS 4 CULTURES CS 7 & 8 COMPARISONS of Language and Culture CS 9 COMMUNITIES CS 5 & 6 CONNECTIONS

19. Wikispaceswww.wikispaces.com bulletin board workshops share websites post article links share technology, videos http://secondhilllanespanish.wikispaces.com/ http://latinamericanculture1.wikispaces.com/

20. Time Magazine article, “The Power of the Bilingual Brain” July, 2013 For the Utah teachers and kids, policy issues matter a lot less than the simple day-to-day richness of bilingual living. Third-grade French teacher Georgia Geerling had never taught below the level of community college and high school before she took a job at Morningside Elementary School, and she was not fully prepared for what the experience would be like. “When they hug me, I’m so touched,” she says. “We had an assembly, and the kids were all onstage singing in French, and I just cried. They’re so wiggly!” That’s a fair way of describing third-graders as any. But their restless bodies reflect equally active, playful, energetic brains. Learning the lyricism and the magic of another language can make them better brains too.

21. Thank you participants!F.L.E.S. Elementary Share Day 2014 In partnership with Brookfield High School

22. Have a nice year!