W.S. Ryan - Bridge Lesson Demonstration!

by: Toni Porter 2nd Grade Dual Language W.S. Ryan

"I thoroughly enjoyed the Staff Development covering the book Teaching for Biliteracy by Karen Beeman. Brenda Bustamante was engaging and made the learning so do-able in our own classrooms! I tried the “Bridging” last Friday, as we had just finished our unit in Science. The students were thoroughly engaged in the transfer of knowledge from the Spanish vocabulary to the English. When asking my students what they “notice”, they found that there are many cognates between the two languages. We proceeded to make a cognate anchor chart and notice the similarities and differences. We then chanted each new English vocabulary word and used total physical response to connect the new words to memory.  The students loved it…so did their teacher!"

Toni Porter

Bilingual Educator

940.369.4618

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To see a part of Mrs. Porter's bridge lesson with her students click here. Please notice how she uses TPR to commit the English vocabulary to memory. 

Here are some pictures as well (take a look at her anchor charts):