Discussion Panel

On Tuesday, we had a discussion panel... well it was meant to be a panel, but turned out to just be a guest speaker.

Our speaker was a great resource for exploring new ideas to deal with Hispanic students. As an intern teacher at the bilingual school, El Sol, he has up to date knowledge on strategies to help engage students who would otherwise check out based on their lack of language knowledge.

He suggested that we check out SIOP to help us find strategies to get through to ESL students. I really liked the idea of teaching with a bilingual approach that allows all students to be encompassed in something new that fosters a higher level of application of knowledge. I will need to investigate this further in order to implement SIOP strategies that would benefit any of my students.