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When teachers get the ability to develop their own lessons the students are far more engaged than doing whatever canned curriculum lesson we are given by the district.

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Math and Science should coordinate our curriculums for mutual support

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We realized that this time was a stressful period of time for teachers, students and administration.

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We realized that this time was a stressful period of time for teachers, students and administration.

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Students have been to improve by transforming nervous energy into more enthusiasm and improved presentation in the target language. 

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Students have been to improve by transforming nervous energy into more enthusiasm and improved presentation in the target language. 

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Teachers need time to develop  and integrate

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Teachers need time to develop  and integrate

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Keep using lessons that require students to think and use technology

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Keep using lessons that require students to think and use technology

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students interactions

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I need to include more graphic organizers to help my MLLs understand concept.

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I need to include more graphic organizers to help my MLLs understand concept.

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Watching students interact with each other in a structured environment

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Watching students interact with each other in a structured environment

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Turn and talk activities have been effective in increasing student participation.

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Turn and talk activities have been effective in increasing student participation.

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Project based learning incorporates most of the tools DOJ brings to light, keeps kids engaged, and its often what they remember

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Create a more cohesive education centered around "themes"

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Continual conversations with students: Listening, Reading, Visualization, and having students Perform/Demo is critical to assess student progress. 

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Continual conversations with students: Listening, Reading, Visualization, and having students Perform/Demo is critical to assess student progress. 

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Students enjoy and thrive learning from each other. Continue to shift from teacher-centered/lectures to student-centered learning.

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I discovered Spanish Dictionary as a better alternative to Google Translate.  

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I discovered Spanish Dictionary as a better alternative to Google Translate.  

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The more students engage in the lesson, the more they will grow as individuals.

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The more students engage in the lesson, the more they will grow as individuals.

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Use of graphic organizers helped students to process information more easily.

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Use of graphic organizers helped students to process information more easily.

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It's important to approach content and students from multiple directions to assist them in successfully completing tasks and learning skills

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It's important to approach content and students from multiple directions to assist them in successfully completing tasks and learning skills

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Building the community and our learners. Working with parents.

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Building the community and our learners. Working with parents.

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Myself and students use of technology growth

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Myself and students use of technology growth

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Technology was very important- the more I used interactive platforms the more the students were willing to engage- 

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Technology was very important- the more I used interactive platforms the more the students were willing to engage- 

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Using graphic organizers is a great way to help students better understand content. 

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Using graphic organizers is a great way to help students better understand content. 

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We never realized how meaningful it is for students to learn rules for different sports...also a great English Learning strategy!

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We never realized how meaningful it is for students to learn rules for different sports...also a great English Learning strategy!

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Continue this work we are doing... structuring student interactions definitely helps build academic conversation skills.

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Continue this work we are doing... structuring student interactions definitely helps build academic conversation skills.

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Many of the skills are difficult to implement successfully with small classes and half of the class joining in via zoom/meet.

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In both lessons we saw increased student engagement with student who don't usually participate. 

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In both lessons we saw increased student engagement with student who don't usually participate. 

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I will be using student interaction strategies because it is working! 

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I will be using student interaction strategies because it is working! 

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student Interaction is great for students to learn from each other

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student Interaction is great for students to learn from each other

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Keeping students engaged was a challenge
Trying to make the most of technology
Student responsibility is an issue

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Teachers were willing to try new strategies in order to find ways to engage their students, which is especially important this year

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Most of the participants in my group highlighted how they provided translation into the students' primary language as a scaffolding technique. 

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Most of the participants in my group highlighted how they provided translation into the students' primary language as a scaffolding technique. 

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Students learned the rules of games in Physical Education both in their language and in English

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Students learned the rules of games in Physical Education both in their language and in English

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provided students with numerous opportunities to learn i new ways that they may have not learned before

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We are overwhelmed, but doing our best to develop a culture of studewnt centered learning.

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We are overwhelmed, but doing our best to develop a culture of studewnt centered learning.

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Keep technology driven classrooms , especially for our Mll students : they really enjoy padlet and parlay

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Teaching rules of games is an awesome way to teach a language!

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Teaching rules of games is an awesome way to teach a language!

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It's ok to isolate skills and slow down to focus on them.  Doesn't have to be everything at once.

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our group was not interdisciplinary but it was still nice to share some moments of this school year

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providing students with videos with what the words sound like

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providing students with videos with what the words sound like

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Didn't really take anything away as far as "A-Ha" moments. We were aligned in our thinking.

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Didn't really take anything away as far as "A-Ha" moments. We were aligned in our thinking.

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still tough to get the students to communicate overall

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Student led learning!

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I noticed that everyone in my group really loved to see MLL students improving as a result of scaffolding provided the lesson.

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I noticed all teachers in my group used the strategies from past prof. developments.

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I noticed all teachers in my group used the strategies from past prof. developments.

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Increasing student interaction in all subjects is really difficult but amazing when it succeeds

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I noticed that we want to work on whole school engagement and improve on student ownership

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I noticed that we want to work on whole school engagement and improve on student ownership

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Talk , Turn , and Task was a common strategy used by all group memebers

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Talk , Turn , and Task was a common strategy used by all group memebers

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Everyone was on the same page in directing the students to work together and talking about the content they were working on. 

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Everyone was on the same page in directing the students to work together and talking about the content they were working on. 

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Use of interactive software (jamboard, nearpod, and others), to increase student participation.

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Use of interactive software (jamboard, nearpod, and others), to increase student participation.

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Providing students with material in their primary language allows them to fully connect and engage with content and scaffolding for English allows them to communicate understanding of content. 

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Providing students with material in their primary language allows them to fully connect and engage with content and scaffolding for English allows them to communicate understanding of content. 

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Students thrive with hands-on, project based learning. They want to see and understand purpose in their learning and how these skills can translate outside the classroom.

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Successful student interaction has been amazing to watch and observe

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Successful student interaction has been amazing to watch and observe

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We were all using the same strategies across the content so students are able to understand that this was a "whole school" initative. 

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We were all using the same strategies across the content so students are able to understand that this was a "whole school" initative. 

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Teachers are very focused on how their students are learning English to be able to have academic conversations.

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Teachers are very focused on how their students are learning English to be able to have academic conversations.

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Ms. Heald shared her "Kite Project" and I thought it was an amazing example of the power of project based learning.   It engages the students and promotes creativity, while offers an opportunity for interdepartmental teaching, where every subject can do a lesson or two based on the theme or subject of the primary "Project" in this case the Kite (i.e. read "Kite Runner" in English).

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Everyone had a focus to get students engaged in communicating with each other

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Everyone had a focus to get students engaged in communicating with each other

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All of our group members mentioned student growth for reading/writing related to new strategies

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Teachers are using student interaction strategies.

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As a group we all discussed how the turn talk and task has really been a tool we use daily

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Teachers are awesome, using what they already do, integrating the Mll strategies to tweak our curricular goals, making connections with kids, and fostering connections with culture

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Teachers are awesome, using what they already do, integrating the Mll strategies to tweak our curricular goals, making connections with kids, and fostering connections with culture

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I noticed that students interactions through some of the strategies has been improving.  Although slowly but there is improvement.  I wonder how next year will look like???

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I noticed that students interactions through some of the strategies has been improving.  Although slowly but there is improvement.  I wonder how next year will look like???

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Implementing the TTT protocol was difficult with the lack of substantial group sizes, but it seemed to go well when the teacher guides a dialogue to guide student voices.

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Implementing the TTT protocol was difficult with the lack of substantial group sizes, but it seemed to go well when the teacher guides a dialogue to guide student voices.

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seemed like everyone tried some new strategies revolving around anchor charts and linguistically rich text

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Online curriculums often get in the way of good teaching skills. While the DOJ provides many tools teachers can use to engage and improve student communications, relying on online curriculums does not often provide opportunity