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Because there is so much talk and worry and even panic about students "falling behind" and about their "learning loss".  

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Because there is so much talk and worry and even panic about students "falling behind" and about their "learning loss".  

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Focusing on communication and using the language, not focusing on "loss"

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Focusing on communication and using the language, not focusing on "loss"

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So that we do not focus on potential gaps in learning but instead focus on grade/cpurse-level content

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So that we do not focus on potential gaps in learning but instead focus on grade/cpurse-level content

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Relationships before rigor,
Grace before grades,
Patience before programs,
Love before lessons. -Dr. Brad Johnson

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It's not fair to punish students for "loss" that is beyond their control and focusing on that "loss" only causes students to feel defeated before they even begin.

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Instead of worrying about catching students up we need to keep them confident that they haven't missed out and instead build their confidence  

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Instead of worrying about catching students up we need to keep them confident that they haven't missed out and instead build their confidence  

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It is important to bring academic continuity to classrooms. Students don't want to seethe same materials yet again in other format.

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It is important to bring academic continuity to classrooms. Students don't want to seethe same materials yet again in other format.

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Because students are coming from a different school experience from last year.  Most have been in isolation.

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Because students are coming from a different school experience from last year.  Most have been in isolation.

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To support the academic growth of students while honoring their social emotional health.

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To support the academic growth of students while honoring their social emotional health.

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The importance of continuing to focus on growth and of meeting students where they are instead of emphasizing what has been lost.

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The importance of continuing to focus on growth and of meeting students where they are instead of emphasizing what has been lost.

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Students must feel comfortable and confident in their learning in order for future/additional learning to take place.

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Create a classroom environment where students feel safe, seen and valued.  This classroom culture will help them thrive academically

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Create a classroom environment where students feel safe, seen and valued.  This classroom culture will help them thrive academically

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It is important to set a tone that supports and uplifts students. Mindset shapes learning

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Building a positive affect to learning is crucial to development of language and input acquisition.  Building positivity rather than negativity leads to learning.

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It's going to be challenging to re-engage these students after the past year and a half.  It's important to meet them where they are and get them interested in school again.

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It's going to be challenging to re-engage these students after the past year and a half.  It's important to meet them where they are and get them interested in school again.

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Focus on new learning and making connections with students, offering them needed support and empathy

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Focus on new learning and making connections with students, offering them needed support and empathy

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So that we can start year with positive focus and not focused on what wasn't covered.

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Because the self-fulfilling prophesy is real.  If kids are constantly told how far behind they are, they will internalize it and expect less from themselves and essentially achieve according to that narrative.

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Using rich, challenging, level appropriate materials and activities-- not stripping / "dumbing down"

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Focusing on what knowledge students already know and expanding on it.

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Focusing on what knowledge students already know and expanding on it.

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Be patient, focus on bonding with kids over data points; progress will come with trust.

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Focus on what students CAN do with the language, not what they can't. Also, meet the students where they are at.

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We do great things for students, continue to do that!

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We do great things for students, continue to do that!

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It seems like we as a group of WL teachers are all on the same page, which is encouraging!

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It seems like we as a group of WL teachers are all on the same page, which is encouraging!

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Because students need for us to be focus on what they can do rather than what they can´t.

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Students emotional well being is very important in order to move forward academically. 

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Students emotional well being is very important in order to move forward academically. 

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the goal should be expansion, growth, and engagement to foster students academic performance

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the goal should be expansion, growth, and engagement to foster students academic performance

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Positivity and moving forward vs learning loss 

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Positivity and moving forward vs learning loss 

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I actually don't have any...yet.  :)  I feel like we have a direction to go in and lots of ideas of how to do it.  Not to say that there's no stress... :) 

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I actually don't have any...yet.  :)  I feel like we have a direction to go in and lots of ideas of how to do it.  Not to say that there's no stress... :) 

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Positive focus/moving on instead of negative focus on what was potentially “lost”

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A positive and reassuring start will enable students to relax and move forward with their learning.

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A positive and reassuring start will enable students to relax and move forward with their learning.

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We are coming from an academically lagging time but more importantly an emotionally stressful time.  Forward thinking with careful attention to the needs is always the best way to move on from difficulty or challenge.

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We are coming from an academically lagging time but more importantly an emotionally stressful time.  Forward thinking with careful attention to the needs is always the best way to move on from difficulty or challenge.

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How much latitude are teachers going to have with regards to curriculum editing to make sure we meet kids where they are? This could impact our capacity to use IPAs from the county, etc.

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Because students have been learning, just maybe not in the four walls of a traditional classroom! The pandemic has forced us to shift how we think about learning and education - for the better IMO

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Because students have been learning, just maybe not in the four walls of a traditional classroom! The pandemic has forced us to shift how we think about learning and education - for the better IMO

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Please help us mid-year when we need the boost, to remember its ok to meet the students from where they are. :-)

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Will the community understand this focus in order to support us

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Will the community understand this focus in order to support us

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Meet students where they are and then challenge them while honoring their knowledge.

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Meet students where they are and then challenge them while honoring their knowledge.

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The importance of focusing on acceleration as opposed to learning loss.

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The importance of focusing on acceleration as opposed to learning loss.

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It is important to build positive relationships with students.

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It is important to build positive relationships with students.

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Asset-based mindset, building relationships and belonging. relish what our students know and learned in the past year.

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High expectations, give strong resources, build relationships. Students are not broken, do not deepen inequities.

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High expectations, give strong resources, build relationships. Students are not broken, do not deepen inequities.

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1. Focus on what students know.
2. Meet the students where they are.
3. Focus on communication in the language.
4. Relationships, relationships, relationships.
5. Focus on GROWTH.

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Embrace what student can do and use that to help encourage growth

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The only way to make progress is to focus on the future.

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The only way to make progress is to focus on the future.

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Believe in students' abilities to learn the language and communicate your support to students.

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All students can learn.

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Keep student achivement focus on higher standarts while making students feel accomplished.

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As mentioned in one of the readings, it is going to be important to collaborate with sts to empower them.  To reflect on their own learning. 

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As mentioned in one of the readings, it is going to be important to collaborate with sts to empower them.  To reflect on their own learning. 

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None so far.  Will ask when I have them.

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None so far.  Will ask when I have them.

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How to straddle keeping up with pacing while watching for comprehension (7th grade-Level 1)

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Students are resilient and are able to push through with proper guidance and support.

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Students are resilient and are able to push through with proper guidance and support.

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Use the target language as much as possible to expose students to how it should be used. If they are using the language, they will grow and achieve.

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It is important because it helps us lay the right foundation for learning this school year 

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It is important because it helps us lay the right foundation for learning this school year 

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I'm still wondering how all of this aligns with the new curriculum. We are supposed to be slowing down but also speeding up to fit Spanish I into just one year of MS. Just worried about this!

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I'm still wondering how all of this aligns with the new curriculum. We are supposed to be slowing down but also speeding up to fit Spanish I into just one year of MS. Just worried about this!

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How do we communicate our messaging effectively to parents, so that they too understand relationship before rigor.

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It is important because students need to be present to learn--not in the past which is over nor in the future which may not turn out the way we think it will. acceleration is about starting where they are now....

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I think that focusing on themes and filling in necessary grammar/vocabulary gaps will provide a more authentic experience for students and not stress me out as a teacher about not having covered one topic or another.

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How do you align an actual grading system to this concept?

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I would love opportunities to co-plan with my fellow teachers during PD sessions so that we can work together on meeting our students needs while continuing forward in the content.

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It is important to contextualize why there are learning gaps.

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It is important to contextualize why there are learning gaps.

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This focus is important for us not to penalize students for their loss.  It is imperative that we focus on the achievements by bridging what they already know with new info for acceleration.

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This focus is important for us not to penalize students for their loss.  It is imperative that we focus on the achievements by bridging what they already know with new info for acceleration.

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Students need to feel safe and love in their learning environment and I am here for them 200%.

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A deficit baed approach would reinforce defining students based on their weaknesses, whereas a a focus on continuity will highlight their strengths.

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Because we need to move foward!!

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Will students bring laptops or is paper going to be used?

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Will students bring laptops or is paper going to be used?

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changing the lens to progress and not correction/ loss will ultimately improve and empower students experience in schools 

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changing the lens to progress and not correction/ loss will ultimately improve and empower students experience in schools 

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I've been thinking about the future need to tweak objectives/outcomes as this group of learners moves through the language levels with a different start than any group before.

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We need to reevaluate and regroup what we knew before to accommodate students after this abrupt change to virtual and hybrid learning.

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It's important that students feel comfortable and confident on what they can do.

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It's important that students feel comfortable and confident on what they can do.

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I do not have a question but for the past three years I have been a teacher in a mental health unit of a hospital and saw many traumatized students. Many students were home all day being yelled at, hurt, or over-watched and not having any mental peace, or feeling unattended and neglected, which can be damaging as well. Some students will resent being back in the classroom, having preferred to study from home. For many, being back at school will be a relief.

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I do not have a question but for the past three years I have been a teacher in a mental health unit of a hospital and saw many traumatized students. Many students were home all day being yelled at, hurt, or over-watched and not having any mental peace, or feeling unattended and neglected, which can be damaging as well. Some students will resent being back in the classroom, having preferred to study from home. For many, being back at school will be a relief.

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So we can start the year off with positive thinking and focus more on the students and what they need to be successful

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Placing an emphasis on what has been “lost” will most definitely cause more harm than good. You cannot lose what you never had to begin with. Making connections with our students is our first priority.

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Students are coming in wary of what's coming based on last  year (the last 18 months). We need to reassure them to break down that affective barrier. 

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Students are coming in wary of what's coming based on last  year (the last 18 months). We need to reassure them to break down that affective barrier. 

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With math and health being able to increase their course mandates for graduation, and so much of the published literature stating that what kids need now is essentially WL, (communication, connection understanding) what can we be doing at the building/district level to make sure that more language is required for graduation? 

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With math and health being able to increase their course mandates for graduation, and so much of the published literature stating that what kids need now is essentially WL, (communication, connection understanding) what can we be doing at the building/district level to make sure that more language is required for graduation? 

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That it is important to build relationship that would lead to growth by meeting students where they are and taking a leap forward by holding their hands assuring success.

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That it is important to build relationship that would lead to growth by meeting students where they are and taking a leap forward by holding their hands assuring success.

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I am trying to keep my anxiety level down, and work with ever comes my way.

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I am trying to keep my anxiety level down, and work with ever comes my way.

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I'm wondering if we could get some helpful hints from the GT teachers

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I'm wondering if we could get some helpful hints from the GT teachers

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It is important to set higher expectation and believe in students instead of recovering what they missed.

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It is important to set higher expectation and believe in students instead of recovering what they missed.

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Create a new normal instead of trying to comply with what used to be considered ''normal''. Building relationship is very important.

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Create a new normal instead of trying to comply with what used to be considered ''normal''. Building relationship is very important.

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mastery comes first...and mastery is easier when anxiety is low as krashen said...that means knowing what is expected of you and seeing that teachers have what it takes to help you get there.

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My students are not "lost", we are on the journey to discover a new adventure together.

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Focus on learning about student's weaknesses and strengths then adjust assignments instead of focusing on continuing to advance on our usual speed

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Focus on what students can do, build good connections for them to feel confident and supported.

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Focus on what students can do, build good connections for them to feel confident and supported.

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I understand the intention of looking past the holes that may be present, but where is the line or indicators that a student may be too far behind? (just a thought)

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I understand the intention of looking past the holes that may be present, but where is the line or indicators that a student may be too far behind? (just a thought)

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We have a responsibility to make this year an asset based one, and resist looking to the deficits as a guide. 

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We have a responsibility to make this year an asset based one, and resist looking to the deficits as a guide. 

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I wonder why there is no funding to provide my students with digital access to a textbook. Just, yesterday, I noticed that English had purchased tons of books. My MOI is $168 dollars for a school of 1,300.

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I wonder why there is no funding to provide my students with digital access to a textbook. Just, yesterday, I noticed that English had purchased tons of books. My MOI is $168 dollars for a school of 1,300.

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To be able to best serve our students and where they are now, rather where they should be.

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To be able to best serve our students and where they are now, rather where they should be.

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Always focus on the students of what they know and where they are in the language
and how they can grow in the language

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wondering how we do this with so many kiddos who are feeling their way...which of the many many ideas we have been given will work best and achieve results in the least time....and this is the first of many ???'s to come....

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To continue to build relationships with students and to make sure they are feeling supported to be able to jump back in to in person learning.

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To continue to build relationships with students and to make sure they are feeling supported to be able to jump back in to in person learning.

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I think something we as a unit may want to address in a few months is how our students are doing altogether? Our classes will have a combo of students that haven't had WL since January vs. June. How have they blended with high expectations and progression of learning?

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I think something we as a unit may want to address in a few months is how our students are doing altogether? Our classes will have a combo of students that haven't had WL since January vs. June. How have they blended with high expectations and progression of learning?

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Being heard in big classes with masks on

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Being heard in big classes with masks on

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Could WL teachers get voice amplifiers to help us project our voices when wearing masks?

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Meeting students where they are and moving forward in meaningful content.

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So we can plan accordingly based on how much our students know and how much they can hendle. 

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So we can plan accordingly based on how much our students know and how much they can hendle. 