2022 Houston National Conference

April 31-2, 2022

Additional sessions will be added as they are accepted and confirmed over the next several weeks.
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FILTERS APPLIED:PreK - 5, Presentation, Using Science Inquiry to Facilitate Learning for Multilingual Learners

 

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Academic Language: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing to Learn Science

Thursday, March 31 • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

George R. Brown Convention Center - 342D


STRAND: Using Science Inquiry to Facilitate Learning for Multilingual Learners

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Language learning occurs in content-rich and discourse-rich classrooms. Learn how to use interactive word walls to support listening, speaking, reading, and writing about academic language.

TAKEAWAYS:
How to: 1. organize science concepts and academic vocabulary to scaffold listening, speaking, reading, and writing about science; 2. identify vocabulary that has multiple meanings and may present comprehension challenges for multilingual learners; and 3. bridge academic language acquisition theory to classroom practice.

SPEAKERS:
Julie Jackson (Texas State University: San Marcos, TX)

Learning with My Familia: Family Problem-Based Learning

Saturday, April 2 • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

George R. Brown Convention Center - 342D


STRAND: Using Science Inquiry to Facilitate Learning for Multilingual Learners

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Learn about a seven-week Saturday program that engages fifth- and sixth-grade Latinx girls and their parents in garden-based activities to develop language and science identities.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will: 1. learn about the evolution and goals of Family Problem-Based Learning to promote interactions and language, and to develop science content knowledge and abilities; 2. appreciate how translanguaging can be an asset in science education; and 3. learn about activities that can be used in classrooms and out-of-school programs.

SPEAKERS:
Kim Marie Rillero (Urban Farming Education: Phoenix, AZ), Adrian De Alba (Maricopa County Schools: Phoenix, AZ), Peter Rillero (Arizona State University West Campus: Glendale, AZ), Susie Oliver (Arizona State University: Tempe, AZ), Ashley Coughlin (Arizona State University: Tempe, AZ)

An Asset-Based Approach to 3-D Science Learning of English Learners

Saturday, April 2 • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

George R. Brown Convention Center - 342D


STRAND: Using Science Inquiry to Facilitate Learning for Multilingual Learners

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What strengths do English learners bring to our science classrooms? Explore an asset-based approach to building on the experience of language learning to excel in science.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Celebrating the assets that English learners bring to the science classroom; 2. Sharing opportunities for meaning-making in the science classroom; and 3. Challenging educators to keep the expectations high for all students.

SPEAKERS:
Ann Iott (AMSTI-University of Alabama, Huntsville: Huntsville, AL), Cayce Perry (AMSTI-University of Alabama, Huntsville: Huntsville, AL), Charles Holloway (The University of Alabama in Huntsville: Huntsville, AL), Mary Headrick (AMSTI-University of Alabama, Huntsville: Huntsville, AL), Shundra Morris (AMSTI-UAH: No City, No State)

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