SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM 2022-2023

Maynard Public Schools

SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM

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“Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.”

Flora LewisAmerican journalist

Maynard Public Schools

SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM

Curriculum Framework

What is it?

What our Kids Do

Pillars of Dual Language

Our Teachers

Benefits

More about Bilingualism

Program Goals

Time of Exposure

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LANGUAGE IMMERSION is the teaching of the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks of all content areas in the target language. In the program, children learn to read, write and communicate naturally in two languages - English and Spanish.

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THREE PILLARS OF DUAL LANGUAGE EDUCATION

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPETENCE

BILINGUALISM AND BILITERACY

GRADE-LEVEL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

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EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

benefits of bilingual education

Increased cultural awareness, understanding, and appreciation.

Acquisition of a second language.

Development of communication skills to support success in college, careers, and the community.

Greater cognitive flexibility.

Acquisition of a third language made easier by learning the second.

Improved creative thinking and problem solving ability.

Opportunity to receive the Seal of Biliteracy upon graduation.

Enhanced vocabulary development.

program goals

Academic achievement at or above grade level in both languages.

Positive perception of other cultures, language, communities and themselves as bilingual individuals.

Mastery of oral and written skills in both languages.

Is the curriculum taught entirely in Spanish?

The Spanish content decreases as the students become increasingly bilingual.

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MASSACHUSETTS CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK: GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Effective World Language Programs...

invite, include, support, and benefit all students

foster risk-taking and mistake-making

empower students to act with cultural competence and critical consciousness

deliver meaningful, relevant, and cross-disciplinary content to motivate students

produce high levels of linguistic and cultural proficiency in one or more languages

differentiate instruction and content

connect students to their peers in the classroom, their community and users of the target language throughout the world.

support communication and meaningful, authentic, and affirming interactions in the target language

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measure linguistic proficiency

promote social and emotional growth

what our kids do

Writing

Speaking

Reading

Listening

WRITING

5th Graders Language Arts

1st Graders Earth's Day

5th Graders Poetry

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4th Graders New Year´s Resolutions

4th Graders Personal Timeline

4th Graders Informational Text

4th Graders Persuasive Text

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SPEAKING

1st graders: Morning Routines

SPEAKING

READING

Jigsaw Reading by 6th Graders

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5th graders doing some scientific investigation.

OUR TEACHERS

Fowler School

Maynard High School

Green Meadow

4TH GRADESira Martinez smartinez@maynard.k12.ma.us

KINDERGARTENMónica Galdamez mgaldamez@maynard.k12.ma.us

Jennifer Adams jadams@maynard.k12.ma.us

5TH GRADEMaría Soler msoler@maynard.k12.ma.us

James Tredeau jtredeau@maynard.k12.ma.us

1ST GRADEÁngela Reyes areyes@maynard.k12.ma.us

6TH GRADELisa Padalino lpadalino@maynard.k12.ma.us

Kelly Carver kcarver@maynard.k12.ma.us

2ND GRADEEnerolina Taveras etaveras@maynard.k12.ma.us

7TH GRADERafael De Dios Luna rdediosluna@maynard.k12.ma.us

3RD GRADEEmilia Gamboni vgamboni@maynard.k12.ma.us

8TH GRADEMarta B. A. Carrandimcarrandi@maynard.k12.ma.us

OUR TEACHERS Come From...

more about bilingual education

VIDEO: The Benefits of a Bilingual Brain

Infographic: The Bilingual Brain

Article:Top Ten Most Consistent Findings from research on Foreign Language Immersion

Article: The Bilingual Advantage

Research about Immersion

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CONTACT US

Green Meadow

Fowler School

Maynard High School

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