From a student who knew two languages, and had a 3rd grade teacher who unlocked the power behind that, to a district leader who works to ensure that teachers have the tools and understanding to create bilingual students. Emelia Ahmed shares exactly what it looks like and means to develop emergent bilingual students and unlock their understanding that bilingualism is a superpower. Join us as we talk about:

• Being a sequential versus simultaneous Spanish speaker
• Dual language programs
• How important the Spanish language block and English Language Development time is
• And, how in order to reach biliteracy we must create a systematic and explicit program that provides students translanguaging opportunities or opportunities to bridge skills from English to Spanish through teacher pedagogy and student activities (Ofelia Garcia's work on translanguaging).

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Side-by-side TEKS for Spanish and English