In this session, educators will spend time focused on the research that supports how students learn to read, tailored to what the science tells educators about supporting multilingual students. This learning opportunity will highlight the importance of:

• Creating explicit connections to primary language and culture to create logical connections and congruence
• Recognizing shared parts of native language and English
  • Phonological, phonics similarities
  • i.e., Latin transfer (in some languages)
  • Cross-linguistic connections
• Explicit instruction to address cross linguistic relationships
  • Bridging between languages
• Considering assessments to  ensure they are culturally and linguistically devoid of mismatch
• Realizing the intense connections and instruction for syntactical differences between native language and English
• Explicitly recognizing the challenge of pragmatical differences between native language and English
  • i.e., colloquialisms, nuances, nonverbals

Jen Jump, Academic Officer, Teacher Created Materials - Jen is a passionate educator, who has spent more than twenty years in various roles dedicated to student achievement. Before joining TCM she contributed curriculum and professional development support to the fastest growing urban school district, the public school system in Washington D.C. She led the curriculum work, providing teachers with organized, content-rich, text set curriculum for ELA in grades K-5.  She also provided professional learning for both large groups of teachers and individual teaching through coaching to improve the literacy outcomes in the district.