{"id":2051,"date":"2021-10-04T01:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T08:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/?p=2051"},"modified":"2021-10-01T14:54:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T21:54:40","slug":"monday-mash-up-october-4-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/monday-mash-up-october-4-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Mash-up October 4, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations Kiran!!!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Fanny and I\"\"<\/a> want to send a big thank you and congratulations to Kiran\u00a0 as she prepares for Zahra’s little sister’s arrival. We never would have survived September start up without her leadership, organization, and humour. Thank you for everything you do!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Equity for ELLs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0This professional development opportunity is to focus on advocacy issues in B<\/span>urnaby regarding our multi-lingual learners and explore steps we can take to address them while usin<\/span>g the book <\/span>Cultural Responsive Teaching for Multilingual Learners: Tools for Equity<\/strong> by Sydney Snyder and Diane Staehr Fenner. Both authors are the keynote speakers for October 22, BCTESOL Provincial Specialist Pro-D day. This group is open to K-12 teachers. It will take place online in 8 sessions (Monthly October-May) \u00a0after school in a time to be determined by the group. A copy of the book will be given to each participant. To sign up, please email <\/span>Michelle.Van-Balkom@burnabyschools.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

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Picture B<\/span><\/strong>ook Inquiry Project<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Picture Books can be a way to access difficult to tackle conversations. This group will meet four times this school year to explore several books around inclusivity and positive self-image. Participants (K-12 teachers)\u00a0 will explore six picture books and share ideas on how to use them in both an elementary and secondary setting. Members will receive a copy of each book for their schools. To sign up, please email Michelle.Van-Balkom@burnabyschools.ca<\/span><\/p>\n

Books:<\/span><\/p>\n

Eyes that Kiss in the Corners<\/a> by Joanna Ho\/ Illustrated by Dung Ho<\/span><\/p>\n

Your Name is a Song<\/a> by Jamilah Thompkins Bigelow\/ Illustrated by Luisa Uribe<\/span><\/p>\n

The Little Girl by H.P. Fraser\/ Illustrated by Akemi<\/span><\/p>\n

The Name Jar<\/a> by Yangsook Choi<\/span><\/p>\n

Hair Love<\/a> by Matthew A. Cherry\/ Illustrated by Vashti Harrison<\/span><\/p>\n

You Are Enough<\/a> by Margaret O’Hair\/ Illustrated by Sofia Cardoso<\/span><\/p>\n

ELL Elementary Meeting<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, October 12, 2021-1pm on Teams: Join us for our first Elementary ELL meeting of the year. The link for this virtual get-together will be posted on the ELL teams and by email. Please share with your ELL colleagues.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SIOP Leads Meeting<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, October 12, 2021-3:15pm on Teams. The link will be shared on the SIOP team and by email.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BCTESOL PSA Day<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Registration is still ongoing for October 22, 2021 PSA day. As mentioned above, the keynote speakers are the authors of our Equity for ELL book. Register here: https:\/\/bctesol.ca\/conferences\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Congratulations Kiran!!! Fanny and I want to send a big thank you and congratulations to Kiran\u00a0 as she prepares for Zahra’s little sister’s arrival. We never would have survived September start up without her leadership, organization, and humour. Thank you for everything you do!\u00a0         Equity for ELLs   \u00a0This professional development […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8607,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8607"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2051"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2058,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051\/revisions\/2058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/ell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}