Then there is the whole Red and blue thing that's always in the back of my mind. (For those of you who don't follow the Gomez & Gomez model, Spanish Is red, English Is blue) and we must have our word walls and student generated alphabets in those colors. But I have a forest green wall in my room and I don't care too much for primary colors. So Sometimes I feel stifled by the themes I can use in my room. I kind of want to have a black and white polka dot theme in my room, with red and turquoise but I don't know yet. Also our school has a school wide theme with frogs (hopping into prek) so I have to incorporate that.
Then I remembered I had to submit a transcript for my grad school application while my kids are running around the room having a good old time. Needless to say, the closet and desk remained the same. Does anyone else have these issues or is it just me? I literally wake up and get on pinterest to see if anyone has pinned the solution to my dilemma, lol!
Sis, I know exactly how you feel. My goal for this year is to also be super organized...just like I've said for the past 5 years. Lol...P.S. Don't worry, my word walls are yellow and teal. :)
ReplyDeleteReally? Lol, Well Dr. Gomez himself came to my room last year and said my hot pink walls looked too much like red on my English word wall even though I had blue letters and words on blue sentence strip. I totally see his perspective if you were just to walk in it could be difficult to spot it but my kids knew it was the English side. :)
DeleteHello, I am a Kindergarten teacher in Brooklyn, New York. Next year I will be teaching a dual language class, do you have any suggestions for me...I feel a bit overwhelmed I dont quite know where to begin.
ReplyDeleteWell the first thing I can tell you is don't worry, you are going to love it! I have heard from several teachers that have gone from teaching regular Ed to dual language that they would never go back. Without knowing the make up of your class and the guidelines of your program it is hard to say. Our model is set up as a 50/50 in kindergarten. Some teachers are self contained, but if both teachers don't speak Spanish then they partner w an ESL teacher who teaches math. Tell me a little more about your situation if you like.
DeleteI do the red Spanish and blue English most of the time, too. But I teach in a 90/10 model 1st grade so 90% of the day is in Spanish. I love it too. All my kids are in DL programs too - oldest 7th grade this year. I have just found a lot of DL teacher blogs this year and some great bilingual teacher things on TPT site. Hang in there! One thing I use a lot is music and reading/singing the words. Kids love it. I got some great posters and a CD with the songs and words from Bilingual Planet this year. Can't wait to start with them this coming year.
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