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Dear First Grade Classroom Teachers:

I took the liberty of writing on your home page to ask for a special kind of support from you for our __Here Comes Summer!__ show. All actors in our play belong to First Grade classes by Alex's choice; and as you know, he is in charge of directing their acting.

However, our show is entirely en English, and even though Jayá recorded the lines for our little actors, Alex requires additional support in making sure children have memorised their lines with proper British pronunciation--and that's **your** area of expertise, isn't it? **; )**

My suggestion is that you take them aside on spare moments throughout the day such as arrival, or even breaks--as you can, to monitor their progress, or provide extra practise or additional help when you deem it necessary. Or maybe, could this be a way to differentiate when it comes to oral skills for these students?

Thank you very much for your solidarity,

Claudia.

READ ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 16th:
 * 1) Thanks for the reminder boss. Count on us. Oral team: as the boss says, maybe you can incorporate this into your planning? Ben **//(Thanks for your support as Grade Coordinator, Ben. It gives me great piece of mind! Claudia F.)//**
 * 2) Count on it Boss! In fact, we started today with the actors who stay in Reinforcement!!! Elaine ;) **//(Lovely idea, Elaine! I hadn't though of that! Claudia F.)//**
 * 3) Of course, we can do it during Oral Language and other moments too! Vicky **//(Thank you very much for your collaboration, Vicky! Claudia F.)//**
 * 4) Count on us! We started with some of them! Chachi **//(I new I could count on you guys, Chachi! Thanks a lot! Claudia F.)//**
 * 5) OK. Miguel
 * 6) We started with our actors during recess time. Nena **//(Thanks a lot, Nena! Claudia F.)//**
 * 7) They already know their lines but we're working on that! ;) Nanda **//(Thank you, nada. The point is not memorisation, but pronunciation and enunciation. Claudia F.)//**

Hi guys, I came across this article and thought that as fellow linguists you might find it interesting. Food for thought... Ben
Italian university switches to English - BBC

= = = Correct use of English = Hello everyone, as part of my duty to promote the use of English, I just wanted to share this article with you. It shows the importance of the difference between the short 'i' sound (bitten) and the long 'ea' (beaten). An interpreter mixed up the two... Oops! :) Trial collapses after interpreter error

Monday, April 23rd 2012

Hello dear team,


 * 1) On Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday (on Thursday Mrs. Valencia comes) Janeth would be reading after fruit time at our library's dome. This is not going to be a permanent activity. It is to celebrate Language Day. Please invite your children to attend.
 * 2) I also wanted to announce that our license to use in2era and Tumble books was supposed to end by the 20th of May, but after a conversation with our librarian, she went to her boss, and requested it, supporting her request on the wonderful tool it is for the children and teachers. The Communications Department Coordinator approved it and now we are going to have our licenses to use them freely for one more year.
 * 3) Nelson handwriting fonts are being installed in our brand new computers. Yeah!

Adriana Yepes B. Language Coordinator

1. Thank u Adri! Ela ;) 2. Vicky 3. Chachi Angela O