I know it’s a bit early to start thinking about posters for next year, which should be very limited, but I wanted to share a poster that I have had up outside my classroom all year right next to the door. Linda has one just like it outside of her classroom as well.
When acquiring a language, first we learn to LISTEN.
We then learn to READ what we heard.
Next, we learn to WRITE what we have read and heard.
Finally, we SPEAK authentically because we have heard, read and written it.
[Note: I added the word “authentically”.]
It’s like these are big flags informing any adults with their own language acquisition agenda coming into our section of the middle school building how we roll so don’t bother to bring up anything that doesn’t have a firm foundation in current research.
Important request: I am sorry that I don’t know the source of this brilliant set of four statements – maybe somebody in the group knows who first wrote it.