One of my FUNEAP workshops was on reading instruction. My secondary goal was to address principles of Universal Design for Learning and to encourage interactive activities in the classroom. Mike’s Puerto Rico and New Hampshire classes got involved in the preparations. These students used their bilingual English and Spanish skills to develop “Foldables,” which are hands-on activities and three-dimensional graphic organizers, to address phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, and vocabulary skills. Thank you Puerto Rico and New Hampshire!
In case you’re wondering what Puerto Rico and New Hampshire are…
...at Colegio Americano, the students follow tracks according to their academic interests. They call the tracks “parallels,” and there are four parallels per grade level in the secondary school. Students in a parallel take all of their classes together. Puerto Rico and New Hampshire are 6th course students (seniors). Puerto Rico students follow a program of studies that focuses on business, and New Hampshire students focus on sociales (similar to liberal arts).
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