Alex Kirkpatrick
@KirkpatrickELD
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Elementary English Language Specialist @officialSPS 🌎🌍🌏
Springfield, MO
Joined July 2019
May I just point out that these ELs are GOING INTO FIRST GRADE and are already co-creating 3 sentence paragraphs together!! 😍@SPSELD @officialSPS @WilderElem
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This training is genuinely one of the BEST I’ve ever been to. #Seidlitz7Steps
@DrMericaClink! I am so proud of the ELD team at @officialSPS! When educators come in on a summer day, and then say it was one of the best trainings they've ever been to. You know we've done some great collaborating!! #Seidlitz7Steps
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Using environmental print is EVERYTHING. We’ve been on a panda and polar bear journey! We are rewarding our hard work with some drawings that we will then turn into fictional stories. Creativity is important! YES our EL’s can do it. @SPSELD 🐼🐻❄️
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We as a country have minimized the teaching profession so much that we are okay with teachers needing a second job to survive. I am not okay with it, our teachers deserve better and at @usedgov we are working to make better happen. https://t.co/yf4vQJQVoM
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LOVE walking into a classroom and seeing a translation on the board for the morning question! S/O to @SRounsavilleSPS at @RountreeOwls !! @SPSELD
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Lo he dicho antes y lo diré de nuevo. El multilingüismo es un superpoder.
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@DrCarolSalva and @Seidlitz_Ed more research to add to the value of QSSSA. The first step allows the learner to have the pause needed after hearing new vocabulary before using it! https://t.co/DlJ0zTQd1s
@MsBentonELD
neurosciencenews.com
When learning new vocabulary, repeating words can have a negative effect on learning. Silently listening to the words or pausing between hearing and producing the new word helps to better consolidate...
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After keynoting #ELevateSTL22 and sharing at 2 breakout sessions, I went home and revised this graphic. Multilingual Learners in Missouri
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When your director rolls out the red carpet for her ELD staff at SPS Activate.. 😎 it was a great day of learning! @DrMericaClink @officialSPS 💫
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It’s an event for YOUR family, at YOUR school! 🏫 Save the date for SPS University 📅 Tuesday, Sept. 13. Learn more at https://t.co/stPmXR5P7M
#SPSUniversity
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This Saturday! 9:30-3:00pm at the Springfield Expo Center. Free parking, food, backpacks, immunizations, and more! 🤓
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As I transition into my new position as an ELD specialist next year, I have gathered some summer reading! Time to learn. Time to grow. Time to be better. 🤘📚
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iReady has begun… can you tell it’s the end of the year?? 😂 Gross? Probably. Keeping the stress low after weeks of testing? For sure. I dig it. I love these kiddos. @sherwoodsps @officialSPS
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🚨 BACKPACK ALERT 🚨 Explore and @fueledbylaunch Summer Learning Guides will be heading home with students today. These Explore guides feature class information, services and more. Registration opens March 7 at https://t.co/Nz1vLfrHsB
#ExploreSPS
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First day back from “virtual land” (as I like to call it) and these kiddos got right to it during GR group today! This is my “bubble” group and where I get most geeked about moving kids’ learning. Let’s keep going. #growingtogether @officialSPS @sherwoodsps
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Thanks to everyone who contributed their experiences to this post. I hope it helps. https://t.co/iMpn6x8G58
cultofpedagogy.com
Hint: It's not meditation and jeans passes.
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