As the winter season is now upon us, we're here to offer suggestions on how to assist your child during the next few months. In this edition, we will provide you resources, strategies, and conferences that will enhance your child's English listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. This information benefits multilingual students from Kindergarten through 12th grade.

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Provide you practical strategies to parents to support their multilingual child's academic and English language development.

Recently, author Valentina Gonzalez posted some practical suggestions to help caregivers develop their child's language at home. These are some practical ways family members can take part in their child's language acquisition. All of these moves can be done in multiple languages to help your child develop and see literacy.

Sharing resources focused on multilingual or bilingual best practices.

Target Skills: Vocabulary and Spelling

Recommended Grade Levels: K-3

Complete word searches to learn new words and spelling.

The easiest way to use this resource is to:

1. Open Kid’s Zone and begin searching for the words on the list.

2. Click on the first letter of the word you are searching for and drag to the end.

This is a simple learning game that can be played at any time or place on your phone or computer.

Preparing for college begins as early as elementary with learning about different kinds of jobs. In middle school, students begin having conversations about different kinds of classes available that will help them prepare for different careers. The article entitled “The Importance of Career Prep: How to Plan for your Dream Job,” talks about just that. Career prep, the article explains, begins as early as high school. It will be helpful for your child to have an idea of what their interests are before entering high school. This will increase their chances of taking the right classes before they graduate high school.

The article says that the best way to prepare for today’s job market is to find a few career paths that interest you, learn about various career options, and talk to a counselor. While students continue to learn academics, the article also emphasizes the importance of soft skills such as oral communication, teamwork, and critical thinking will improve a student’s success in both college and career.

Highlighting upcoming events specifically tailored for multilingual students and families.

Greenville ISD will be collaborating with the office of English Learner support to host a virtual "Watch Party" on January 23, 2024 from 9:00-11:00 AM. The theme of this virtual event is Fostering Statewide Community Connections for Families of Emergent Bilingual Students. If you are interested in attending our district watch party, please fill out this form.

Mark your calendar for February 28, 2024 from 9:00 AM-2:00 PM as our district has partnered with Region 10 ESC for a Title II parent, family, and community event entitled, Empowering Parents, Uniting Communities. Registration window will open January 8th through February 2nd. This event will be free and food will be provided to all Greenville parents with identified emergent bilingual students. All participants must register to attend. More information to follow.

TXEL.org is a web portal that provides information and resources that are relevant, accessible, and impactful to support educational leaders, teachers, parents and families, and community partners to ensure the academic success of the State’s emergent bilingual students.

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