Liz Miranda

Multilingual Education Program Achievement Specialist, Frederick County Public Schools/Maryland

[Emily Fɾαɳƈιʂ @emilyfranESL]

Summer Newcomer Academy day 4️⃣

We wrapped up week one completing “Identity Wheels”—This @EllevationEd strategy was perfect to wrap up our read aloud “Same, Same but Different” #SummerSchool

[Dr. Stephanie Ware @DrWare_FCPS]

Celebrating WIDA Access success! 💙🦁💛

[Stacey Sisler @SSislerFCPSmath]

Excited to begin the afternoon w/ our SMILes as we think about co-teaching & co-planning & how we can support & coach our teachers w/ this important work! #fcpssecmath Thanks @LizMirandaFCPS, Barb, Tim, and Laila for your partnership! @FCPSCurriculum @KathyGullCII #FCPSPL

[Liz Miranda @LizMirandaFCPS]

Here is just one example of how our #fcpsMD ME Program Teachers lead the way with supporting colleagues in their schools. Love it!

[Melissa Desmond @melissadesmond1]

MEP creates school wide gestures for consistency! Consistency <> Continuity <> Connection. Let’s go Huskies! #SIOP @JennStotler @jennco02

[Melissa Desmond @melissadesmond1]

MEP creates school wide gestures for consistency! Consistency <> Continuity <> Connection. Let’s go Huskies! #SIOP @JennStotler @jennco02

[Liz Miranda @LizMirandaFCPS]

Great reminders here for scaffolding up to our MLs! Check it out #fcpsMD

[🌍 Dr. Vαℓєηтιηα Gσηzαℓєz ♥️🙌🏽 @ValentinaESL]

Students who are reading in a language they are still learning may benefit from additional scaffolding to support comprehension.

1. Chunk — Divide the reading into manageable portions.

2. Stop for discussion — Give students frequent opportunities to discuss the reading with their peers.

3. Pause for drawing — Have students do something with the reading such as draw or act out a scene.

4. Read together — Pair students to read with a buddy, read together as a class, or have the class echo read.

5. Use L1 — Leverage students” full linguistic resources including their first language.

What would you add?

#teaching #teachingenglish #teachingideas #teachingresources #teachingkids #ESOL #bilingual

[Liz Miranda @LizMirandaFCPS]

Today we had the pleasure of welcoming back over 140 #fcpsMEProgram teachers for Curriculum Day. This year we are committed to developing literacy across content areas, co-teaching, and ensuring we listen to the voice of our ML community! @KaitlinMooreEdD @MeganHailu

[Emily Quinlan @EmilyEQuinlan]

Thanks @barbaradanoff @AllisonSzot @CindyJournell and @LizMirandaFCPS for a wonderful morning focused on co-teaching! Powerful discussion about the benefits of co-teaching models for students and teachers! #FCPSisSpecial

[🌍 Dr. Vαℓєηтιηα Gσηzαℓєz ♥️🙌🏽 @ValentinaESL]

Become INTENTIONAL about incorporating and using the linguistic assets students have. 🌟 This has the potential to change their trajectory and social and academic outcomes. 💫 #teaching #teachingtips #multilingual #bilingual #ESOL #ESL #TESOL

[Liz Miranda @LizMirandaFCPS]

This afternoon I had the opportunity to spend time in a Kindergarten class of MLs at Waverley. The enthusiasm these students had towards learning in math was electrifying 🙌 Ongoing opportunities for academic discourse increases overall student engagement!

[🌍 Dr. Vαℓєηтιηα Gσηzαℓєz ♥️🙌🏽 @ValentinaESL]

More than half of the world is bilingual or multilingual. Knowing more than a singular language is advantageous. Like having many routes to a destination, linguistic flexibility can take us further in life. 🙌🏽♥️🌎

[Liz Miranda @LizMirandaFCPS]

Thanks to the WHS staff for their reflective conversations during PL today! @DrWare_FCPS Always a treat to spend the day talking about writing strategies #fcpsMEProgram

[🌍 Dr. Vαℓєηтιηα Gσηzαℓєz ♥️🙌🏽 @ValentinaESL]

Great rephrasing of a common practice. Let’s ask kids to turn & learn. This activates their LISTENING! @DanielWickner

[edutopia @edutopia]

#TeachingTip: "Enlarge and laminate your writing paper and use it to display a sample piece of writing! Either one you model for your class or a shared writing piece that students can refer back to." —Former teacher Kylie Barragan

[Andrea Morgan @AMorgan_FCPS]

A great day of learning for FCPS Support Staff! The largest turn out we have had- 705 registered. Thankful for this amazing team and the FASSE board for making this event possible!!
#fcpssupport

[Liz Miranda @LizMirandaFCPS]

Did you know that FCPS has many modes of communicating with our multilingual families? Thanks to the staff who joined me today from across FCPS to learn about Language Line & TalkingPoints, just to name a few! #fcpsMEProgram