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Science of Reading: The Podcast

ML/EL E6: Curating a confident classroom for multilingual learners, with Arturo Valadez Sáenz

Science of Reading: The Podcast

Amplify Education

Education, Science, How To, Social Sciences, Early Literacy, Amplify, Science Of Reading

4.5642 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Susan Lambert is joined by Arturo Valadez Sáenz, a demonstration teacher from Dallas, Texas, who delves into his journey from his childhood in Mexico to becoming an educator in the United States. He describes his current role, teaching both English and Spanish language arts, and emphasizes the importance of bilingual education. He shares the demographics and linguistic challenges of his students, many of whom are newcomers to the country, some of whom come from economically d...

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0:00.0

Hi listeners, it's Susan here. Just in time for the school year, I have a brand new resource to tell you about.

0:07.0

Science of Reading, a new teacher's guide. This free e-book gives you the critical information you need,

0:13.7

including a detailed breakdown of the reading rope and the 10 foundational science of reading principles.

0:20.0

It also provides key information on dyslexia, assessment,

0:24.2

serving multilingual learners, and so much more.

0:27.4

It's packed with beautiful diagrams,

0:29.7

a perfect compliment to the podcast if I do say so myself.

0:34.0

Download your science of reading guide at amplify.com.com slash S-O-R guide.

0:41.8

We have the power to collect data through informative assessments on a daily basis just by walking around, walking around, look at what students are producing in the moment.

0:56.8

This is Susan Lambert and welcome to Science of Reading the podcast from Amplify, where

1:02.0

the science of reading lives. Thank you for joining us throughout this amazing mini-series,

1:07.7

exploring how the science of reading serves multilingual and English learners.

1:12.7

So far, we've done a deep dive into the research on language acquisition and multilingualism.

1:18.6

We've also explored the history of multilingual education in this country

1:22.8

and shared the story of a school in a refugee resettlement community that's embraced the science of reading.

1:30.5

To close out this series, we're going to focus on some effective classroom strategies.

1:36.5

My guest today is Arturo Signs, an instructional specialist from Dallas Independent School District.

1:43.5

Arturo is a demonstration teacher who performs a host of roles to support other educators,

1:49.0

and he has extensive experience working with multilingual and English learners.

1:55.0

During this conversation, we talk about his experience utilizing the science of reading in a bilingual setting,

2:01.7

and we discuss specific strategies like pairing and immediate feedback.

2:07.0

I think it's the perfect way to close out this mini-series.

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