My final project for Fundamentals of Curriculum.

1. Bilingual Support in Early
Childhood through Literacy
Introducing a Curriculum Supporting the
Needs of Our Community
by Erica Liddell

3. Welcome! Team Building Activity!
• You have colorful Post-It notes on your table, take 3 of these Post-
It notes and write 3 positive words about the person next to you.
Stick the notes to the teachers back. Take a minute to do this! 
• Now, you will form a circle to read the person’s positive words on
their back. This is a time to build our learning team up and make
sure we are engaged and ready to learn about the new exciting
curriculum!
Kindness changes everything! How do you feel now?

4. -Supporting the Hispanic community and
providing equity and diverse book
selection would provide fun opportunities
for ELL students to read books in their
native language.
-This new improvement to the curriculum
would also provide the English-speaking
students with familiarity with the Spanish
language, which is on the rise in the U.S.
Being bilingual is a requirement later in
life for certain jobs in our country
(Education Development Center).
How Would Bilingual Literacy Support be
Effective for our Early Childhood
Classrooms?

5. Curriculum Overview:
• Bringing in Bilingual/Spanish books
for classroom libraries and Spanish
vocabulary cards
• Bilingual Google Chrome Program
for Assessments and Tracking
student progress
• Literacy extended at home through
engaging Bilingual Learning Kits
each month with books and
engaging hands-on resources for
families, such as vocabulary cards,
puppets, book making actives, and
crafts.

6. In-class Activities
• Pre-K teachers engage with children
while reading bilingual books and
implementing bilingual vocabulary cards
• One fun way is to dress as book
characters a few times a month to really
involve the reader and spark their
interest
• Supplement pre-k learning centers with
fun hands-on bilingual materials and
resources
• Provide children with open ended
opportunities to make their own books
and puppets to relate to the Spanish
words and experiences and make the
learning material meaningful

7. Bilingual Instruction at-a-Glance for the
School Year:
• Introducing New Spanish/English Books at School and Home
• Add Targeted Vocab Words and Phonological Concepts
• Small Group Instruction for Students Practicing High Frequency Vocabulary Words and
Phonemes (Remedial Instruction)
• Implemented Three Times a Week
• Introduce Google Chrome Bilingual Literacy Program for Students to Listen to Stories on
the Computer in Spanish and English
• Provide Literacy Assessments Covering Objectives L23 and L24 On the Spot and Assessed
in Google Chrome
• Document Each Assessment for Each 9 Weeks (Fall/Winter/Spring/EOY Periods)
• Analyze Data during PLC Meetings Each Month and Decide What Needs to be
Implemented Next
• Bring Data and Scores Back to Stakeholders and Community for Final Observation

8. Meaningful Assessments:
• The curriculum map that was brainstormed allowed for
checkpoint assessments throughout the year for fall,
winter, spring, and the end of the year.
• The map also gave remediation focus during small group
instruction and one on one opportunities to teach the
Spanish vocabulary and bilingual reading opportunities.

9. Collaboration:
• Collaboration happens in team meetings, PLC meetings, teaching
teams, administrative teams, and the school organization, there is
always a goal or learning outcome that the team is working toward.
• Collaboration is essential for teachers and schools to communicate
effectively and provide better teaching opportunities and engaging
learning outcomes for students (Edutopia).
• Collaboration also allows teachers to have support and give
opportunities for guidance. Implementing the new bilingual
literacy program would need support in place from bilingual
teachers and bilingual parents.

10. References
Education Development Center. (2020) Supporting-Emergent-Bilingual-Children English.pdf
(edc.org)
Edutopia. (February 14, 2020) How to Improve Collaboration with Teachers. (edutopia.org)

11. Questions?
• Take a moment to write any questions you have on the Post-
it notes in front of you. There is a piece of chart paper on the
back wall to put your Post-it note questions on. Please feel
free to ask any questions on this chart!
• A follow up post in Google Meets will be sent out in video
format answering all questions.

12. Thank you all for
having a growth
mindset and positive
attitude during our
learning experiences
through this
curriculum overview.