2. I am somebody
I was somebody when I came
I will be a better somebody when I leave
I am intelligent and I am strong
And I deserve the education I get here at
Markham!
Markham School Pledge
4. A different attitude: Dual
immersion looks at what a
student can do, not what a
student can’t do.
History: Why a dual immersion program?
A dual immersion is an
enrichment program, not
a compensatory
education program.
Program that integrates two groups of
students:
*Spanish Speakers
*English Speakers
Academic Instruction in Two
Languages (California Content
Standards)
Additive Bilingual Education
(50% English/50% Spanish
Instruction beginning in
Third through Sixth Grade)
6. SBAC-ELA & Math 2018-2019
4th Grade3rd Grade
SPICE
ELA
VUSD
ELA
SPICE
Math
VUSD
ELA
Not
Met
30.3% 26.9% 34.8% 26.1%
Nearly
Met
36.4% 26.0% 31.9% 26.7%
Met or
Excee
ded
33.3% 46.0% 33.3% 47.0%
SPICE
ELA
VUSD
ELA
SPICE
Math
VUSD
ELA
Not
Met
22.7% 27.9% 19.7% 22.9%
Nearly
Met
25.8% 22.1% 40.9% 26.7%
Met or
Excee
ded
51.5% 53.0% 39.4% 40.2%
7. SBAC-ELA & Math 2018-2019
5th Grade 6th Grade
SPICE
ELA
VUSD
ELA
SPICE
Math
VUSD
ELA
Not
Met
28.1% 30.8% 37.3% 40.2%
Nearly
Met
31.6% 23.6% 35.6% 33.2%
Met or
Excee
ded
40.4% 44.0% 27.2% 26.2%
SPICE
ELA
VUSD
ELA
SPICE
Math
VUSD
ELA
Not
Met
16.0% 19.6% 21.6% 25.1%
Nearly
Met
32.0% 26.8% 23.5% 31.4%
Met or
Excee
ded
52.0% 53.5% 54.9% 43.4%
8. Objectives-3 Pillars of SPICE
Cultural Understanding -
Multiculturalism
Read and Write in TWO languages at
grade level or above - Biliteracy
Speak and Understand TWO languages -
Bilingualism
10. Bilingualism
What: The
students learn to
speak English
and Spanish.
HOW: We don’t teach Spanish or
English as a second language.
We teach academic content
through common core state
standards in a way that students
can understand. They learn the
language as a byproduct of the
teaching of the content.
We place English speakers and
Spanish speakers in the program
to be models for each other.
13. Biliteracy
How: We provide the
students with a
challenging, rigorous
program that includes
grade level content in
English and Spanish.
We provide integrated
content and language
instruction to achieve the
goal of reading and writing.
What: It isn’t enough to
just speak two
languages. To be truly
biliterate the student
needs to learn to read
and write in English
and Spanish as well as
to speak it.
16. Multiculturalism
What: We teach our students to be tolerant by exposing
them to multiple cultures and points of view.
How: We teach multicultural activities that give students
the opportunity to be immersed with a different lens.
17. Multicultural Literature- SPICE
Grade FALL SOCIAL JUSTICE / CIVIL RIGHTS
LEADERS
SPRING
K
El día de los muertos
Several books and activities
Cesar Chávez intro Familias- Arroz con leche
1 Radio Man (Chávez Familias- El Sancocho de Sábado
2 Lado A Lado (Cesar and Dolores
Huerta)
Familias- Me llamo María Isabel
3 Add Sonia Sotomayor Familias- Trencitas/ Braids
+ 3rd grade Novel Knowledge
4
Lluvia de Plata (México- Tarahumara)
Las huellas secretas Malala
Cuando Tía Lola vino a quedarse Novel
(República Dominicana)
+ 4th grade Novel Knowledge
5
El árbol de gri gri (Las culturas del Caribe) La fórmula de doctor Funes Novel
6
Cuando Tía Lola vino a quedarse
(antología)
Cajas de Cartón Novel
19. Why did you choose SPICE for your
children?
Yolanda Bocanegra
Nancy Fremouw
Thank you:
VUSD and Board
Teachers and Staff
Parents
20. The work continues-Next Steps…
-Alignment of California Common Core
Standards with instruction- PLC
-SPICE Master Plan
-When do non transferable skills
get taught
-Formative assessments in Spanish
-Guided Language Acquisition Design
(GLAD)
-Unit creation and
implementation
