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 Welcome to the 2022-2023 School Year

 
Dear Parents,
Welcome to the 2022-23 school year.  My name is Tom Hirschlein and I will be your child's ELL teacher for the year.   
This year in ELL your student(s) will be focussing on the following categories of English language acquisition.
  • Listening
  • Speaking
  • Reading
  • Writing

 

We will spend time working on each category every day and will work to improve oral fluency as well as literacy through practice with...

  • Vocabulary development
  • Grammar practice
  • Essay writing
  • and Reading assignments.

 

 

We will also be introducing and using a new book series from National Geographic called Lift.  This series integrates all of the areas of language acquisition in an intuitive and logical way. I look forward to updating everyone on the implementation of this new program. 

 

 

Please feel free to contact me with any questions, comments, or concerns at [email protected] 

 

Tom Hirschlein. 

 

 

 

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 Google Classroom: Google Classroom is where you will find all of the work your student will need to complete for the year.  Below are the updated classroom codes.  Each student has been added to the class already, but the code will also allow you as a parent to join the classroom. 

 

 

Google Classroom class codes:  

 

6th: pfqjukr

 

7th: xkmqz5j

 

 8th: yzj2fdc 

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Flipgrid
Flipgrid is an online question and answer board that we will use to practice speaking.
https://flipgrid.com/54093372

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Useful websites:

 

 

Quizlet.com (We use this frequently in class.  Information about how to use the site and how to sign your child up for a username and password will be sent home shortly.)

 

https://translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wT  Google Translate:  This site is helpful for translating to any number of languages.  The translations are NOT PERFECT and should not be used for homework writing assignments.