Improve Parental Involvement !
Increase Communication With The Parents Of Your ELL Students !

 

You know that communicating with the parents of your English language learning students is a vital part of helping them succeed in the classroom and at school. As the number of ELL children and young people in our school system today continues to grow rapidly, it is becoming more and more important to reach their parents, regardless of their language or culture. Many times, parents are uncomfortable participating in school activities, as they feel they don’t speak or understand English well enough. Would you like to improve their involvement and open the lines of communication?

 

Spanish Steps has materials to assist you with writing, speaking and understanding Spanish. For those wishing to learn (or continue learning) Spanish, we have workbooks for general education teachers, special education teachers,ELL teachers, school nurses, school translators and even school bus drivers! Need to send a note home to Mom and Dad? Check out the Home With Spanish series:Going Home With Spanish and Home Again With Spanish which contain literally HUNDREDS of already translated comments from English to Spanish for you to copy out of your workbook. Write them in both languages to help Mom and Dad with their English acquisition. Want to brush up on some Spanish that you can usein the classroom with your students? Take a peek at Spanish With Class andThe Extra Steps. Maybe you’ve been wanting to learn just a few key phrases but haven’t had thetime to begin a class? Or, perhaps you already know a little Spanish, but would like to review. You can work alone or get together with your colleagues and use these two terrific resources for an after-school class.

 

But, the learning doesn’t stop there! We also have materials for your parents to assist them with that important task of acquiring English. Step Into English will teach your Spanish-speaking parents some basic skills to assist them with writing notes to school to advise you of a planned absence, a family emergency, and dozens of other important bits of information. And, don’t miss Say Yes! To English, which will assist your Spanish-speaking parents with the spoken English they’ll need at school for their Parent/Teacher conference, a meeting, or just about any other school activity.

 

Are you a native Spanish-speaker, but wish you were more familiar with some specialized terminology and phrases? Would you like to brush up on your grammar? Spanish Steps has something for you, too! Browse the sample pages of Step Up Your Spanish Translations and The Special Steps. These workbooks provide you with thousands of commonly-used terms for both translating and interpreting. If you act as an interpreter for an IEP or other parent meeting, or if you are the designated school translator responsible for important documents home, these are must-have resources for your library.

 

Of course, not all of the families you work with are Spanish-speaking. Many other languages are represented in our schools today, from Hmong to French to Arabic. Inspired by the Home With Spanish series, we also now offer Home With Somali, with over 300 typical comments to send home already translated to English. As the official Somali language is Latin-based, you can simply copy the comments right out of your workbook! Finally, don’t forget to browse our Bilingual Notepads. From reminders of Parent/Teacher Conferences, to school pictures and upcoming testing dates, (and more), these ready-made notes are available in Spanish/English and Somali/English. Thank you for visiting us and we hope you enjoy browsing our products. As we regularly continue to add new products and new languages to our product line, we hope you’ll visit us often. And, remember
. . . you can do it . . . ONE STEP AT A TIME!!

 

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