Back to School Night

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Back to School Night

• USM Middle School
• SPANISH

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Quién es Todd Schlenker?
HIGHER EDUCATION, DEGREES AND LICENSES DPI
Licenses 952 Alternative Middle/Secondary (6-12)
365 Spanish Education M.A. Spanish, Marquette
University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and
Certification Licensing from UWM WORK EXPERIENCE
University School of Milwaukee, Middle
School August, 1996 to the present United
Community Center, Alternative Middle
School August, 1991 through June 1996 Pius XI
High School, Foreign Language Department August,
1985 through June 1991 Marquette University
Educational Opportunity Program, Pre-College
Program Summers/Weekends 1993 to 2003
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Teaching Methods

• Multiple Intelligences Approach
• (Howard Gardner, Harvard University)

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8 INTELLIGENCES
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THE 5 Cs of ACTFL
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CONNECTIONS

• INTERNATIONAL FAIR every two years
• AFS annually
• Our MS Trip to Spain and France every two years

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8th Grade Transition to US

• Most students take Spanish 3.
• We recommend strong A and A students to take
  Spanish 3 Honors.
• Students earning a grade in the C range should
  take Spanish 2 or consider starting a new
  language.

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8th Grade Transition to US (cont.)

• Spanish 5 AP and 6 AP are the Honors level
  courses Junior and Senior year.
• Spanish 3 Honors and 4 Honors prepare students
  for the AP track.
• We encourage motivated language students to take
  a second language like French, Latin or Mandarin.

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What can parents do?

• READ THE ORANGE
• BACK TO SCHOOL HANDOUT!
• OUR CITY AND OUR TECHNOLOGY MAKE SPANISH EASY TO
  ACCESS!
• HASTA LUEGO!