NEWCOMER TOOL KIT
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CHAPTER 3<br />
PROFESSIONAL REFLECTION AND<br />
DISCUSSION ACTIVITY GUIDE<br />
Discussion Cards<br />
Continued from previous page<br />
Most of the questions asked of newcomers about concepts or texts are factual and ask students to recall<br />
information.<br />
A parent volunteers in an 80-20 ratio second-grade Dual Language program with ELs and Spanish<br />
learners. The parent, who is Spanish/English bilingual, notices that the academic learning in Spanish is at<br />
a lower level than she expected. Her child is learning Spanish, and she is concerned that he will be behind<br />
his peers in other second-grade classes.<br />
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION • <strong>NEWCOMER</strong> <strong>TOOL</strong> <strong>KIT</strong> • CHAPTER 3 • 23<br />
No official endorsement by the Department of any product, commodity, service, enterprise, curriculum, or program of instruction<br />
mentioned in this publication is intended or should be inferred. For the reader’s convenience, the tool kit contains information about<br />
and from outside organizations, including URLs. Inclusion of such information does not constitute the Department’s endorsement.
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