Summer Camp!!

Registration is now open for EL Summer Camp 2018!!

Look for the yellow permission slips and when they are filled out return them to your EL teacher. Sign up and we will have a blast playing math games, reading books, performing Reader's Theater and so much more!!


Camp Information:
Where: Porters Point School
When: July 10th-August 2nd, 8:30-12:30 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Who: Students who speak other languages at home
Need more information? Contact Mrs. H at 802-881-9528 or jennifer.hoenigsberg@colchestersd.org or Ms. Yazic  bria.yazic@colchestersd.org

Parent Workshop October 10th at MBS

Parent Workshop - The EL Program in CSD 

What: A Parent Workshop

Who: Parents or Guardians of English Learners (ELs) in Colchester

When: Tuesday, October 10th at 5:30

Where: Malletts Bay School, 609 Blakely Road

Why: To get your questions answered! We can tell you about what services are offered and explain how students are exited from the program. If you have any questions that you know ahead of time please email so we can make sure we address them!

There will be pizza and babysitters, so bring the kids and come join us for an hour of learning about your child's EL program.  Please return the yellow slip with your information or text/call Mrs. H. to let her know you're coming.

Students in the Colchester School District Can Say “Hello” in 30 Languages!

Did you know that students in the Colchester School District can say “Hello” in  30 languages?

Check out the bulletin board that Ms. Merrell made showing all the different languages students in our district speak.

Reader's Theater Part 2

As part of our final day of summer camp celebration we performed our second Reader's Theater Plays.  Camp was so much fun we hope to see you all again next year!

Rough Faced Girl (A Cinderella Story)

One Raining Pouring Morning

How Davy Crockett Moved the Sun

Three Blind Mice

Reader's Theater

At EL Summer Camp we work on our reading fluency by practicing and performing Reader's Theater plays with our classmates.  Here are our first four plays, we hope you enjoy watching them as much as we enjoyed performing them!
1. Where Has My Little Dog Gone?

2. Pet Care Kids

3. The Tortoise and the Hare

4. Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Summer Camp

EL Summer Camp is in full swing and we are having a blast!  Kids are making new friends, reading great books, getting faster at math facts, working on reading fluently and learning new challenging vocabulary.  On Wednesday we will be doing 4 Reader's Theater performances to show off our fluency.  The four plays are : The Tortoise and The Hare, Where Has My Little Dog Gone?, Five Jumping Monkeys and Pet Care Kids.

We are looking forward to two more fun weeks!

Sugar on Snow Trip by Sona Iyengar

Eating sugar on snow.

Last weekend, ELL Newcomer students, families and teachers visited a maple sugarhouse in Shelburne. 

The group learned how maple syrup is made and got a taste of some yummy sugar-on-snow! Staff at Palmer's Sugarhouse told us how they tap trees and collect the sap which is then boiled to make syrup. We learned that it takes 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup! 

It was a great experience for students who are new to Vermont and the U.S., and a fun learning activity on a beautiful spring day. 

Learning how to tell when the sap has turned into maple syrup.

Watching the sap boil.