- Washington Elementary School District
- Family Engagement
Family Engagement
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The English Language Learner department hosts quarterly family engagement events. The purpose of these events is to build family and school partnership, celebrate student achievements, highlight the range of WESD programs, and provide language development strategies and supports that may be used at home. Please view the flyer below to learn more.
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Event Presentations
Links to the language-specific presentations are available below.
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Archived Event Recordings
Links to previous ELL Family Engagement Events are available below.
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Meeting Resources
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Celebrating Outstanding AZ ELA Growth
Meet our students who have shown amazing growth in English Language acquistion.
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Upcoming Events
For questions regarding ELL Family Engagement Events, please contact elfamily@wesdschools.org
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Parent Resources
Please click on the heading below or the arrow to view all resources related to each topic.
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Learning a Language
- Use Google Voice Translation
- Google Text Translation
- Free resource for learning a language
- Free Online Teaching Resources
- Link provides translation of challenging words within a piece of text. Students copy a portion of text, paste it into a text box, and click onto the challenging word. A Window opens and provides the student with the definition in their home language.
- Arabic - Basic English Phrases for Parents of School Children
- Spanish - Basic English Phrases for Parents of School Children
- Vietnamese - Basic English Phrases for Parents of School Children
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Preschool - Grade 5
- Carefully selected books in multiple languages English, Arabic, Spanish and Hindi
- Celebrities read their favorite books
- Games, puzzles and hidden pictures that support student discourse
- Get Epic has a wide range of fantasy and nonfiction books for students
- Multicultural and multilingual African stories - search by language or reading level
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Grades 7-8