Back to School_Sept. 5-9, 2016

Hello parents/ guardians of our ELLs:

Welcome to Burlington High School! This blog is run by Mr. Adam Chiocca, the ELL Teacher for Burlington High School, and I write this to you now, in early September, 2016.

I will be sharing this ELL blog address with all students over the next two weeks so that hopefully most of my ELLs' parents/ families will follow this blog.

I hope to keep you updated throughout the school year on all the important events, programs, dates and testing, here at Burlington High.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email or call me (see BHS ELL Welcome Letter), or if you're coming in to BHS, please come on down for a quick visit (our ELL classroom is in the BHS Lower Library). Ok? Excellent.

Thank you,
Mr. Chiocca

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सुम्मेर अपडेट, फ्रॉम मर. छिओक्क

I'm happy to say that this year was my best yet. Combined with having more time to plan and prep for great units and lessons (now being post-Master's time), and with all the new knowledge and skills I learned from my M.A.T., it was a great year! You know... having those 4 years of teaching experience before doing my M.A.T., also, I think, really helped me to grow as an educator. We did some really exciting units this year. For example, building on some lessons I found in some Adult-ESL texts, I created a 3-week unit titled "Helping Your Family to Buy a Home!" Yes - so, we made "dream homes" out of cardboard boxes and materials. Students learned "Mr. Chiocca's 11 Steps to Buying a Home," and they made YouTube videos and Audio Recordings for the Final Project. The kids learned about mortgages, down payments, PITI - Principal, Interest, Taxes and Insurance; and how to work with real estate agents and brokers. In addition, students learned ...

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Hi, Is anyone reading this...? Really...? (crickets...) You see... I don't mean to sound so lame, but I'm torn. I feel like I'm supposed to contribute to the educational blogosphere, and yet I have three followers. Please... cue giggle (Yes, I want you to smile and giggle). I had these ideal thoughts about what it may be like to blog and learn from others online, and yet - I feel quite unimportant in the grand scheme of things. Yes, there must be 2 billion blogs out there, and everyone is pretty busy with life, so should I continue to blog? Please - somebody leave a comment...! And say, Yes, Mr. Chiocca, please contribute. Education and the future of public education depends on people like you, who care and want our kids to learn as much as they can in each grade level. Thanks for reading! Mr. Chiocca

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