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[quote=Anonymous]Personally, I think students from Spanish speaking households, should first learn how to read and write in Spanish, since it is much easier than doing so in English. Once they learn the mechanics, they can l transfer those skills to English. Give these kids some time to build more English vocabulary on the playground, and their environment. Then go into reading and writing instruction. Expecting kids to read and write in English, when their vocabularies are so limited is a sure way to keep them uninterested in education.

My family is bilingual (Spanish/English). My kids learned Spanish first. When it came time to sign my kids up for Kindergarten, we did not choose the fcps immersion programs because they did not focus on Language Arts in the target language. We were told one of the goals was for the kids to learn English or Spanish from each other. My kids already spoke both, and could read some easy words in Spanish before kindergarten. It just didn’t make sense for is. Now, if they focused on Language Arts in Spanish, we would have entered the lottery. [/quote]

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