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Dear Parents of Online and Parent-Guided DLI Students,

We appreciate your dedication to your child’s language learning and the patience you have demonstrated over these past few months as we address the diverse language learning needs of our Dual Language Immersion students in these challenging times.

As a Dual Language Immersion team, state and Canyons District leaders have teamed up to offer additional online DLI resources to support your student’s at-home learning. We know this year has posed challenges for our remote bilingual learners as they are unable to benefit from in-classroom conversations and interactions, reducing their exposure to their target language. So, to supplement the online lessons that are currently available, Canyons has secured new tools and resources for remote learners in grades 1-8.

Moving forward, the French team will continue to publish one Canvas course lesson per grade per week at the elementary level, as specified in the chart below, and one module per week at the secondary level. In addition, through a state-funded grant, Canyons has purchased software through which French DLI students grades 1-8 can access resources to supplement their online lessons.

In grades 1-3, student instruction will be supplemented through access to the Little Sponges software program. How to Login to Little Sponges French Immersion (Links to an external site.)

Students can access these resources by logging in to https://clever.com/in/canyons (Links to an external site.), signing in with their CSDdocs account and clicking on the Little Sponges software icon.

We hope this software will help to better support your student’s language needs. Please do not hesitate to contact Canyons’ instructional experts with questions.

Elementary French - julie.butler@canyonsdistrict.org
Secondary French - elisabeth.harward@canyonsdistrict.org

3rd Grade Online French DLI Course Plan for Terms 1, 2, & 3: Mid-November - May 2020-2021

Literacy

One 30-60 minute lesson per grade per week for six (6) weeks per Term.

Lesson modules will consist of an Overview and Student Slides.
Lessons will follow the Grade Level’s Curriculum Maps so they should be aligned with teachers’ classroom instruction.
The French DLI program’s Vertical Alignment document, La Progression Annuelle, will also be incorporated into lessons.
Science and history may sometimes be included in lessons.
Students can repeat lessons as often as desired and/or complete the lessons of the grade-level above for a more challenging option.

If you have additional questions regarding the content of this Canvas course, please contact the State DLI Language Director:

georgia.geerlings@utahdli.org