16/19 of my students are non-native english speakers

and the linguistic diversity of our class is AMAZING.

i'm experimenting to see what happens

when i encourage them to speak in/share their

home language throughout the day:

*counting in somali when jump roping.

*A-B-C math patterns in amharic.

*singing happy birthday in mandarin

(i joined susanna for this one).

*sight words in spanish.

*and some phrases in vietnamese in the cafeteria.

ps: i now know how to say:

grandma, bird, and butt in Somali.
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