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Wednesday, July 30
 

2:30pm CDT

Enhancing Emergent Bilinguals' Literacy Through the Lotta Lara Strategy
Wednesday July 30, 2025 2:30pm - 3:20pm CDT
This session will explore the Lotta Lara instructional strategy, a powerful tool designed to support emergent bilinguals in developing their reading fluency, comprehension, and language skills (oracy). The session will provide a deep dive into the components and benefits of the Lotta Lara method. Through modeling, practical examples, and time for practice educators will be equipped with the tools and techniques needed to effectively implement Lotta Lara in their classrooms, helping emergent bilinguals become confident, proficient readers.


Speakers
avatar for Esther Ortega

Esther Ortega

Consultant, Reading Academies Cohort Leader, Education Service Center, Region 20
Esther Ortega has served emergent bilingual students for over 14 years. She was formerly a dual-language teacher, instructional literacy coach, and bilingual specialist. She is currently a consultant for Education Service Center Region 20. Her focus is building bilingual teachers... Read More →
Wednesday July 30, 2025 2:30pm - 3:20pm CDT
Zavala - 1st Floor
 
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