I had a great time with teachers in El Paso this past weekend at the BEEMS Conference.  I was impressed to see teachers from different parts of the state, including, Pasadena, Houston and Waller!  Short and Sweet! - (Except for the incredible wind storm on the drive to El Paso).  Congratulations, Dr. Josie Tinajero and fellow organizers for a job well done.  Now, I'm headed to Kingsville for the Texas A&M Univ. 36th Annual Spring Bilingual Conference where I will be a featured speaker, along with, Dr. Frank Lucido and Dr. Ruiz-Escalante, keynote on Tues., March 30.  Title of Presentation:  Double the Language, the Fun, and the Possibilities for Student Success.  Isn't Dual Language awesome?  Thank you, Dr. Torres and Dr. Patricia Gomez for the invitation to address your participants!

Dallas ISD

Just got some interesting news about the textbook adoption for Dallas ISD.  As you may have heard (from me), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has published 50 of my songs in the upcoming reading adoption for Kinder through 5th grade for Texas in a series titled, Texas Journeys and Texas Senderos.  Last night, Dallas ISD Board Members voted in a very heated debate to adopt the Teacher's Choice for reading books at these levels instead of the recommended one from a textbook committee.  Teacher votes online were overwhelming for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.  In other words, the Board opted to listen to the teachers!  What a great move.  When you consider teacher's votes, you will have buy-in from the educators who actively teach children and these teachers will break their backs to do their best because of Board confidence in their expertise.  Oh, and, guess what they chose?  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt!  Yeah!  That's 500,000 more kiddoes using great resources from HMH created from scratch for this adoption with incredible stories, illustrations, resources, online technology for teachers and parents, and, of course, my music!  Go Dallas ISD!  Click on link below for details.  P.S. Issues with errors, which occur in every publisher's first printing, have been addressed and corrected.        http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/032610dnmetdisdboard.40635bc.html

Presenting @ BEEMS in El Paso this coming Saturday, March 27.   Room 210 at the Undergraduate Learning Center, UTEP.  Session:  Shake, Rattle, & Roll Your Way Through the ELPS.

If you are teaching in a Texas school district @ K-5, that has adopted Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's TEXAS Journeys and TEXAS Senderos, congratulations!  You will have access to 50 of my songs for instructional use when you come back to work this fall.  :)

Planning to move to San Antonio later this year.  Woohoo!