Benjamin is incredibly excited to be at Hamilton Elementary school as their new Bilingual Lead and English as a Second Language Teacher.  He is enthusiastic about being a part of Hamilton’s vibrant community and is passionate about being an advocate for Hamilton’s bilingual students.  Benjamin comes to Hamilton after many years of working with children in a variety of settings.  He has done everything from working as a summer day camp counselor to working as an after school tutor in Chicago public schools.  He attended DePaul University and graduated with a Bachelors of International Studies and Spanish.  He recently completed a Masters in Elementary Education with a concentration on Bilingual and ESL from Quincy University.  Benjamin loves to travel and has lived in Barcelona and has traveled extensively throughout Spain.  In his spare time, Benjamin is an avid cook and an obsessive fly fisherman.

Friday, December 16th—-POETRY/LA POESIA

For the past several weeks, ESL/Bilingual 3rd graders have embarked upon our Journey into poetry.  Ms. Nilson and myself have been working together to teach different types of poems and how to write them.  The students have been writing some amazing stuff!  Just a note, there is so much great poetry written all over the world.  Please feel free to share poems and rhymes with them from your culture over the break, even if it’s in you native language!

EN ESPANOL:

Para las ultimas dos semanas, los estudiantes bilingues en el Grado tercero han estado estudiando la poesia.  Sra. Nilson y yo hemos estado ensenando juntos para esenar los vario tipos de poesia y como escribirlos.  Todos los estudiantes han escrito algunos increibles poemas!  Hay tantos buenos poemas en todos loc culturas.  Por favor, durante los vacaciones lea algunos de tus poemas o rimas de tu cultura, con ellos…no importa si es en su lenguaje nativo, es mas importante que ellos escuchan a la poesia!  Gracias!