This video features Maestra Consuelo teaching dual language, Spanish & English, to Kindergartners in a rural farming community in Washington State. Maestra Consuelo spent three years modifying the weather unit to incorporate her dual-language community and better connect to the stories of the families living there. She blends the unit on trees and the needs of plants with the seasons, as students observe a tree in the playground throughout the year and discuss how and why it changes. She incorporates family stories of tending to fruit trees as a way to “shine a light” on the knowledge of plants and seasons in the community and the vital role families play in caring for trees and providing fruit for the community and the world. Washington state is the top producer of apples in the country. The video also highlights multiple examples and strategies of translanguaging as a way of honoring students and families knowledge, identities, and ways of being.

• 0-10:18 Teacher description of the unit and examples of student work
• 10:18-22:12 Sensemaking conversation about why the tree in the school yard changes over time
• 22:13-25:19 Outdoor exploration
• 25:20-38:05 Sharing and sensemaking with family tree stories