The English Language Development Program has been excited about the adoption of their new curriculum this year! With the rest of the content English courses in elementary and middle school changing over to the Amplify curriculum, the ELD program had the opportunity to pilot the Language Studios beta program with the same company. This curriculum follows alongside the English Language Arts curriculum in the students’ homeroom class for grades K-3. This level of integration has been the vision of the ELD program and will only get more enhanced from here!
In other respects, the focus of this quarter has been note taking for greater comprehension. The students were encouraged to take notes in any form that helped them, including drawing pictures to represent what they saw, read and heard. This practice is invaluable to any student, but the intermingling of the students’ languages is aimed at better retention, understanding and performance in their content classes.