English Language Development

Department Stats (2020-2021):

13 teachers across all buildings

43 languages represented

533 students currently in the program

Process for Identifying English Learners:

1. Students enter the process through…

Completion of Home Language Survey

Parent/Guardian Interviews

2. Students identified move on to a screening evaluation:

ELD teacher administers WIDA screener

Parent/Teacher input

Multidisciplinary Team Meeting held to go over the results

3. Students who qualify…

are assigned an ELD teacher

are identified as an English Learner (EL)

receive ELD instruction o push-in or pull out classes

particapte in annual WIDA assessment

receive appropriate accomodations in general content classes

ELD in the Elementary Schools

Service Delivery:

Pull-out ELD services are offered during elementary intervention periods. ELD teachers also push-in to general education classes to provide supports.

Elementary Key Topics :

Kindergarten: School, Weather, Community, Jobs, Plants

1st Grade: Families, Needs, Weather Systems, Creatures

2nd Grade: Neighbors, Animals, Citizenships, Life Cycles

3rd Grade: Nature, Soil, Communities, Mystery

4th Grade: Animals, Places, Nature, Treasure

5th Grade: Cultures, Nature, Justice, Water Cycle

6th Grade: Citizenship, Nature, Helping Others

Service Delivery:

Services and classes are dependent upon student’s English proficiency

Key Topics:

ELD 1:

Unit 1- Nice to Meet You

Unit 2- Your School

Unit 3- Your School Day

Unit 4- Everything You Do

Unit 5- At Lunch

Unit 6- Information Everywhere

Unit 7- How Do You Feel

Unit 8- Brrrr! Put On Your Coat

Unit 9- Around Town

Unit 10- All Year Long

ELD 2:

Unit 1- Here to Help

Unit 2- Make a Difference

Unit 3- Our Living Planet

Unit 4- Past and Presnet

Unit 5- Tell Me More

Unit 6- Personal Best

Unit 7- This Land Is Our Land

Unit 8- Harvest Time

Unti 9- Superstars

ELD 3:

Unit 1: Finding Your Own Place

Unit 2: Water for Life

Unit 3: Natural Forces

Unit 4: Classics

Unit 5: The Drive to Discover

Unit 6: Struggle for Freedom

Unit 7: Stars in the Universe

Unit 8: Art and Soul

Service Delivery

Services and classes are dependent upon student’s English proficiency

Key Topics:

ELD 1:

Unit 1- Welcome Back

Unit 2- A Day at School

Unit 3- About My Family

Unit 4- After School

Unit 5- Home

Unit 6- Holidays

Unit 7- Feelings

Unit 8- Community

Unit 9- Money

Unit 10- Jobs

Unit 11- Food

ELD 2:

Unit 1- Language Basics

Unit 2- Daily Routine

Unit 3- Community

Unit 4- How Do You Feel

Unit 5- Family/Home

Unit 6- Past Tense

ELD 3:

Unit 1- Vocabulary Review

Unit 2- Grammar and Parts of Speech

Unit 3- Poetry

Unit 5- Short Stories

Unit 6- Presentational Skills

Unit 7- Conversational Skills

ELD 4:

This class is offered every other day and focus on presentational and conversational skills