What are Language Maker Routines?
* Language Maker routines help students develop the language to engage in evidence-based reading, writing, listening, and speaking. * Language Makers set the standard for high-quality ELD instruction, creating a consistent, impactful English development experience for students. Once students, teachers, and coaches …
How do the various state ELD proficiency levels align to the EL Education Language Arts Curricula?
* ELD instruction for all proficiency levels in the EL Education Curriculum is aligned to the California English Language Developments Standards Framework, which is tightly connected to the remaining five state ELD standards frameworks. * Language proficiency levels across all state frameworks are commonly concep…
Why do EL Education curricula focus ELD instruction on the intermediate levels of proficiency?
Why are the supports targeted more at intermediate proficiency instead of newcomers? * Multilingual learners vary widely in their English proficiency with the majority falling somewhere in the middle of the spectrum. * Students who are newcomers or beginners usually quickly move, often within months, to interm…
Can you tell me more about how to group multilingual learners for instruction?
The dynamic nature of language learning, student background, and your classroom requires us to be strategic when grouping students. Following a prescriptive curriculum grouping will result in missed opportunities. At the same time, EL Education offers best-practice suggestions on how to group students. One best pr…
