English Language Development (ELD)

English Language Development (ELD)

Grades 6, 7, 8

English Language Development in a STEM School - What Does That Look Like?

• Fostering collaboration skills between peers
• Focusing on productive and effective oral and written communication skills
• Create a sense of belonging with a community of peers

Our goals for your child:

• Be engaged and invested in learning and growing as a student...become a lifelong learner!
• Support and enhance effective oral and written communication skills in English, while encouraging connections to home language.
• Increase language sophistication in the four domains: Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing with a focus on academic language.
• Encourage understanding of American culture and compare/contrast to home country culture.

Five Standard Areas for English Language Development

WIDA ELD Standards (https://www.wida.us/standards/eld.aspx)

1. Social and Instructional Language

2. Language of Language Arts

3. Language of Social Studies 

4. Language of Math

5. Language of Science

In the four domains of: Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing.