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What’s New in the Second Edition of 3–5 Language Arts?
EL Education’s 3–5 Language Arts curriculum is a comprehensive, standards-based core litera- cy program that engages teachers and diverse learners through compelling, real world content. Through the curriculum we address an expanded de nition of student achievement that builds students’ academic knowledge and skills, habits of character, and capacity to create high qual- ity work. Our approach infuses rigor and joy and embodies a focus on equity and closing the achievement gap.
How the Second Edition is Different
We’ve welcomed feedback from the eld since the launch of our rst edition in 2012, and we’ve worked hard to respond to the needs of teachers and students, enhancing and streamlining our curriculum for the second edition. Here are a few of the new features you’ll notice:
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The one hour of content-based Language Arts instruction in the module lessons now comes with a second hour of di erentiated small group instruction in the Additional Language and Literacy (ALL) Block. The ALL Block is made up of ve components that give students a chance to practice and master essential literacy skills: Additional Work with Complex Text, Word Study and Vocabulary, Writing Practice, Reading and Speaking Fluency/Grammar, Usage and Mechanics, and Independent Reading.
Module 2 of each grade level, built around kid-friendly science topics, now has an optional companion Life Science module, incorporating Next Generation Science Standards, for teachers who want to take the science content deeper.
To go with this expanded module structure, we’re o ering a simple four modules per grade, the exact number necessary to complete a full year, rather than the six modules per grade o ered in the rst edition.
Lessons now contain expanded strategies for meeting di erent students’ needs. Tools and sca olding are built in to support all learners – based on Universal Design for Learning – along with exibility in the ways information is presented, the ways students respond, and in the ways students are engaged.
Across all modules, there is a focus on honoring the cultural and linguistic needs of English language learners with attention to meaningful content and inclusive practices that honor diversity. Each lesson now contains high leverage approaches to accelerate language development.
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