MS English Learner Course Descriptions
Grades 6 - 8
EL English I
Course Code 100110
Proficiency 1.0 - 1.7
This class is only intended to be taken in the first year of enrollment as an EL student.
Multilingual learners are exposed to learning experiences that support phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, text comprehension, and writing instruction while supporting language acquisition. Literacy and language are acquired through a variety of learning experiences that address the Interpretative (listening, reading, and viewing) and Expressive (speaking, writing, and representing) Communication Modes of the WIDA ELD Standards.
EL English II
Course Code 100111
Proficiency 1.8 - 2.3
Multilingual learners are exposed to learning experiences that support vocabulary instruction, reading comprehension, and writing to intensify language development. In this class, students are presented with intervention programs to include System 44, English 3D, and Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI).
EL Math
Course Code 535010
This class is only intended to be taken in the first year of enrollment and is only appropriate for students with limited or interrupted schooling, who are in need of foundational math skills.
Multilingual learners learn the language of mathematics along with key concepts of the grade-level mathematics curricula of middle school math.
EL Science
Course Code 620310
This course is most appropriate for students at lower levels of English proficiency who possess limited background in science and/or present limited/interrupted formal schooling. This class is only intended to be taken in the first year of enrollment.
Multilingual learners are exposed to the language of science along with key concepts of the grade-level science curricula, including general theory, biology, earth science, and physical science.
EL Social Science
Course Code 710310
This course is most appropriate for students at lower levels of English proficiency who possess limited background in social science and/or present limited/interrupted formal schooling. This class is only intended to be taken in the first year of enrollment.
Multilingual learners are exposed to the language of social sciences along with key concepts of the grade-level social studies curricula, to include World History, World Geography, United States History, Virginia History, and Civics.