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Academic Enrichment/English Learner Development
Academic Enrichment/English Learner Development
2025-2026
2025-2026
Welcome to Academic Enrichment/ELD Class at Monte Vista.
This elective course is designed to provide opportunities for emerging to almost proficient multilingual students to connect with their peers, teachers, and resources on campus to support their academic, social, and English language development. Academic Enrichment/English Learner Development Class is an elective class that is part of the student’s regular schedule, and students are given a letter grade at the end of each semester.
Together, we will focus on reading comprehension, speaking fluency, and writing with an emphasis on academic language by working on language structure and vocabulary. We will also review more complex concepts presented in students' regular classes through a linguistic lens to increase concept understanding and knowledge retention. In class work will include targeted exercises, group practices such as reading out loud authentic articles, writing poetry and/or listening to cool music. We might even have a friendly contest or two!
Most assignments and work will be completed in students' workbooks but we will also use digital educational platforms such as Google Classroom, Formative, Newsela, Lexia, and more. But don't worry, we will work hard and we will play hard. We will also use Kahoot, Blooket or other game-oriented platforms to practice our skills and assess our learning.
Let's this year begin and work on being Exemplary Learners.
CURRICULUM
This Academic Enrichment/English Learner Development Class is exploring the following district-approved curriculum:
Read 180 is an online program that supports language. It is excellent for some of the foundational word work skills, sentence development, and reading that many language learners need to succeed. Students can access it through their classlink portal.
English 3D, which builds on multilingual learners' existing linguistic strengths and accelerate English proficiency in grades K–12. English 3D® is an explicit and interactive English Language Development curriculum designed by Dr. Kate Kinsella.
These courses:
focus on engaging contemporary issues.
create a platform for daily spoken and written responses.
advance students' understanding of English vocabulary, sentence structure, and grammar.
engage students in close reading, academic interactions, presentation, and formal writing.
prepare students for success on ELP assessments and in content-area classes.
This year, students qualified as "expanding" and "bridging" on the ELPAC assessment test will use English 3D - Course B Volume 2. We will explore four issues through the year. Each issue includes 10-16 lessons, taking approximately four to seven weeks depending on students' familiarity with the instructional routines. Students learn and practice using new domain-specific and high-utility academic words. Each lesson has specific and targeted academic learning, language and instructional objectives. Students learn and practice using a scaffolded set of increasingly sophisticated academic language functions across each issue.
Students classified as "emerging" on the California's ELPAC test will use Language Launch 2. Each
MISSION: Monte Vista believes that education and academic excellence is a shared responsibility involving students, school staff, family, and community. We offer our students learning opportunities to develop intellectually and physically in order to meet or exceed state standards. Monte Vista provides a safe environment that fosters resilience and promotes ethical and emotional growth, lifelong learning, and citizenship. We provide a comprehensive support system that guides our students to reach their full potential.
MISSION: Monte Vista believes that education and academic excellence is a shared responsibility involving students, school staff, family, and community. We offer our students learning opportunities to develop intellectually and physically in order to meet or exceed state standards. Monte Vista provides a safe environment that fosters resilience and promotes ethical and emotional growth, lifelong learning, and citizenship. We provide a comprehensive support system that guides our students to reach their full potential.
Student Learning Outcomes (SLO's)
Student Learning Outcomes (SLO's)
Students will develop skills in critical thinking and problem solving
Students will learn to communicate effectively utilizing multiple modalities
Students will learn to collaborate effectively
Students will be ethical, respectful, and responsible global citizens
SAFE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT: The San Ramon Valley Unified School District desires to provide a safe school environment that allows all students equal access and opportunities in the district's academic and other educational support programs, services, and activities. The Board prohibits, at any district school or school activity, unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying of any student based on the student's actual race, color, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression; the perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.
SAFE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT: The San Ramon Valley Unified School District desires to provide a safe school environment that allows all students equal access and opportunities in the district's academic and other educational support programs, services, and activities. The Board prohibits, at any district school or school activity, unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying of any student based on the student's actual race, color, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression; the perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.
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