All About ELD
This class helps students improve reading, writing, speaking, and listening in English.
What is ELD?
Students should come to class with this device fully charged.
What is a Chromebook?
During the first quarter, work submitted 1–4 days late receives this penalty.
What is 5%?
Students should do this when they do not understand directions or an assignment.
What is ask for help or clarification?
During instructional time, personal electronic devices must be silenced and kept in this condition.
What is put away?
Students practice using this type of language for school, discussions, and assignments.
What is academic language?
A student with a dead Chromebook must complete the assignment using one of these non-digital options.
What are paper or physical books?
During the first quarter, work submitted 5–7 days late receives this penalty.
What is 10%?
Making a mistake while speaking English is a reason to do this rather than stop participating.
What is keep trying?
These are two times during the school day when students may use their phones in permitted areas.
What are break and lunch?
Students use these words around an unfamiliar word to help figure out its meaning.
What are context clues?
A student who needs to charge a Chromebook during class receives this after-school consequence.
What is a 10-minute detention?
During the first quarter, work submitted 8–10 days late receives this penalty.
What is 20%?
Students practice doing this with classmates to build their speaking and listening skills.
What is participating in academic conversations?
These are two school locations where phone use is not permitted.
What are bathrooms and locker rooms?
Students practice finding these three things when reading a text.
What are main ideas, details, and evidence?
Needing to charge in class three or more times results in this.
What is a phone call home?
During the first quarter, students have this many weeks from the original due date to submit late work.
What are three weeks?
Students practice this skill when they explain information to the class.
What is giving a presentation?
Students need this before taking a photo or recording another person at school.
What is explicit permission?
The English skills practiced in ELD help students make progress toward this goal of becoming officially proficient in English.
What is reclassification?
After the phone call home, this happens to the student's charging count, although Ms. Chang keeps the previous records.
What is the count resets to zero?
Beginning in the second quarter, the late-work window changes to this amount of time.
What are two weeks?
Trying new words, speaking even when you are unsure, and learning from mistakes are examples of doing this with English.
What is taking risks?
The school does not take this responsibility if a student's personal device is lost, stolen, or damaged.
What is responsibility for the device?