Students excel in diverse and inclusive settings

Imagine Learning EL Education recognizes that students learn from one another—and learn to respect one another—when they learn together in the same classroom. At the same time, students sometimes have needs that require various types of differentiation. The program provides support and resources for differentiation, where needed, within all curriculum components.

Teachers can provide for students with disabilities and students needing academic extensions. And to engage all students, module lessons heavily emphasize differentiation; tools and scaffolding that support all learners; and flexibility in how information is presented, how students respond, and how students are engaged (based on Universal Design for Learning).

Module lessons provide tools and scaffolding to support and engage all learners. In addition, the lessons give flexibility in how information is presented, how students may respond, and how students are engaged (based on the Universal Design for Learning framework). Language minority students and ELLs bring diverse experiences and wisdom to the classroom. ELLs are presumed to be fully participating members of a diverse and heterogeneous classroom structure in the curriculum. The curriculum honors the fact that ELLs need targeted instruction within each lesson and additional supports to be successful. Specific scaffolds have been integrated into each module lesson so that the classroom teacher can provide myriad support for students, particularly those classified as long-term ELLs. These resources take a variety of forms. Two specific areas of emphasis are the Language Dive (conversations that teach students to unpack the structure and meaning of complex sentences) and Conversation Cues.

Watch the video below to learn more about what Language Dives look like in a middle school classroom.

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