Approximately 8 percent are classified as English Learners. Composed of Early Childhood through Grade 8, it is the seventh largest elementary school district in Illinois, encompassing 33 square miles and educating more than 7,000 students. Woodland School District 50 is located between Milwaukee and Chicago.
We know the program is truly working because we assess EL students regularly, and their academic successes are evident." Terry added, "We see a great deal of enthusiasm among students when they begin to make those all-important connections during reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities. "It also allows teachers to differentiate instruction during guided reading through leveled readers." "The program provides a variety of lessons that allow EL teachers to effectively teach, review, and reinforce skills, concepts, and strategies," she explained. Kim Terry, EL teacher for Woodland School District 50, said EL students in her district are extremely successful with the program because it features built-in English Language Development (ELD) support to enable teachers to meet the needs of students at all reading language acquisition levels, in both English and Spanish. NEW YORK (October 30, 2008) - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, one of the nation's leaders in educational publishing for elementary schools, has achieved great success for English Learners (EL) in Gurnee, Illinois, with a research-based elementary reading and language arts program.
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