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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That’s good to know full immersion students can be in CM. [b]I believe starting in 4th grade they start teaching in English as well?[/b]

My child is top 1 percentile (MAP) in ELA and math while being in full immersion, so I’m not sure I would agree immersion students are behind in either subject. We really dislike Beast Academy, but everyone’s different. [/quote]

No, not at SCES. [/quote]

They start having a bit of English in 4th at SCES, but not math in English [/quote]

One instruction block per week in English to begin covering gaps and differences in reading/language, starting in the second half of 4th.  A full daily English language block in 5th to go with the usual French-instructed blocks for math, science, social studies and language.  Specials (Art/Music/PE, etc.) throughout K-5 are taught in English.

That's SCES/French.  Other programs may differ.  Not sure how they do things at RCF (full Spanish) or Maryvale (also French).  Mandarin immersion is partial -- math & science, with language & social studies in English, though I'm guessing other Mandarin mixed in somehow.  Two-way immersion (some days/weeks in Spanish, some in English) is significantly different.

Each can presents one or other challenge with the handling of accelerated math at the school.  Hopefully none insurmountable, but there have been examples over the past few years.  At SCES, the immersion class sizes are a bit bigger than the non-immersion ones.  Numbers worked out to have in-person Math 5/6 for immersion, but paired-school virtual Math 5/6 for non-immersion.  They didn't combine them because of the expected delivery in French for the immersion students.[/quote]

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