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Anonymous wrote:The Enriched Literacy Curriculum will be offered at all schools next year in 4th and 5th grade to students who demonstrate a need for enrichment, except for students enrolled in dual language programs.

This doesn’t really make sense.

The issue with dual language schools is the schedule. Essentially, students spend 2 hours of instructional time learning in each language (recess/lunch and specials consume the rest of the time throughout the day). In the dual language (TWI) schools, math is taught primarily in English in 4th grade. This is one hour of the two hour English time block. That leaves one hour. In this one hour, english teachers are responsible for teaching and assessing reading, writing, and social studies. Additionally, the TWI schools follow a different instructional plan than the other schools (it’s known as the “BUF,” Biliteracy Unit Framework.) There just isn’t time allotted in the TWI daily schedule to add an additional program.

Anonymous wrote:The Enriched Literacy Curriculum will be offered at all schools next year in 4th and 5th grade to students who demonstrate a need for enrichment, except for students enrolled in dual language programs.

This doesn’t really make sense.

*should say now, not NOT

If your kid was placed in a lottery, you'll be fine doing whatver your kid does not or not doing anything more. Relax. Your kid will remain fabulous!

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have examples or resources they know of for ELA enrichment at home?

I see several things for math- mathnasium / Russian math etc? But what are the corresponding options for ELA?

The local public library? Pick out some books together, read and discuss at home. 4th/5th grade is when the kids start getting into more interesting topics, so it's not such a slog to get through the books.

+1. Throw in Word a Day and keep exposing kids to stuff. Great time to do Book and a Movie. Read the book, watch the movie. Compare and contrast and other discussion.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have examples or resources they know of for ELA enrichment at home?

I see several things for math- mathnasium / Russian math etc? But what are the corresponding options for ELA?

The local public library? Pick out some books together, read and discuss at home. 4th/5th grade is when the kids start getting into more interesting topics, so it's not such a slog to get through the books.

Does anyone have examples or resources they know of for ELA enrichment at home?

I see several things for math- mathnasium / Russian math etc? But what are the corresponding options for ELA?

Depending on how much enrichment your kid needs - they may feel underwhelmed or just right with the ELA enrichment. Plan to do more at home. Or take away if kid's needs are fulfilled by ELA enrichment at school.

Anonymous wrote:I’m wondering how many kids met the “central criteria” but did not get a spot at a CES.

Typically there are many more students who are identified than there are lottery spots.

What they need is often not what they receive though, unfortunately, as 22:03 pointed out.

This has been the plan for a while - to offer the "enriched" stuff at the home schools, so students not receiving a spot in a CES will still receive what they need right at their home school.

PP is correct that it depends on the school. ELC can be a great program that allows your child to get enrichment in their home school- or it can just be a name on a paper and no challenge provided. For my child at a focus school, it was wonderful. Half of his day was spent in compacted math (12 kids) and in ELC (15 kids). The kids in the class were so much better behaved and it felt like a nice cohort within the school. It made all the difference!

However, my sister is zoned to a "better" school and her school decided that all students should get ELC and she said it was a waste. Since all levels of students were in the class, there was no real enrichment. Plus, the class size was still large.

Try to find out from people in your neighborhood how they do it. And pray it is not ELC for all like for my niece (that was Farmland).

I’m wondering how many kids met the “central criteria” but did not get a spot at a CES.

The Enriched Literacy Curriculum will be offered at all schools next year in 4th and 5th grade to students who demonstrate a need for enrichment, except for students enrolled in dual language programs.

Our kid was deemed to be eligible for ELA enrichment but did not get a place in the CES lottery.

I guess we are eligible to receive enrichment at our home school. What can we expect and is it a standard additional curriculum or varies for each school?

Any insights appreciated.