Rosalind Nelson wrote:
>Regarding students who come in not speaking English, my understanding
>(which may be out of date) is that they start at English as a second
>language school, where they focus on learning English but also learn
>general subject matter.
>
WM: This year Richard Green Central School has received a healthy grant
to pilot a program for Spanish speaking K-1 kids. They will do the first
year in Spanish, learning to read in Spanish and do whatever else K-1
kids do also in Spanish. Next year they will begin the switch to
English, so that by 3rd grade they'll be English imersed, as I
understand it.
According to the Principal of Richard Green, research shows that kids do
better sooner when started out in this way and the switch to English is
smoother and faster. It makes sense to me.
WizardMarks, Central
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