
1. WIDA ELL Program
1.1. Standards
1.1.1. Social and Instructional language
1.1.2. The language of Language Arts
1.1.3. The language of Mathematics
1.1.4. The language of Science
1.1.5. The language of Social Studies.
1.2. Teaching Strategies
1.2.1. Use clear instruction use essential academic language
1.2.2. Introduce new concepts through familiar resources, prompts, visuals, or themes (New Teachers Center 2005)
1.2.3. Model the actions you want your students to use
2. Dual Language Program
2.1. Standards
2.1.1. Assessment and accountability
2.1.2. Curriculum
2.1.3. Instruction
2.1.4. Program Structure
2.2. Teaching Strategies
2.2.1. Equal opportunity to use both languages
2.2.2. Most, if not all, items in classroom should be labeled in both languages. All papers should be in both languages as well
2.2.3. Visuals should be used a much as possible to allow learning of both languages to exist.