Materials and Curriculum in Secondary Immersion |
Successes |
Challenges |
Resources |
Interns * |
Readability of text? |
Authentic materials |
Amity aides * |
Authentic literature/state standards |
Secondary? |
Technology * |
Linguistic and developmental (maturity) level |
|
Focus Instruction * |
Leveled assessments |
|
Materials in Spanish * |
Proficiency standards for immersion – language and content
|
|
Music
Northern Lights (6th Grade social studies) exists in Spanish and French, need History Center to release rights
ENIL – Spanish independent reading level tools (American Reading Co.) |
- Leveled texts for content areas
-Synchronizing materials when many people create their own
|
|
|
* Students don’t have vocabulary to access text @ their maturity level – matching grade level text with immersion level
|
|
|
*culturally appropriate materials may not be appropriate for US use |
|