What is a sheltered English classroom?
In 4th and 5th grade Sheltered English classrooms many proven strategies are used to teach the district-adopted curricula. English is the language of instruction in a Sheltered English Classroom. Students who qualify for additional assistance in their native language may continue to receive instruction in their first language and intensive English language instruction. (please see graph) What is Two-Way Language Enrichment? The Two-Way Language Enrichment Program is a language-oriented program designed to build fluency in both Spanish and English. Native Spanish and English speaking children have an opportunity to develop their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in both languages. Spanish and English instruction is always kept separate, allowing for maximizing concentration of both languages. Heterogeneous groupings during the Spanish and English portions of the day provide students with opportunities to assist and learn from one another, allowing second language acquisiti
