WIDA STANDARDS-BASED CURRICULUM

Close Alignment with the Latest WIDA Standards

Is your school or district in a state that follows WIDA standards? Then you’ll be glad to hear that the Language Tree Online ELD programs are closely aligned with WIDA ELP standards. We address the four "Big Ideas" as outlined in WIDA 2020:

  • Equity of Opportunity and Access through culturally relevant pedagogy, scaffolded grade-appropriate content, and opportunities for collaborative listening, speaking, and writing.  
  • Integration of Content and Language with language lessons that integrate academic content across sciences, math, and social studies.
  • Collaboration of Stakeholders by inviting teachers, administrators, and parents into the program and giving visibility to where each student may be struggling.
  • Functional Approach to Language Development by teaching how language is used for specific purposes, audiences, and situations.
WIDA Standards and Language Tree Online

Grade and Level-Appropriate ESOL Curriculum

It's important to use instructional resources that are developmentally appropriate for students. Our ESOL curriculum focuses specifically on the needs of multilingual learners in grades 6-12. It features realistic peer-to-peer interactions and topics relevant to teenage learners.

We offer two programs that cover language development expectations across proficiency levels.

  • ELD 1 is designed for Newcomers and Beginner-level English learners with 0-24 months of ESOL study (see WIDA Prime V2 Correlation)
  • ELD 2 is suitable for Intermediate learners (2+ years of study) and LTELs struggling to achieve re-designation. The ELD 2 program can also be used as a resource to support your Developmental Language Arts and Reading (DLA-R) curriculum.

WIDA proficiency levels of programsThe new WIDA 2020 proficiency levels reflect the idea that language development is not linear. Students will have strengths and weaknesses in different proficiency areas. Our comprehensive combined ELD 1 and ELD 2  program allows educators to assign a broad selection of relevant lessons to students for truly individualized instruction.

Read how our program lessons support specific WIDA language standards.  

 

 

What is New in WIDA 2020

Learn more about important updates to the WIDA framework. Watch this video featuring Mia Ariela Allen, founder of EduLiber and 4Ed Consulting. As a former WIDA correlation consultant, Mia will share her insights on:

  • The five WIDA Standard Statements
  • How does WIDA 2020 differ from the previous version - what’s new and what has stayed the same
  • How do these changes impact instructional design and how do we support our students’ content and language development

 

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