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Functional Language Arts 5th (7160)


Grade Range:
 5
 Prerequisites:
 None
 Course duration:
 One semester; may be repeated for credit
Course Description:
 This course provides a full, balanced, and integrated curriculum that is literacy-based, functional, meaningful, and draws on each student’s experience. The instructional program emphasizes reading/wording, reading comprehension, writing, listening and speaking, and the teaching of communication skills in meaningful contexts. Instruction incorporates a balance and variety of content-appropriate teaching methods, adaptive materials, and use of alternate standards that support the student’s needs. A variety of high- and low-tech individual adaptations may be utilized in order for students to access the content area. Generalization of functional language skills across school, home, and community environments is the desired outcome to maximize the student’s independence and participation in all aspects of life.

This course also provides protected time for small group designated English Language Development (dELD) instruction for English learners at all proficiency levels. This small group instruction builds critical language skills into and from the English content and is focused on the CA ELD Standards.

State Course Code(s):
 1000 - Self-Contained Class
Basic Texts and Teaching Guides:
 Benchmark Advance English Language Development, Benchmark Education Company (Integrated ELD)
Benchmark English Language Development, Benchmark Education Company (Designated ELD)
Functional Language Arts materials kits.
Thematic Modules,San Diego City Schools, 2000.