by Viviana Andrea PAEZ Rojas | May 9, 2024 | EAL, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
Here’s an important update from the EAL department: This week marks the commencement of the second round of WIDA testing for our students. WIDA is an essential tool that helps us evaluate how our students are progressing in acquiring English language skills. This...
by Magz BRAY | May 2, 2024 | EAL, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), The Grades
As we experience another week of moving to online learning in expectation of extreme weather, Grade 7 start digging deeper into the language and concepts connected to Human Action and Climate Change. We are looking through a Cause and Effect lens and our end goal is...
by Ays LAWSON | May 2, 2024 | EAL, ECC, Grade 1, The Grades
My name is Dorothy (or Ms Dora, as the students call me) and I am an EAL teacher for KG2 and G1 levels at the ABIS school. I would like to express here some ideas about why the EAL program is so important for our school. EAL is provided to help students whose first...
by Ays LAWSON | Apr 25, 2024 | EAL, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
Reading comprehension involves the ability to read a text and understand its meaning. To comprehend what we read, we need two closely linked skills: word reading and comprehension. Word reading refers to recognizing the words on the page or screen (such as in Raz...
by Magz BRAY | Apr 18, 2024 | EAL, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), The Grades
What a week! As I write this, I am conscious of how many members of our community will be feeling the very real effects of this weeks flooding, home and infrastructural damage, electricity loss, water contamination, and poor phone or internet services. It is my...
by Viviana Andrea PAEZ Rojas | Apr 4, 2024 | EAL, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Kindergarten 3 (GS), Kindergarten 3 (ICS)
Did you know that we have a specialized team known as the EAL (English as an Additional Language) department? The primary focus of our EAL department is on fostering academic success and social integration for our students who are learning English as an additional...
