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Seesaw ELD

Exclusive Supplemental K-5 English Language Development Program for Seesaw Instruction & Insights

Rapid language acquisition with engaging, powerful lessons that allow multilingual learners to excel in academic content with confidence

Seesaw ELD provides multilingual students engaging, scaffolded lessons to practice reading, writing, listening, and speaking English in the context of 480+ ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies lessons.

  • Grade-level appropriate lessons can be flexibly implemented in a variety of ELD models
  • Aligned with WIDA and ELD state standards and frameworks, and developed with language & content experts
  • Students develop an understanding of content and language concurrently, with academic content as a context for language learning
proven strategies for teachers

A Safe Space to Practice

Students learn, practice, and build confidence in a safe space that honors students’ strengths and experiences. 

Speaking

Students use audio recording, video, and screen recording tools to practice without the pressure of performing in front of others.

Listening & Watching

Audio inputs and modeling make grade-level content, complex ideas, and new vocabulary accessible, which drives language acquisition.

Self-Assessing & Reflecting

Students can listen to their recording and progress – a powerful learning experience that builds ownership, motivation, and confidence.

Each subject has 10 base lessons that cover the content area standard, with 3 levels of language acquisition for each lesson.

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Entering and Beginning

Entering & Beginning

Students have simple sentences to work within, real-world modeling, and ample practice opportunities.

Developing & Expanding

Students expand sentences in oral interaction and written paragraphs, experiment with more specific and technical language, and continue to have opportunities for guided practice.

Developing & Expanding
Bridging & Reaching

Bridging & Reaching

Students incorporate specialized or technical language in content areas. They use a variety of sentences and sentence lengths. Oral or written language is comparable to English-proficient peers.

Math tools

Math

Students build math fluency and confidence through engaging activities that provide opportunities to explain their understanding of foundational concepts, including numbers, counting, fractions, algebraic thinking, data, and more.

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Science

Exploring phenomena across topics in Physical Science, Life Science, Earth and Space Science, and Engineering, students investigate scientific questions, make observations, and construct scientific arguments using evidence.

Books

ELA

Students engage with narrative and informational texts to practice and apply reading comprehension skills, such as asking and answering questions, making inferences, and comparing and contrasting.

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Social Studies

Through inquiry-based activities, students explore culturally relevant topics in economics, geography, government, and history to make connections to real-world experiences and issues.

Instructional Resources

  • Lesson plans
  • Teachers’ guides with week-by-week recommendations
  • Resource guide to align with your content area(s) and ELD model
  • Printables for your classroom

Expert Collaborators

Dr. Kia McDaniel

Dr. Kia McDaniel

Director of Curriculum & Instruction

Dr. Ebony Terrell Shockley

Dr. Ebony Terell Shockley

Higher Ed Admin & STEM/ESOL Educator

Dr. Adria Klein

Dr. Adria Klein

Comprehensive Literacy Center Director & Trainer

Dr. Tahira DuPree Chase

Superintendent of Schools

Leveraging new premium instruction and assessment tools

Leveraging new premium instruction and assessment tools

Reading fluency assessment

Reading fluency assessment

Helps teachers capture progress and provide feedback for students

Read with me

Read-with-me

Help Multilingual Learners make the connection between spoken and written word

Flexcards

Flexcards

Expose Multilingual Learners to new vocabulary in a variety of ways

Focus Mode

Focus Mode

Limit the number of tools on the canvas to guide learners

Experience the Seesaw difference

Teachers

  • Communicate with families in 100+ languages
  • Collaborate with up to co-teachers and support staff to ensure all educators are in the loop
  • Create student groups for easy differentiation
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Students

  • Access multiple ways to model, practice, reflect on, and use new language skills
  • Hear themselves, reflect, and improve their English speaking skills
  • Capture progress year-over-year with student led digital portfolios

Administrators

  • Monitor the progress of their ELD program
  • Make data-driven decisions with school and district-level dashboards

Funding Guide

This guide helps educational leaders & decision-makers get the most from federal funding and demonstrates how Seesaw supports ESSA requirements.

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