7 Steps to Building a Language-Rich Environment  

1. Emergent Bilingual Survival Phrases

 2.  Time It Takes for English Fluency for an Emergent Bilingual

3. English Language Acquistion Time

4. Stages of Newcomers to our School 

5. Welcoming a NEWCOMER

What are the ELPS? - Federal and state required instructional standards designed to

ensure that EBs are taught academic English they need for school purposes.

* ELPS POSTER

* ELPS Kid Friendly Poster

* ELPS Training - How to Integrate the ELPS Into the Classroom

* ELPS KID Friendly for Posting on Board

What is TELPAS? - TELPAS is an assessment program for students in Texas public

schools who are learning the English language. The letters in TELPAS stand for the

Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System. The Texas Education

Agency developed TELPAS to meet state and federal requirements. Texas annually

assesses the English language proficiency of students who have been identified as

English learners (EBs) in four language domains—listening, speaking, reading, and

writing. TELPAS evaluates the progress that each EB makes in becoming proficient

in the use of academic English.  Link to Parent Brochure