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The Enriched Literacy Curriculum provides advanced, rigorous instruction to fourth and fifth grade students in their local school. Select elementary schools implement the Enriched Literacy Curriculum within the English Language Arts instructional block, while addressing grade-level standards and making explicit connections across content areas. The curriculum provides instructional opportunities with complex literary and informational texts, writing instruction based on developing the writer through writing process and writing workshop, and establishes an instructional atmosphere that promotes critical and creative thinking. The curriculum uses best practices in gifted education research and incorporates components of supplemental programs including: Jacob’s Ladder Reading Comprehension Program, Junior Great Books, William and Mary Language Arts Units, and Lucy Calkins Unit of Study in Writing.
ELC Parent's Guide to Year Long Learning
The Parent’s Guide to Year-Long Enriched Literacy Curriculum Learning describe the skills and concepts for each marking period.
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
ELC Sites - The schools below offer the Enriched Literacy Curriculum to selected students.
Beverly Farms
Bradley Hills
Burtonsville*
Cannon Road
Carterock Springs*
Cashell
Cedar Grove
Clarksburg*
Clopper Mill*
Cresthaven
Capt. James E. Daly*
Diamond
East Silver Spring
Farmland
Fallsmead*
Fields Road
Flower Hill
Galway
Garrett Park
Glenallan*
Great Seneca Creek
Greencastle
Greenwood
Harmony Hills
Jackson Road
Jones Lane
JoAnn Leleck
Kensington-Parkwood*
Lakewood*
Little Bennett*
Luxmanor*
Thurgood Marshall
S. Christa McAuliffe
Ronald McNair
Poolesville
Ritchie Park*
Rosemont
Sherwood
Sargent Shriver
Flora Singer
Snowden Farm
Somerset
South Lake*
Strathmore
Summit Hall*
Waters Landing*
Wayside*
Weller Road
Westbrook*
Whetstone
Wilson Wims
Woodlin
Wyngate