CLAVES Instructional Principles

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Metalinguistic Awareness

Students reflect on how they analyze semantics, syntax, and morphology during reading.

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Dialogic Reasoning

Students' inquiry and discussion is central to their learning. They comprehend texts and develop arguments collaboratively.

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Multimodal Texts

Students read, write, and speak across a breadth of texts, including: news articles, videos, picture books, games, role-plays, and more.

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Multilingualism

Students use their full linguistic repertoires to make meaning, share thinking, compare languages, and offer new insights into the unit content.