5th Grade Dual Immersion
Contact Mme McKeen:
rkmckeen@graniteschools.org
6034 W. Mill Valley Lane
West Valley City, Utah 84118-9315
Office: 385.646.4858
Fax: 385.646.4859
Diamond Ridge 5th Grade French Immersion
Overview (www.schools.utah.gov/curr/dualimmersion)
Utah's Dual Language Immersion program offers a rich bilingual experience for young learners when their minds are developmentally best able to acquire a second language.
Instruction is divided between two high quality creative classrooms:
Granite School District now uses Proficiency-Based Grading
Click here for a video explaining Proficiency-Based Grading.
What's the premise for Proficiency-Based Grading?
Grades are meant to show what a student knows and is able to do with respect to classroom content that has been taught. They communicate progress toward competence in subject standards and encourage the student and the teacher to act on feedback. Proficiency-Based Grading is designed to meet these objectives more clearly and thoroughly than a typical letter grade.
Multiple Ways to Demonstrate Proficiency
With Proficiency-Based Grading, assessments are tied to specific standards to show a student's progress toward proficiency. These assessments incorporate multiple methods by which students demonstrate their learning rather than serve as a single type of high-stakes test.
Please don't hesitate to contact Mme McKeen with questions, comments, or concerns you have about our program.
You can also get more information from Principal Thayer.
rkmckeen@graniteschools.org
6034 W. Mill Valley Lane
West Valley City, Utah 84118-9315
Office: 385.646.4858
Fax: 385.646.4859
Diamond Ridge 5th Grade French Immersion
Overview (www.schools.utah.gov/curr/dualimmersion)
Utah's Dual Language Immersion program offers a rich bilingual experience for young learners when their minds are developmentally best able to acquire a second language.
Instruction is divided between two high quality creative classrooms:
- One English
- One in the Second Language (Chinese, French, German, Portuguese or Spanish)
- Second Language Skills: Students achieve high proficiency in the immersion language.
- Improved Performance on Standardized Tests: Immersion students perform as well as or better than non-immersion students on standardized tests of English and math administered in English.
- Enhanced Cognitive Skills: Immersion students typically develop greater cognitive flexibility, demonstrating increased attention control, better memory, and superior problem solving skills as well as an enhanced understanding of their primary language.
- Increased Cultural Sensitivity: Immersion students are more aware of and show more positive attitudes towards other cultures and an appreciation of other people.
- Long Term Benefits: Immersion students are better prepared for the global community and job markets where a second language is an asset.
Granite School District now uses Proficiency-Based Grading
Click here for a video explaining Proficiency-Based Grading.
What's the premise for Proficiency-Based Grading?
Grades are meant to show what a student knows and is able to do with respect to classroom content that has been taught. They communicate progress toward competence in subject standards and encourage the student and the teacher to act on feedback. Proficiency-Based Grading is designed to meet these objectives more clearly and thoroughly than a typical letter grade.
Multiple Ways to Demonstrate Proficiency
With Proficiency-Based Grading, assessments are tied to specific standards to show a student's progress toward proficiency. These assessments incorporate multiple methods by which students demonstrate their learning rather than serve as a single type of high-stakes test.
Please don't hesitate to contact Mme McKeen with questions, comments, or concerns you have about our program.
You can also get more information from Principal Thayer.
