BPS Middle School Course Catalog 2025-2026 - Flipbook - Page 23
Language Arts for Emerging Bilinguals (LAEB) Tutorial (all year course)
Language Arts for Emerging Bilinguals (LAEB) Tutorial is an elective offered to English language
learners in ESL A, B, or C. In this class, students receive help with their content area classes such
as science, social studies, math, and language arts. The staff works in conjunction with the
mainstream teachers to provide additional support. Tutorial may also be used for more
instruction in the English language or in American
Support Classes
We offer a variety of courses to support student’s learning needs. Many are by
recommendation/selection only. Please contact your child's counselor for more information.
AARI (semester)
AARI is a semester-long, intensive intervention that accelerates reading comprehension and
critical thinking in informational text. AARI emphasizes small group instruction that meets
students where they are and accelerates their reading through instruction built around
community, text-based inferencing and critical thinking, question/answer relationships,
questioning the author and text structure. There is no additional homework in this class. This
course is taught by a trained AARI instructor.
Directed Studies 6, 7, 8 (10 weeks or semester or every other day all year)
Directed Studies is a course that is designed to provide students with additional support in their
core classes that will focus on individualized skill interventions, organization, study skills, learning
strategies, assignment completion, time management, and various other social emotional skills
that will promote student achievement. The intention is to give students the skills/tools necessary
to achieve and maintain passing grades at an independent level.
*Note — Directed Studies 6 students meet every other day for the whole school year. Directed
Studies 7 and 8 students meet every day for one quarter, or one semester of the school year.The
goal is to give students the skills/tools necessary to achieve and maintain passing grades at an
independent level, so they can go into an available elective at the end of Q1, 2, or 3. The class is
intended to be exited after one semester, or two at most.)
Literacy (semester or every other day all year)
Literacy is a small group reading intervention that allows students to strengthen their vocabulary,
practice fluency, and focus on using comprehension strategies (inferring, making connections,
questioning, visualizing, etc.) within texts. Literacy allows students to learn and practice reading
strategies through teacher modeling, cooperative learning, and independent practice. In this
strategy-based course, students will benefit from this additional practice by using reading
strategies for comprehension, decoding, and fluency when reading fiction and non-fiction texts.
Students also have an opportunity to strengthen their writing skills through writer’s workshop
sessions. Students who qualify for this course typically fall below grade level in reading and
would benefit from additional reading instruction. There is no additional homework in this class. A
certified Reading Specialist, who is a member of the district reading department, will instruct this
course.
