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WE CALL IT... The GrapeSEED Way

There is an optimal way of acquiring language. Using current research, GrapeSEED has developed a curriculum that is specific to how children learn naturally. Its design and development are complex, but its execution is simple and straightforward.

The Natural Way to Learn

GrapeSEED enables students to acquire English oral language naturally as they develop basic reading fluency, writing awareness/readiness, and writing skills.

Students acquire English faster:

GrapeSEED’s practical focus on how language is used (functions) and the ideas language communicates (notions) emulates the way children learned their first language.

Students speak clearly and naturally:

GrapeSEED’s immersive, innovative teaching methods focus on natural communication by targeting pronunciation, vocabulary and fluency.

Students stay fully engaged:

Learning comes naturally via a fun, interactive auditory and visual curriculum that features high quality art, animation, and technology.

GrapeSEED provides everything you need to be successful:

GrapeSEED supports the teaching process with clear, comprehensive teacher materials, full professional training, and in-depth teacher support.

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GrapeSEED Components

Complete Curriculum Including Classroom and Family Support

We know that a variety of teaching tools are needed to assist children when acquiring English.
Every curriculum component has a unique purpose, and together, they engage children
in a rich language learning experience.

Action Activities

Action Activities teach specific actions with a physical response—the principle behind Total Physical Response (TPR). By requiring this response, Action Activities help students to begin thinking in English, and they can respond physically to English before their verbal abilities have developed.

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Songs

Songs are a fun and effective way to teach vocabulary and expressions. All Songs are designed to introduce vocabulary and language functions within the learning objectives. When combined with pictures and gestures, students’ understanding of the new concepts will increase when they hear similar phrases repeated in other contexts.

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Shared Reading: Poems & Big Books

Shared Reading teaches phonics principles, such as phoneme and phonogram awareness, and the concepts of print. Poems introduce a new letter and teach students to recognize a sound at the beginning, middle, and end of words. Big Books teach proper pronunciation, natural expression, high frequency words, and basic vocabulary.

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Chants

Chants contain most of the critical expressions necessary for communicating in English and provide a natural context for learning most language functions. Chants are designed to be learned in the same style as a regular conversation, helping students from speaking in an awkward monotone.

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Stories & Story Dictionaries

Stories provide an opportunity for daily repetition and expand students’ vocabulary and language functions with various sentence structures. Each Unit comes with a Story Dictionary, which reviews words and language functions from the previous Unit. Reading Stories facilitates discussions and allows for comprehension questions that build students’ confidence and communicative ability.

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Vocabulary Picture Cards

Vocabulary Picture Cards are important for teaching new vocabulary words and make it easy to learn the meaning of nouns, adjectives, and opposites. They also allow for quick assessment of student progress on proper pronunciation and natural intonation.

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Phonogram Cards

Learning phonograms and understanding how they come together to make words lays the foundation for future reading skills. Phonogram Cards allow students to focus on specific English sounds. Students will air write and learn the stroke order, name, and sound of each letter of the alphabet.

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Repeated Exposure And Practice (REP)

Repeated Exposure and Practice (REP) materials extend the students' practice and learning beyond the teacher-led lesson with content designed specifically to bring the language to life. REP provides an important balance between audio and visual support, interactivity, and the additional practice children need to increase oral fluency.

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Readers

Readers are short stories that let students use their phonics skills, including assembly and decoding, to read independently and with comprehension. Teacher-led questions encourage discussion and use of language expressions found in each story.

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Writers

Writers are used to teach students how to write simple, phonetically-decodable words by assembling two or more phonograms. By saying the words as they write them, students also learn to instantly recognize the words, helping them become more fluent readers and writers.

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Family Support

GrapeSEED learning extends beyond the classroom. Learning outcomes are dramatically improved when time spent immersed in the language increases and when families are involved.

STUDENT APP

The GrapeSEED Student App is an easy-to-use and age-appropriate tool for students to engage in Repeated Exposure and Practice (REP), listen and play all songs, stories, and other GrapeSEED materials in the classroom or on their own time. They can pause, play, rewind and replay playlists, songs, and videos. The Student App puts practicing into the hands of students.

PARENT PORTAL

The GrapeSEED Parent Portal provides families with helpful resources, such as unit by unit newsletters. It allows families to monitor their child’s usage in the Student App. Families may also view which materials their child has practiced and the vocabulary that they are acquiring.