Elementary Academics at Bethlehem Central
Bethlehem Central believes that children are individuals and progress through structured curriculum sequences at different rates. To help students build a solid foundation for learning, the faculty at Bethlehem will use differentiation of instruction and continuous progress. Differentiation refers to the process of placing a child with small groups of children who have similar strengths and/or weaknesses in a particular subject area. It could also mean that the teacher is working with a child in a one-to-one relationship. Continuous programs, on the other hand, refers to the child’s placement in a curriculum sequence. In other words, it could mean that a third-grade child is working in a fourth-grade math sequence or perhaps a second-grade math sequence. Even though we use the term “grade” to indicate age-level placement, instructional levels may vary because children learn at different rates.