Welcome to GrapeSEED
For over 50 years we at GrapeSEED have been invested in a singular mission: the success of the next generation. We exist to give parents hope for a better life for their children and teachers the tools they need to be successful.
WHETHER IN THE UNITED STATES, ASIA, AFRICA, OR EUROPE, THE SITUATION IS THE SAME: STANDARD ENGLISH IS A TREMENDOUS ADVANTAGE AND AN ACCELERANT TO SUCCESS.
- It empowers children, broadening their horizons.
- It opens doors for their onward studies.
- It builds their confidence in the classroom.
- It creates opportunities for a lifetime of success.
GrapeSEED Learning Outcomes
1. ABILITY TO LISTEN, COMPREHEND, AND RESPOND
GrapeSEED students actively engage in a variety of oral language experiences to gain an increasing level of comprehension and aural skills.
Students are expected to:
- Distringuish and produce certain Standard English sounds, words, and greetings.
- Infer meaning by associating words with actions and pictures.
- Listen for different purposes (functions) such as to get information, solve problems, enjoy, and appreciate.
- Understand information given or questions asked by others.
2. ABILITY TO SPEAK CLEARLY
GrapeSEED students speak to different audiences using developmental vocabulary with increasing fluency and accuracy.
Students are expected to:
- Engage in activities that demonstrate communication and language acquisition skills.
- Initiate conversation by employing newly acquired vocabulary and concepts (notions).
- Choose and adapt spoken language appropriate to the audience, purpose, and occasion.
- Gain increasing accuracy and appropriate word choice when speaking.
3. ABILITY TO READ AND UNDERSTAND
GrapeSEED students demonstrate phonemic awareness and vocabulary development. They learn to comprehend and ask questions about selections read aloud.
Students are expected to:
- Develop vocabulary through meaningful exercises and concrete experiences.
- Develop vocabulary by discussing selections that are read aloud.
- Use knowledge of phonics to decode familiar English words.
- Read and understand almost all English words in their receptive vocabulary.
4. WRITING READINESS
GrapeSEED students develop the foundations of writing.
Students are expected to:
- Learn to air write letters and numbers.
- Write each letter of the alphabet and demonstrate increasing control of penmanship.
- Write sentences dictated by the teacher.
- Revise and edit their own writing to make ideas clearer and more precise.
WHAT MAKES GRAPESEED DIFFERENT?
- Made for Children
- INTERACTIVE
- REPEATED EXPOSURE
- Supports Teachers
- PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
- LESSON ANALYSIS & SUPPORT
- ALIGNMENT
INTERACTIVE
The program focuses on interactive, conversational, and natural language acquisition.
NEXT: REPEATED EXPOSUREREPEATED EXPOSURE
We intentionally apply the scientific research on practice and repetition. Repetition gives children a sense of familiarity and confidence. We have all seen students ask for a story or song over and over again!
NEXT: PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
Extensive professional education, mentoring, and onsite support services to teachers and principals is all included. At GrapeSEED, we strive to make sure teachers and students feel confident with our curriculum and experience the joy of learning with GrapeSEED!
NEXT: LESSON ANALYSIS & SUPPORT
LESSON ANALYSIS & SUPPORT
Online video modules provide specific training on nuanced instructional components of the GrapeSEED curriculum. For example:
- Progression of Learning increases student success by showing teachers how to bring deeper, richer learning experiences into the classroom.
- ReadWrite maximizes the impact of the Reading and Writing components on student learning by giving teachers insights on the design roadmap and new teaching tools.
ALIGNMENT
It is aligned with the learning sciences-Vertical Phonics, Functional-Notional Learning, Nueroscience of Language Learning, Social-Emotional Development.
GRAPESEED CURRICULUM
Core Components
At GrapeSEED, we know a variety of teaching tools are needed to assist children when learning a language. Every curriculum component has a purpose, and together, they make a rich language learning opportunity.
Learn how each curriculum component intentionally aids in the teaching of each GrapeSEED student.
ACTION ACTIVITIES
Kids love to move! These action-packed activities are written to teach vital instructions, classroom commands, and action verbs.
SONGS
Behold the power of music, as these fun and engaging short songs with illustrations are used to teach vocabulary, language functions, and pronunciation. Combined with pictures and natural gestures, songs increase understanding of new language concepts.
BIG BOOKS
Shared reading teaches phoneme and phonogram awareness. Big books foster awareness of phonics principles, proper pronunciation, and natural expression, while also teaching high frequency words.
CHANTS
Chants enable children to learn both what to say (the right words) and how to say it (the right voice inflection). They provide a fun, natural context for learning most language functions. Chants focus on asking and answering questions.
STORIES
Daily repetition with comprehension over an extended period of time is a key part of the language acquisition process - stories give this opportunity. Stories expand students’ English vocabulary and language functions with different types of sentence structures.
VOCABULARY PICTURE CARDS
Bring words to life with over 1,200 cards. Students connect cartoon illustrations with vocabulary words, making it easy and fun to learn nouns, verbs and opposites. Teachers can a;sp make quick assessments of student progress on pronunciation and intonation.
PHONOGRAM CARDS
Students learn the sounds of the English language and how they come together to make words - the foundation for reading. Air writing helps students learn the stroke order, name, and sound of each letter.
STORY DICTIONARIES
Reading stories engages students in discussion, which builds their ability to communicate and improves confidence. Each Unit includes a story dictionary which reinforces the vocabulary words and language functions learned in the previous Unit.
SHARED READING POEMS
Shared reading teaches phoneme and phonogram awareness. Poems teach the students to recognize a specific sound at the beginning, middle and end of words.
REPEATED EXPOSURE AND PRACTICE (REP)
REP increases fluency by extending the student’s language exposure beyond the classroom with specifically designed books, CDs, DVDs, and Student App that provide fun and exciting “edutainment.”
READERS
Basic, Intermediate and Adventure Readers give opportunity for students to practice decoding, word attack, vocabulary, phonics, fluency and expression skills.
WRITERS
The structured progression of Writers across the units teach students how to write words and sentences while reinforcing what they learn about proper use of the English language.
