ELA
Americanabbreviation
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English Language Arts: a core course of instruction in an elementary or secondary school where students develop listening, speaking, reading, composition, grammar, and spelling skills in English.
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experiential learning activity: a student-centered activity that is designed to foster knowledge acquisition through hands-on activity and reflective observation.
Example Sentences
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“It had ELA for East Los Angeles either across the stomach or the chest.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2024
A Rotorway 162F helicopter and an ELA Eclipse 10 gyrocopter collided shortly after noon local time at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, authorities said.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2023
More than 21% of students exceeded ELA standards and nearly 28% met standards while about 23% almost met standards and 28% did not meet standards.
From Fox News • Jan. 8, 2022
This past year, though, the current fifth grade teachers decided that one teacher would teach all of ELA and social studies, and the other teacher would teach all of math and science.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2019
So that whole morning, while I basically sleepwalked though science, math, ELA, and Spanish, I couldn’t stop replaying the scene in the band room.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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