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Kaleidoscope Corner
Before- and after-school care sponsored by Denver’s community school
Kindergarten Enrichment
Enrichment activities and child care for the half-day which
kindergarten students are not in class
KIP - Kindergarten Intervention Program
Kindergarten program offering early academic nurturing
KIPP – Knowledge is Power Program
A charter school company known for its rigorous programs and success
is high-poverty areas
Knowledge Bowl
Competitive activity that challenges students to use logic and
reasoning skills
Language Arts
Integrated study of reading, writing, and related verbal skills
La Prueba
Assessment tool measuring the academic literacy progress of students
who speak limited English
LD - Learning Disabilities
(Also called IPCD, PC, PCD, and SLLD) Serves students with a
discrepancy between estimated intellectual potential and actual level of
performance because of problems processing information
Learning Center
Services provided to special education students outside the regular
classroom for portion of the school day
Learning Literacy program
See The Learning Network
Learning Network, The
Staff development process designed to assist teachers in assessing,
evaluating, and planning for effective instruction
Learning Pods
A cluster of several classrooms that share washrooms and teacher work
areas
LEP - Limited English Proficiency
Program to help students from non-English-speaking homes learn
English as quickly as possible.
Level Tests
District-wide curriculum tests which measure student achievement and
academic growth on portions of the district’s curriculum
Library Power
Grant funds from Reader’s Digest and PEBC, which coordinates grant;
media specialist is trained to teach children how to access materials so
school library can be open all day for student research; grant funds
include additional library materials
Lightspan
Homework accomplished on a Sony playstation which is loaned by the
school; school districts are awarded this technology grant by Microsoft
Corp.
Lindamood-Bell Learning Process
A visualizing, verbalizing, and phonics-based program which requires
specific steps and teacher-student interaction as a means to develop
language comprehension and expression
Link Program, also Link Crew
High school freshmen and new students establish mentorships with
older students trained to ease the transition from middle school and
foster a positive start to the school year
LIT - Learners In Training
Reading intervention program; includes shared, guided, and
independent instruction; also called Read to Succeed
Literacy League
Multi-cultural reading and writing process
Literature Based
Teaching reading through using works of literature rather than using
basal readers
LMC - Library Media Center
Formerly called the school library; also called IMC
Looping
Students and teachers stay together for two or more years
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