Overview of the Program Standards-based The 4th edition of Carousel addresses a wide range of state and district English language proficiency (ELP) standards. It also places a much greater emphasis on reading, writing, and assessment, as well as on academic language and cognitive tasks. The new edition of Carousel of IDEAS provides you with all the tools you need, and then allows you to customize the lessons based on student abilities, state and district standards, and time constraints. At the same time, the program remains very user-friendly for both novice and master teachers. The learning objectives for each lesson are clearly labeled, and the program includes assessment forms that enable you to easily track student progress and ensure that students are meeting state and district standards. Organized by Language Level Carousel of IDEAS is organized into two sets. The eight units in the Carousel program are organized by language level rather than by grade level. Each chapter is centered around a topic, such as transportation. The chart below provides an overview of the organization of the program: Set Unit Language Level Chapter Topics Set 1 Unit 1 Beginning people, school, numbers 1-10, colors, body parts   Unit 2 Beginning people, school, numbers 11-20, pets, food, shapes, body parts   Unit 3 Early Intermediate occupations, clothing and accessories, numbers 21-100, farm animals, food, meals, alphabet   Unit 4 Early Intermediate occupations, clothing and accessories, ordinal numbers, zoo animals, food, body parts Set 2 Unit 5 Intermediate transportation, days of the week, toys, wild animals, household items, shapes   Unit 6 Intermediate transportation, months of the year, toys, parts of the house, household items, tools   Unit 7 Early Advanced money; time; numbers 101-1,000; marine animals; neighborhood   Unit 8 Advanced occupations; holidays, festivals, and seasons; time; wild animals      Copyright ©2006 Ballard & Tighe, Publishers, a division of Educational IDEAS, Inc.