ELA

American  

abbreviation

1. 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.

2. experiential learning activity: a student-centered activity that is designed to foster knowledge acquisition through hands-on activity and reflective observation.

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Example Sentences

“It had ELA for East Los Angeles either across the stomach or the chest.”

From Los Angeles Times

"In granting ELA+, we are going to the limits of what is feasible for the SNB, because with this loan preferential rights in bankruptcy proceedings are the sole security."

From Reuters

But that night—in addition to the math, science, social studies, and ELA assignments he’d already nailed—he was going to do some research.

From Literature

However, this chapter will introduce the National Core Arts Standards for Music, while the Common Core standards in ELA and Math can be used when creating integrated lesson plans as introduced in later chapters.

From Literature

Even though in ELA, for our personal memoir project, Mr. Finkelman assigned Dante as my critique partner, which meant he had to read my first two paragraphs.

From Literature