English Language Development

Page Chapter at a Glance 393 Overview of the Span 394 An Integrated and Interdisciplinary Approach 395 Key Themes of ELA/Literac ...

Page Chapter at a Glance (cont.) 435 Presenting 436 Using Language Conventions 438 Content Knowledge 439 Foundational Skills 439 ...

Overview of the Span I n the transitional kindergarten through grade-three years of schooling, students develop the skills, know ...

It is important to note that, even as children are learning English as an additional language, California values the primary lan ...

perspectives. They write to express their understandings of new concepts under exploration and also to refine and consolidate th ...

Content Knowledge, and Foundational Skills. Impacting each of these for ELs is learning English as an additional language, and i ...

Provide a positive learning environment that promotes students’ autonomy in learning. Allow students some choice of complementa ...

Meaning Making As discussed in chapter 2 of this framework, meaning making is central in each of the strands of the CA CCSS for ...

informational texts independently and to share their understandings, insights, and responses with others. (See chapter 2 of this ...

The CA CCSS for ELA/Literacy and the CA ELD Standards call for all students to become critical readers, listeners, and viewers. ...

Figure 5.3. Associated Ranges from Multiple Measures for the Grades Four and Five Text Complexity Band ATOS (Renaissance Learnin ...

the text. They read closely not for the sake of close reading, but for the sake of deeply understanding a topic or narrative of ...

The CA ELD Standards amplify this emphasis on language, particularly on the development of academic English and language awarene ...

in informative/explanatory texts, and to link opinions and reasons in arguments (W.4–5, Standards 1–3). However, students also d ...

English Learners’ Development of Academic English. The CA ELD Standards center on building ELs’ proficiency in the range of rigo ...

the continuum toward achievement of the College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards to which the CCSS correspond. They also pr ...

Logically grouping ideas in written work to effectively convey opinions and information (W.4–5, Standards 1–2) Formatting (such ...

Figure 5.6. Components of the Writing Process Components of the writing process include... Planning, which involves developing ...

with students and as they view and discuss with students their in-process and completed work. Formative assessment informs instr ...

Discussing Students not only learn to express themselves effectively through writing, they learn to exchange ideas and informati ...