English Language Development

makes it possible for educators to know who their EL students are, determine how well students are progressing linguistically an ...

Whether EL students are enrolled in alternative bilingual or mainstream English programs, all California educators have the dual ...

Biliterate Students In California, biliteracy is valued, and the primary languages that ELs bring to school are considered impor ...

users (Strong and Prinz 1997). Children who are born to hearing parents may start learning ASL at a later age. Many students who ...

Students Living in Poverty More than one in five of California’s children and adolescents live in poverty (U.S. Census Bureau 20 ...

Figure 9.4. Poverty and Classroom Engagement: Issues and Classroom Actions Issue Action Health and Nutrition Students living in ...

Migrant Students Migrant students represent a significant number of California’s children and adolescents. In 2014, California w ...

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Students All California’s children and adolescents have the fundamental right to be resp ...

Advanced Learners Advanced learners, for purposes of this framework, are students who demonstrate or are capable of demonstratin ...

and critical-thinking opportunities, and other approaches designed to add depth and complexity to the curriculum. Significantly, ...

Snapshot 9.1. Advanced Learners Collaborate to Interpret Literary Text in Grade Six Mrs. Bee’s grade-six class has been reading ...

Snapshot 9.1. Advanced Learners Collaborate to Interpret Literary Text in Grade Six (cont.) Use Media (research skills – resour ...

Figure 9.6. CCSSO Statement About the Application of the CCSS to Students with Disabilities Application to Students with Disabil ...

Students who receive special education and related services in the public school system must have an Individualized Education Pr ...

and the two (or more) collaborate to provide the student with optimal instruction. At times, general educators and education spe ...

Figure 9.7. Types of Accommodations for Students with Disabilities Type of Accommodation Examples Changes in timing or schedulin ...

Reducing the expectations of an assignment or assessment (completing fewer problems, amount of materials, or level of problems ...

Physically positioning oneself for face-to-face interactions and establishing attention Providing verbal models for specific ta ...

Snapshot 9.2. Differentiated Instruction in a Co-Taught Language Arts Class in Grade Nine Ms. Williams, a general education lang ...

Snapshot 9.2. Differentiated Instruction in a Co-Taught Language Arts Class in Grade Nine (cont.) At the end of class, students ...