English Language Development

Works Cited Bloom, Harold. 2011. The Anatomy of Influence: Literature as a Way of Life. New Haven: Yale University Press. Colema ...

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Common Core State Standards for ELA/Literacy Academic Language and Literacy (http://www.jeffzwiers.org) This site is focused on ...

California Reading and Literature Project (http://csmp.ucop.edu/crlp) This project provides professional development programs, r ...

Linking Language Arts and Nutrition (http://www.californiahealthykids.org/nutrition_ languagearts) This Web page resource was de ...

Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) – State Collaboratives on Assessment and Student Standards (SCASS) – ELLs (http:/ ...

Calisphere (http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/) Calisphere is the University of California’s free public gateway ...

Multi-Tier System of Supports (http://www.kansasmtss.org/resources.html) A Multi-Tier System of Supports (MTSS) describes how sc ...

CDE Instructional Materials Price List (http://www3.cde.ca.gov/impricelist/implsearch.aspx) The CDE has a searchable list of all ...

School Libraries American Association of School Librarians (ALA) (http://www.ala.org/aasl/) The ALA provides advocacy resources ...

Federal Accountability Elementary and Secondary Education Act (http://www.cde.ca.gov/nclb/) This Web page provides links to stat ...

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African American English (AAE). (AKA African American Vernacular English [AAVE]) A dialect of American English used by many Afri ...

connecting words and phrases. Connecting words and phrases signal how different parts of a text are linked. In narratives and ot ...

encoding. Transferring oral language into written language. Encoding is a process by which students segment sounds of a word (ph ...

general academic words and phrases. Vocabulary that is found across text types, particularly in written texts that provide more ...

long-term English learner. An English learner who is enrolled in any of grades 6–12, inclusive, has been enrolled in schools in ...

phonological awareness. A broad skill that includes identifying and manipulating units of oral language, including syllables, on ...

reading comprehension. The ability to apprehend meaning from print and understand text. At a literal level, comprehension is the ...

sentence types. Declarative – a sentence that makes a statement. Exclamatory – a sentence that makes a vehement statement or con ...