English Language Development

Foundational Skills As noted previously, foundational skills instruction for ELs needs to be differentiated based on a variety o ...

Models of Instruction Teaching is a complex and dynamic act. Approaches to instruction vary widely, and excellent teachers emplo ...

Collaborative Learning Collaborative learning, which may occur face-to-face or virtually, involves two or more students working ...

The teacher has students practice the new learning under his or her guidance, provides feedback, and, if necessary, reteaches t ...

Guiding Principles: UDL, MTSS, and Sharing Responsibility Fundamental to efforts to effectively educate all students from the st ...

the content areas will be integrated. At the secondary level, teachers within English language arts departments plan ways to imp ...

can close.” The information teachers obtain informs ongoing instruction in the classroom—to refine, reinforce, extend, deepen, o ...

The framing questions in figure 2.16 are important to consider when planning instruction for all students, including the additio ...

Homogeneous groups consist of students who are alike in some way. For example, the students might have the same or similar: Int ...

Figure 2.17. Four Zones of Teaching and Learning High Challenge Low Support Frustration/ Anxiety Zone Learning Engagement Zone ( ...

Providing students with language models, such as sentence frames and starters, academic vocabulary walls, language frame charts ...

An explicit description of the strategy and when and how it should be used Teacher and/or student modeling of the strategy in a ...

Instructional time is valuable and should be protected from interruption. It is used wisely and efficiently to maximize student ...

English Language Development As emphasized throughout this ELA/ELD Framework, ELs face the unique challenge of learning English ...

Figure 2.18. General Progression of the CA ELD Standards ELD Continuum ELD Continuum Native Language Emerging Expanding Bridging ...

and differences between the primary language and English. For example, ELs who already know how to blend phonemes in their prima ...

Throughout the school day and across the disciplines, ELs learn to use English as they simultaneously learn content knowledge th ...

Figure 2.19. Three Interrelated Areas of Comprehensive ELD* *Comprehensive ELD includes both integrated and designated ELD. Sour ...

English across a range of disciplines. Part II of the CA ELD Standards guides teachers to support ELs in ways appropriate to the ...

A Focus on Language Development and Content: Promoting Collaborative Discussions About Content The CA ELD Standards amplify the ...