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English Language

Development Standards:

And Brief Overview

Magdalena Ruz Gonzalez

Project Director III

Curriculum and Instructional Services


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GOALS FOR CA ELD STANDARDS OVERVIEW

1. To review the critical components of language in thestate ELA Common Core as it relates to languageacquisition, text complexity, and academic language,the underpinnings of the ELD Standards.

2. To understand the shifts to the new ELD standardsand the role of language in the process of attainingliteracy.

3. To understand how ELD Standards focus on meaningand interaction first, then knowledge about languageand how it works.

4. To explore implications for current ELD programs,curriculum, and instruction.

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Use of The CA Common

Core ELD Standards

serve as the focal standards in settings

specifically designed for ELD - such as designatedELD instruction in secondary school or designated

block of time for ELD in elementary school where Els

are grouped by English language proficiency level.

From: Appendix B The CA ELD Standards, Part II:

Learning About How English Works, p. 18


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Implications of ELA CC for ELD

Standards Uncover and delineate language uses in CCSS:

Social and general/discipline-specific academic, e.g.

Obtain information, request clarification

Demonstrate understanding, confirm being understood

Build on others & articulate own ideas

Construct explanations, engage in arguments

Express target language uses in progressions Help teachers appropriately scaffold & support

language used for content knowledge and action

Help ELD assessment developers design appropriate

tasks to measure growth


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Theoretical and ResearchBase

Theoretical Base

Socio-cultural and socio-linguistic approaches

Genre and meaning based approaches

Substantial section on scaffolding for ELs

Research BaseBenefits of L1 instruction

Effective instructional practices


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KEY SHIFTS IN ELD STANDARDS1999 CA ELD Standards

From the idea of

To the Understanding

of

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Instruction in ELD that is

separate from and

isolated from instruction

in ELA orthat isindistinguishable fromELA.

Dedicated instruction in

ELD that build into and

from instruction in ELA

and literacy in contentareas.

- from WestEd and CDE


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WE NOW HAVE 3 PROFICIENCY LEVELS!


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DebriefAt your table, discuss the key ideas from this video.

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Part I: Interacting in

Meaningful WaysCommunicative Modes:

A. Collaborative (engagement in dialogue with others)1. Exchanging information/ideas via oral

communication and conversations

2. Interacting via written English (print and

multimedia)3. Offering opinions and negotiating

with/persuading others

4. Adapting language choices to various choices

to various contexts


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Meaningful WaysB. Interpretive (comprehension, and analysis of written and

spoken texts)

5. Listening actively and asking/answering questions aboutwhat was heard

6. Reading closely and explaining interpretations/ ideas from

reading

7. Analyzing how writers use vocabulary and other

language resources


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Meaningful WaysC. Productive

9. Expressing information and ideas in oral presentations

10. Composing/writing literary and informational texts

11. Supporting opinions or justifying arguments and

evaluating others opinions or arguments

12. Selecting and applying varied and precise vocabulary and

other language resource


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Part II: Learning How

English Works

Organization of Part II

A. Structuring Cohesive texts

B. Expanding and enriching ideas

C. Connecting and condensing ideas


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LETS LOOK AT ELD STANDARDS


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Corresponding ELA

Common CoreWriting K,1-3: Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing

to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tellabout the events in the order in which they occurred, and

provide a reaction to what happened.

Writing 5: With guidance and support from adults, respond toquestions and suggestions from peers and add details

to strengthen writing as needed.


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Part III: Foundational

Literacy Skills Research on English Learners

-ELs benefit from reading foundational skills instruction

-Oral English proficiency is crucial for English literacy-Native language literacy facilitates English literacy learning

Reading Foundational Skills Alignment Charts

-Student language and literacy characteristics

-Considerations for literacy foundational skills instruction

-CA Common Core Reading Standards: Foundational

Skills

Alignment Charts: k-5, by grade and 6-12, by grade span


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ELD Vignette in the

Middle GradesAt your table, read the scripted

observation of an ELD unit. Read thepoem, scaffolded sentence frames and

model poem.

Jigsaw the script and find evidence ofthe ELD standards embedded in your

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ELD STANDARDS PROJECT

OVERVIEWThe Project Overview is a guide from which teachers can

develop lessons.

It incorporates the ELD standards, language objectives,academic vocabulary, scaffolded academic language, text

types and graphic organizers.

The Project Overview addresses the skills needed to meetthe outcomes of the Smarter Balance Claims.

The Project Overview is based on Project Based Learning

(PBL- bie.org)17


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Next Steps for CA in

CCSS Implementation ELD standards revised & approved (2012)

ELD implementation plan approved (2013)

ELD professional development materials produced

(2013-14)

ELA/ELD Curriculum Framework developed by

Instructional Quality Commission (2014-15)

SBAC assessment developed (2014-15)

Next-generation ELD assessment developed (2015-16)


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ResourcesStanford University Understanding Language

http://ell.stanford.edu/papersCDE ELD Panel RESOURCES

http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/er/eldstandards.asp

Dr. Kenji Hakuta, On ELs and the Common Core: Closing the

Gap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY2fhP8Q0OY
http://ell.stanford.edu/papershttp://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/er/eldstandards.asphttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY2fhP8Q0OYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY2fhP8Q0OYhttp://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/er/eldstandards.asphttp://ell.stanford.edu/papers

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