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Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for

English as a Second Language Reading/Language Arts

Third Grade

SuccessMaker® Enterprise Foundation & ExploreWare Courses

Correlation Result

93%

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Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English as a Second Language Reading/Language Arts

Third Grade

SuccessMaker® Enterprise Foundation & ExploreWare Courses

Introduction

Through the SuccessMaker courseware, students develop reading skills and strategies in progressively more difficult contexts – from controlled reading to authentic literature, content reading, and trade books.

SuccessMaker contains several reading courses; four courses are referred to as Foundation courses, which build the foundations necessary to teach a wide range of reading abilities through computer-based interactive curriculums. These courses are designed to help reader’s develop and practice reading readiness and literacy skills from emergent to the most fluent reading stages.

SuccessMaker also includes seven Literature-Based Reading and Writing Tools courses, referred to as ExploreWare. These courses extend direct instruction and practice opportunities, using key instructional supports like authentic literature, decodable books, comprehension practice, process writing, and instruction specifically designed for students with limited English proficiency.

Correlation Result 93%

SuccessMaker's research-based and proven reading courses deliver:

♦ Comprehensive, proven standards-aligned curriculum with full monitoring of student progress

♦ Personalized learning, providing each student with individualized instruction necessary for success

♦ Embedded continuous assessment that adapts to the student’s level and lets the courseware teacher know how the student is doing

♦ Easy-to-use in-depth reporting tools

♦ Aligned instruction to standards and standardized tests

♦ Teacher, school and district accountability

Correlation Keys This document correlates SuccessMaker Enterprise courses with the Third Grade Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Reading/Language Arts for English as a Second Language. The correlation chart uses three columns:

Standard Column: This column displays the state standards being used to create the correlation.

Match Column: A star ( ) in this column indicates a positive correlation between the SuccessMaker program and the state standard.

Key Activities: This column identifies key activities from the SuccessMaker courseware that support each standard. Courses within the SuccessMaker program are identified in bold print. After each course the Strand/Lesson is listed. Each course is designed by strands or lessons, which contain instructional materials that cover a particular skill area. Following the strand/lesson is the Objective or Activity. Each strand or lesson contains specific objectives, or activities increasing in difficulty by grade level increments of a half-month.

TEKS for English as a Second Language Reading/Language Arts Pearson Education SuccessMaker Enterprise

C O R R E L A T I O N

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Foundation Courses

♦ Reading Readiness (Pre-K-K) provides practice in letter identification, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.

♦ Initial Reading (Late K-2) builds proficiencies in phonics, sight words, vocabulary, and sentence and passage comprehension.

♦ Reader’s Workshop (2-early 6) builds reading levels, vocabulary, and reading comprehension in progressively more difficult contexts.

♦ Spelling Skills (2-8) combines practice, tutoring, and games to help students achieve spelling mastery at the appropriate learning level.

ExploreWare Courses

♦ Discover English ν Level I (Pre-K, ELL) develops early literacy, English language, and conceptual background through listening, read-along,

phonemic awareness and skills work, and classroom activities. ν Level II (Pre-K, ELL) offers a child-friendly writing environment including text-to-speech, features for early writing, writing to read,

and phonics in the context of the child’s own word and teacher-assigned activities.

♦ Story Painter (K-2, ELL) offers a child-friendly writing environment including text-to-speech, features for early writing, writing to read, and phonics in the context of the child’s own work and teacher-assigned activities.

♦ Reading Adventures Primary (1-early 3) develops phonics, word study, reading comprehension, and reading-writing abilities in the context of authentic literature and easily decodable books.

♦ First Adventures Bookshelf (Pre-K-2) develops print awareness and love of reading through multimedia-supported reading practice and classroom activities.

♦ Reading Adventures (3-6) develops vocabulary, reading comprehension strategies, and reading-writing connections through authentic literature, content reading, and media background.

♦ Writer’s Studio (3-8) provides process-writing tools and media for reading-writing connections, including links to literature and software tools.

♦ Reading Investigations (6-8) uses authentic literature, content reading, and multiple sources to develop vocabulary, reading comprehension, and reading-writing and interdisciplinary connections.

Spanish Course

♦ ¡Vamos a leer! (K-2) a supplemental literature-based reading course in Spanish, designed to build and develop literacy skills in Spanish using authentic literature.



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Third Grade Match Key Activities

3.1 Listening/speaking/purposes. The student listens attentively and engages actively in various oral language experiences. (A) determine the purpose(s) for listening

such as to get information, to solve problems, and to enjoy and appreciate (K-3);

Reading Adventures: Storyteller e.g., Josesito the Goat Video (Build Background) e.g., Seabird Habitats Activity Guide e.g., Learn a New Folktale

(B) respond appropriately and courteously to directions and questions (K-3);

Reading Adventures: 25 Selections (3rd grade level) Lesson e.g., Reading Response; Activity Guide e.g., Staying Fit

(C) participate in rhymes, songs, conversations, and discussions (K-3);

Reading Adventures: Activity Guide e.g., The Ballad of Josesito; Collaborative Learning Activities are offered for each of the 25 passages. Writer’s Studio: e.g., Publish-Perform Song/Rap

(D) listen critically to interpret and evaluate (K-3);

Reading Adventures: Lesson e.g., Words to Know, What I Think; Video (Build Background) e.g., Rosa Parks Activity Guide e.g. Memories of Montgomery, Alabama

(E) listen responsively to stories and other texts read aloud, including selections from classic and contemporary works (K-3/ESL);

Reading Adventures: Storyteller e.g., Thunder Cake Library Bookshelf (off-line) Classroom Libraries (off-line) Writer’s Studio: Publish-Perform Oral Reading

(F) identify the musical elements of literary language, including its rhymes, repeated sounds, or instances of onomatopoeia (2-3);

Reading Adventures: Poetry Selections e.g., They Once Roamed; Lesson e.g., Writing: Be A Poet--rhyme Writer’s Studio: Poetry e.g., Rhyme, Song/Rap (Listening for rhyme, rhythm, and other sound devices

(G) distinguish and produce sounds and intonation patterns of English (K-8/ESL); and

Reading Adventures: All Lessons 3.0 - 3.5 Reader’s Workshop: All Strands

(H) infer meaning by making associations of utterances with actions, visuals, and the context of the situation (K-3/ESL).

Discover English: Read-Along & Writing Exp06 RE infer & predict outcomes Reader’s Workshop: Passage Comprehension PC 39 draw conclusions, predict outcomes Reading Adventures: Literature Lessons

3.2 Listening/speaking/culture. The student listens and speaks to gain knowledge of his/her own culture, the culture of others, and the common elements of cultures.

(A) connect experiences and ideas with those of others through speaking and listening (K-3); and

Reading Adventures: Reading Passage e.g., Thunder Cake Video (Build Background) e.g., Families Activity Guide-Each selection has a Multicultural Activity to do Before/After Reading that involves Appreciation, Awareness or Affirmation. Writer’s Studio: e.g., peer conference






Third Grade Match Key Activities (B) compare language and oral traditions

(family stories) that reflect customs, regions, and cultures (K-3).

Reading Adventures: Reading Passage e.g., Ming Lo Moves the Mountain; Video (Build Background) e.g., Mexican Life; Activity Guide e.g., Good-bye! Adios! Ciao!

3.3 Listening/speaking/audiences. The student speaks appropriately to different audiences for different purposes and occasions. (A) choose and adapt newly acquired spoken

language appropriate to the audience, purpose, and occasion, in the new culture, including use of appropriate volume and rate (K-3/ESL);

Reading Adventures: Activity Guide e.g., Acting Out a Story Writer’s Studio: Publish-Perform e.g., Puppet Show

(B) use verbal and nonverbal communication in effective ways such as making announcements, giving directions, or making introductions (K-3/ESL);

Reading Adventures: Activity Guide e.g., A Poster of Local Attractions Writer’s Studio: Publish-Perform e.g., Creating Pamphlet} {Handbook Activities

(C) ask and answer relevant questions and make contributions in small or large group discussions (K-3);

Reading Adventures: Activity Guide e.g., The News of the Day; Collaborative Learning Activities are offered for each of the 25 passages. Writer’s Studio: e.g., peer conference

(D) present dramatic interpretations of experiences, stories, poems, or plays (K-3);

Reading Adventures: Activity Guide e.g., Off To Never-Never Land Writer’s Studio: Publish-Perform e.g., Play Handbook Activities

(E) gain increasing control of grammar when speaking such as using subject-verb agreement, complete sentences, and correct tense (K-3); and

Reading Adventures: Activity Guide e.g., Guessing Game Writer’s Studio: Publish-Perform e.g., Oral Reading Handbook Activities

(F) employ English content area vocabulary in context (K-8)/ESL).

3.4 Listening/speaking/communication. The student communicates clearly by putting thoughts and feelings into spoken words. (A) use vocabulary to describe clearly ideas,

feelings, and experiences (K-3); Reading Adventures: Activity Guide e.g., Facing Fears

(B) clarify and support spoken messages using appropriate props, including objects, pictures, and charts (K-3); and

Reading Adventures: Activity Guide e.g., Take a Survey Writer’s Studio: Publish-Perform e.g., News Broadcast

(C) retell a spoken message by summarizing or clarifying (K-3).

Reading Adventures: Activity Guide e.g., A Balanced Meal







3.5 Reading/word identification. The student uses a variety of word identification strategies. (A) decode by using all letter-sound

correspondences within a word (1-3); Reader’s Workshop: Word Analysis 01-03

Spelling Skills: Word Study, Quiz, Games (B) blend initial letter-sounds with common

vowel spelling patterns to read words (1-3/ESL);

Reader’s Workshop: Word Analysis 03 Spelling Skills: Word Study, Quiz, Games

(C) identify multisyllabic words by using common syllable patterns (1-3);

Reader’s Workshop: Word Analysis 02, 03, 04, 06 Spelling Skills: Word Study

(D) use root words and other structural cues such as prefixes, suffixes, and derivational endings to recognize words (3);

Reader’s Workshop: Word Analysis 06-10 e.g., Identify root words of words with prefixes or suffixes Reading Adventures: Reading Passage e.g., The Lunch Business; Lesson e.g., Words to Know, Word Builder Spelling Skills: Word Study

(E) use knowledge of word order (syntax) and context to support word identification and confirm word meaning (1-3); and

Reader’s Workshop: Word Analysis 01, 09, 10 Word Meaning 11, 12 e.g., Use vocabulary in context Passage Comprehension 37 Reading Adventures: Reading Passage e.g., Liquid Fire Lesson e.g., Word Builder; “Hot” Vocabulary Words in each passage Spelling Skills: Word Study

(F) read both regular and irregular words automatically such as through multiple opportunities to read and reread (1-3/ESL).

Reader’s Workshop: Uses vocabulary words in a variety of contexts. There are 350 target words per grade level. Reading Adventures:25 Selections (3rd grade level) e.g., The Paper Crane; Lesson e.g., A Closer Look

3.6 Reading/fluency. The student reads with fluency and understanding in texts at appropriate difficulty levels. (A) read regularly in independent-level

materials (texts in which no more than approximately 1 in 20 words is difficult for the reader) (3);

Reader’s Workshop: Passage Comprehension 32-46; Thematic Lessons e.g., Birthday Party Reading Adventures: 25 Selections (3rd grade level) e.g., Family Pictures; Library Bookshelf (off-line); Classroom Libraries (off-line)

(B) read regularly in instructional-level materials that are challenging but manageable (texts in which no more than approximately 1 in 10 words is difficult for the reader; the "typical" third grader reads 80 wpm) (3);

Reader’s Workshop: Passage Comprehension 32-46 Thematic Lessons e.g., Postal Service Reading Adventures: 25 Selections (3rd grade level) e.g., A Gift for Tia Rosa Library Bookshelf; Classroom Libraries






Third Grade Match Key Activities (C) read orally from familiar texts with

fluency (accuracy, expression, appropriate phrasing, and attention to punctuation) (3);

Reading Adventures: Activity Guide e.g., Puppet Theater Library Bookshelf; Classroom Libraries Writer’s Studio: Publish-Perform e.g., Oral Reading

(D) self-select independent-level reading such as by drawing on personal interests, by relying on knowledge of authors and different types of texts, and/or by estimating text difficulty (1-3); and

Reading Adventures: Library Bookshelf-4 book synopses are offered for each selection to encourage students to read other books on similar topics or by the same author.

(E) read silently for increasing periods of time (2-3).

Reader’s Workshop: Thematic Lessons e.g., Seeds Reading Adventures: 25 Selections e.g., The Puffins Are Back!; Activity Guide e.g., Famous Performers in Theater and Dance; Library Bookshelf and Classroom Libraries

3.7 Reading/variety of texts. The student reads widely for different purposes in varied sources. (A) read classic and contemporary works

(2-8); Reader’s Workshop: Passage Comprehension e.g., Fiction, Poetry; Thematic Lessons

Reading Adventures: 25 Selections e.g., Amazing Grace, Sea Swan; Library Bookshelf (off-line); Classroom Libraries (off-line)

(B) read from a variety of genres for pleasure and to acquire information from both print and electronic sources (2-3); and

Reader’s Workshop: Passage Comprehension Thematic Lessons e.g., Pets and Pet Care Reading Adventures: 25 Selections e.g., My Friend Leslie Activity Guide e.g., All About Beavers Writer’s Studio: e.g., Resources

(C) read to accomplish various purposes, both assigned and self-selected (2-3).

Reader’s Workshop: Passage Comprehension; Thematic Lessons e.g., Seeds Reading Adventures: 25 Selections e.g., The April Foolers Activity Guide e.g., Why Glow?; Library Bookshelf Classroom Libraries

3.8 Reading/vocabulary development. The student develops an extensive vocabulary. (A) develop vocabulary by listening to and

discussing both familiar and conceptually challenging selections read aloud (K-3);

Reading Adventures: 25 Selections e.g., Rosa Parks Lesson e.g., Words to Know; Multicultural Activities (Before/After Reading)

(B) develop vocabulary through reading (2-3); Reader’s Workshop: Passage Comprehension 37; Thematic Lessons e.g., Postal Service Reading Adventures: 25 Selections e.g., Armien the Hero Lesson e.g., Words to Know; Activity Guide e.g., All About Cranes






Third Grade Match Key Activities (C) use resources and references such as

beginners' dictionaries, glossaries, available technology, and context to build word meanings and to confirm pronunciations of words (2-3/ESL); and

Reader’s Workshop: Online Glossary Reading Adventures: Online Glossary Spanish/English, Word Bank, Footnotes, “Hot” Vocabulary Words Writer’s Studio: Resources

(D) demonstrate knowledge of synonyms, antonyms, and multi-meaning words (for example, by sorting, classifying, and identifying related words) (3).

Reader’s Workshop: Word Meaning 13, 14 e.g., Identify synonyms using context clues; Literal Comprehension 19 Classify words by category Reading Adventures: Reading Passage e.g., Uncle Nacho’s Hat; Lesson e.g., A Closer Look

3.9 Reading/comprehension. The student uses a variety of strategies to comprehend selections read aloud and selections read independently.

(A) use prior knowledge to anticipate meaning and make sense of texts (K-3);

Reader’s Workshop: Passage Comprehension 44, 45 e.g., Make evaluations or judgments Reading Adventures: Lesson-Build Background Video (Build Background) e.g., Animal Characteristics

(B) establish purposes for reading and listening such as to be informed, to follow directions, and to be entertained (K-3);

Reader’s Workshop: Passage Comprehension 32-46 Thematic Lessons e.g., Birthday Party Reading Adventures: Reading Passage e.g., How Much Does Air Weigh?; Lesson e.g., Make a Prediction/Set a Purpose; Video (Build Background) e.g., The Arctic Activity Guide e.g., A Place to Live Writer’s Studio: Prewrite-Books e.g., Reading Adventures Connection

(C) retell or act out the order of important events in stories (K-3);

Reader’s Workshop: Literal Comprehension 17 Identify sequence or time of events Passage Comprehension 33 Reading Adventures: Tools e.g., Sequencer, Web Activity Guide e.g., Acting Out a Story Writer’s Studio: e.g., Publish-Perform Play

(D) monitor his/her own comprehension and act purposefully when comprehension breaks down using such strategies as rereading, searching for clues, translating, and asking for help (1-3/ESL);

Reader’s Workshop: Passage Comprehension 32-46 Thematic Lessons Reading Adventures: Lesson e.g., Learn a Strategy

(E) draw and discuss visual images based on text descriptions (1-3);

Reading Adventures: Reading Passage e.g., The Earth Is Moving, Too; Activity Guide e.g., The Earth’s Atmosphere

(F) make and explain inferences from texts such as determining important ideas, causes and effects, making predictions, and drawing conclusions (1-3);

Reader’s Workshop: Interpretive Comprehension 20, 22, 23 e.g., Recognize logical conclusions; Passage Comprehension 36, 38, 39 e.g., Make inferences Reading Adventures: Reading Passage e.g., Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters Lesson e.g., A Closer Look Activity Guide e.g., Dressed for the Arctic Writer’s Studio: Thinking Skills-Inferring/Concluding






Third Grade Match Key Activities (G) identify similarities and differences across

texts such as in topics, characters, and themes (3);

Reader’s Workshop: Passage Comprehension 40, 42, 44 Reading Adventures: Lesson e.g., Portfolio Writing Activity Guide e.g., Honored Birds; Library Bookshelf

(H) produce summaries of text selections (2-3);

Reading Adventures: Reading Passage e.g., Earning a New Name; Lesson e.g., Reading Response, Portfolio Writing Activity Guide e.g., A Tale Worth Telling Writer’s Studio: e.g., Sequencer

(I) represent text information in different ways, including story maps, graphs, and charts (2-3);

Reading Adventures: Tools e.g., Story Map Activity Guide e.g., Take a Survey Writer’s Studio: Story Map-students type in the setting, characters, problem, events, resolution, and theme of a story

(J) distinguish fact from opinion in various texts, including news stories and advertisements (3); and

Reader’s Workshop: Interpretive Comprehension 21 Distinguish between fact and opinion Reading Adventures: Reading Passage e.g., The Earth is Moving, Too; Lesson e.g., A Closer Look Activity Guide e.g., The News of the Day

(K) practice different kinds of questions and tasks, including test-like comprehension questions (3).

Reader’s Workshop: Literal Comprehension 15-19 e.g., Identify explicitly stated information in a short text Interpretive Comprehension 20-28; Passage Comprehension 32-46 e.g., Identify main idea; Thematic Lessons Reading Adventures: Lesson e.g., A Closer Look Activity Guide e.g., Going Into Business

3.10 Reading/literary response. The student responds to various texts. (A) respond to stories and poems in ways that

reflect understanding and interpretation in discussion (speculating, questioning), in writing, and through movement, music, art, and drama (2-3);

Reader’s Workshop: Passage Comprehension e.g., Fiction, Poetry; Thematic Lessons e.g., Pets and Pet Care Reading Adventures: Reading Passage e.g., Poetry: What Am I? Lesson e.g., Portfolio Writing; Activity Guide e.g., See It! Feel It! Be It! Writer’s Studio: e.g., Prewrite-Books Reading Adventures Connection

(B) demonstrate understanding of informational text in a variety of ways such as through writing, illustrating, developing demonstrations, and using available technology (2-3);

Reader’s Workshop: Passage Comprehension e.g., Science Thematic Lessons e.g., Seeds Reading Adventures: Lesson e.g., Portfolio Writing Tools e.g., Notebooks; Activity Guide e.g., Feline Facts Writer’s Studio: Publish-Produce e.g., Media Center Display

(C) support interpretations or conclusions with examples drawn from text (2-3); and

Reader’s Workshop: Interpretive Comprehension 22 Passage Comprehension 39 Reading Adventures: Reading Passage e.g., White Bear, Ice Bear; Lesson e.g., A Closer Look, Portfolio Writing Tools e.g., Notebooks; Activity Guide e.g., All About Cranes

(D) connect ideas and themes across texts (1-3).

Reader’s Workshop: Thematic Lessons Reading Adventures: Themes e.g., Marvels, Journeys Lesson e.g., Portfolio Writing; Library Bookshelf (off-line); Activity Guide e.g., Honored Birds Writer’s Studio: Publish-Produce e.g., Multimedia Essay







3.11 Reading/text structures/literary concepts. The student analyzes the characteristics of various types of texts. (A) distinguish different forms of texts,

including lists, newsletters, and signs and the functions they serve (K-3);

Students are presented with a variety of texts throughout Reader’s Workshop and Reading Adventures. Writer’s Studio: Publish-Produce e.g., School Newsletter}

(B) distinguish fiction from nonfiction, including fact and fantasy (K-3);

Reader’s Workshop: Passage Comprehension-Fiction, Folktales and Myths Reading Adventures: Reading Passage e.g., Rosa Parks, Josesito the Goat; Lesson e.g., A Closer Look

(C) recognize the distinguishing features of familiar genres, including stories, poems, and informational texts (1-3);

Reader’s Workshop: Passage Comprehension 41, 42 Thematic Lessons e.g., Postal Service Reading Adventures: Reading Passage e.g., Poetry: Who Am I? Lesson e.g., A Closer Look; Activity Guide e.g., See It! Feel It! Be It! Writer’s Studio: e.g., Publish-Produce Poetry Greeting Card

(D) compare communication in different forms such as contrasting a dramatic performance with a print version of the same story or comparing story variants (2-8);

Reading Adventures: Reading Passage e.g., Rosa Parks Activity Guide e.g., Recreating History

(E) understand and identify literary terms such as title, author, illustrator, playwright, theater, stage, act, dialogue, and scene across a variety of literary forms (texts) (3-5);

Reading Adventures: Reading Passage e.g., The April Foolers; Video (Build Background) e.g., Drama Library Bookshelf; Classroom Libraries; Activity Guide e.g., A Chinese Village, Meet The Illustrator

(F) understand literary forms by recognizing and distinguishing among such types of text as stories, poems, myths, fables, tall tales, limericks, plays, biographies, and autobiographies (3-7);

Reader’s Workshop: Passage Comprehension e.g., Folktales and Myths, Poetry Reading Adventures: Reading Passage e.g., The Fox Outsmarted the Fireflies; Video (Build Background) e.g., Folktales

(G) compare communications in different forms, including contrasting a dramatic performance with a print version of the same story (3);

Reading Adventures: Reading Passage e.g., Uncle Nacho’s Hat; Activity Guide e.g., Puppet Theater

(H) analyze characters including their traits, feelings, relationships, and changes (1-3);

Reader’s Workshop: Interpretive Comprehension 24; Passage Comprehension 40 Reading Adventures: Reading Passage e.g., Thunder Cake Lesson e.g., A Closer Look; Activity Guide e.g., Traveler’s Guide

(I) identify the importance of the setting to a story's meaning (1-3); and

Reading Adventures: Reading Passage e.g., Ming Lo Moves the Mountain; Lesson e.g., A Closer Look Activity Guide e.g., A Chinese Village






Third Grade Match Key Activities (J) recognize the story problem(s) or plot

(1-3). Reader’s Workshop: Passage Comprehension 33, 35

Reading Adventures: Reading Passage e.g., For the Present Lesson e.g., Portfolio Writing

3.12 Reading/inquiry/research. The student generates questions and conducts research using information from various sources. (A) identify relevant questions for inquiry

such as "What Native American tribes inhabit(ed) Texas?" (K-3);

Reading Adventures: Lesson-Portfolio Writing Tools-Notebooks; Activity Guide e.g., All About Beavers

(B) use alphabetical order to locate information (1-3);

Reader’s Workshop: Reference Skills 29 Online Glossary Reading Adventures: Online Glossary Writer’s Studio: Study Skills e.g., Using the dictionary for meanings

(C) recognize and use parts of a book to locate information, including table of contents, chapter titles, guide words, and indices (1-3);

Reader’s Workshop: Reference Skills 30, 31 e.g., Use guide words to locate information Reading Adventures: Library Bookshelf (off-line) Writer’s Studio: Handbook e.g., Parts of a book

(D) use multiple sources, including print such as an encyclopedia, technology, and experts, to locate information that addresses questions (2-3);

Reading Adventures: Activity Guide e.g., Why Glow?, What’s in a Name? Writer’s Studio: Resources and Study Skills e.g., Using an encyclopedia

(E) interpret and use graphic sources of information, including maps, charts, graphs, and diagrams (2-3);

Reader’s Workshop: Passage Comprehension 46 Interpret charts, indexes, or illustrations Reading Adventures: Lesson-Portfolio Writing Activity Guide e.g., A Place To Live, Animal Mapping Writer’s Studio: e.g., Publish-Perform News Broadcast

(F) locate and use important areas of the library media center (2-3);

Reading Adventures: Library Bookshelf Activity Guide e.g., African Masks Writer’s Studio: e.g., Study Skills-Using the library

(G) organize information in systematic ways, including notes, charts, and labels (3);

Reading Adventures: Lesson-Learn a Strategy, Portfolio Writing; Tools e.g., Web; Activity Guide e.g., Take a Survey Writer’s Studio: e.g., Prewrite-Organizing details and information

(H) demonstrate learning through productions and displays such as oral and written reports, murals, and dramatizations (2-3);

Reading Adventures: Lesson-Portfolio Writing Activity Guide e.g., Acting Out A Story, The Sights and Sounds of Home Writer’s Studio: e.g., Publish-Perform Slide Show

(I) use compiled information and knowledge to raise additional, unanswered questions (3); and

Reading Adventures: Lesson-Portfolio Writing Activity Guide e.g., The Arctic Circle

(J) draw conclusions from information gathered (K-3).

Reader’s Workshop: Interpretive Comprehension 22 Passage Comprehension 39 Reading Adventures: Lesson-Portfolio Writing Activity Guide e.g., Why Glow?







3.13 Reading/culture. The student reads to increase knowledge of his/her own culture, the culture of others, and the common elements of culture.

(A) connect his/her own experiences with the life experiences, language, customs, and culture of others (K-3); and

Reading Adventures: Reading Passage e.g., Family Pictures, Uncle Nacho’s Hat Activity Guide e.g., Multicultural Activity (Affirmation)

(B) compare experiences of characters across cultures (K-3).

Reading Adventures: Library Bookshelf (off-line) Activity Guide e.g., Multicultural Activity (Awareness)

3.14 Writing/purposes. The student writes for a variety of audiences and purposes and in various forms. (A) write to record ideas and reflections

(K-3); Reading Adventures: Portfolio Writing, Notebooks Activity Guide e.g., I Used to Think

Writer’s Studio: e.g., Prewrite-Ideas, Topics, Starters, Books, Videos (B) write to discover, develop, and refine

ideas (1-3); Reading Adventures: Portfolio Writing, Notebooks Activity Guide e.g., School-Time Smiles

Writer’s Studio: e.g., Draft (C) write to communicate with a variety of

audiences (1-3); and Reading Adventures: Portfolio Writing Activity Guide e.g., The News of the Day

Writer’s Studio: e.g., Prewrite-Identifying audience (D) write in different forms for different

purposes such as lists to record, letters to invite or thank, and stories or poems to entertain (1-3).

Reading Adventures: Portfolio Writing Activity Guide e.g., Greetings!, Dear Ranger... Writer’s Studio: e.g., Publish-Send Thank-You Note

3.15 Writing/penmanship/capitalization/punctuation. The student composes original texts using the conventions of written language such as capitalization and penmanship to communicate clearly.

(A) gain more proficient control of all aspects of penmanship (3); and

Reading Adventures: Activity Guide e.g., A Perfect World

(B) use capitalization and punctuation such as commas in a series, apostrophes in contractions such as can't and possessives such as Robin's, quotation marks, proper nouns, and abbreviations with increasing accuracy (3/ESL).

Reading Adventures: Portfolio Writing, Notebooks Activity Guide e.g., Dreams of the Future Writer’s Studio: Mechanics-Strategies For Improving







3.16 Writing/spelling. The student spells proficiently. (A) write with more proficient spelling of

regularly spelled patterns such as consonant-vowel-consonant CVC (hop), consonant-vowel-consonant-silent e CVCe (hope), and one-syllable words with blends (drop) (1-3/ESL);

Reading Adventures: Portfolio Writing Activity Guide e.g., Why Glow? Spelling Skills: Word Study, Quiz, Games Writer’s Studio: Spelling-Strategies For Improving

(B) spell multisyllabic words using regularly spelled phonogram patterns (3);

Reading Adventures: Portfolio Writing Spelling Skills: Word Study

(C) write with more proficient spelling of inflectional endings, including plurals and past tense and words that drop the final e when such endings as -ing, -ed, or –able are added (3/ESL);

Reading Adventures: Portfolio Writing Activity Guide e.g., The Sights and Sounds of Home Spelling Skills: Word Study, Quiz Writer’s Studio: Spelling-Strategies For Improving

(D) write with more proficient use of orthographic patterns and rules such as oil/toy, match/speech, badge/cage, consonant doubling, dropping e, and changing y to I (3/ESL);

Reading Adventures: Portfolio Writing Spelling Skills: Word Study, Quiz Writer’s Studio: Writing Activities

(E) write with more proficient spelling of contractions, compounds, and homonyms such as hair-hare and bear-bare (3/ESL);


(F) write with accurate spelling of syllable constructions such as closed, open, consonant before -le, and syllable boundary patterns (3-6/ESL);


(G) spell words ending in –tion and –sion such as station and procession (3/ESL); and

Reading Adventures: Portfolio Writing Spelling Skills: Word Study, Quiz

(H) use resources to find correct spellings, synonyms, or replacement words (1-3).

Reading Adventures: Online Glossary Writer’s Studio: Spell-Checker







3.17 Writing/grammar/usage. The student composes meaningful texts applying knowledge of grammar and usage. (A) use correct irregular plurals such as sheep

(3); Reading Adventures: Portfolio Writing Activity Guide e.g., All About Cranes

Writer’s Studio: e.g., Proofread Checklist (B) use singular and plural forms of regular

nouns and adjust verbs for agreement (3); Reading Adventures: Portfolio Writing Activity Guide-numerous opportunities to practice this skill

Writer’s Studio: e.g., Draft Checklist (C) compose elaborated sentences in written

texts and use the appropriate end punctuation (3);

Reading Adventures: Portfolio Writing Activity Guide e.g., The Sights and Sounds of Home Writer’s Studio: e.g., Draft Checklist

(D) compose sentences with interesting, elaborated subjects (2-3); and

Reading Adventures: Portfolio Writing Activity Guide e.g., A Perfect World Writer’s Studio: Draft Checklist

(E) edit writing toward standard grammar and usage, including subject-verb agreement; pronoun agreement, including pronouns that agree in number; and appropriate verb tenses, including to be, in final drafts (2-3/ESL).

Reading Adventures: Portfolio Writing Activity Guide e.g., Family Heroes Writer’s Studio: Proofread Checklist

3.18 Writing/writing processes. The student selects and uses writing processes for self-initiated and assigned writing. (A) generate ideas for writing by using

prewriting techniques such as drawing and listing key thoughts (2-3);

Reading Adventures: Tools e.g., Web Activity Guide-numerous opportunities to practice this skill Writer’s Studio: Prewrite-Cluster Map, Story Map, or Sequencer

(B) develop drafts (1-3); Reading Adventures: Portfolio Writing Activity Guide-numerous opportunities to practice this skill Writer’s Studio: Draft

(C) revise selected drafts for varied purposes including to achieve a sense of audience, precise word choices, and vivid images (1-3);

Reading Adventures: Portfolio Writing Activity Guide-numerous opportunities to practice this skill Writer’s Studio: Revise Checklist e.g., Does my opening grab my readers’ attention?

(D) edit for appropriate grammar, spelling, punctuation, and features of polished writing (2-3);

Reading Adventures: Portfolio Writing Activity Guide-numerous opportunities to practice this skill Writer’s Studio: Proofread Checklist e.g., Did I check the spelling of each word?

(E) use available technology for aspects of writing such as word processing, spell checking, and printing (2-3); and

Reading Adventures: Portfolio Writing, Notebooks Writer’s Studio: Word Processor, Spell-Checker, and Print






Third Grade Match Key Activities (F) demonstrate understanding of language

use and spelling by bringing selected pieces frequently to final form, "publishing" them for audiences (2-3).

Reading Adventures: Guide e.g., Family History Writer’s Studio: Publish-produce, send, or perform various kinds of written work







3.19 Writing/evaluation. The student evaluates his/her own writing and the writing of others. (A) identify the most effective features of a

piece of writing using criteria generated by the teacher and class (1-3);

Reading Adventures: Portfolio Writing Activity Guide-numerous opportunities to practice this skill Writer’s Studio: Teacher’s Handbook-scoring rubrics

(B) respond constructively to others' writing (1-3);

Reading Adventures: Activity Guide e.g., A Perfect World Writer’s Studio: e.g., peer conference

(C) determine how his/her own writing achieves its purposes (1-3);

Reading Adventures: Activity Guide e.g., All About Beavers Writer’s Studio: Draft-Checklist e.g., Did I support my key ideas with facts and details?

(D) use published pieces as models for writing (2-3); and

Reading Adventures: Activity Guide e.g., See It! Feel It! Be It! Writer’s Studio: Prewrite Books-RA Connection

(E) review a collection of his/her own written work to monitor growth as a writer (2-3).

Reading Adventures: Portfolio Browser Writer’s Studio: e.g., Portfolio Browser

3.20 Writing/inquiry/research. The student uses writing as a tool for learning and research. (A) write or dictate questions for investigating

(2-3); Reading Adventures: Notebooks Activity Guide e.g., Traveler’s Guide, Jet Set Birds

Writer’s Studio: Project Planner (B) record his/her own knowledge of a topic

in a variety of ways such as by drawing pictures, making lists, and showing connections among ideas (K-3);

Reading Adventures: Portfolio Writing, Notebooks Activity Guide e.g., Heritage Graph Writer’s Studio: Project Planner

(C) take simple notes from relevant sources such as classroom guests, books, and media sources (2-3); and

Reading Adventures: Portfolio Writing, Notebooks Activity Guide e.g., Family History Writer’s Studio: e.g., Writing Journal

(D) compile notes into outlines, reports, summaries, or other written efforts using available technology (2-3).

Reading Adventures: Portfolio Writing Activity Guide e.g., Backyard Wildlife Watching Writer’s Studio: e.g., Writing & Publishing







3.21 Second language acquisition/learning strategies. The ESOL student uses language learning strategies to develop an awareness of his/her own learning processes in language arts and all content areas.

(A) develop and expand repertoire of learning strategies such as reasoning inductively or deductively, looking for patterns in language, and analyzing expressions (K-3/ESL);

Reading Adventures: Storyteller Lessons Level 3.5: Thundercake; Josesito the Goat Spanish/English Lessons Level 3.0: Uncle Nacho’s Hat; Family Pictures Spelling Skills: 3.00-3.99 Discover English: Patterns and Communicative Functions, 01-14, PC strand focuses on listening comprehension development and appropriate responses to situations that ESL students typically encounter at school, in the community, or at home

(B) use prior knowledge and experiences to understand meanings in English (K-8/ESL);

Reading Adventures: Literature Lessons - The April Foolers (3.0); Earning a New Name (3.5) Students record their prediction in the lesson notebook. Reader’s Workshop: Passage Comprehension PC 46 interpret charts, indexes, or illustrations Initial Reading: Passage Comprehension PC 41 predict outcomes Discover English: All components, Discover English is designed to meet the needs of individual ESL learners with differences in prior knowledge, life experiences, and learning styles.

(C) monitor oral and written language production and employ self-corrective techniques or other resources (K-8/ESL);

Discover English: Course has recording and playback capability Writer’s Studio: Writer’s Studio—Word Processor Reading Adventures: Writing Portfolio Activities

(D) use strategic learning techniques such as semantic mapping, imagery, memorization, and reviewing (K-3/ESL);

Reading Adventures: Each lesson includes footnotes, strategy prompts, hot words, and graphics that provide additional information. Tools - Story Map, Sequencer, Cluster Map Writer Studio: Project Planner, Web, Story Map, Sequencer Discover English: Review is built in throughout the course.

(E) use learning strategies such as circumlocution, synonyms, and non-verbal cues and requesting assistance from native speakers when speaking English (K-8/ESL);

Reader’s Workshop: Word Meaning- WM 13 synonyms, WM 14 antonyms Reading Adventures: Uncle Nacho’s Hat (3.0), Word Builder How Much Doest Air Weigh (3.5), Word Builder Discover English: Read-Along & Writing Experience, 09 RE Recognize synonyms and antonyms






Third Grade Match Key Activities (F) make connections across content areas

and use and reuse language and concepts in different ways (K-8/ESL) and

Discover English: Read-Along & Writing Exp: The Grateful Statues RE, Lesson 20; Lorenzo’s Journey RE, Lesson 16; Hoa’s Home RE, Lesson 2 Listening & Speaking Exp: Jobs in the Community LE, Lesson 19 Reading Adventures: Literature Lessons- Build Background, Prior Knowledge—Lesson Notebook Response, Take a Look- mixture of text, graphic, audio, animation and video about the concept or topic for the lesson

(G) use accessible language and learn new and essential language in the process (K-8/ESL).

Discover English: Listening Vocabulary (LV) The strand contents are based on basic survival and content-area vocabulary, with 15 themes and 400 words.

3.22 Second language acquisition/listening. The ESOL student listens to a variety of speakers including teachers, peers, and electronic media to gain an increasing level of comprehension and appreciation for newly acquired language in language arts and all content areas.

(A) use active listening comprehension in a variety of situations such as following directions, responding to requests, and listening for specific purposes (K-3/ESL);

Discover English: Listening and Speaking Experiences (LE), All 25 Lessons Listening Vocabulary (LV) 01-15 In Discover English, students develop listening skills at the same time they engage in production of the language.

(B) understand basic structures, expressions, and vocabulary such as school environment, greetings, questions, and directions (K-8/ESL);

Discover English: Listening Vocabulary 01-15, Reading Vocabulary 01-17 In the early stages of instruction in Discover English, students are presented with realistic scenarios, typical of school and life in the United States. Within each scenario, particular importance is placed on the vocabulary, English communicative functions and patterns, and life skills an ESL student is most likely to need early on.

(C) recognize and distinguish phonological elements of newly acquired vocabulary such as long and short vowels, silent letters, and consonant clusters (K-8/ESL);

Discover English: Read-Along and Writing Experience, Lessons 1-25

(D) listen to and extract meaning from a variety of media such as audio tape, video, and CD ROM in all content areas (K-8/ESL); and

Discover English: Listening and Speaking Experiences - Numerous Lessons contain video Reading Adventures: Literature Lessons, Build Background - Take a Look—mixture of text, graphic, audio, animation and video about the concept or topic for the lesson






Third Grade Match Key Activities (E) analyze and evaluate spoken discourse for

appropriateness of purpose with a variety of audiences such as formal, consultative, casual, and intimate language registers (K-8/ESL).

Discover English: Listening Vocabulary - spoken word, with graphic support Discover English: Listening and Speaking Experiences - playchants, songs, poems

3.23 Second language acquisition/speaking. The ESOL student speaks in a variety of modes for a variety of purposes with an awareness of different language registers (formal/informal) using developmental vocabulary with increasing fluency and accuracy in language arts and all content areas.

(A) identify people, places, objects, events, and basic concepts such as numbers, days of the week, food, occupations, and time (K-8/ESL);


(B) share prior knowledge with peers and others to facilitate communication and to foster respect for others (K-8/ESL);

(C) ask and give information such as directions and address as well as name, age, and nationality (K-8/ESL);

Discover English: Patterns and Communicative Functions 01-14

(D) initiate authentic discourse with peers and others by employing newly acquired vocabulary and concepts (K-3/ESL);

(E) express ideas and feelings such as gratitude, needs, opinions, and greetings (K-8/ESL);


(F) describe the immediate surroundings such as classroom, school, or home (K-8/ESL);

Discover English: Patterns and Communicative Functions 01-14

(G) arrange phrases, clauses, and sentences into correct and meaningful patterns (K-8/ESL);

Discover English: Course has recording and playback capability

(H) produce phonological elements of simple vocabulary and phrases (K-3/ESL); and







Third Grade Match Key Activities (I) produce phonological elements of newly

acquired vocabulary such as long and short vowels, silent letters, and consonant clusters (K-8/ESL).


3.24 Second language acquisition/reading. The ESOL student reads a variety of texts for a variety of purposes with an increasing level of comprehension in language arts and all content areas.

(A) learn sound/symbol relationships as they apply to the phonological system of English (K-8/ESL);

Discover English: Read-Aloud and Writing Experience Lessons, All Lessons Listening and Speaking Experience, All Lessons Letter and Phoneme Awareness, Objectives 01-06

(B) recognize directionality of English reading such as left to right and top to bottom (K-8/ESL);

Discover English: Listening & Speaking Experience, All Lessons Read-Along & Writing Experience, All Lessons

(C) read authentic literature to develop vocabulary, structures, and background knowledge needed to comprehend (K-8/ESL);

Reading Adventures Primary: All Components, a literature-based course with a variety of activities that teach vocabulary, comprehension strategies, and reading skills. Discover English: Listening and Speaking Experiences, Numerous Lessons Listening Vocabulary Strand, 14 Theme - Children’s Literature and Fantasy Students work with authentic, classic literature and content-area texts presented in an engaging and interactive format.

(D) participate in shared reading (K-8/ESL); Discover English: Read-Aloud and Writing Exp Lessons 1-25 Online Noteboo

(E) develop basic sight vocabulary (K-8/ESL);

Discover English: Reading Vocabulary (RV), 01-17 LV, The strand introduces 160 high-frequency words to help students build their sight-word vocabulary.

(F) use a combination of skills to decode words such as pattern recognition and identification of cognates, root words, and affixes (K-8/ESL);

Discover English: Patterns and Communicative Functions, 01-14 PC

(G) read silently with increasing ease for longer periods (K-8/ESL);

(H) use print from the environment to derive meaning (K-8/ESL); and

Discover English: Reading Vocabulary RV: 16 environmental print LE Lesson 1 Nicky’s Schools and Friends TM Level 1: pg 15 “Friends/ School” First Adventures Bookshelf: Rooster Tells a Tale, TM: Taking Care of Farm Animals page 47






Third Grade Match Key Activities (I) use graphic organizers as pre-reading

activities to prepare for reading text (K-3/ESL).

Discover English: RE Lesson 19 The Little Turtle, TM Level 2: “Let’s Learn About Box Turtles” pages 256-257 RE Lesson 24 The Three Billy Goats Gruff, TM Level 2: “Let’s Learn About Billy Goats” page 304

3.25 Second language acquisition/writing. The ESOL student writes in a variety of forms with increasing accuracy to effectively address a specific purpose and audience in language arts and all content areas.

(A) use basic capitalization and punctuation correctly such as capitalizing names and first letters in sentences and using periods, question marks, and exclamation points (3/ESL);

(B) use graphic organizers as pre-writing activity to demonstrate prior knowledge, to add new information, and to prepare to write (2-8/ESL);

Writer’s Studio: Project Planner, Graphic Organizers: Story Map, Web, Sequencer Reading Adventures Expository writing activities Ming Lo Loves the Mountain (3.0) TM: Team writing Graphic Organizers: Story Map, Web, Sequencer Reader’s Workshop: Passage Comprehension - PC 46 Interpret charts, indexes, or illustrations

(C) write with more proficient use of orthographic patterns and rules such as qu together consonant doubling, dropping final e, and changing y to i (2-8/ESL);

(D) edit writing toward standard grammar and usage, including subject-verb agreement, pronoun agreement, and appropriate verb tenses in final drafts (2-8/ESL);

(E) employ increasingly complex grammatical structures in writing, as follows:

(i) demonstrate knowledge of verbs, tenses and auxiliaries, wh-words, and pronouns/antecedents (2-8/ESL);

(ii) demonstrate knowledge of nominative, objective, and possessive case (2-8/ESL);






Third Grade Match Key Activities (iii) demonstrate knowledge of parts

of speech (2-8/ESL); and

(iv) demonstrate knowledge of negatives and contractions (2-8/ESL);

(F) construct correct sentences, including a variety of sentence types and styles (2-8/ESL);

(G) combine multiple sentences into a unified sentence (2-8/ESL); and

(H) develop drafts by categorizing ideas, organizing them into sentences and paragraphs, and blending paragraphs within larger units of text (2-8/ESL).

Documents

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English as …assets.pearsonschool.com/correlations/tx-ela-esl-3.pdfTEKS for English as a Second Language Reading/Language Arts Pearson Education