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The California ELD Standards Companion, Grades K-2
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The California ELD Standards Companion, Grades K-2

Foreword by Laurie Olsen

December 2018 | 200 pages | Corwin
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“This is an era of extraordinary promise and support for addressing the needs of California’s English learners. That’s why this book, The California ELD Standards Companion, is so important. It’s exactly the kind of bridge teachers need between standards and what it looks like in the classroom.”

—LAURIE OLSEN, Strategic Adviser,

 The Sobrato Early Academic  Language (SEAL) Initiative

Just for California teachers!

California teachers: you’re going to love this! Here at last is that single teaching resource for making the critical link between our ELD Standards and the CCSS ELA Standards. Standard by standard, you’ll quickly discover how to integrate language development into your day-to-day content instruction, armed with an insider’s understanding of how best to support our many English learners.

Modeled after Jim Burke’s Common Core series, this Grades K-2 volume of The California ELD Standards Companion is every bit “that version of the standards you wish you had” because it’s just so easy to digest and apply. It’s all here:

  • Horizontal and vertical views reveal how each ELD Standard changes and progresses grade by grade and proficiency level by proficiency level.
  • What the Student Does Sections, also scannable by grade and proficiency level, unpack in student-friendly language what meeting a standard looks like in practice.
  • CCSS ELA Standards are displayed side by side with California’s ELD Standards so you can appreciate the purposeful alignment between the two as the basis for remodeling instructional practice.
  • What the Teacher Does Sections provide specific instructional guidance by grade band, including student prompts and tips for differentiation across proficiency level.
  • A dedicated vocabulary section offers a quick-reference glossary of key words and phrases as they are used within each ELD Standard.
  • Each section concludes with a vignette from the California ELA/ELD Framework to illustrate exemplary standards-based instruction.

Thanks to the ELD Standards, we are now free to teach our ELs the way we knew best all along: language and content taught hand in hand across the school day. Lean on Ivannia Soto and Linda Carstens’ California ELD Standards Companion as your one-stop guide for delivering that excellent education our ELs so deeply deserve.

 
Foreword by Laurie Olsen
 
Prologue
 
Preface
 
Acknowledgments
 
Overall Introduction
 
Introduction to Part 1, Cluster A: Interacting in Meaningful Ways, Collaborative Mode
 
Standard 1. Exchanging information and ideas
ELD Standard 1 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 1: Exchanging information and ideas

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 1: Exchanging information and ideas

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 1: Exchanging information and ideas

 
Snapshot 3.4. Collecting and Reporting Data on Litter at School Integrated ELA, ELD, Science, and History–Social Science in Kindergarten

 
 
Standard 2. Interacting via written English
ELD Standard 2 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 2: Interacting via written English

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 2: Interacting via written English

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 2: Interacting via written English

 
Vignette 3.1. Retelling and Rewriting The Three Little Pigs Integrated ELA/Literacy and ELD Instruction in Transitional Kindergarten

 
 
Standard 3. Offering opinions
ELD Standard 3 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 3: Offering opinions

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 3: Offering opinions

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 3: Offering opinions

 
Snapshot 3.11. Expanding Sentences and Building Vocabulary Designated ELD Connected to ELA/Social Studies in Grade 1

 
 
Standard 4. Adapting language choices
ELD Standard 4 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 4: Adapting language choices

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 4: Adapting language choices

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 4: Adapting language choices

 
Vignette 3.5. Interactive Read Alouds With Informational Texts Integrated ELA, Literacy, and Science Instruction in Grade 1

 
 
Introduction to Part 1, Cluster B: Interacting in Meaningful Ways, Interpretive Mode
 
Standard 5. Listening actively
ELD Standard 5 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 5: Listening actively

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 5: Listening actively

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 5: Listening actively

 
Vignette 3.5. Interactive Read Alouds With Informational Texts Integrated ELA, Literacy, and Science Instruction in Grade 1

 
 
Standard 6. Reading/viewing closely
ELD Standard 6 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 6: Reading/viewing closely

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 6: Reading/viewing closely

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 6: Reading/viewing closely

 
Vignette 4.1. Close Reading of Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse (Narrative Text) ELA Instruction in Grade 2

 
 
Standard 7. Evaluating language choices
ELD Standard 7 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 7: Evaluating language choices

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 7: Evaluating language choices

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 7: Evaluating language choices

 
Vignette 3.6. Unpacking Sentences Designated ELD Instruction in Grade 1

 
 
Standard 8. Analyzing language choices
ELD Standard 8 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 8: Analyzing language choices

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 8: Analyzing language choices

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 8: Analyzing language choices

 
Vignette 4.2. Discussing “Doing” Verbs in Chrysanthemum Designated ELD Instruction in Grade 2

 
 
Introduction to Part 1, Cluster C: Interacting in Meaningful Ways, Productive Mode
 
Standard 9. Presenting
ELD Standard 9 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 9: Presenting

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 9: Presenting

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 9: Presenting

 
Vignette 3.2. Retelling The Three Little Pigs Using Past Tense Verbs and Expanded Sentences— Designated ELD Instruction in Transitional Kindergarten

 
 
Standard 10. Composing/writing
ELD Standard 10 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 10: Composing/writing

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 10: Composing/writing

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 10: Composing/writing

 
Snapshot 3.11. Expanding Sentences and Building Vocabulary Designated ELD Connected to ELA/Social Studies in Grade 1

 
 
Standard 11. Supporting opinions
ELD Standard 11 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 11: Supporting opinions

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 11: Supporting opinions

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 11: Supporting opinions

 
Snapshot 3.11. Expanding Sentences and Building Vocabulary Designated ELD Connected to ELA/Social Studies in Grade 1

 
 
Standard 12. Selecting language resources
ELD Standard 12 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 12: Selecting language resources

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 12: Selecting language resources

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 12: Selecting language resources

 
Snapshot 3.9. Teaching Science Vocabulary Integrated ELA, ELD, and Science in Grade 1

 
 
Introduction to Part 2, Cluster A: Learning About How English Works, Structuring Cohesive Texts
 
Standard 1. Understanding text structure
ELD Standard 1 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 1: Understanding text structure

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 1: Understanding text structure

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 1: Understanding text structure

 
Snapshot 3.2. Goldilocks and the Three Bears Integrated ELA and ELD in Transitional Kindergarten

 
 
Standard 2. Understanding cohesion
ELD Standard 2 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 2: Understanding cohesion

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 2: Understanding cohesion

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 2: Understanding cohesion

 
Vignette 3.6. Unpacking Sentences Designated ELD Instruction in Grade 1

 
 
Introduction to Part 2, Cluster B: Learning About How English Works, Expanding and Enriching Ideas
 
Standard 3. Using verbs and verb phrases
ELD Standard 3 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 3: Using verbs and verb phrases

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 3: Using verbs and verb phrases

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 3: Using verbs and verb phrases

 
Vignette 4. 2. Discussing “Doing” Verbs in Chrysanthemum Designated ELD Instruction in Grade 2

 
 
Standard 4. Using nouns and noun phrases
ELD Standard 4 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 4: Using nouns and noun phrases

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 4: Using nouns and noun phrases

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 4: Using nouns and noun phrases

 
Vignette 3.2. Retelling The Three Little Pigs Using Past Tense Verbs and Expanded Sentences Designated ELD Instruction in Transitional Kindergarten

 
 
Standard 5. Modifying to add details
ELD Standard 5 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 5: Modifying to add details

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 5: Modifying to add details

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 5: Modifying to add details

 
Snapshot 3.11. Expanding Sentences and Building Vocabulary Designated ELD Connected to ELA/Social Studies in Grade 1

 
 
Introduction to Part 2, Cluster C: Learning About How English Works, Connecting and Condensing Ideas
 
Standard 6. Connecting ideas
ELD Standard 6 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 6: Connecting ideas

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 6: Connecting ideas

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 6: Connecting ideas

 
Vignette 3.6. Unpacking Sentences Designated ELD Instruction in Grade 1

 
 
Standard 7. Condensing ideas
ELD Standard 7 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 7: Condensing ideas

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary–Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 7: Condensing ideas

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 7: Condensing ideas

 
Vignette 3.5. Interactive Read Alouds With Informational Texts Integrated ELA, Literacy, and Science Instruction in Grade 1

 

"For those who have been overwhelmed, have resisted, or just have not gotten around to it, the format of The California ELD Standards Companion, Grades K-2, with its specific examples of how standards play out it in the classroom, provides a nice context for learning the standards. It is a valuable resource for teachers to use."

Dr. Kathe Gonsalves, Coordinator of Language & Literacy Department, San Joaquin County Office of Education
San Joaquin County Office of Education

”The California ELD Standards Companion: Grades K-2 is a valuable resource for teachers to look up standards they are addressing to see the alignment of the ELD standards through the EL levels and across the K-2 grade span as well as alignment with some of the ELA standards.  It will be useful to new teachers who are just learning about curriculum and standards and for administrators who are doing classroom walk-throughs and observations."

Teresa Twisselman Coordinator, English/Language Arts, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Kern County Superintendent of Schools

"The California ELD Standards Companion: Grades K-2 is a must have for all Kindergarten through Grade 2 classrooms. The book is teacher friendly, current and relevant. It can easily be aligned with any K-2 content area to enhance students English Language Development skills."

Michele R. Dean, Ed.D., University Field Placement Coordinator & Lecturer, California Lutheran University
California Lutheran University

"All teachers have access to the ELD standards to guide ELD instruction but it is not enough to have the standards given challenge of meeting the needs of ELs at each proficiency level.   This book provides an easy to follow repetitive format with clearly stated introductions for Part I & Part II and offers a practical and effective plan for 'What the Student Does' and 'What the Teacher Does' in each section. It covers many important features that would enhance and improve instruction for English learners. "

Rebecca Castro, Elementary School Principal, Montebello Unified School District
Montebello Unified School District

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