The California ELD Standards Companion, Grades K-2. Jim Burke

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      Grades K–2 Interacting in Meaningful Ways Collaborative Standard 1

      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

      The kindergarteners in Mr. Kravitz’s classroom listen to several informational and literary texts about the importance of caring for the environment and the impact litter has on local habitats. Mr. Kravitz guides a discussion about this type of pollution, asking—and encouraging the children to ask—questions about the information they are learning from the texts. He prepares them for paired as well as large-group conversations about what they are learning by revisiting the texts and images and drawing attention to some of the vocabulary that may be particularly useful for their discussions. For example, he reviews and writes on a chart some of the general academic (e.g., discard, accumulate, observe, impact) and domain-specific (e.g., habitat, pollute, litter) vocabulary from the texts that convey important ideas.

      Next he has students meet in pairs to talk about what they have learned. Many of them refer to the chart to remind themselves and each other about the concepts and accompanying vocabulary. After sharing in pairs, the children gather in small groups to draw and label illustrations about what they learned and discussed. They work collaboratively, talking about their understandings and making decisions about their illustrations and the words they will use to label them. After each group presents and explains a labeled illustration to the entire class, the illustrations are displayed on a bulletin board. Next the children identify three areas of the school grounds where they can examine litter in their school environment.

      CA CCSS for ELA/Literacy: RL.K.1; RF.K.2; W.K.2; SL.K.1, 6; L.K.6

      CA ELD Standards: ELD.PI.K.1–2, 5, 6, 9–11, 12b; ELD.K.PII.1, 3

      The snapshots and vignettes cited above can be found in their entirety at https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/rl/cf/, 2014 English Language Arts/English Language Development Framework, p. 219.

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      Standard 2. Interacting via Written English

      ELD Standard 2 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

      Emerging

       K Collaborate with the teacher and peers on joint composing projects of short informational and literary texts that include minimal writing (labeling with a few words), using technology, where appropriate, for publishing, graphics, and the like.

       1 Collaborate with teacher and peers on joint writing projects of short informational and literary texts, using technology where appropriate for publishing, graphics, and the like.

       2 Collaborate with peers on joint writing projects of short informational and literary texts, using technology where appropriate for publishing, graphics, and the like.

      Expanding

       K Collaborate with the teacher and peers on joint composing projects of informational and literary texts that include some writing (e.g., short sentences), using technology, where appropriate, for publishing, graphics, and the like.

       1 Collaborate with peers on joint writing projects of longer informational and literary texts, using technology where appropriate for publishing, graphics, and the like.

       2 Collaborate with peers on joint writing projects of longer informational and literary texts, using technology where appropriate for publishing, graphics, and the like.

      Bridging

       K Collaborate with the teacher and peers on joint composing projects of informational and literary texts that include a greater amount of writing (e.g., a very short story), using technology, where appropriate, for publishing, graphics, and the like.

       1 Collaborate with peers on joint writing projects of longer informational and literary texts, using technology where appropriate for publishing, graphics, and the like.

       2 Collaborate with peers on joint writing projects of a variety of longer informational and literary texts, using technology where appropriate for publishing, graphics, and the like.

      Script in bold italics indicates content not found in earlier proficiency levels of the same ELD Standard.

      Source: California English Language Development Standards for Grades K–12, California Department of Education (2012).

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      Grades K–2 Interacting in Meaningful Ways Collaborative Standard 2

      What the Student Does

      Emerging

      Gist: With guidance and support from adults, students collaborate on joint composing projects ranging from minimal writing to short stories, using technology as appropriate.

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