Implementing Common Core: A Focus on Early Literacy Module- 1 ELA/ELD Connections Presented by: September 2014
Outcomes: Participants will: Narrow the focus of ELD standards Introduce the ELD Observation Sheet Brainstorm concrete examples of the connection between ELD and ELA standards within instruction
Consider Beginning Here 1 Exchanging information and ideas with others through oral collaborative conversations on a range of social and academic topics. 3 Offering and supporting opinions and negotiating with others in communicative exchanges. 5 Listening actively to spoken English in a range of social and academic contexts. 6 Reading closely literary and informational texts and viewing multimedia to determine how meaning is conveyed explicitly and implicitly through language 9 Expressing information and ideas in formal oral presentations on academic topics. 11 Supporting own opinions and evaluating others’ opinions in speaking and writing.
ELA/ELD Connection
ELA/ELD Connection Activity 1.Read the ELD standards and the corresponding ELA standards. 2.In the third column list specific examples you might see in classroom instruction.
ELA/ELD Connection Possible Answers
Research Based Best Practices for English Learners
Beginning our Implementation Identify the standards that your grade level will begin to incorporate into instruction. Write your grade level, and the ELD Standards on an index cards.