adult education & literacy (ael) program (abe) lower
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ADULT EDUCATION &
Literacy (AEL) Program
(ABE) Lower Levels 1&2
1. Course Information
Course Number: HSE-20669
Start Date: January 22, 2020
End Date: May 20, 2020
Class Schedule: Monday and Wednesday, 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Wednesday 6-9 PM
Class Location: Felix Fraga Academic Campus, Room 262
Eastside Campus, Room 219
Northeast (Codwell) Campus, Room 220
2. Instructor Information
Instructors’ Name: Julio Bush, Dr. Beverly Fellows
Instructor’s Email: [email protected]
Instructor’s Phone: 832-208-4003
Please feel free to contact me concerning any problems that you are experiencing in this
course. Your performance in my class is very important to me. I am available to hear
your concerns and just to discuss course topics.
3. Course Description
These courses are non-credited, Reading, Writing, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.
They are intended to prepare the students to enhance their basic skills. Upon successful
completion of the ABE Lower levels course, students will have addressed the following
Content Standards and Benchmarks for English Language Arts and Literacy (ELA): Oral and
Written Conventions, Listening and Speaking, Writing and Reading which are vehicles for
communication, and coursework for mathematics. The students will have integrated the
following mathematical processes through the mathematical content: Numerical
Representations and Relationships, Computations, Geometry, Measurement including
Geometry, Algebraic Relationships, Data Analysis, and Financial Literacy.
Additionally, students should spend ten hours weekly using Edmentum/Plato, a computer-
based distance learning software. All students are required to attend twelve hours of work
force preparation training prior to the beginning of class.
4. Prerequisites
Students are required to take the Tests of Adult Basic Education Assessment (TABE) 11/12.
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Students are tested which determine their NRS functioning level. (ABE) Adult Basic
Education levels are 1 & 2; grade levels 0-1 & 2-3
5. Course Goals Upon successful completion of the HSE preparation course, students will be able to take and achieve their TxCHSE certificate and enhance their Reading, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, & Math skills. They will be able to:
Read and understand a wide variety of literary and information texts.
Compose a written text with a clear controlling idea, coherent organization, and sufficient
detail.
Know how to locate a range of relevant sources and comprehend, apply and present ideas
and information.
Understand the relationships among numbers and the number systems.
Analyze characteristics and properties of two and three dimensional geometric shapes
and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships.
Apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations and use
visualization, spatial reasoning, and geometric modeling to solve problems.
Understand measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems, and processes of
measurement and apply appropriate techniques, tools and formulas to determine
measurements.
Apply concepts of probability.
Develop the knowledge and skills to make sound, informed financial decisions that will
allow them to lead financially secure lifestyles and understand personal financial
responsibility.
Comprehend scientific presentations.
Investigate and Design (Experimental and Observational)
Obtain reasoning from data.
Comprehend conclusions with evidence.
Express scientific information.
Solve probability and statistics.
Determine the details of what is explicitly stated in primary and secondary sources and
make logical inferences or valid claims based on evidence.
Determine central ideas, hypothesis and conclusions.
Describe people, places, environment processes, and events, and the connections between
and among them.
Identify the chronological structure of a historical narrative and sequence steps in a
process.
Recite events and ideas.
Apply cause and effect relationships and multiple causation, including action by
individuals, natural and societal contexts; evaluate the assumptions and implications
inherent in differing positions.
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Recall aspects of a historical document that reveal an author’s point of view or purpose.
Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a primary source document.
Discuss information presented in a variety of maps, graphic organizers, tables and charts;
and in a variety of visual sources such as artifacts, photographs and political cartoons
.
6. Texas Adult Education & Literacy ABE Content Standards
Learning Outcomes
Subarea 1.1 – Reading Foundation
Content Standards:
A. Beginning Reading Skills/Print Awareness. Understood that the function of conventional
and digital print is to convey meaning and that there is a connection between oral and
written language, recognize the ways print is organized, and recognize the conventions for
reading and writing.
Benchmark:
1. Display ability to segment words into separate parts, blend sounds to form words, and
manipulate sounds aurally and orally.
B. Beginning Reading Skills/Phonemic Awareness. Understand that the sounds of spoken
language work together to make words.
Benchmark:
1. Display awareness of phonics (e.g. Letter-sound knowledge, segmenting, blending,
and manipulating sounds aurally and orally).
C. Beginning Reading Skills/Word Analysis and Phonics Instruction. Understand there is a
relationship between letters and sounds through written language.
Benchmark:
1. Use the relationships between letters and sounds, spelling patterns, and analysis of
word structure to decode/encode written and spoken English.
D. Beginning Reading/Strategies. Develop increasingly sophisticated strategies for
comprehending a variety of diverse texts.
Benchmark:
1. Determine what print and digital texts say explicitly and make logical inferences from
texts (e.g., written directions, signs, captions, warning labels, and information books).
Subarea I.2 – Reading
Content Standard:
A. Vocabulary Development. Apply vocabulary and concepts to use accurately in reading
Benchmarks:
1. Identify new words and concepts by studying their relationships to other words and
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concepts using context clues.
2. Apply knowledge of roots and affixes to infer the meaning of new words.
C. Comprehension of Literacy Texts: Locate explicit textual information, draw
inferences, and analyze and evaluate the varied structural patterns, stylistic elements, and
features of literacy nonfiction and fiction. Identify supporting evidence from the text to
support understanding.
Benchmark:
2. Identify explicit and implicit textual information including main ideas, supporting
evidence, and author’s purpose.
Subarea I.3– Writing
Content Standard:
A. Writing Process: Use a recursive process to prewrite, compose, revise, and edit a variety
of texts that demonstrate clear focus, logical development of ideas in well-organized
paragraphs, and the use of language that advances the author’s purpose.
Benchmarks:
1. Use various prewriting strategies such as brainstorming, freewriting, listing, and
mapping to generate ideas.
2. Identify and evaluate effective strategies that demonstrate the writer’s purpose and
audience (e.g., to explain, inform, analyze, entertain, reflect, and persuade).
Subarea I.4 – Oral and Written Conventions
Content Standards:
A. Language Conventions. Understand the conventions of language when speaking and
writing.
Benchmarks:
1. Understand and apply the parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking.
Use capitalization conventions in writing (e.g., within divided quotations; historical
periods and events, geological eras, and scientific terms).
3. Use proper punctuation conventions in writing (e.g., colons, quotation marks, and
dashes; apostrophes in contractions and possessives; commas with introductory phrases
and dependent clauses; semi colons or a comma in compound sentences; comma in a series;
and ellipses to indicate a pause, break, or omission).
B. Print Production. Use basic computer skills.
Benchmark:
1. Demonstrate basic computer processing skills, and make efficient use of technology
such as spellcheck, font changes, printing, etc.
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Subarea 1.6 – Listening and Speaking
Content Standards:
A. Listening. Apply listening skills in informal and formal situations as an individual and as
a member of a group in a variety of settings (e.g., lectures, discussions, conversations, team
projects, presentations, and interviews)
Benchmark:
2. Interpret a speaker’s message; identify the position taken and the evidence in support of
that position
3. Use a variety of strategies to enhance listening comprehension (e.g., focus attention on
message, monitor message for clarity and understanding, provide and recognize verbal and
nonverbal cues to ensure one’s message is communicated, note cues such as change of
pace of words that indicate a new point is about to be made, and select and organize key
information).
B. Speaking. Understand the elements of communication in group discussions and formal
presentations (e.g., accuracy, relevance, rhetorical features, and organization of
information).
Benchmark:
1. Participate actively and effectively in one-on-one and group communication situations
C. Teamwork. Work collaboratively and communicate effectively with others.
Benchmark:
1. Understand and apply knowledge of team dynamics as well as expectations to
participate and listen actively and effectively in team discussions and projects, in either
academic or workplace settings.
Subarea ll.1 – Numerical Representations and Relationships
Content Standards:
A. Recognizing Numbers and Counting. Develop an understanding of place value.
Benchmarks:
1. Count and represent quantities accurately, efficiently, and fluently.
2. Develop and apply an understanding of the base-10 place value system, and place
value concepts using pictorial models, such as number lines and graphs.
Subarea ll.2 – Computations
Content Standards:
A. Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers. Understand and apply place value and
properties of operations to solve problems involving addition and subtraction of whole
numbers.
Benchmarks:
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1. Identify situations in which addition and subtraction are necessary to solve problems.
2. Use efficient, accurate, and generalizable methods based on the application of the
principles of place value, the properties of operations, and the relationship between
addition and subtraction to solve problems including addition and subtraction of whole
numbers.
B. Multiplying Whole Numbers. Develop accuracy, efficiency, and flexibility in the use of
the mathematical operations (addition, subtraction, and multiplication) with whole
numbers, and use this knowledge to solve problems.
Benchmark:
1. Add, subtract, and multiply whole numbers accurately, efficiently, and fluently, and
justify these procedures. Use these operations to solve problems, including using
formulas for perimeter and area.
C. Dividing Numbers. Use operations with positive rational numbers to solve problems.
Benchmark:
1. Develop procedures for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of real
numbers, including rational and irrational numbers, to solve real-world problems.
Subarea II.3 – Geometry
Content Standards:
A. Identify, analyze, and use attributes of two-dimensional shapes and three dimensional
solids.
Benchmarks:
1. Identify, name, and create basic two-dimensional shapes and three- dimensional
solids, and identify the attributes of each shape.
Subarea II.4 – Measurement Including Geometry
Content Standards:
B. Measuring length, area, volume, and weight/mass in different measuring systems.
Benchmark:
1. Identify length as an attribute that can be measured. List and use appropriate units to
solve real-world problems related to length.
C. Represent and solve problems with perimeter, area, and volume.
Benchmark:
1. Apply understanding of measurement to select appropriate units when measuring
perimeter, area, and volume in real-world contexts.
E. Measuring Angles and Using Angle Relationships.
Benchmark:
1. Measure an angle.
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Subarea II.5 – Algebraic Relationships
Content Standards:
A. Represent and use algebra to solve problems for the unknown.
Benchmarks:
1. Identify Properties of Real Numbers for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division,
and exponents.
C. Graphing.
Benchmarks:
2. Use properties of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with radicals.
3. Understand and use a rectangular coordinate system to interpret a graph, plot points,
and determine coordinates of points from a graph.
E. Understand and apply ratios and rates by using equivalent ratios to represent
percentages and proportional relationships.
Benchmark:
1. Use knowledge of fractions to develop procedures for modeling and solving real-world
ratio and rate problems.
Subarea II.7 – Data Analysis
Content Standards:
A. Organizing, Representing, and Interpreting Sets of Data. Select and apply appropriate
visual representations of data.
Benchmark:
1. (e.g., line plots, bar graphs) to describe data based on the attributes of a given data
set.
B. Read, analyze, interpret, and draw conclusions from data.
Benchmarks:
1. Understand the relevance and importance of reliable data sampling techniques to
ensure more accurate statistical results.
C. Determine and use probability to solve problems.
Benchmark:
1. Understand probability in real-world situations
Subarea II.8 – Financial Literacy
Content Standards:
A. Understand the Connections Among Income, Expenses, and Careers.
Benchmarks:
3. Understand taxes (e.g., income, sales. property, etc.).
4. Understand fixed and variable expenses and how to develop your personal budget.
B. Develop and use an economic way of thinking and problem solving useful in one’s life as
a knowledgeable employee, consumer, provider, and investor.
Benchmarks:
2. Understand how to provide for basic needs while living and working within a budget.
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5. Understand the role of financial markets/institutions in saving, borrowing, and capital
formation.
7. Instructional Methods
As an instructor, I want my students to be successful. I feel that it is my responsibility to
provide you with knowledge concerning the field of Reading, Writing, and Math. As a
student, it is your responsibility to read the textbook, submit assignments on the due
date, participate in classroom activities, attend class, and enjoy yourself while
experiencing the real world of Reading, Writing, & Math. You will be involved in
discussions with your classmates and your instructor. As you will want to contribute to
these discussions, you will need to come to class prepared to discuss, analyze and
evaluate information from your text and other assigned readings.
8. Student Assignments Assignments have been developed that will enhance your learning. To better
understand a topic, you will be given assignments on key information that you will
need to remember for your success in your career. Students will need to purchase the
following resources:
Required Textbook: Kaplan 2018 ISBN: 978-1-5062-2360-5 ($14-$25)
Required Calculator: TI-30XS Multi-view ($18)
Other Supplies: Notebook paper, pens (red/blue/black), pencils, USB
Drive, Journal, and highlighter.
9. Additional Resources
Steck–Vaughn Fundamental Skills Reading – Phonics and Vocabulary (Beginning)
Steck–Vaughn Fundamental Skills Reading – Reading Comprehension and Reference
Skills (Beginning)
Steck–Vaughn Fundamental Skills Writing Vocabulary and Composition (Beginning)
Steck –Vaughn Fundamental Skills Writing Grammar and Mechanics (Beginning)
Steck–Vaughn Fundamental Skills Math Geometry and Measurement (Beginning)
Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills Math – Algebra, Statistics, Data Analysis, and
Probability (Beginning)
Math 1: Whole Numbers, Decimals, Pre – HSE Fractions, Percents, and workbook
Measurement New Readers Press
Steck-Vaughn Basic Essentials of Math Book I.
Contemporary TABE Skill Workbooks Usage (E)
Contemporary TABE Skill workbook Capitalization, Punctuation, and Writing
Conventions (E)
Contemporary TABE Skill Workbooks Graphic Information (E)
10. Online Resources • ple.platoweb.com
• www.gcflearnfree.org
• www.Brainpop.com
• https://www.newreaderspress.com/scoreboost-ged (click login/create an account)
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• www.gedmathlessons.com
• www.thatquiz.org
• www.ged.com
• www.khanacademy.org
• www.youtube.com
• Contemporary GED (Math, Science, Social Studies, Reading & Language)
11. HCC Policy Statement — ADA
Services to Students with Disabilities Houston Community College is dedicated to providing an inclusive learning environment by
removing barriers and opening access for qualified students with documented disabilities in
compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act. Ability Services is the designated office responsible for approving and
coordinating reasonable accommodations and services in order to assist students with
disabilities in reaching their full academic potential. In order to receive reasonable
accommodations or evacuation assistance in an emergency, the student must be registered
with Ability Services. If you have a documented disability (e.g. learning, hearing, vision,
physical, mental health, or a chronic health condition), that may require accommodations,
please contact the appropriate Ability Services Office below. Please note that classroom
accommodations cannot be provided prior to your Instructor's receipt of an accommodation
letter and accommodations are not retroactive. Accommodations can be requested at any
time during the semester, however if an accommodation letter is provided to the Instructor
after the first day of class, sufficient time (1 week) must be allotted for the Instructor to
implement the accommodations.
Ability Services
Central College (713) 718-6164
Southeast College (713) 718-8397
Southwest College (713) 718-7910
12. HCC Policy Statement: Academic Honesty A student who is academically dishonest is by definition not showing that the
coursework has been learned, and that student is claiming an advantage not available to
other students. The instructor is responsible for measuring each student's individual
achievements and also for ensuring that all students compete on a level playing field.
Thus, in our system, the instructor has teaching, grading, and enforcement roles. You
are expected to be familiar with the University's Policy on Academic Honesty, found in
the catalog. What that means is: If you are charged with an offense, pleading ignorance
of the rules will not help you. Students are responsible for conducting themselves with
honor and integrity in fulfilling course requirements. Penalties and/or disciplinary
proceedings may be initiated by College System officials against a student accused of
scholastic dishonesty. "Scholastic dishonesty" includes, but is not limited to cheating on a
test, plagiarism, and collusion.
Cheating on a test includes:
Copying from another students' test paper
Using materials not authorized by the person giving the test
Collaborating with another student during a test without authorization
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Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, or soliciting in whole or part
the contents of a test that has not been administered.
Bribing another person to obtain a test that is to be administered
Plagiarism means the appropriation of another's work and the unacknowledged
incorporation of that work in one's own written work offered for credit.
Collusion mean the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing
written work offered for credit. Possible punishments for academic dishonesty
may include a grade of 0 or F in the particular assignment, failure in the course,
and/or recommendation for probation or dismissal from the College System. (See
the Student Handbook)
13. HCC Policy Statements
Class Attendance - it is important that you come to class! Attending class
regularly is the best way to succeed in this class. Research has shown that the single
most important factor in student success is attendance. Simply put, going to class greatly
increases your ability to succeed. You are expected to attend all lecture and labs
regularly. You are responsible for materials covered during your absences. Class
attendance is checked daily. Although it is your responsibility to drop a course for
nonattendance, the instructor has the authority to drop you for excessive absences.
If you are not attending class, you are not learning the information. As the information
that is discussed in class is important for your career, students may be dropped from a
course after accumulating absences in excess of 3 days of instruction. The three days of
class time would include any total classes missed or for excessive tardiness or leaving
class early.
Poor attendance records tend to correlate with poor grades. If you miss any class,
including the first week, you are responsible for all material missed. It is a good idea to
find a buddy or a friend in class who will be willing to share class notes or discussion or
be able to hand in paper if you unavoidably miss a class. Class attendance equals class
success.
14. Student Conduct As your instructor and as a student in this class, it is our shared responsibility to develop
and maintain a positive learning environment for everyone. Your instructor takes this
responsibility very seriously and will inform members of the class if their conduct makes
it difficult for him/her to carry out this task. As a fellow learner, you are asked to respect
the learning needs of your classmates and assist your instructor achieve this critical goal.
15. Use of Camera and/or Recording Devices As a student active in the learning community of this course, it is your responsibility to
be respectful of the learning atmosphere in your classroom. To show respect of your
fellow students and instructor, you will turn off your phone and other electronic
devices, and will not use these devices in the classroom unless you receive permission
from the instructor. Use of recording devices, including camera phones and tape
recorders, is prohibited in classrooms, laboratories, faculty offices, and other locations
where instruction, tutoring, or testing occurs. Students with disabilities who need to use
a recording device as a reasonable accommodation should contact the Office for
Students with Disabilities for information regarding reasonable accommodations.
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16. Instructor Requirements
As your Instructor, it is my responsibility to:
Facilitate an effective learning environment through class activities, discussions, and
lectures
Description of any special projects or assignments
Inform students of policies such as attendance, withdrawal, tardiness and make-ups
Provide the course outline and class calendar which will include a description of any
special projects or assignment
Arrange to meet with individual students before and after class as required
To be successful in this class, it is the student's responsibility to:
Attend class and participate in class discussions and activities
Read and comprehend the textbook
Complete the required assignments and exams:
Ask for help when there is a question or problem
17. Assessments According to the AEL Assessment Guide, all students will be required to Program
Test after 40 hours of contact hours with the Texas Adult Basic Education (TABE).
18. Important Semester Dates:
Martin L. King, January 20, 2020
1st 8 week Block Begins January 22, 2020
Labor Day Holiday, September 7, 2020 - No Classes
Progress Testing March 4-6
1st 8 week Block Ends March 20
New Student Registration & Orientation March 18-22
Fall Break - No Classes
2nd 8 week Block Begins March 23, 2020, Spring Class
Progress Testing May 20-24
Memorial Day Holiday, May 25, 2020- No Classes
2nd 8 Week Block Ends May 20, 2020
18A. CLASS SCHEDULE: Although the instructor will make every effort to adhere to the
following schedule, he/she reserves the right to modify it as needed and re-teach as needed.
WEEK 1 (January 22, 2020)
DAY 1: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
o Welcome to HSE/ABE Lower Levels 1 & 2
o Introduction
o Campus Rules
o Class Syllabus
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o TALAE Membership
o Set-up GED Accounts
o Edmentum/Plato (Introduction)
o Student Portfolios: ABE/GED Student Learning & Goal Setting Plan
Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Reading (Beginning)
Phonics & Vocabulary o Lesson 1 8 & 19: Unit 4: Vocabulary pp. 46-49
Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA):: Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills –
Writing, Grammar Mechanics o Lesson 14: Unit 2 Rules of Mechanics (Beginning) Commas pp. 29 – 30
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Pre-HSE Core Skills in Math
o Lesson 1: Representing Numbers on a Number Line pp. 14 – 18
o Unit 1: Understanding Place Value pp. 14 – 18
DAY 2: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Reading (Beginning)
Phonics & Vocabulary
o Lesson 20 & 21: Unit 4 Vocabulary pp. 50 – 54
Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA) (Beginning) : Steck-Vaughn Fundamental
Skills – Writing, Grammar Mechanics o Lesson 15 – Unit 2: Rules of Mechanics pp. 31 – 32
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Pre-HSE Core Skills in Math
o Lesson 3 : Unit 1 Rounding Numbers and Estimating pp. 19 – 26
o Lesson 3: Unit 1 Performing Operations on Whole Numbers and Decimals
pp. 19 – 26
DAY 3: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Reading (Beginning)
Phonics & Vocabulary
o Lesson 16: Unit 2 Rules of Mechanics pp. 33 – 35
Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA): Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills –
Writing, Grammar Mechanics o Lesson 16: Unit 2 Rules of Mechanics (Beginning) pp. 33 – 35
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Pre-HSE Core Skills in Math
o Lesson 5: Unit 1 Finding Common Factors and Multiples pp. 27 – 30
o Lesson 6: Unit 1 Understanding Fractions pp. 27 – 30
WEEK 2
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DAY 4: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Reading (Beginning)
Phonics & Vocabulary o Lesson 26 – 30: Unit 4 Vocabulary pp. 65 – 73
Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA): Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills –
Writing, Grammar Mechanics o Lesson 17: Unit 2 Rules of Mechanics (Beginning) pp. 36 – 37
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Pre-GED Complete Test Preparation
o Lesson 1 – 3: Unit 4 Number Sense pp. 404 – 427
DAY 5: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Reading (Beginning)
Comprehension & Reference Skills
o Lesson 27: Unit 4 Main Idea pp. 67 – 68
Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA): Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills –
Writing, Grammar Mechanics o Lesson 18: Unit 2 Rules of Mechanics (Beginning) pp. 38 – 39
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Pre-GED Complete Test Preparation
o Lesson 4: Unit 4 Squares, Cubes and Square Roots pp. 428 – 433
DAY 6: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Reading (Beginning)
Comprehension & Reference Skills
o Lesson 28: Unit 4 Main Idea/Supporting Details pp. 69 – 70
Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA): Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills –
Writing, Grammar Mechanics o Lesson 19: Unit 2 Rules of Mechanics (Beginning) pp. 40 – 42
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Basic Essentials of Math – Book 2
o Order of Operation pp. 76
WEEK 3
DAY 7: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Reading: Plato Courseware NRS Reading L2
o Unit 1: Reading Skills and Strategies
o Unit 2: Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension
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Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA): Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills –
Writing, Grammar Mechanics o Lesson 22: Unit 3 Grammar (Beginning) pp. 52 – 53
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): www.gcflearnfree.org
o Exponents - Full Page
DAY 8: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Steck-Vaughn Pre GED Language Arts, Reading
Legal Documents o Lesson 4: Summarizing Information pp. 34 – 39
Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA) – Writing: Steck-Vaughn Fundamental
Skills – Writing, Grammar Mechanics o Lesson 23: Unit 3 Grammar (Beginning) pp. 54 – 55
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): www.gcflearnfree.org
o Tutorial Order of Operations
DAY 9: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Reading: Plato Courseware Basic Reading Skills o Unit 3: Preparing to read
o Reading between the Lines in Stories
Steck-Vaugh Fundamental Skills Writing, Grammar and Mechanics (Beginning)
o Lesson 25: Unit 3 Sentence Structure pp. 58 – 59
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Pre-GED Complete Test Preparation
o Lesson 8: Decimals pp. 458 – 465
WEEK 4
DAY 10: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Reading (Beginning) – Comprehension &
Reference Skills o Lesson 38: Unit 6 Sequence of Events pp. 100 - 101
Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills Writing, Grammar and Mechanics (Beginning)
o Lesson 22 – 23: Unit 3 Run-On Sentence pp. 52 – 55
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Pre-GED Complete Test Preparation
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o Lesson 9: Decimals pp. 466 – 471
DAY 11: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Reading (Beginning) – Comprehension &
Reference Skills o Lesson 35: Unit 5 Compare Information in Ads pp. 89 – 91
Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills Writing, Grammar and Mechanics (Beginning)
o Lesson 26: Unit 3 Sentence Types pp. 60 – 61
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Pre-GED Complete Test Preparation
o Lesson 10: Decimals pp. 472 – 477
DAY 12: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Steck-Vaughn Pre – GED, Language Arts o Lesson 6: Understanding Cause and Effect pp. 46 – 51
Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills Writing, Grammar and Mechanics (Beginning)
o Lesson 28: Unit 3 Sentence Structure pp. 64 – 65
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Pre-GED Complete Test Preparation
o Section Practice pp. 478 -479
WEEK 5
DAY 13: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Reading (Beginning)
Reading Comprehension and Reference Skills o Lesson 39: Unit 6 Making Inference and Draw Conclusions pp. 102 – 104
Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills Writing, Grammar and Mechanics (Beginning)
o Lesson 22: Unit 3 Sentence Fragments pp. 52 – 53
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): www.gcflearnfree.org
o Scientific Notation – Excel 2013 Formatting Cells p. 5
DAY 14: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Steck-Vaughn Pre GED Language Arts, Reading o Lesson 9: Understanding the Author’s Purpose pp. 64 – 69
Steck-Vaugh Fundamental Skills Grammar and Mechanics (Beginning)
o Lesson 24: Unit 3 Run-Ons & Comma Splices pp. 56 – 57
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Mathematical Reasoning (Math): www.gcflearnfree.org
o Scientific Notation – Excel 2013 Formatting Cells - Full Page Video
DAY 15: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Steck-Vaughn Pre GED Language Arts, Reading o Lesson 19: Unit 2 Comprehension and Contrasting pp. 136 – 141
Steck-Vaugh Fundamental Skills Writing, Grammar and Mechanics (Beginning)
o Lesson 29: Unit 3 Past Tense pp. 66 – 67
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): www.gcflearnfree.org
o Problems Solving Decimals
o Multiplying and Dividing – Full Page
WEEK 6
DAY 16: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Steck-Vaughn Pre GED Language Arts, Reading o Lesson 8: Unit 1 Comparing and Contrasting pp. 61 – 63
Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills Writing, Grammar and Mechanics (Beginning)
o Lesson 32: Unit 3 Using Modals pp. 72 – 73
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): www.gcflearnfree.org
o Problems Solving Decimals
o Multiplying and Dividing
o Long Division– Full Page
DAY 17: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Steck-Vaughn Pre GED Language Arts, Reading o Unit 3: Lesson 23 Applying Ideas & Synthesizing pp. 172 – 177
Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA): www.gcflearnfree.org: Sentence Structure
o Sentence Fragments – Full Page
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Pre-GED Complete Test Preparation
o Lesson 5: Fraction Basics pp. 436 – 437
DAY 18: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Steck-Vaughn Pre GED Language Arts, Reading
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o Unit 3: Lesson 23 Applying Ideas & Synthesizing pp. 172 – 177
Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA): www.gcflearnfree.org: Sentence Structure
o Grammar Run-On Sentences – Full Page
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Pre-GED Complete Test Preparation
o Lesson 5: Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers pp. 438-439
WEEK 7
DAY 19: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills Reading (Beginning)
Reading Comprehension and Reference Skills o Unit 5: Lesson 33 Visuals in Workplace Texts pp. 83 – 85
RLA: Steck-Vaughn Pre-GED Complete Test Preparation o Lesson 29: Sentence Fragments and Run-Ons pp. 158 – 161
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Pre-GED Complete Test Preparation
o Lesson 5: Equivalent Fractions pp. 440 – 443
DAY 20: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Steck-Vaughn Pre GED Language Arts, Reading
o Lesson 2: Unit 1 Nonfiction Forms and Documents pp. 22 – 27
RLA: Steck-Vaughn Pre-GED Complete Test Preparation o Lesson 25: Parallelism pp. 145 – 146
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Pre-GED Complete Test Preparation
o Lesson 6: Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying and Dividing Fractions pp. 444 –
457
DAY 21-24: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Progress Assessment Week
Workforce Preparation Sessions for 2nd Start Students
WEEK 8
DAY 22: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
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Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills Reading (Beginning)
Reading Comprehension & Reference Skills o Lesson 23: Unit 3 Scan pp. 57 – 58
RLA: Pre-HSE Core Skills in Reading & Writing o Lesson 1: Unit 5 Writing a Paragraph pp. 115 – 117
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Pre-GED Complete Test Preparation
o Lesson 11: Ratios and Proportions pp. 480 - 487
DAY 23: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills Reading (Beginning)
o Lesson 24: Unit 3 Skim pp. 59 – 60
RLA: Pre-HSE Core Skills in Reading & Writing o Lesson 20: Unit 5 Writing a Paragraph pp. 118 – 120
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Pre-GED Complete Test Preparation
o Lesson 12-13: Percent pp. 488 - 500
DAY 24: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills Reading (Beginning)
Reading Comprehension & Reference Skills o Lesson 25: Unit 3 Inference pp. 61 – 64
RLA: Pre-HSE Core Skills in Reading & Writing o Lesson 3: Unit 5 Transitions pp. 121 – 122
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Pre-GED Complete Test Preparation
o Lesson 14 – 15: Percent pp. 501 – 514
WEEK 9
DAY 25: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Steck Vaughn Fundamental Skills Reading (Beginning)
Reading Comprehension & Reference Skills o Lesson 22: Unit 3 Predict pp. 55 - 56
RLA: Pre-HSE Core Skills in Reading & Writing o Lesson 1 – 3: Unit 5 Practice pp. 123 – 124
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Pre-GED Complete Test Preparation
o Lesson 16: Statistics and Probability pp. 515 – 522
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DAY 26: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Steck-Vaughn Pre – GED Language Arts, Reading
o Lesson 12: Unit 1 Interpreting the Author’s Tone pp. 82 – 87
RLA: Pre-HSE Core Skills in Reading & Writing – New Readers Press o Lesson 15: Unit 2 Writing a Paragraph pp. 31 – 32
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Statistics, Data
Analysis, and Probability
o Lesson 2: Collecting and Labeling Data pp. 4 – 5
DAY 27: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Steck-Vaughn Pre – GED Language Arts, Reading
o Lesson 17: Unit 2 Identifying Point of View & Figurative Language pp. 124–
129
RLA: Pre-HSE Core Skills in Reading & Writing – New Readers Press o Lesson 1: Unit 6 Writing an Essay pp. 125 – 128
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Statistics, Data
Analysis, and Probability
o Lesson 6: Constructing a Graph pp. 17 – 21
WEEK 10
DAY 28: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
RLA: www.gcflearnfree.org: Reading for Adult Literacy
o Instructors - Practice Reading
RLA: Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Writing (Beginning) Vocabulary and
Composition o Lesson 2 – 3: Unit 6: Writing an Essay pp. 129 – 135
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Statistics, Data
Analysis, and Probability
o Lesson 10: The Mean and the Median pp. 36 – 37
DAY 29: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
RLA: www.gcflearnfree.org: Reading for Adult Literacy
o Instructors - Practice Reading
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RLA: Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Writing (Beginning) Vocabulary and
Composition o Lesson 16: Unit 2 Keeping your writing focused on the Main Idea pp. 33 – 36
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Statistics, Data
Analysis, and Probability
o Lesson 14 – 15: Probability pp. 50 – 54
DAY 30: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
o Compare and Contrast pp. 26 – 27
RLA: Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Writing (Beginning) Vocabulary and
Composition o Lesson 20: Unit 3 The Writing Process pp. 44 – 49
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Pre-GED Complete Test Preparation
o Lesson 17: Algebra – Expressions pp. 525 – 526
WEEK 11
DAY 31: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
RLA: Contemporary’s Pre-GED Language Arts, Reading
o Contrast pp. 45 – 48
RLA: Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Writing (Beginning) Vocabulary and
Composition o Lesson 20: Unit 3 The Writing Process pp. 44 – 49
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Pre-GED Complete Test Preparation
o Lesson 17: Evaluating Expressions pp. 527 – 530
DAY 32: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
RLA – Essential Reading I: Plato Coursework
o Comparisons
RLA: Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Writing (Beginning) Vocabulary and
Composition o Lesson 21: Unit 3 Choosing an Organizational Structure pp. 50 – 53
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Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Pre-GED Complete Test Preparation
o Lesson 18: Solving Simple Equations pp. 531 – 532
DAY 33: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
RLA – Essential Reading I: Plato Courseware
Reading for Understanding
o Understanding Logical Relationships
RLA: Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Writing (Beginning) Vocabulary and
Composition o Lesson 22: Unit 3 Write a Workplace Memo pp. 54 – 56
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Pre-GED Complete Test Preparation
o Lesson 18: Evaluating Functions pp. 533 – 538
WEEK 12
DAY 34: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
RLA: Pre-HSE Core Skills in Reading and Writing
o Lesson 1 – Unit 2 Poetry and Drama pp. 33 – 36
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Geometry
(Beginning)
o Lesson 1 – 2: Dimensional Shapes pp. 1 – 8
DAY 35: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
RLA: Pre-HSE Core Skills in Reading and Writing
o Lesson 2 – Unit 2 Poetry and Drama pp. 37 – 39
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Geometry
(Beginning)
Lesson 8: Units of Temperature pp. 27 – 29
DAY 36: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
RLA: Pre-HSE Core Skills in Reading and Writing
o Lesson 3 – Unit 2: Figurative Language in Poetry pp. 40 – 43
RLA: Writing
o Practice Writing Multiple Paragraphs
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Geometry
(Beginning)
o Lesson 10: Measurement of Time pp. 33 – 36
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WEEK 13
DAY 37: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
RLA: Pre-HSE Core Skills in Reading and Writing
o Lesson 4 & 5 – Unit 2 Tone in Poetry pp. 44 – 47
RLA: Writing
o Practice Writing Multiple Paragraphs
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Geometry
o Lesson 12 – 13: Comparing Measurements pp. 40 – 45
o Lesson 12 – 13: Approximation of Measurements pp. 40 – 45
DAY 38: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
RLA: Pre-HSE Core Skills in Reading and Writing
o Lesson 6 & 7 – Unit 2: Drama pp. 48 – 51
RLA: Writing
o Practice Writing Multiple Paragraphs
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Geometry
(Intermediate)
o Geometry – Circles
DAY 39: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
RLA: Pre-HSE Core Skills in Reading and Writing
Unit 2: Lesson Review pp. 52 – 54
RLA: Writing
o Practice Writing Multiple Paragraphs
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Geometry
(Intermediate)
o Geometry – Measurement of Angels
WEEK 14
DAY 40: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
RLA: Pre-HSE Core Skills in Reading and Writing
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o Unit 3: Reading Nonfiction pp. 56 – 58
RLA: Writing
o Write a Resume
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Geometry
(Intermediate)
o Geometry - Classifications of Angles
DAY 41: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
RLA: Pre-HSE Core Skills in Reading and Writing
o Lesson 7 – Unit 3: Understanding Vocabulary pp. 73 – 75
RLA: Plato Courseware
o Fill in Application
Mathematical Reasoning (Math): Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills – Geometry
(Intermediate)
o Protractor
DAY 42
Progress Week
DAY 43
Cycle Ends
19. Scope and Sequence (See Separate Handout)
A Project of the U.S. Department of Education
NRS Test Benchmarks for Educational Functioning Levels –ABE/ASE Updated February 2018
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Educational Functioning Level (EFL) Test Benchmarks
Beginning ABE Literacy
(Level 1)
Beginning Basic Education
(Level 2)
Low Intermediate Basic Education
(Level 3)
High Intermediate Basic Education
(Level 4)
TABE (11–12) scale scores
(grade level 0–1):
Reading: 300–441
Mathematics: 300–448
Language: 300–457
TABE (11–12) scale scores
(grade level 2–3):
Reading: 442–500
Mathematics: 449–495
Language: 458–510
TABE (11–12) scale scores
(grade level 4–5):
Reading: 501–535
Mathematics: 496–536
Language: 511–546
TABE (11–12) scale scores
(grade level 6–8):
Reading: 536–575
Mathematics: 537–595
Language: 547–583
Low Adult Secondary Education
(Level 5)
TABE (11–12) scale scores
(grade level 9–10):
Reading: 576–616 Mathematics: 596–656
Language: 584–630
High Adult Secondary Education
(Level 6)
TABE (11–12) scale scores
(grade level 11–12): Reading: 617–800
Mathematics: 657–800 Language: 631–800
HOLIDAY CALENDAR – 2020
January 20, 2020
MLK Holiday
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February 17, 2020
President's Day
March ,2020
Spring Break
April , 2020
Spring Holiday
May 25, 2020
Memorial Day
July 4, 2020
Independence Day
September 7, 2020
Labor Day
November 26, 2020
Thanksgiving Break
December , 2020
Winter Break
Houston Community College
Texas Adult Education & Literacy (AEL)
Content Standards
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Syllabus
Levels Grade Equivalent
ASE 5 & 6 9-10 & 11-12
ABE (Higher) 3 & 4 4-5 & 6-8
ABE (Lower) 1 & 2 0-1 & 2-3
Compiled By:
Sharon R. Gaudin, AEL Instructor
Houston Community College
Central Campus
June 12, 2018