CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONTom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Common Core State Standards Professional Learning Module Series

A Deeper Dive into theCA ELD Standards

Slide Bank(Optional*)

*These slides may be used as graphic representations of some concepts presented in the module (see Facilitator’s Guide for more information).

CA ELA-ELD Curriculum Framework

The CA ELD Standards

AMPLIFYthe CCSS for ELA/Literacy.

CA ELA-ELD Curriculum Framework

Evaluating Progress Appropriately

CA ELA-ELD Curriculum Framework (Adapted from Herman and Heritage 2007).

Assessment Cycles

Building Content Knowledge & Language in Tandem

Learning to use English

Learning content through English

English Language

Development

Learning about how

English works

Halliday (1978), Gibbons (2002), Schleppegrell (2004)

Educating English Learners: Three Interrelated Areas

Integrated and Designated ELD: Working in Tandem

Integrated ELD: All teachers with English learners in their classrooms use the CA ELD Standards in tandem with the CA CCSS for ELA/Literacy and other content standards.

Designated ELD: A protected time where teachers use the CA ELD Standards as the focal standards in ways that build into and from content instruction.

Text Reconstruction1. Read a short text aloud while students just listen.2. Read the text a second time while students listen for key

words and phrases.3. Read the text a third time while students listen and take

notes.4. Have students discuss their notes with a partner and then

work together to reconstruct the text.5. Show the original text to students. Point out key language

features, and invite students to discuss differences or similarities between the original and their texts.

-Spycher & Linn-Nieves (2014), adapted from Gibbons (2009)