The California ELD Standards Companion, Grades 3-5. Jim Burke
1, Cluster B: Interacting in Meaningful Ways, Interpretive ModeStandard 5. Listening activelyELD Standard 5 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 5: Listening activelyWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 5: Listening activelyExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 5: Listening activelySnapshot 4.10. Retelling Stories—Designated ELD Connected to ELA in Grade 3Standard 6. Reading/viewing closelyELD Standard 6 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 6: Reading/viewing closelyWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 6: Reading/viewing closelyExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 6: Reading/viewing closelySnapshot 5.8. Close Reading of the Preamble to the Constitution—Integrated ELA/Literacy and History in Grade 5Standard 7. Evaluating language choicesELD Standard 7 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 7: Evaluating language choicesWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 7: Evaluating language choicesExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 7: Evaluating language choicesSnapshot 5.1. Linking Vocabulary to Express Understanding of the California Gold Rush—Integrated ELA/Literacy and History–Social Science in Grade 4Standard 8. Analyzing language choicesELD Standard 8 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 8: Analyzing language choicesWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 8: Analyzing language choicesExample of Practice in Vignette Related to Standard 8: Evaluating language choicesVignette 5.2. General Academic Vocabulary in Biographies—Designated ELD Instruction in Grade 4
8 Introduction to Part 1, Cluster C: Interacting in Meaningful Ways, Productive ModeStandard 9. PresentingELD Standard 9 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 9: PresentingWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 9: PresentingExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 9: PresentingSnapshot 4.10. Retelling Stories—Designated ELD Connected to ELA in Grade 3Standard 10. Composing/writingELD Standard 10 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 10. Composing/writingWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 10. Composing/writingExample of Practice in Vignette Related to Standard 10. Composing/writingVignette 5.1. Writing Biographies—Integrated ELA and Social Studies Instruction in Grade 4Standard 11. Supporting opinionsELD Standard 11 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 11: Supporting opinionsWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 11: Supporting opinionsExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 11: Supporting opinionsSnapshot 5.3. Identifying Characters’ Actions and Feelings in Narrative Text—Designated ELD Connected to ELA in Grade 4Standard 12. Selecting language resourcesELD Standard 12 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 12: Selecting language resourcesWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 12: Selecting language resourcesExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 12: Selecting language resourcesSnapshot 5.2. Histogram of Important Words in the Study of Volcanoes—Integrated ELA/Literacy and Science in Grade 4
9 Introduction to Part 2, Cluster A: Learning About How English Works, Structuring Cohesive TextsStandard 1. Understanding text structureELD Standard 1 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 1: Understanding text structureWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 1: Understanding text structureExample of Practice in Vignette Related to Standard 1: Understanding text structureVignette 4.4. Analyzing Complex Sentences in Science Texts—Designated ELD Instruction in Grade 3Standard 2. Understanding cohesionELD Standard 2 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 2: Understanding cohesionWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 2: Understanding cohesionExample of Practice in Vignette Related to Standard 2: Understanding cohesionVignette 5.4. Learning About Cohesion in Science—Designated ELD Instruction in Grade 5
10 Introduction to Part 2, Cluster B: Learning About How English Works, Expanding and Enriching IdeasStandard 3. Using verbs and verb phrasesELD Standard 3 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 3: Using verbs and verb phrasesWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 3: Using verbs and verb phrasesExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 3: Using verbs and verb phrasesSnapshot 5.5. Sentence Combining With Grant Wood’s Painting American Gothic—Integrated ELA/Literacy and Visual Arts in Grade 5Standard 4. Using nouns and noun phrasesELD Standard 4 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 4: Using nouns and noun phrasesWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 4: Using nouns and noun phrasesExample of Practice in Vignette Related to Standard 4: Using nouns and noun phrasesVignette 4.4. Analyzing Complex Sentences in Science Texts—Designated ELD Instruction in Grade 3Standard 5. Modifying to add detailsELD Standard 5 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 5: Modifying to add detailsWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 5: Modifying to add detailsExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 5: Modifying to add detailsSnapshot 5.3. Identifying Characters’ Actions and Feelings in Narrative Text—Designated ELD Connected to ELA in Grade 4
11 Introduction to Part 2, Cluster C: Learning About How English Works, Connecting and Condensing IdeasStandard 6. Connecting ideasELD Standard 6 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 6: Connecting ideasWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 6: Connecting ideasExample of Practice in Vignette Related to Standard 6: Connecting ideasVignette 4.4. Analyzing Complex Sentences in Science Texts—Designated ELD Instruction in Grade 3Standard 7. Condensing ideasELD Standard 7 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 7: Condensing ideasWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 7: Condensing ideasExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 7: Condensing ideasSnapshot 5.5. Sentence Combining With Grant Wood’s Painting American Gothic—Integrated ELA/Literacy and Visual Arts in Grade 5California English Language Development Standards reprinted with permission from the California English Language Development Standards: Kindergarten Through Grade 12 by English Learner Support Division, California Department of Education, (2012).
Foreword
Students enroll in California schools speaking languages representing every corner of the globe. Immigrant and U.S.-born, they collectively speak over 100 languages—and 1.2 million of them don’t yet have the English skills needed to adequately comprehend, participate in, and access the educational program without support. The United States has always been a multilingual nation, but the challenge of educating a multilingual student population in an era of high academic standards is a 21st century challenge—shaped significantly by 20th century battles.
Ever since the 1974 Supreme