Week 2: Aligning ELP/ELD Standards With Content Areas

Assessment Description

Teachers with ELLs in their classrooms are required to include language instruction across content areas. Therefore, each state has developed English language proficiency/development (ELP/ELD) standards. An examination of these standards reveals a close parallel to English language arts standards. Teachers must include an ELP/ELD standard that correlates with the content standard so that ELLs are learning to listen, speak, read, write, and develop academic vocabulary in English.

Complete the “Standards Alignment “ template to plan mini-lessons aligned to both content and ELP/ELD standards and provide a written rationale explaining the alignment of standards and instruction.

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Part 1: Content and ELP/ELD Standards

Select a grade level between Grades K-6 and locate Alabama’s academic content and ELP/ELD standards. Identify one grade-level academic standard for each of the following content areas: English language arts, math, science, and social studies/history. Copy and paste these content standards into the template. Select appropriate ELP/ELD standards to align with each of these content standards and copy and paste them into the template.

For each content area, write content and language objectives aligned with the content and ELP/ELD standards. Describe research-based instructional strategies and student practice/learning activities to address the skills and concepts from the standards-aligned objectives. Week 2: Aligning ELP/ELD Standards With Content Areas

Part 2: Rationale

In 200-250 words, write a rationale explaining the following:

• How the ELP/ELD standards you selected align with content instruction and support language learning for ELLs.
• Why language objectives are important to planning instruction for ELLs.
• Why the instructional strategies and student practice/learning activities you selected are appropriate for supporting language and content learning.

Support your template with a minimum of two scholarly resources.

While APA Style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines.

Standards Alignment

Part 1: Content and ELP/ELD Standards

Part 2: Rationale

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