English Language Development Standards

California

English Language

Development Standards

(Electronic Edition)

Kindergarten Through Grade 12

Adopted by the California

State Board of Education

November 2012

California

English Language

Development Standards

Kindergarten Through Grade 12

Adopted by the California State Board of Education

November 2012

Publishing Information

The California English Language Development Standards: Kindergarten Through

Grade 12 was developed by English Learner Support Division, California Department of Education. This publication was edited by Faye Ong and John McLean,

working in cooperation with Gustavo Gonzalez, Education Programs Consultant,

English Learner Support Division. It was designed and prepared for printing by

the staf of CDE Press, with the cover and interior designed by Tuyet Truong. It

was published by the Department of Education, 1430 N Street, Sacramento, CA

95814-5901. It was distributed under the provisions of the Library Distribution

Act and Government Code Section 11096.

? 2014 by the California Department of Education

All rights reserved

ISBN 978-0-8011-1738-1

Reproduction of this document for resale, in whole or in part, is not authorized.

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Department of Education. For prices and ordering information, please visit the

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Sales Ofce at 1-800-995-4099.

Notice

The guidance in California English Language Development Standards:

Kindergarten Through Grade 12 is not binding on local educational agencies

or other entities. Except for the statutes, regulations, and court decisions that

are referenced herein, the document is exemplary, and compliance with it is not

mandatory. (See Education Code Section 33308.5.)

Contents

A Message from the State Board of Education and

the State Superintendent of Public Instruction............................................v

Acknowledgments ....................................................................................vi

Introduction ............................................................................................. 1

Chapter 3. The Standards: Kindergarten Through Grade 12............................ 25

Kindergarten ................................................................................ 26

Grade 1........................................................................................ 36

Grade 2........................................................................................ 46

The English Language Development Profciency Level Descriptors and

Standards ................................................................................................ 5

Grade 3........................................................................................ 56

Chapter 1. Purposes, Development, and Structure of the California English

Language Development Standards ................................................. 7

Grade 5........................................................................................ 76

Defnition of the Standards ............................................................. 8

Purposes and Intended Users ......................................................... 8

California¡¯s English Learner Students .............................................. 8

Goals of the California English Language Development

Standards ...................................................................................... 9

Unintended and Inappropriate Uses of the Standards .................... 10

Grade 4........................................................................................ 66

Grade 6........................................................................................ 86

Grade 7........................................................................................ 98

Grade 8...................................................................................... 110

Grades 9¨C10 .............................................................................. 122

Grades 11¨C12............................................................................. 134

Legislation and Process for Development and Validation................ 12

Professional Learning for Successful Implementation of the California English Language Development Standards................................................. 145

Chapter 4. Theoretical Foundations and the Research Base of the California

English Language Development Standards ................................. 147

Organization of the Standards....................................................... 13

Interacting in Meaningful and Intellectually Challenging Ways ...... 148

References ................................................................................... 16

Scafolding................................................................................. 149

Chapter 2. Profciency Level Descriptors for the California English Language

Development Standards ............................................................... 17

Developing Academic English...................................................... 151

Organization of the Profciency Level Descriptors ........................... 18

The Importance of Grammatical and Discourse-Level

Understandings .......................................................................... 151

Rationale for Three Profciency Levels ............................................ 11

Profciency Level Descriptors ........................................................ 20

The Importance of Vocabulary..................................................... 151

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Other Relevant Guidance Documents Consulted.......................... 153

Chapter 6. Foundational Literacy Skills for English Learners......................... 177

Conclusion ................................................................................. 153

Research Summary and Implications for English Learners............ 178

References ................................................................................. 153

Alignment Charts for Foundational Literacy Skills in English

Language Development and the CA CCSS for ELA/Literacy .......... 179

Chapter 5. Learning About How English Works ............................................. 159

Elementary Level: Grades 1¨C5..................................................... 181

Correspondence of the Language Demands in the CA CCSS for

ELA/Literacy to the CA ELD Standards ........................................ 161

Secondary Level: Grades 6¨C12.................................................... 187

Supporting English Learners to Develop Academic English........... 164

Organization of Part II ................................................................. 172

Use of the CA ELD Standards ...................................................... 175

References ................................................................................. 176

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References................................................................................. 189

Glossary of Key Terms .................................................................................. 190

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