Learning Grammar: Simple Present and Present Progressive Stories
Learning Targets:
- Students will answer comprehension questions using simple present and present progressive tenses.
- Students will identify examples and non-examples.
Learning Phonics: The Favorite Game for Dual Languages
Learning Targets:
- Students will organize instructional information into steps using their native language.
- Students will translate instructional information into English.
- Students will appropriate images to instructions.
- Students will orally present and record their instructions.
- Students will use instructional verbs and adverbs appropriately.
Learning Vocabulary: Building a Glossary
Learning Targets:
- Students will create a glossary of words to use as a resource.
- Students will identify cognates.
- Students will identify ELL-friendly definitions for identified words.
- Students will identify examples from text for each identified glossary word.
Literature Webbing
Learning Targets:
- Students will organize information from a guided reading into a literature web.
- Students will make predictions about an upcoming reading.
- Students will identify main idea.
- Students will identify chronological order of events.
Literature Webbing and Writing
Learning Targets
- Students will organize information from a guided reading into a literature web.
- Students will make predictions about an upcoming reading.
- Students will identify main idea.
- Students will identify chronological order of events.
Making Connections to Main Idea
Learning Targets:
- Students will apply background knowledge to make predictions about a reading.
- Students will answer comprehension questions after reading a short text and watching a short video.
- Students will identify words they do not know.
Marzano’s 1-4 for Vocabulary
Learning Targets:
- Students will investigate terms related to new vocabulary words and terms using tools and context.
- Students will describe and explain new vocabulary words and terms.
- Students will restate sentences in their own words with new words and terms.
New Word Inventory I
Learning Targets:
- Students will apply fix-it strategies to new words.
- Students will apply metacognitive strategies to what they already know about new words.
- Students will rate themselves as new word learners.
New Word Inventory II
Learning Targets:
- Students will apply fix-it strategies to new words.
- Students will apply metacognitive strategies to what they already know about new words.
- Students will rate themselves as new word learners.
Oral Language: Story Writing and Story Telling
Learning Targets:
- Students will design their own story using a storyboard and images.
- Students will apply “good speaking” skills to the retelling of their own story.
- Students will rate their own oral reading using the Good Speaking Rubric
Oral Language: Story Writing and Story Telling
Learning Targets:
- Students will write, read and practice a story to read aloud.
- Students will apply “good speaking” skills to the retelling of their own story.
- Students
will rate their own oral reading using the Good Speaking Rubric.
Paragraph Construction
Learning Targets:
- Students will identify the main idea and details of a paragraph.
- Students will use key vocabulary to fill in details about a paragraph’s main idea.
- Students will write their own paragraph to include main idea and details.
Peer Coaching
Learning Targets:
- Students will articulate via images their need for assistance with their writing.
- Students will act on feedback received about their writing to revise and edit their work into a final product.
Picture Story Writing
Learning Targets:
- Students will identify pictures that tell a story.
- Students will arrange the images in chronological order to depict a story in the order of their choice.
- Students will subtitle the images in their native language.
- Students will translate the subtitles using a Story Map to tell their story.
Prepositional Nouns
Learning Targets:
- Students will be able to identify examples and non-examples of prepositional nouns in proper use.
- Students will be able to construct sentences and paragraphs using prepositional nouns.
- Students will be able to explain how prepositional nouns work in standard, conventional English.
Present and Progressive Tense
Learning Targets:
- Students will demonstrate comprehension by answering comprehension questions following a story read.
- Students will write answers to comprehension questions.
Reading and Writing for Main Ideas
Learning Targets:
- Students will identify main ideas and supporting details in paragraphs.
- Students will rank-order ideas in preparation for writing paragraphs.
- Students will organize and write their own paragraphs with properly situated main ideas.
Reading Comprehension: Pre-reading with SQ3R
Learning Targets:
- Students will survey or “pre-read” a text using SQ3R to increase their comprehension
- Students will write thoughtful prediction questions about the text prior to reading.
- Students will articulate text with full understanding.
- Students will apply post-reading understanding to adjust their SQ3R notes.
Reading Comprehension: SQ3R Strategies
Learning Targets:
- Students will survey or “pre-read” a text using SQ3R to increase their comprehension
- Students will write thoughtful prediction questions about the text prior to reading.
- Students will articulate text with full understanding.
- Students will apply post-reading understanding to adjust their SQ3R notes.
Similarities and Differences
Learning Targets:
- Students will identify similarities and differences in sounds among words in both the target and native languages.
- Students will identify similarities and differences in words through word-graphing in both the target and native languages.
- Students will isolate sounds and letters using magnetic pieces to form words in target and native languages.