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Governing Board Approval, May, 2015
ELP STANDARDS IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE
ELL Stage III: Grades 3-5
Mesa Public Schools
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ELL Stage III: Grades 3-5 ELD Curriculum Implementation Guide
Quarter 1 Language Strand
Standard 1 (Grammar/Syntax): The student will identify and apply conventions of standard English in his or her communications.
The student will demonstrate knowledge of parts of speech by:
ELP Performance Indicator Examples for Support / Clarification Resources and Methods
Nouns
III-L-1(N):HI-1: justifying his/her use of
common versus proper nouns and definite
versus indefinite articles.
common - use indefinite article; a building
proper - use definite article; the White House
• Create a working chart comparing common to
proper nouns
• Grammar wall
• Thinking map (circle map)
III-L-1(N):HI-2: justifying his/her use of
singular versus plural nouns, common
versus proper nouns and definite versus
indefinite articles.
III-L-1(SC):HI-1: selecting a subject (i.e.,
noun/pronoun: singular, plural, compound
or collective) to complete a given sentence.
III-L-1(SC):HI-5 & 6: producing sentences
with a singular or plural noun as the subject
using S-V-C construction, with subject-verb
agreement.
(a) pencil ---(the) pencil(s)
Robert went to the baseball game. He caught a
baseball in his glove.
He is going is going to the baseball game. They
are going to the baseball game.
• Grammar wall
- Create a T-chart separating singular vs. plural
nouns
- Create T-chart for definite vs. indefinite
articles
• Grammar Guide, page 135 (noun chart)
• Verb Tense Study (use of articles and plurals,
subject-verb agreement)
• Moving Into English Activities
• Houghton Mifflin English
III-L-1(PH/CL):HI-1: using noun phrases in
a complete sentence.
noun phrase - formed by a noun or a pronoun
and any modifiers, complements, or
determiners
A bird flew into the palm of my hand.
• Verb Tense Study
• MIE Activities
• Vocabulary Frames
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III-L-1(N):HI-3: converting a given singular
common noun into a plural noun, including
irregular nouns (with definite and indefinite
articles as appropriate).
III-L-1(SC):HI-12: producing sentences
using subjects + verbs + direct object
(noun), with subject-verb agreement.
regular forms – boy - boys, kitten - kittens
irregular forms – child - children, leaf - leaves
The classes walked to lunch.
• Grammar Guide: page 32
• Students match singular/plural noun cards (in a
sort or matching game)
• Students match irregular singular/plural noun
cards (in a sort or matching game)
• Students orally state complete sentence frames
using irregular verb forms
III-L-1(PH/CL):HI-2: using joined noun
phrases in a complete sentence.
noun(s) + and + noun(s) • Verb Tense Study
Verbs
III-L-1(V):HI-1: defining and classifying
physical action, mental action, and state of
being (to be) verbs; explaining the
relationship of a verb to the subject.
physical action verb – a verb that describes an
action you can see (overt)
mental action verb – a verb that describes an
action that you cannot see (covert)
physical
action
mental
action
state of
being "to
be”
to jump
to fly
to catch
to salute
to think
to analyze
to imagine
to compare
am is are
was were
will be
being been
• Verb Tense Study – Concept Chart 1
Create a chart for physical action, mental action,
and state of being (to be)
• Grammar Guide: page 33
• Houghton Mifflin English
• Grammar Wall
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III-L-1(V):E-2 & HI-13: defining and
differentiating between past, present, and
future.
Explain the difference between past, present,
and future tenses and give examples: use
pronoun + to be verbs. personal subject pronoun
past present future
I you he she it we you they
was were was was was were were were
am are is is is are are are
will be
• Verb Tense Study: Concept Chart #6
• Grammar Guide: page 34
• Create a T-chart separating past, present, and
future tense verbs
III-L-1(V):HI-3: using imperative verbs (e.g.,
Put the markers in the box.).
III-L-1(SC): HI-15: producing imperative
sentences.
Put the markers in the box.
Chase the dog, please.
• Grammar Guide: pages 90-91
• Houghton Mifflin English
III-L-1(V):HI-4: identifying the infinitive
verb.
infinitive verb form - a verb in its basic form
with the word to preceding it
to swim, to flip, to sleep
• Verb Tense Study: Concept Chart #2
• Grammar Guide: page 35
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III-L-1(V):HI-7: producing declarative,
negative, and interrogative sentences using
present progressive tense verbs with
subject-verb agreement.
III-L-1(SC):HI-17: producing sentences
using subject + verb + object (S-V-O) with
subject-verb agreement.
III-L-1(SC):HI-8: producing sentences in the
negative construction with a subject + “to
be” + adjective as the complement, with
subject-verb agreement. (S-V-C)
III-L-1(Q):HI-1: producing questions using
inflection when produced orally.
III-L-1(Q):HI-4: producing Yes/No questions
in the present progressive tense.
D: Subject + am/is/are + verb(ing) + finisher.
N: Subject + am/is/are + not + verb(ing) +
finisher.
I: Am/Is/Are + subject + verb(ing) + finisher?
Bob scored a goal.
subject-Bob, verb-scored, object-a goal
The dog is not temperamental.
“Are you going to the park?”
• Verb Tense Study
• Sentence Building Pyramid ( handout)
• Grammar Guide: page 42
• Syntax Surgery
• Function Junction
III-L-1(V):HI-16: producing declarative,
negative, and interrogative sentences using
the past progressive tense with subject-verb
agreement.
III-L-1(Q):HI-7: producing Yes/No questions
in the past progressive tense.
D: Subject + was/were + verb(ing) + finisher.
N: Subject + was/were + not + verb(ing) +
finisher.
I: Was/were + subject + verb(ing) + finisher?
“Were you going to the park?”
• Verb Tense Study
• Grammar Guide: page 44
• Syntax Surgery
III-L-1(V):HI-19: producing declarative,
negative, and interrogative sentences using
the future progressive tense with subject-
verb agreement.
III-L-1(Q):B-8: producing Yes/No questions
in the future progressive tense.
D: Subject + will be + verb(ing) + finisher.
N: Subject + will + not + be + verb(ing) +
finisher.
I: Will + subject + be + verb(ing) + finisher?
“Will you be going to the park?”
• Grammar Guide: page 45
• Verb Tense Study
• Syntax Surgery
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III-L-1(V):HI-5: using simple present tense
irregular verbs: to be, to have, to do, and to
go to produce declarative, negative, and
interrogative simple sentences.
III-L-1(SC):HI-2 & 3: producing sentences in
the declarative and negative using subjects
and verbs, with subject-verb agreement. (S-
V)
III-L-1(SC):HI-7: producing sentences with
an adjective as the complement using S-V-C
construction, with subject-verb agreement.
The young girl went to school each morning.
• Grammar Guide: pages 46-47
• Grammar Guide, page 50
III-L-1(V):HI-6: producing declarative,
negative, and interrogative sentences using
simple present tense verbs with subject-
verb agreement.
III-L-1(Q):HI-2: producing Yes/No questions
in the simple present tense using “to do.”
do, does, did
• Verb Tense Study
III-L-1(V):HI-17: distinguishing between the
auxiliary (helping) verb and the main verb.
Auxiliary verbs – used to help the main verb
create a negative structure, a question, or to
show tense.
In English, ‘to do,’ ‘to be,’ and ‘to have’ are the
helping verbs.
Jessica is going to the mall.
“is” – helping verb
“going” – main verb
• Verb Tense Study
• Houghton Mifflin
• Grammar Wall
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III-L-1(V):HI-8: differentiating between the
use of simple present and present
progressive verb tenses.
“She eats” versus “She is eating.” • Grammar Guide, page 46 - Simple Present
• Grammar Guide, page 44 - Past Progressive
• comparative chart
Pronouns
III-L-1(PRO):HI-1: using the appropriate
personal subjective pronouns.
III-L-1(SC):HI-4: producing sentences with a
pronoun as the subject using S-V-C
construction, with subject-verb agreement.
subjective pronoun - a pronoun that replaces
the noun acting as the subject
( I, you, he, she, it ,we, you, they)
Subject + verb + complement/finisher.
He went to the store.
• Grammar Guide: pages 72-73
• What We Know
• Verb Tense Study
• Houghton Mifflin English
• Function Junction
III-L-1(PRO):HI-6: using interrogative
pronouns who, whom, what, which and
whose.
• Link activities to Grammar Wall parts of speech
• Verb Tense Study
• Function Junction
III-L-1(PRO):HI-2: stating when to use
personal objective versus personal
subjective pronouns; using personal
objective pronouns.
III-L-1(SC):HI-13: producing sentences
using subjects + verbs + object pronouns,
with subject-verb agreement.
personal objective pronouns: me, you, him,
her, it, us, you, them
personal subjective pronouns: I, you, he, she,
it, we, you, they
I am watching you.
• Verb Tense Study
• Grammar Guide, page 72
• Grammar Guide, page 76
III-L-1(PRO):HI-3: stating when to use
possessive pronouns; using possessive
pronouns.
my/mine, your/yours, his, her/hers, its,
our/ours, their/theirs • Grammar Guide, page 76
• Verb Tense Study
Adjectives
III-L-1(ADJ):HI-1: producing a series of
adjectives in the correct order (i.e.,
quantity/concept/size/shape/color).
Royal Order of Adjectives: determiner,
observation, size, shape, age, color, origin,
material, qualifier
• Adjective sort
• Grammar Guide: page 134
• Verb Tense Study
III-L-1(ADJ):HI-2: using possessive
adjectives.
my, your, his, her, its, our, their • Grammar Wall: Create sub-category for adjectives
Adverbs
III-L-1(ADV):HI-1: using “when” adverbs.
first, next, then, after, before, finally • Grammar Guide: page 138
• Link skill to interrogative sentences
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III-L-1(ADV):HI-2: using “frequency”
adverbs.
always, never, sometimes • Grammar Guide: page 138
• Link skill to interrogative sentences
III-L-1(ADV):HI-3: using “where” adverbs.
here, there, outside, inside • Grammar Guide: page 138
• Link skill to interrogative sentences
Conjunctions
III-L-1(C):HI-1: defining, using, and
differentiating coordinating conjunctions
used to join nouns, verbs, adjectives,
phrases and clauses.
III-L-1(PH/CL):HI-5: using a joined verb
phrases in a complete sentence.
and/or/but/yet
He was walking and talking at the same time.
• Grammar Guide: page 140
• Grammar Wall activities
• Verb Tense Study
Interjections
III-L-1(I):HI-1: using interjections in
appropriate context.
Ahoy!, Go!, Ouch!, Yahoo!, Yuck! • Grammar Guide: page 141
• Grammar Wall
Prepositions
III-L-1(PREP):HI-1: using prepositions of
location.
III-L-1(PREP):HI-2: using prepositions of
direction.
III-L-1(PREP):HI-3: using prepositions of
time.
III-L-1(PH/CL):HI-6: using a prepositional
phrase in a complete sentence.
III-L-1(SC):HI-9: producing sentences using
a subject + “to be” + prepositional phrase,
with subject-verb agreement.
(S-V-P)
location: above, against, among, beyond, in
front of, opposite, under, upon
direction: up, down, over
time: on, at, in, by, during, past, since
• Grammar Guide, pages 68-69
• Grammar Guide, pages 70-71
• Grammar Guide, page 139
• Verb Tense Study
• Sentence building handouts
• Charts
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III-L-1(SC): HI-10: producing sentences (S-
V-O-P) using subjects, verbs and
prepositional phrases, with subject-verb
agreement.
Questions
III-L-1(Q): HI-11, 12, 13, 14 & 15: producing
interrogative sentences beginning with
“What,” “Where,” “Who,” or “Whom,”
“When,” & “Why.”
• Function Junction
• Students ask questions to clarify content
information
Standard 2 (Vocabulary): The student will acquire English language vocabulary and use it in relevant contexts.
The student will demonstrate knowledge of vocabulary by:
ELP Performance Indicator Examples for Support / Clarification Resources and Methods
III-L-2: HI-1: classifying words into
conceptual categories and providing
rationale for classification. (math, science,
social studies)
• Word sorts: Students categorize by meaning and
structure
III-L-2: HI-2: identifying the meaning/usage
of sight words and utilizing them in context.
(math, science, social studies)
• Refer to grade level content materials
III-L-2: HI-3: identifying the meaning/usage
of high frequency words and utilizing them
in context. (math, science, social studies)
• Refer to grade level content materials
III-L-2: HI-4 explaining the meaning and
usage of grade-specific academic vocabulary
and symbols. (math, science, social studies)
• Refer to grade level content materials
• Word web
• Marzano’s 6-Steps to Effective Vocabulary
Instruction
III-L-2: HI-5: determining the meaning of
compound words using knowledge of
individual words. (math, science, social
studies)
• Harcourt
• Moving Into English
• Houghton Mifflin
III-L-2: HI-6: applying contractions in
context.
• Harcourt/MIE/Houghton Mifflin
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III-L-2: HI-7: using knowledge of base/root
words and affixes (prefixes and suffixes) to
determine the meaning of unknown grade-
level content words.
(math, science, social studies)
Root word – usually carries meaning but
cannot stand alone. Must add affixes to
become meaningful.
Bio is the root word for biography.
Base word – a word to which affixes may be
added to change its meaning, tense or part of
speech. Base words can stand alone.
Depend is the base word for dependable.
• Picture book – If I Were a …Prefix/Suffix etc.
• Card games – Provide root words/base words with
many prefixes/suffixes. Create new words and
write/discuss meanings
• Morph House
• Word study graphic organizer
III-L-2: HI-8: associating common/academic
language abbreviations and acronyms with
words. (math, science, social studies)
• Harcourt
• Moving Into English
• Refer to grade level content materials
III-L-2: HI-9: completing and explaining
analogous relationships (e.g., bravery:
courage :: smooth: ______). (math, science,
social studies)
• Harcourt
• Moving Into English
III-L-2: HI-10: using context clues in a
variety of content texts to confirm the
intended meaning of grade-level homonyms
and multiple-meaning words. (math,
science, social studies)
Homonym – words which have the same
pronunciation and spelling but have different
meanings.
Please duck out of the way. Look at that duck
over there.
• Students create illustrations and sentences with
corresponding homonyms:
Draw a baseball bat and use in a sentence.
Draw the mammal and use in a sentence.
III-L-2: HI-11: pronouncing a homograph in
context based on meaning. (math, science,
social studies)
homograph – words which have the same
spelling, different pronunciation, and
different meanings
wind, lead, bow
• Students create illustrations and sentences with
corresponding homographs
III-L-2: HI-12: using context clues in a
variety of content texts to confirm the
intended meaning of grade-level content
words. (math, science, social studies)
• Cloze passages
• Ten Important Sentences
III-L-2: HI-13: interpreting the meaning of
figurative language including in a variety of
grade-level texts.
simile, metaphor, hyperbole, idiom • Harcourt
• Moving Into English passages
• Trade books
• Use picture book to reinforce concept (idiom,
simile, onomatopoeia, etc.)
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III-L-2: HI-14: using a dictionary to identify
meanings, spellings, and pronunciations of
grade-level content words.
• Harcourt
Listening and Speaking
Standard 1: The student will listen actively to the ideas of others in order to acquire new knowledge.
The student will demonstrate understanding of oral communication by:
ELP Performance Indicator Examples for Support / Clarification Resources and Methods
Comprehension of Oral Communications
III-LS-1: HI-1: distinguishing between
phonemes in the initial, medial, and final
positions of words, phrases, and sentences.
Phoneme – the smallest unit of sound within
a word that distinguishes one word from
another.
cat = c/a/t
• Language Warm-Up
• Sound Spelling Mapping
III-LS-1: HI-2: summarizing main
ideas/concepts and supporting details from
read-alouds (fiction and nonfiction) in
complete sentences.
(math, science, social studies)
• Students use illustrations and/or graphic
organizer to identify/explain main
idea/supporting details
• Text Retell/Collaborative Story Retell
• Four-Picture Story Frame
• Ten Important Sentences
III-LS-1: HI-3: sequencing events from read-
alouds, presentations, and conversations in
complete sentences. (math, science, social
studies)
• Students use illustrations and/or graphic
organizer to identify/explain appropriate
sequence
• Four Picture Story Frame
• Video presentation/movie
III-LS-1: HI-4: summarizing the main
idea/concept and key points/details of a
presentation using complete sentences.
(math, science, social studies)
• Students use illustrations and/or graphic
organizer to identify/explain main
idea/supporting details
• Text Retell/Collaborative Story Retell
• Four-Picture Story Frame
• Ten Important Sentences
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III-LS-1: HI-5: demonstrating relationships
among facts, ideas or events using academic
vocabulary in classroom discussions (e.g.,
problem/solution, cause/effect, etc.).
(math, science, social studies)
• Students use graphic organizers to plan
presentation of information
• Florida Center for Reading Research website:
http://www.fcrr.org/
III-LS-1: HI-6: responding to comprehension
questions by demonstrating relationships
among facts, ideas or events and extending
the information to other relevant contexts
using appropriate academic vocabulary.
(e.g., problem/solution, cause/effect,
compare/contrast, etc.)
• Graphic Organizers
• Language Frames
• Vocabulary maps
III-LS-1: HI-7: following multi-step
procedures or processes containing specific
academic/content vocabulary. (e.g., steps to
complete authentic classroom tasks such as:
science lab, math problem, recipe, rules of a
game, etc.). ( math, science, social studies)
• Students follow a recipe
• Students write procedural steps to complete a
classroom task, switch with a partner and follow
the steps
• Students record the steps in a process using task
analysis: Pair the students up; have one read the
steps while the other follows; switch roles
III-LS-1: HI-8: responding to social
conversations by rephrasing and repeating
information, asking questions, offering
advice, sharing one’s experiences, and
expressing one’s thoughts.
• Students participate in a debate and defend their
argument
• Function Junction
• This or That
• What We Know
• Big Cheese
III-LS-1: HI-9: asking questions to clarify
concepts.
• Question stems
• Who, what, where, when, why, how cues
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Standard 2: The student will express orally his or her own thinking and ideas.
The student will communicate orally by:
ELP Performance Indicator Examples for Support / Clarification Resources and Methods
Delivery of Oral Communications
III-LS-2: HI-1: producing sentences with
accurate pronunciation, intonation, and
stress.
• Students use sentence strips to create simple
sentences, then they practice saying these
sentences with different emotions, intonation and
stress
• Language Warm Up
• Function Junction
• Repeat After Me
III-LS-2: HI-2: presenting dialogue, skits and
drama using appropriate rhythm, rate,
phrasing and expression. (math, science,
social studies)
• Reader’s Theater
• MIE, end of unit plays
• Function Junction
III-LS-2: HI-3: expressing one’s own and
responding to others’ needs and emotions
in complete sentences.
• Students use sentence strips to create simple
sentences, then they practice saying these
sentences with different emotions, intonation, and
stress
• Function Junction
III-LS-2: HI-4: participating in socio-
functional communication tasks using
complete sentences.
• Create real-world scenarios and have students act
out using complete sentences
• Function Junction
• This or That
III-LS-2: HI-5: asking and responding to
academic questions in complete sentences
(e.g., expressing possibilities and
probabilities, hypothetical questions, etc.).
(math, science, social studies)
• Big Cheese
• Interviewer/interviewee – one student asks
questions, other student answers in complete
sentences. Switch roles.
• Function Junction
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III-LS-2: HI-6: stating multi-step procedures
or processes using specific
academic/content vocabulary in complete
sentences. (math, science, social studies)
• Students follow a recipe
• Students write procedural steps to complete a
classroom task and switch with a partner, then
follow the steps
• Students record the steps in a process using task
analysis: Pair the students up; have one read the
steps while the other follow; switch roles.
III-LS-2: HI-7: sharing personal
experiences/stories with descriptive
language supported by details and examples
in complete sentences.
• Students complete a writing prompt and share
their pieces orally
• Students make text-to-self connections with
fiction/non-fiction text
III-LS-2: HI-8: presenting a variety of oral
reports (e.g., expository, cause and effect,
persuasive, etc.) containing specific and
accurate academic vocabulary, an
introduction, body, conclusion, transitions
and visual aids. (math, science, social studies)
• Use graphic organizers specific to the concept/skill
(i.e. expository, cause/effect)
• Use Mesa Britannica Encyclopedia Online and
eBooks:
http://www.mpsaz.org/library
• Sentence starters
• Grammar Wall
• Science Kits
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ELL Stage III: Grades 3-5 ELD Curriculum Implementation Guide
Quarter 2
Language Strand
Standard 1 (Grammar/Syntax): The student will identify and apply conventions of standard English in his or her communications.
The student will demonstrate knowledge of parts of speech by:
ELP Performance Indicator Examples for Support / Clarification Resources and Methods
Nouns
III-L-1(N): HI-6: distinguishing between
plural nouns and singular possessive nouns.
Possessive noun - tells us who (or what)
owns or has something. To make a noun
possessive, just add ’s.
Tom = Tom’s / the doctor = the doctor’s
• Grammar Guide: pages 74-75
• Houghton Mifflin
III-L-1(N): HI-7: using plural possessive
nouns, including irregular plurals.
regular noun that ends in s: Add an
apostrophe (‘) to make the plural noun
possessive
teachers = teachers’
If the plural noun does not end in s, add ’s.
children = children’s
• Houghton Mifflin
III-L-1(N): HI-5: using collective nouns
(with definite and indefinite articles, as
appropriate).
collective noun – a noun that denotes a
collection or persons or things regarded as a
unit
the herd
a flock
a team
the class
• Grammar Guide: page 135
• Verb Tense Study
• Grammar Wall
• Visual aides
Verbs +
III-L-1(V): HI-9: producing declarative,
negative, and interrogative sentences using
simple past tense regular verbs with
subject-verb agreement.
D: Subject + verb(ed) + finisher.
N: Subject + did + not + verb + finisher.
I: Did + subject + verb + finisher?
• Verb Tense Study
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III-L-1(Q): HI-5: producing Yes/No
questions in the simple past tense.
III-L-1(V): HI-10: using simple past tense
irregular verbs: to be, to have, to do, and to
go to produce declarative, negative, and
interrogative simple sentences (subject-
verb agreement).
• Verb Tense Study
III-L-1(V): HI-11: producing declarative,
negative, and interrogative sentences using
irregular simple past tense verbs with
subject-verb agreement.
• Verb Tense Study
III-L-1(V): HI-12: producing declarative,
negative, and interrogative sentences using
the simple future tense (will) with subject-
verb agreement.
III-L-1(PH/CL): HI-7: using an infinitive
verb phrase to complete a sentence frame.
III-L-1(Q): HI-6: producing Yes/No
questions in the simple future tense with
instructional support.
D: Subject + will + verb + finisher.
N: Subject + will + not + verb + finisher.
I: Will + subject + verb + finisher?
He helped to build the roof.
• Verb Tense Study
III-L-1(V): HI-13: differentiating between
past, present, and future.
III-L-1(SC): HI-18: producing sentences
using subject + verb + direct object +
indirect object (S-V-DO-IO) with subject-
verb agreement.
• Identify verb tense in sentences to determine past,
present, and future tense
III-L-1(V): HI-14: producing declarative,
negative, and interrogative sentences using
the present participle “going” with the
infinitive verb to form the future tense. (e.g.,
I am going to dance.) with subject-verb
agreement.
• Grammar Guide: page 54
• Verb Tense Study
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III-L-1(PH/CL): HI-4: using a verb phrase in
a complete sentence.
III-L-1(V): HI-17: distinguishing between
the auxiliary (helping) verb and the main
verb.
to be, to have, to do
• Verb Tense Study
• Grammar Wall
III-L-1(V):HI-18: producing sentences using
modal auxiliary verbs (i.e., will, can, could,
may, might, must, should, would) and
negative modal auxiliary verbs (i.e., cannot,
should not) with subject-verb agreement.
III-L-1(PH/CL): HI-9: using auxiliary and/or
modal auxiliary verb phrases in a complete
sentence.
III-L-1(Q): HI-20: producing Yes/No
questions using modal auxiliaries.
• Verb Tense Study
• Big Cheese
• Interviewer/interviewee – one student asks
questions, other student answers in complete
sentences. Switch roles.
• Function Junction
III-L-1(V): HI-20: producing declarative,
negative, and interrogative sentences using
regular present perfect tense verbs with
subject-verb agreement.
In order to conjugate a regular verb into the
past participle form, add the suffix “ed” at the
end of the verb.
We use this tense most often to convey an
action that began in the past or has recently
ended, continued to present, or happened in
the past at an unknown time.
D: Subject + has/have + past participle +
finisher.
N: Subject + has/have + not + past participle +
finisher.
I: Has/Have + subject + past participle +
finisher?
• Verb Tense Study
• Grammar Guide: page 56
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III-L-1(Q): HI-9: producing Yes/No
questions in the present perfect tense.
Have they gone to the store?
Has she taken the test?
III-L-1(V): HI-21: producing declarative,
negative, and interrogative sentences using
irregular present perfect tense verbs with
subject-verb agreement.
I have seen the Statue of Liberty. • Grammar Guide: page 54-57
• Grammar Guide: page 31
III-L-1(V): HI-22: differentiating between
the use of simple past tense and the present
perfect tense.
“They walked.” versus “They have walked.” • Grammar Guide: page 48, 49 and 54-57
Pronouns
III-L-1(PRO): HI-4: differentiating between
personal subjective, personal objective and
personal possessive pronouns and their
placement in sentences.
personal subjective pronouns: I, you, he, she,
it, we, you, they
personal objective pronouns: me, you, him,
her, it, us, you, them
They can serve as the direct object of a verb,
the indirect object of the verb, or the object of
a preposition.
direct object: Please notify him.
indirect object: Please give her the paper.
object of the preposition: She lives near it.
personal possessive pronouns: mine, yours,
his, hers, its, ours, yours, theirs.
• Verb Tense Study
• Sentence stems
III-L-1(PRO): HI-5: using singular or plural
demonstrative pronouns (i.e., this/that;
these/those) to complete a given sentence.
• Verb Tense Study
• Sentence stems
III-L-1(PRO): HI-6: using interrogative
pronouns who, whom, what, which and
whose.
• Reverse Questioning
• Function Junction
• Big Cheese
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III-L-1(PRO): HI-7: stating when to use
reflexive pronouns; using reflexive and
intensive pronouns.
III-L-1(SC): HI-21: constructing a sentence
using reflexive pronouns.
reflexive/intensive pronoun – pronouns that
refer to the same person or thing as another
noun or pronoun in the same sentence that
emphasized or re-emphasizes that person or
thing.
I did it myself.
singular myself
yourself
himself
herself
itself
plural ourselves
yourselves
themselves
• Grammar Wall
• Verb Tense Study
• Sentences stems
Adjectives
III-L-1(ADJ): HI-3: using
sensory/personality adjectives.
sticky, proud, etc. • Students create a chart
• Grammar Guide: page 60
III-L-1(ADJ): HI-4: using nouns as modifiers.
noun modifier – a word phrase or clause that
changes the sense of another word or word
group
kitchen table
• Sentence building handouts
• Grammar Wall
III-L-1(ADJ): HI-5: using demonstrative
adjectives.
demonstrative adjective - used to modify a
noun to point out or demonstrate a specific
item(s)
this, that, these, those.
• Sentence stems
• Verb Tense Study
• Vocabulary Frames
• Syntax Surgery
• Grammar Wall
III-L-1(ADJ): HI-8: using comparative and
superlative adjectives (e.g., big, bigger,
biggest; more/most/less/least, etc.).
comparative – adjectives comparing two
persons, places, or things
I am bigger than you.
superlative - adjectives comparing more than
two persons, places or things
I am the biggest of us all.
• Verb Tense Study
• Houghton Mifflin
• Grammar Wall
• Vertical Sentence
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III-L-1(ADJ): HI-9: using irregular
comparative and superlative adjectives.
bad, worse, worst, good, better, best.
• www.mygrammar.com
• Verb Tense Study
• Grammar Wall
III-L-1(PH/CL): HI-3: using a demonstrative
adjective and a noun in a complete sentence.
demonstrative adjectives – these, those, that,
this
example: Could you pass me those leaflets?
non-example: Give me that.
• Verb Tense Study
• Syntax Surgery
Adverbs
III-L-1(ADV): HI-4: using “how/degree”
adverbs.
III-L-1(PH/CL): HI-10: using degree adverbs
+ adjectives in a complete sentence.
III-L-1(SC): HI-14: producing sentences
using adverbs to modify verbs.
how adverbs – an adverb that tells us how an
action is or should be performed. Often these
adverbs are formed by adding –ly to the end.
careful - carefully
degree adverbs – an adverb that specifies the
degree to which an adjective or another
adverb applies.
almost, rarely, entirely, highly, quite, slightly,
totally, utterly
• Grammar Wall
• Students create chart
• Grammar Guide: page 118
• Graphic organizers
III-L-1(ADV): HI-5: using regular
comparative and superlative adverbs (e.g.,
slowly, less slowly, least slowly, etc.).
• Verb Tense Study
• Vertical Sentence
• Grammar Guide: pages 124-127
III-L-1(ADV): HI-6: using irregular
comparative and superlative adverbs.
comparative – adjectives comparing two
persons, places or things
superlative - adjectives comparing more than
two persons, places or things adjective comparative superlative
good better best
bad worse worst
• http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/
irregular-adjectives.htm
• Verb Tense Study
• Grammar Guide: pages 124-127
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Prepositions
III-L-1(PREP): HI-7: using prepositions of
exception (i.e., despite, except).
• Verb Tense Study
• Grammar Wall
• Students create chart
III-L-1(SC): HI-11: producing sentences
using “There” + “to be” + subject +
prepositional phrase, with subject – verb
agreement.
There are people sitting on the bench. • Verb Tense Study
• Grammar Wall
III-L-1(PREP): HI-4: differentiating among
prepositions of location, direction, and time.
III-L-1(PREP): HI-5: using prepositions of
action and movement (including compound
prepositions.).
prepositions of action and movement:
at, by, from, into, on, off.
compound prepositions: out of, onto
• Students create chart
• Grammar Wall
• Sentence building handouts
Conjunctions
III-L-1(SC): HI-16: producing compound
sentences.
Use subordinating conjunctions: because, if,
so, that • Grammar Wall
• Sentence stems
III-L-1(C): HI-2: defining and differentiating
correlative conjunctions both/and and
either/or.
• Sentence stems
• This or That
Questions
III-L-1(Q): HI-16: producing interrogative
sentences beginning with “How”.
• Reverse Questioning
• Verb Tense Study
III-L-1(Q): HI-17: producing interrogative
sentences beginning with “Which”.
• Reverse Questioning
• Verb Tense Study
III-L-1(Q): HI-18: producing interrogative
sentences beginning with “Whose”.
• Reverse Questioning
• Verb Tense Study
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III-L-1(Q): HI-19: producing questions with
“to be” + “there” + subject + preposition +
noun.
Are there students at school? • Verb Tense Study
• Sentence stems
III-L-1(Q): HI-21: producing an
interrogative sentence, introduced by an
auxiliary verb which offers two or more
alternative responses.
Was he studying?
Has she refused to go?
Have you been sick?
Did you finish your homework?
• Interviewer/interviewee – one student asks
questions, other student answers in complete
sentences. Switch roles.
• Big Cheese
• Function Junction
III-L-1(Q): HI-22: producing questions,
including negative construction, with
contractions (e.g., “When’s he arriving?”
“Didn’t he tell you we were coming over?”).
• Verb Tense Study
• Syntax Surgery
III-L-1(Q): HI-23: producing tag questions
(e.g., “You know Jill, don’t you?” “Jack isn’t
home, is he?”).
• Verb Tense Study
Standard 2 (Vocabulary): The student will acquire English language vocabulary and use it in relevant contexts.
The student will demonstrate knowledge of vocabulary by:
ELP Performance Indicator Examples for Support / Clarification Resources and Methods
III-L-2: HI-1: classifying words into
conceptual categories and providing
rationale for classification. (math, science,
social studies)
• Word sorts with category headers
• Classification map
III-L-2: HI-2: identifying the meaning/usage
of sight words and utilizing them in context.
(math, science, social studies)
• Students practice decoding by breaking apart
word sounds
• Students practice reading daily/using in context
III-L-2: HI-3: identifying the meaning/usage
of high frequency words and utilizing them
in context. (math, science, social studies)
• Students practice decoding by breaking apart
word sounds
• Students practice reading daily/using in context
III-L-2: HI-4: explaining the meaning and
usage of grade-specific academic vocabulary
and symbols. (math, science, social studies)
• Refer to content area standards and texts
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III-L-2: HI-5: determining the meaning of
compound words using knowledge of
individual words. (math, science, social
studies)
• Compound word creation game: provide cards
with single words and have students create as
many compound words using the single words
• Compound word matching game – match single
words to make compound words
III-L-2: HI-6: applying contractions in
context.
• Matching game: match contraction with its
corresponding words
III-L-2: HI-7: using knowledge of base/root
words and affixes (prefixes and suffixes) to
determine the meaning of unknown grade-
level content words.
(math, science, social studies)
root word – usually carries meaning but
cannot stand alone. Must add affixes to
become meaningful.
Bio is the root word for biography.
base word – a word to which affixes may be
added to change its meaning, tense or part of
speech. Base words can stand alone.
Depend is the base word for dependable.
• Picture book – If I Were a …Prefix/Suffix etc.
• Card games – Provide root words/base words with
many prefixes/suffixes. Create new words and
write/discuss meanings as you go
• Morph House
• Word study graphic organizer
III-L-2: HI-8: associating common/academic
language abbreviations and acronyms with
words. (math, science, social studies)
abbreviations - Dr., St., Mr.
acronym – the first letter of each word in a
phrase (ASAP-as soon as possible, MPS- Mesa
Public Schools)
• Memory/concentration games
• Flashcards
• Language Warm-Up
III-L-2: HI-9: completing and explaining
analogous relationships (e.g., bravery:
courage :: smooth: ______). (math, science,
social studies)
• Brain builders
• Give students an analogy to solve and discuss the
pattern/relationship between the two words
• Language Warm-Up
III-L-2: HI-10: using context clues in a
variety of content texts to confirm the
intended meaning of grade-level homonyms
and multiple-meaning words. (math,
science, social studies)
homonym – words which have the same
pronunciation and spelling but have different
meanings.
Please duck out of the way. Look at that duck
over there.
• Students create illustrations and sentences with
corresponding homonyms:
Draw a baseball bat and use in a sentence.
Draw the mammal and use in a sentence.
III-L-2: HI-11: pronouncing a homograph in
context based on meaning. (math, science,
social studies)
homograph – words which have the same
spelling, different pronunciation and different
meanings
wind, lead, bow
• Students create illustrations and sentences with
corresponding homographs
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III-L-2: HI-12: using context clues in a
variety of content texts to confirm the
intended meaning of grade-level content
words. (math, science, social studies)
• Cloze passage
• Ten Important Sentences
III-L-2: HI-13: interpreting the meaning of
figurative language including in a variety of
grade-level texts.
• Harcourt
• Moving Into English passages
• Trade books
• Use picture book to reinforce concept (idiom,
simile, onomatopoeia, etc.).
Listening and Speaking
Standard 1: The student will listen actively to the ideas of others in order to acquire new knowledge.
The student will demonstrate understanding of oral communication by:
ELP Performance Indicator Examples for Support / Clarification Resources and Methods
Comprehension of Oral Communications
III-LS-1: HI-1: distinguishing between
phonemes in the initial, medial, and final
positions of words, phrases, and sentences.
phoneme – the smallest unit of sound within
a word that distinguishes one word from
another.
cat = c/a/t
• Language Warm-Up
• Sound Spelling Mapping
III-LS-1: HI-2: summarizing main
ideas/concepts and supporting details from
read-alouds (fiction and nonfiction) in
complete sentences.
(math, science, social studies)
• Students use illustrations and/or graphic
organizer to identify/explain main
idea/supporting details
• Text Retell/Collaborative Story Retell
• Four-Picture Story Frame
• Ten Important Sentences
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III-LS-1: HI-3: sequencing events from read-
alouds, presentations, and conversations in
complete sentences. (math, science, social
studies)
• Students use illustrations and/or graphic
organizer to identify/explain appropriate
sequence
• Four Picture Story Frame
• Video presentation/movie
III-LS-1: HI-4: summarizing the main
idea/concept and key points/details of a
presentation using complete sentences.
(math, science, social studies)
• Students use illustrations and/or graphic
organizer to identify/explain main
idea/supporting details
• Text Retell/Collaborative Story Retell
• Four-Picture Story Frame
• Ten Important Sentences
III-LS-1: HI-5: demonstrating relationships
among facts, ideas or events using academic
vocabulary in classroom discussions (e.g.,
problem/solution, cause/effect, etc.).
(math, science, social studies)
• Students use graphic organizers to plan
presentation of information
• Florida Center for Reading Research website:
http://www.fcrr.org/
III-LS-1: HI-6: responding to comprehension
questions by demonstrating relationships
among facts, ideas or events and extending
the information to other relevant contexts
using appropriate academic vocabulary.
(e.g., problem/solution, cause/effect,
compare/contrast, etc.)
• Graphic Organizers
• Language Frames
• Vocabulary maps
III-LS-1: HI-7: following multi-step
procedures or processes containing specific
academic/content vocabulary. (e.g., steps to
complete authentic classroom tasks such as:
science lab, math problem, recipe, rules of a
game, etc.). ( math, science, social studies)
• Students follow a recipe
• Students write procedural steps to complete a
classroom task, switch with a partner and follow
the steps
• Students record the steps in a process using task
analysis: Pair the students up; have one read the
steps while the other follows; switch roles
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III-LS-1: HI-8: responding to social
conversations by rephrasing and repeating
information, asking questions, offering
advice, sharing one’s experiences, and
expressing one’s thoughts.
• Students participate in a debate and defend their
argument
• Function Junction
• This or That
• What We Know
• Big Cheese
III-LS-1: HI-9: asking questions to clarify
concepts.
• Question stems
• Who, what, where, when, why, how cues
Standard 2: The student will express orally his or her own thinking and ideas.
The student will communicate orally by:
ELP Performance Indicator Examples for Support / Clarification Resources and Methods
Delivery of Oral Communications
III-LS-2: HI-1: producing sentences with
accurate pronunciation, intonation, and
stress.
• Students use sentence strips to create simple
sentences, then they practice saying these
sentences with different emotions, intonation, and
stress
• Language Warm Up
• Function Junction
• Repeat After Me
III-LS-2: HI-2: presenting dialogue, skits and
drama using appropriate rhythm, rate,
phrasing and expression. (math, science,
social studies)
• Reader’s Theater
• MIE, end of unit plays
• Function Junction
III-LS-2: HI-3: expressing one’s own and
responding to others’ needs and emotions
in complete sentences.
• Students use sentence strips to create simple
sentences, then they practice saying these
sentences with different emotions, intonation, and
stress
• Function Junction
III-LS-2: HI-4: participating in socio-
functional communication tasks using
complete sentences.
• Create real-world scenarios and have students act
out using complete sentences
• Function Junction
• This or That
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III-LS-2: HI-5: asking and responding to
academic questions in complete sentences
(e.g., expressing possibilities and
probabilities, hypothetical questions, etc.).
(math, science, social studies)
• Big Cheese
• Interviewer/interviewee – one student asks
questions, other student answers in complete
sentences. Switch roles.
• Function Junction
III-LS-2: HI-6: stating multi-step procedures
or processes using specific
academic/content vocabulary in complete
sentences. (math, science, social studies)
• Students follow a recipe
• Students write procedural steps to complete a
classroom task, switch with a partner and follow
the steps
• Students record the steps in a process using task
analysis: Pair the students up; have one read the
steps while the other follows. Switch roles.
III-LS-2: HI-7: sharing personal
experiences/stories with descriptive
language supported by details and examples
in complete sentences.
• Students complete a writing prompt and share
their pieces orally
• Students make text-to-self connections with
fiction/non-fiction text
III-LS-2: HI-8: presenting a variety of oral
reports (e.g., expository, cause and effect,
persuasive, etc.) containing specific and
accurate academic vocabulary, an
introduction, body, conclusion, transitions
and visual aids. (math, science, social studies)
• Use graphic organizers specific to the concept/skill
(i.e. expository, cause/effect)
• Use Mesa Britannica Encyclopedia Online and
eBooks:
http://www.mpsaz.org/library
• Sentence starters
• Grammar Wall
• Science Kits
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ELL Stage III: Grades 3-5 ELD Curriculum Implementation Guide
Quarter 3 Language Strand
Standard 1 (Grammar/Syntax): The student will identify and apply conventions of standard English in his or her communications.
The student will demonstrate knowledge of parts of speech by:
ELP Performance Indicator Examples for Support / Clarification Resources and Materials
Nouns
III-L-1(N): HI-4: using count and non-count
nouns (with definite and indefinite articles,
and/or quantifiers, as appropriate).
count noun - one that can be expressed in
plural form, usually with an "s."
cat—cats, season—seasons, student—students
non-count noun - one that usually cannot be
expressed in a plural form.
milk, water, air, money, food
• Noun Study
Verbs +
III-L-1(Q): HI-10: producing Yes/No
questions in the present perfect progressive
tense.
(IV-L-1(V): HI-30: producing declarative,
negative, and interrogative sentences using
present perfect progressive tense verbs with
subject-verb agreement.)
I: Has/Have + subject + been + verb(ing) +
finisher?
D: Subject + has/have + been + verb(ing) +
finisher.
N: Subject + has/have + not + been + verb(ing)
+ finisher.
• Verb Tense Study
III-L-1(V): HI-15: using linking verbs of
sensation (taste, smell, sound, and feel);
linking verbs of being (act, seem, appear,
look); and linking verbs of change (became,
turned, has gone) to complete a declarative,
negative, and interrogative sentence (e.g.,
The milk has gone bad.) (subject-verb
agreement).
linking verbs - connect a subject to a subject
complement, which identifies or describes
the subject
The cake tastes sweet.
The thunder sounds loud.
My teacher appears nice.
The toddler acts silly.
• Verb Tense Study
• Charades: Students act out scenarios while others
guess
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III-L-1(PH/CL): HI-11: using linking verbs +
noun/adjective complement in a complete
sentence.
III-L-1(V): HI-23: differentiating between
the use of action verbs and non-
action/stative verbs without a present
progressive form (i.e., want, need, like) (e.g.,
I am longing for a vacation versus I want a
vacation.)
• Verb Tense Study
• Use T-charts with sentences and words
III-L-1(V): HI-24: differentiating between
the use of action verbs and non-
action/stative verbs (i.e., see/watch,
hear/listen) in context.
• Verb Tense Study
• Students illustrate the two types of verbs
III-L-1(V): HI-25: comparing transitive (e.g.,
lay, raise) and intransitive (e.g., lie, rise)
verbs in context with instructional support.
• Verb Tense Study
• Students write sentences with a transitive verb,
then change it into an intransitive verb
III-L-1(SC): HI-19: producing sentences
using the passive voice.
Use this tense to hide the actor in the
sentence, which allows us to focus on the
item receiving the action rather than the
person or thing doing the action (object from
first sentence changes to the subject in the
second sentence).
‘Sam was throwing the pencil at his teacher’
changes to ‘The pencil was being thrown at the
teacher’.
• Grammar Guide: pages 104-105
• Students create active sentences and change them
to passive voice
III-L-1(SC): HI-20: producing a sentence
using present real conditional.
If/When + clause in the simple present + (then)
+ clause in simple present.
If/when the water boils, (then) it turns to
steam.
When the puppy greets her at the door, the girl
smiles.
• Verb Tense Study
• Students discuss a science experiment using the
appropriate clauses
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Pronouns
III-L-1(PRO): HI-8: using indefinite
pronouns (i.e., all, both, nothing, somebody,
anything, etc.: “Jack bought something. Jill
didn’t buy anything.”)
common indefinite pronouns: all, any, anyone,
anything, each, everybody, everyone,
everything, few, many, nobody, none, one,
several, some, somebody, someone.
• Grammar Guide: page 119
• Give students an indefinite pronoun and have
them use it in a sentence and/or draw a picture
Adjectives
III-L-1(ADJ): HI-6: using proper adjectives
with instructional support.
An adjective that has its roots in a proper
noun.
Italian food, African dance
• Give students a list of nouns and have them add
proper adjectives to them.
III-L-1(ADJ): HI-7: using indefinite
adjectives.
An adjective formed from an indefinite
pronoun.
There are several people in the kitchen.
I have some pencils in my desk.
• Students choose objects from around the
classroom and use an indefinite adjective to
discuss it
III-L-1(ADJ):HI-10: using present participles
(dripping faucet) as adjectives
III-L-1(ADJ):HI-11: using past participles
(tired man) as adjectives
III-L-1(PH/CL): HI-12: using participle
phrase (participle + modifiers: “studying all
night, the students…”) to complete a
sentence frame.
• Verb Tense Study
• Sentence frames
Adverbs
III-L-1(ADV): HI-8: using conjunctive
adverbs.
III-L-1(SC): HI-22: producing a compound
sentence using an independent clause +
semi colon + conjunctive adverb +
independent clause.
The meaning of a conjunctive adverb (or
conjunct) affects the entire clause of which it
is a part.
common conjunctive adverbs:
accordingly, afterward, also, anyhow, anyway,
as a result, at last, at the same time, besides,
certainly, consequently
• Verb Tense Study
• Grammar Guide, page 138
• Create sentences using conjunctive adverbs:
Students replace the conjunctive adverbs with a
different one and discuss how the meaning of the
sentence has changed
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III-L-1(PH/CL): HI-8: using an adverbial
phrase in a complete sentence.
as quickly as possible, surprisingly well, earlier
than usual
• Verb Tense Study
III-L-1(ADJ):HI-7: using intensifier adverbs
intensifier adverbs - modifier that amplifies
the meaning of the word it modifies.
very, quite, extremely, highly, and greatly
• Verb Tense Study
• Vertical Sentence (using intensifiers)
• Syntax Surgery
Conjunctions
III-L-1(C):HI-3: defining and differentiating
correlative conjunctions: not only…but also
• Students make a list of correlative conjunctions
and then define them
Phrase and Clause Constructions
III-L-1(PH/CL): HI-13: using noun clause
markers (i.e., that, whether, how, whatever)
to complete a sentence frame.
• Vocabulary Frames
• Verb Tense Study
III-L-1(PH/CL): HI-14: using noun clauses.
• Verb Tense Study
Standard 2 (Vocabulary): The student will acquire English language vocabulary and use it in relevant contexts.
The student will demonstrate knowledge of vocabulary by:
ELP Performance Indicator Examples for Support / Clarification Resources and Methods
III-L-2: HI-1: classifying words into
conceptual categories and providing
rationale for classification. (math, science,
social studies)
• Word sorts with category headers
• Classification map
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III-L-2: HI-2: identifying the meaning/usage
of sight words and utilizing them in context.
(math, science, social studies)
• Students practice decoding by breaking apart
word sounds
• Students practice reading daily/using in context
III-L-2: HI-3: identifying the meaning/usage
of high frequency words and utilizing them
in context. (math, science, social studies)
• Students practice decoding by breaking apart
word sounds
• Students practice reading daily/using in context
III-L-2: HI-4: explaining the meaning and
usage of grade-specific academic vocabulary
and symbols. (math, science, social studies)
• Refer to content area standards and texts
III-L-2: HI-5: determining the meaning of
compound words using knowledge of
individual words. (math, science, social
studies)
• Compound word creation game: provide cards
with single words and have students create as
many compound words using the single words
• Compound word matching game – match single
words to make compound words
III-L-2: HI-6: applying contractions in
context.
• matching game: match contraction with its
corresponding words
III-L-2: HI-7: using knowledge of base/root
words and affixes (prefixes and suffixes) to
determine the meaning of unknown grade-
level content words.
(math, science, social studies)
root word – usually carries meaning, but
cannot stand alone. Must add affixes to
become meaningful.
Bio is the root word for biography.
base word – a word to which affixes may be
added to change its meaning, tense or part of
speech. Base words can stand alone.
Depend is the base word for dependable.
• Picture book – If I Were a …Prefix/Suffix etc.
• Card games – Provide root words/base words with
many prefixes/suffixes. Create new words and
write/discuss meanings as you go
• Morph House
• Word study graphic organizer
III-L-2: HI-8: associating common/academic
language abbreviations and acronyms with
words. (math, science, social studies)
abbreviations - Dr., St., Mr.
acronym – the first letter of each word in a
phrase (ASAP-as soon as possible, MPS- Mesa
Public Schools)
• Memory/concentration games
• Flashcards
• Language Warm-Up
III-L-2: HI-9: completing and explaining
analogous relationships (e.g., bravery:
courage :: smooth: ______). (math, science,
social studies)
• Brain builders
• Give students an analogy to solve and discuss the
pattern/relationship between the two words
• Language Warm-Up
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III-L-2: HI-10: using context clues in a
variety of content texts to confirm the
intended meaning of grade-level homonyms
and multiple-meaning words. (math,
science, social studies)
homonym – words which have the same
pronunciation and spelling but have different
meanings.
Please duck out of the way. Look at that duck
over there.
• Students create illustrations and sentences with
corresponding homonyms:
Draw a baseball bat and use in a sentence.
Draw the mammal and use in a sentence.
III-L-2: HI-11: pronouncing a homograph in
context based on meaning. (math, science,
social studies)
homograph – words which have the same
spelling, different pronunciation and different
meanings
wind, lead, bow
• Students create illustrations and sentences with
corresponding homographs
III-L-2: HI-12: using context clues in a
variety of content texts to confirm the
intended meaning of grade-level content
words. (math, science, social studies)
• Cloze passages
• Ten Important Sentences
III-L-2: HI-13: interpreting the meaning of
figurative language including in a variety of
grade-level texts.
• Harcourt
• Moving Into English passages
• Trade books
• Use picture book to reinforce concept (idiom,
simile, onomatopoeia, etc.)
III-L-2: HI-14: using a dictionary to identify
meanings, spellings, and pronunciations of
grade-level content words.
Listening and Speaking
Standard 1: The student will listen actively to the ideas of others in order to acquire new knowledge.
The student will demonstrate understanding of oral communication by:
ELP Performance Indicator Examples for Support / Clarification Resources and Methods
Comprehension of Oral Communications
III-LS-1: HI-1: distinguishing between
phonemes in the initial, medial, and final
positions of words, phrases, and sentences.
phoneme – the smallest unit of sound within
a word that distinguishes one word from
another.
cat = c/a/t
• Language Warm Up
• Sound Spelling Mapping
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III-LS-1: HI-2: summarizing main
ideas/concepts and supporting details from
read-alouds (fiction and nonfiction) in
complete sentences.
(math, science, social studies)
• Students use illustrations and/or graphic
organizer to identify/explain main
idea/supporting details
• Text Retell/Collaborative Story Retell
• Four-Picture Story Frame
• Ten Important Sentences
III-LS-1: HI-3: sequencing events from read-
alouds, presentations, and conversations in
complete sentences. (math, science, social
studies)
• Use illustrations and/or graphic organizer to
identify/explain appropriate sequence
• Text Retell
• Four Picture Story Frame
III-LS-1: HI-4: summarizing the main
idea/concept and key points/details of a
presentation using complete sentences.
(math, science, social studies)
• Students use illustrations and/or graphic
organizer to identify/explain main
idea/supporting details
• Text Retell/Collaborative Story Retell
• Four-Picture Story Frames
• Ten Important Sentences
III-LS-1: HI-5: demonstrating relationships
among facts, ideas or events using academic
vocabulary in classroom discussions. (e.g.,
problem/solution, cause/effect, etc.) (math,
science, social studies)
• Students use graphic organizers to plan
presentation of information
• Florida Center for Reading Research website:
http://www.fcrr.org/
III-LS-1: HI-6: responding to comprehension
questions by demonstrating relationships
among facts, ideas or events and extending
the information to other relevant contexts
using appropriate academic vocabulary.
(e.g., problem/solution, cause/effect,
compare/contrast, etc.)
• Graphic Organizers
• Language Frames
• Vocabulary maps
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III-LS-1: HI-7: following multi-step
procedures or processes containing specific
academic/content vocabulary. (e.g., steps to
complete authentic classroom tasks such as:
science lab, math problem, recipe, rules of a
game, etc.). ( math, science, social studies)
• Students follow a recipe
• Students write procedural steps to complete a
classroom task and switch with a partner and
follow the steps
• Students record the steps in a process using task
analysis. Pair the students up; have one read the
steps while the other follows. Switch roles.
III-LS-1: HI-8: responding to social
conversations by rephrasing and repeating
information, asking questions, offering
advice, sharing one’s experiences, and
expressing one’s thoughts.
• Students participate in a debate and defend their
argument
• Function Junction
• This or That
• What We Know
• Big Cheese
III-LS-1: HI-9: asking questions to clarify
concepts.
• Question stems
• Who, what, where, when, why, how cues
Standard 2: The student will express orally his or her own thinking and ideas.
The student will communicate orally by:
ELP Performance Indicator Examples for Support / Clarification Resources and Methods
Delivery of Oral Communications
III-LS-2: HI-1: producing sentences with
accurate pronunciation, intonation, and
stress.
• Students use sentence strips to create simple
sentences and practice saying the sentences with
different emotions, intonation and stress
• Language Warm Up
• Function Junction
• Repeat After Me
III-LS-2: HI-2: presenting dialogue, skits and
drama using appropriate rhythm, rate,
phrasing, and expression. (math, science,
social studies)
• Reader’s Theater
• MIE, end of unit plays
• Function Junction
III-LS-2: HI-3: expressing one’s own and
responding to others’ needs and emotions
in complete sentences.
• Students use sentence strips to create simple
sentences and practice saying these sentences with
different emotions, intonation, and stress
• Function Junction
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III-LS-2: HI-4: participating in socio-
functional communication tasks using
complete sentences.
• Create real-world scenarios and have students act
out using complete sentences
• Function Junction
• This or That
III-LS-2: HI-5: asking and responding to
academic questions in complete sentences
(e.g., expressing possibilities and
probabilities, hypothetical questions, etc.).
(math, science, social studies)
• Big Cheese
• Interviewer/interviewee – one student asks
questions, other student answers in complete
sentences. Switch roles.
• Function Junction
III-LS-2: HI-6: stating multi-step procedures
or processes using specific
academic/content vocabulary in complete
sentences. (math, science, social studies)
• Students follow a recipe
• Students write procedural steps to complete a
classroom task, switch with a partner and follow
the steps
• Students record the steps in a process using task
analysis. Pair the students up; have one read the
steps while the other follows. Switch roles.
III-LS-2: HI-7: sharing personal
experiences/stories with descriptive
language supported by details and examples
in complete sentences.
• Students complete a writing prompt and share
their pieces orally
• Students make text-to-self connections with
fiction/non-fiction text
III-LS-2: HI-8: presenting a variety of oral
reports (e.g., expository, cause and effect,
persuasive, etc.) containing specific and
accurate academic vocabulary, an
introduction, body, conclusion, transitions,
and visual aids.
(math, science, social studies)
• Use graphic organizers specific to the
concept/skill. (i.e. expository, cause/effect)
• Use Mesa Britannica Encyclopedia Online and
eBooks:
http://www.mpsaz.org/library
• Posted sentence starters
• Grammar Wall
• Science Kits
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ELL Stage III: Grades 3-5 ELD Curriculum Implementation Guide
Quarter 4
Language Strand
Standard 1 (Grammar/Syntax): The student will identify and apply conventions of standard English in his or her communications.
The student will demonstrate knowledge of parts of speech by:
ELP Performance Indicator Examples for Support / Clarification Resources and Methods
Prepositions
III-L-1 (PREP): LI-6: using prepositions of
opposition.
• Students use sentences, highlight prepositions of
opposition, and illustrate them
• Verb Tense Study
Sentence Construction
III-L-1 (SC): LI-19: converting a given sentence
in the active voice to a sentence in the passive
voice.
active: Most of the class is reading the book.
passive: The book is being read by most of the
class.
• Grammar Guide: pages 104-105
• Students create active sentences and change them
to passive voice
Questions
III-L-1 (Q): HI-3: producing Yes/No questions
beginning with “to be” and containing a
complement in a variety of verb tenses.
Is she happy?
Will you go to the party? • Function Junction
• Role playing
Standard 2 (Vocabulary): The student will acquire English language vocabulary and use it in relevant contexts.
The student will demonstrate knowledge of vocabulary by:
ELP Performance Indicator Examples for Support / Clarification Resources and Methods
III-L-2: HI-1: classifying words into conceptual
categories and providing rationale for
classification. (math, science, social studies)
• Word sorts with category headers
• Classification map
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III-L-2: HI-2: identifying the meaning/usage of
sight words and utilizing them in context.
(math, science, social studies)
• Students practice decoding by breaking apart
word sounds
• Students practice reading daily/using in context
III-L-2: HI-3: identifying the meaning/usage of
high frequency words and utilizing them in
context. (math, science, social studies)
• Students practice decoding by breaking apart
word sounds
• Students practice reading daily/using in context
III-L-2: HI-4: explaining the meaning and usage
of grade-specific academic vocabulary and
symbols. (math, science, social studies)
• Refer to content area standards and texts
III-L-2: HI-5: determining the meaning of
compound words using knowledge of individual
words. (math, science, social studies)
• Compound word creation game: provide cards
with single words and have students create as
many compound words using the single words
• Compound word matching game: match single
words to make compound words
III-L-2: HI-6: applying contractions in context.
• Matching game: match contraction with its
corresponding words
III-L-2: HI-7: using knowledge of base/root
words and affixes (prefixes and suffixes) to
determine the meaning of unknown grade-level
content words.
(math, science, social studies)
• Picture book – If I Were a …Prefix/Suffix etc.
• Card games – Provide root words/base words with
many prefixes/suffixes. Create new words and
write/discuss meanings as you go
• Morph House
• Word study graphic organizer
III-L-2: HI-8: associating common/academic
language abbreviations and acronyms with
words. (math, science, social studies)
• Memory/concentration games
• Flashcards
• Language Warm-Up
III-L-2: HI-9: completing and explaining
analogous relationships (e.g., bravery: courage ::
smooth: ______). (math, science, social studies)
• Brain builders
• Give students an analogy to solve and discuss the
pattern/relationship between the two words
• Language Warm-Up
III-L-2: HI-10: using context clues in a variety of
content texts to confirm the intended meaning
of grade-level homonyms and multiple-meaning
words. (math, science, social studies)
• Students create illustrations and sentences with
corresponding homonyms:
Draw a baseball bat and use in a sentence.
Draw the mammal and use in a sentence.
38
Governing Board Approval, May, 2015
III-L-2: HI-11: pronouncing a homograph in
context based on meaning. (math, science, social
studies)
• Students create illustrations and sentences with
corresponding homographs
III-L-2: HI-12: using context clues in a variety of
content texts to confirm the intended meaning
of grade-level content words. (math, science,
social studies)
• Cloze passages
• Ten Important Sentences
III-L-2: HI-13: interpreting the meaning of
figurative language including in a variety of
grade-level texts.
• Harcourt
• Moving Into English passages
• Trade books
• Use picture book to reinforce concept (idiom,
simile, onomatopoeia, etc.)
III-L-2: HI-14: using a dictionary to identify
meanings, spellings, and pronunciations of
grade-level content words.
Listening and Speaking Standard 1: The student will listen actively to the ideas of others in order to acquire new knowledge.
The student will demonstrate understanding of oral communication by:
ELP Performance Indicator Examples for Support / Clarification Resources and Methods
Comprehension of Oral Communications
III-LS-1: HI-1: distinguishing between phonemes
in the initial, medial, and final positions of
words, phrases, and sentences.
phoneme – the smallest unit of sound within
a word that distinguishes one word from
another.
cat = c/a/t
• Language Warm Up
• Sound Spelling Map
III-LS-1: HI-2: summarizing main
ideas/concepts and supporting details from
read-alouds (fiction and nonfiction) in complete
sentences.
(math, science, social studies)
• Students use illustrations and/or graphic
organizer to identify/explain main
idea/supporting details
• Text Retell/Collaborative Story Retell
• Four-Picture Story Frame
• Ten Important Sentences
39
Governing Board Approval, May, 2015
III-LS-1: HI-3: sequencing events from read-
alouds, presentations, and conversations in
complete sentences. (math, science, social
studies)
• Use illustrations and/or graphic organizer to
identify/explain appropriate sequence
• Text Retell
• Four Picture Story Frame
III-LS-1: HI-4: summarizing the main
idea/concept and key points/details of a
presentation using complete sentences. (math,
science, social studies)
• Students use illustrations and/or graphic
organizer to identify/explain main
idea/supporting details
• Text Retell/Collaborative Story Retell
• Four-Picture Story Frames
• Ten Important Sentences
III-LS-1: HI-5: demonstrating relationships
among facts, ideas, or events using academic
vocabulary in classroom discussions. (e.g.,
problem/solution, cause/effect, etc.) (math,
science, social studies)
• Students use graphic organizers to plan
presentation of information
• Florida Center for Reading Research website
http://www.fcrr.org/
III-LS-1: HI-6: responding to comprehension
questions by demonstrating relationships
among facts, ideas or events and extending the
information to other relevant contexts using
appropriate academic vocabulary. (e.g.,
problem/solution, cause/effect,
compare/contrast, etc.)
• Graphic Organizers
• Language Frames
• Vocabulary maps
III-LS-1: HI-7: following multi-step procedures
or processes containing specific
academic/content vocabulary. (e.g., steps to
complete authentic classroom tasks such as:
science lab, math problem, recipe, rules of a game,
etc.). (math, science, social studies)
• Students follow a recipe
• Students write procedural steps to complete a
classroom task , switch with a partner, and follow
the steps
• Students record the steps in a process using task
analysis. Pair the students up; have one read the
steps while the other follows. Switch roles.
III-LS-1: HI-8: responding to social
conversations by rephrasing and repeating
information, asking questions, offering advice,
sharing one’s experiences, and expressing one’s
thoughts.
• Students participate in a debate and defend their
argument
• Function Junction
• This or That
• What We Know
• Big Cheese
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III-LS-1: HI-9: asking questions to clarify
concepts.
• Question stems
• Who, what, where, when, why, how cues
Standard 2: The student will express orally his or her own thinking and ideas.
The student will communicate orally by:
ELP Performance Indicator Examples for Support / Clarification Resources and Methods
Delivery of Oral Communications
III-LS-2: HI-1: producing sentences with
accurate pronunciation, intonation, and stress.
• Students use sentence strips to create simple
sentences and practice saying these sentences with
different emotions, intonation, and stress
• Language Warm Up
• Function Junction
• Repeat After Me
III-LS-2: HI-2: presenting dialogue, skits and
drama using appropriate rhythm, rate, phrasing
and expression. (math, science, social studies)
• Reader’s Theater
• MIE, end of unit plays
• Function Junction
III-LS-2: HI-3: expressing one’s own and
responding to others’ needs and emotions in
complete sentences.
• Students use sentence strips to create simple
sentences and practice saying these sentences with
different emotions, intonation, and stress
• Function Junction
III-LS-2: HI-4: participating in socio-functional
communication tasks using complete sentences.
• Create real-world scenarios and have students act
out using complete sentences
• Function Junction
• This or That
III-LS-2: HI-5: asking and responding to
academic questions in complete sentences (e.g.,
expressing possibilities and probabilities,
hypothetical questions, etc.). (math, science,
social studies)
• Big Cheese
• Interviewer/interviewee – one student asks
questions, other student answers in complete
sentences. Switch roles.
• Function Junction
41
Governing Board Approval, May, 2015
III-LS-2: HI-6: stating multi-step procedures or
processes using specific academic/content
vocabulary in complete sentences. (math,
science, social studies)
• Students follow a recipe
• Students write procedural steps to complete a
classroom task , switch with a partner, and follow
the steps
• Students record the steps in a process using task
analysis. Pair the students up; have one read the
steps while the other follows. Switch roles.
III-LS-2:HI-7: sharing personal
experiences/stories with descriptive language
supported by details and examples in complete
sentences.
• Students complete a writing prompt and share
their pieces orally
• Students make text-to-self connections with
fiction/non-fiction text
III-LS-2:HI-8: presenting a variety of oral
reports (e.g., expository, cause and effect,
persuasive, etc.) containing specific and accurate
academic vocabulary, an introduction, body,
conclusion, transitions and visual aids.
(math, science, social studies)
• Use graphic organizers specific to the
concept/skill. (i.e. expository, cause/effect)
• Use Mesa Britannica Encyclopedia Online and
eBooks:
http://www.mpsaz.org/library
• Posted sentence starters
• Grammar Wall
• Science Kits