Part 1: Interacting in Meaningful Ways Part 2: Learning about Part 3: Using

How English Works Foundational Literacy

Skills
A. Collaborative A. Structuring Cohesive Texts Literacy in an Alphabetic
1. Exchanging Info & Ideas w/ others through oral collaborative discussions on 1. Understanding text
range of social & academic topics structure Writing System:
2. Interacting w/ others in written English in various communicative forms 2. Understanding cohesion
3. Offering & supporting opinions & negotiating w/ others in communicative
exchanges 1. Print Concepts
4. Adapting language choices to various contexts 2. Phonological awareness
3. Phonics & word
B. Interpretive B. Expanding and Enriching recognition
4. Fluency
5. Listening actively to spoken English in a range of social and academic
contexts Ideas
3. Using verbs & verb
6. Reading closely literary & informational texts & viewing multimedita to
determine how meaning is conveyed explicitly & implicitly through language
phrases
4. Using nouns & noun
*see appendix A for info
7. Evaluating how well writers & speakers use language to support ideas &
opinions w/ details or reasons depending on type, purpose, audience, topic, &
phrase on teaching Reading
5. Modifying to add details
content area
8. Analyzing how writers & speakers use vocab & other language resources for
Foundational Skills to
specific purposes depending on modality, text time, purpose, audience, topic, &
content area
English Learners
C. Productive C. Connecting and
9. Expressing info & ideas in formal oral presentations on academic topics
10. Writing literary & informational texts to present, describe, & explain ideas & Condensing Ideas
info 6. Connecting ideas
11. Supporting own opinions & evaluating others/ opinions in speaking/writing 7. Condensing ideas
12. Selecting & applying varied & precise vocabulary & language structures to
effectively convey ideas