Magdalena Ruz Gonzalez, M.Ed.

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Common Core State StandardsImplications for
English Learners

• Magdalena Ruz Gonzalez, M.Ed.
• Project Director III
• Multilingual Academic Support Unit/ELL
• Division of Curriculum and Instructional Services
• Ruz-Gonzalez_Magda_at_lacoe.edu

Bobbi Ciriza Houtchens, M.A. Consultant bhoutchens
_at_yahoo.com
http//commoncore.lacoe.edu
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Outcomes for Session

• To learn what is currently addressed in Common
  Core State Standards as it relates to English
  Learners
• To examine samples of EL access to Common Core
  Standards

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AB 124 Fuentes Academic Content Standards
English Language Development Standards

• Establishes ELD standards Advisory Committee
  responsible for updating, revising and aligning,
  by August 31, 2012
• The ELD standards will be aligned to the Common
  Core State academic content standards.
• Committee must include teachers and
  administrators with expertise in instruction
  English Learners.

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ELs Meet High Academic Standards in Language
Arts Common Core

• Access to teachers and personnel at the school
  and district levels who are well prepared to
  support ELs building on strengths and skills
• Instruction that develops foundational skills in
  English and enables ELs to participate fully in
  grade-level coursework

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ELs Meet High Academic Standards in Language
Arts Common Core

• Immersed in a variety of literacy-rich school
  environments
• Coursework that prepares ELs for postsecondary
  education or the workplace, is made
  comprehensible through specific pedagogical
  techniques and additional resources

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ELs Meet High Academic Standards in Language
Arts Common Core

• Opportunities for classroom discourse and
  interaction are well-designed to enable ELs to
  develop communicative strengths in language arts
• Ongoing assessment and feedback guides learning
• Provide ELs with native English language role
  models and support.

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Mathematics Instruction, MathematicalDiscourse
and Academic Language EL Success

• Language switching can be swift, highly
  automatic, and facilitate rather than inhibit
  solving word problems
• Instruction should ensure that students
  understand the text of word problems before they
  attempt to solve them

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Mathematics Instruction, MathematicalDiscourse
and Academic Language EL Success

• Instruction should include a focus on
  mathematical discourse and academic language.
  
• Students learn to participate in mathematical
  reasoning, not by merely learning vocabulary, but
  by making conjectures, presenting explanations,
  and/or constructing arguments

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Mathematics Instruction, MathematicalDiscourse
and Academic Language EL Success

• While vocabulary instruction is important, it is
  not sufficient for supporting mathematical
  communication.
• Vocabulary drill and practice are not the most
  effective instructional practices for learning
  vocabulary.

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Stanford National Initiative ELs Meet Common
Core State Standards

• Dr. Kenji Hakuta
• Sponsor meetings, webinars, commission papers on
  key topics, collaborate with local districts
• Create clear specifications and exemplars of how
  teachers can foster English language proficiency
  as part of subject matter instruction
• http//ell.stanford.edu

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Are We ALL in Agreement?

• Are we all in agreement that ELs need systematic
  English language development through specific ELD
  standards?
• Are we all in agreement that ELs need access to
  content through specific differentiated
  instruction and assessments?

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THE NEXT SAMPLES

• Linking Common Core to ELD standards
• Access to ELA Common Core
• These are NOT OFFICIAL.
• These are most likely what the ELD standards will
  look like that are ACCESS .

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Speaking and Listening Standards K5
Comprehension and Collaboration
B Answer simple questions with 1-2 word
responses. Clarify in primary language then
teach structure in English. EI Ask answer
questions by using phrases/simple sentences. I
Ask answer questions for clarification with
additional details.
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Language Standards 612 Vocabulary Acquisition
and Use
B Identify figurative language (similes,
metaphors) through primary language and describe
understanding with the aid of a simple sentence
frame. E I Identify figurative language
(personification) in various cultural contexts
through primary language and describe
understanding in a simple sentence or phrase. I
Identify more complex figurative language in oral
and written context (verbal irony).
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Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social
Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects 612
Research to Build Present Knowledge
B Write a brief response to a research question
that organizes information in charts, tables,
etc. using sentence frames. Primary language
materials are used. EI Write a brief summary to
a research question that organizes information
gathered from various sources in charts, tables,
etc. using sentence/ paragraph frames. I
Investigate a topic and write a report that
organizes information gathered from
primary/secondary sources in charts, tables, etc.
using paragraph frames and including citations.
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ELD Standards Roll out, Fall 2012

• Ensure a roll-out of the Common Core State
  Standards aligned to the new ELD Standards
• Provide opportunities for discussion of how
  educators are to approach teaching and learning
  for ELS
• Ensure the language proficiency and academic
  success of ELs with frequent monitoring

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