SALTA 1st Grade Curriculum Map

Canyons School District

Student Advocacy and Access Department 

English Language Development  Implementation Tools & Resources 

English Language Development (ELD) ​ is ​ instruction designed specifically for  students whose first language is not English. The purpose of ELD is to help  students learn grade-level content while expanding their knowledge of English in  the four domains of language: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Every  school and classroom should have a plan for building English language skills  throughout the school day.   ELD helps students gain the language skills they need to recount, explain, argue,  and discuss in both academic and social contexts (see ​ WIDA Can Do Descriptors:  Key Uses ​ on the following pages). ​ ELD can be integrated into all classroom  instruction throughout the day, for all content and contexts, (Integrated ELD); or  provided during a specific time of the learning block with other students  learning English (Designated ELD). Ideally, students will receive both ​ ​ integrated  and designated ELD ​ instruction. Regardless of the method, the essential  practices of ELD are the same.  Essential ELD Practices ​ :   1. Teachers build culturally responsive classroom environments and  positive relationships with EL students  2. Teachers develop social and academic language through the  instructional hierarchy  3. Teachers scaffold for student success, based on students’ English  language proficiency level  4. Teachers challenge students with rigorous, grade-level structured  classroom discussions, texts, and writing tasks  Effective ELD instruction will:  ● Increase student confidence and connectedness to the classroom and school ● Increase student proficiency in English   ● Increase student engagement and participation  ● Improve student comprehension and mastery of lesson content  ● Enrich the overall classroom culture 

Critical Actions for  Educators  .………………………... ● Create a culturally  sensitive  classroom and  positive  relationships with  students  ● Use the  instructional  hierarchy to teach  social and  academic English  ● Provide 

appropriate  scaffolds for  student  proficiency levels 

● Challenge 

students with  rigorous,  grade-level  learning tasks 

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