California

English Language Development Standards

Overview

Rosetta Stone Foundations English is aligned to the California English Language Development Standards, providing students with everything they need to succeed in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

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California English Language Development Standards Kindergarten

Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways

PI.A.1 Collaborative

Standard Descriptor

Exchanging information and ideas with others through oral collaborative conversations on a range of social and academic topics

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons Most online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary to provide students with language to apply this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In most Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.

PI.A.2 Collaborative

Standard Descriptor

Interacting with others in written English in various communicative forms (print, communicative technology, and multimedia)

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons Most online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary to provide students with language to apply this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In many Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Supplemental Reading In some Supplemental Reading writing activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.

PI.A.3 Collaborative

Standard Descriptor

Offering and supporting opinions and negotiating with others in communicative exchanges

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons Most online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary to provide students with language to apply this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In many Teacher's Guide writing activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Supplemental Reading In some Supplemental Reading activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.

PI.B.5 Interpretive

Standard Descriptor

Listening actively to spoken English in a range of social and academic contexts

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons In all online Course lessons, students are able to meet this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In most Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Supplemental Reading In all Supplemental Reading activities with audio files, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.

PI.B.6 Interpretive

Standard Descriptor

Reading closely literary and informational texts and viewing multimedia to determine how meaning is conveyed explicitly and implicitly through language

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons In some online Course lessons, students are able to meet this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In many Teacher's Guide activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Supplemental Reading In all Supplemental Reading activities, students have the opportunity to to meet this standard.

PI.B.7 Interpretive

Standard Descriptor

Evaluating how well writers and speakers use language to support ideas and opinions with details or reasons depending on modality, text type, purpose, audience, topic, and content area

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Teacher's Guide In some Teacher's Guide activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Supplemental Reading In many Supplemental Reading activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.

PI.B.8 Interpretive

Standard Descriptor

Analyzing how writers and speakers use vocabulary and other language resources for specific purposes (to explain, persuade, entertain, etc.) depending on modality, text type, purpose, audience, topic, and content area

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Teacher's Guide In some Teacher's Guide activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Supplemental Reading In many Supplemental Reading activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.

PI.C.9 Productive

Standard Descriptor

Expressing information and ideas in formal oral presentations on academic topics

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons Most online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary to provide students with language to apply this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In many Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.

PI.C.10 Productive

Standard Descriptor

Composing/writing literary and informational texts to present, describe, and explain ideas and information, using appropriate technology

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons Most online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary to provide students with language to apply this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In many Teacher's Guide activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Workbook In some Workbook activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Supplemental Reading In many Supplemental Reading writing activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.

PI.C.11 Productive

Standard Descriptor

Supporting own opinions and evaluating others’ opinions in speaking and writing

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons In many online Course lessons, students have the opportunity to use language and functions to meet this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In many Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Workbook In many Workbook activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Supplemental Reading In many Supplemental Reading activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.

PI.C.12 Productive

Standard Descriptor

Selecting and applying varied and precise vocabulary and language structures to effectively convey ideas

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons In all online Course lessons, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In most Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Workbook In some Workbook writing activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Supplemental Reading In many Supplemental Reading activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.

Part II: Learning About How English Works

PII.A.1 Structuring Cohesive Texts

Standard Descriptor

Understanding text structure

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Teacher's Guide In all Teacher's Guide Journal activities and most writing activities, students are able to meet this standard.
  • Workbook In some Workbook and K-2 Workbook activities, students are able to meet this standard.
  • Supplemental Reading In many Supplemental Reading questions with extended writing prompts, students are able to meet this standard.

PII.A.2 Structuring Cohesive Texts

Standard Descriptor

Understanding cohesion

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons In some online Course lessons, students have the opportunity to use language and functions to meet this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In all Teacher's Guide Journal activities and some writing activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Workbook In some Workbook writing activities, students are able to meet this standard.
  • Supplemental Reading In all Supplemental Reading activities, students are able to meet this standard.

PII.B.3 Expanding and Enriching Ideas

Standard Descriptor

Using verbs and verb phrases

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons In all online Course lessons, students are able to meet this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In all Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, students are able to meet this standard.
  • Workbook In all Workbook and K-2 Workbook activities, students are able to meet this standard.
  • Supplemental Reading In all Supplemental Reading activities, students are able to meet this standard.

PII.B.4 Expanding and Enriching Ideas

Standard Descriptor

Using nouns and noun phrases

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons In all online Course lessons, students are able to meet this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In all Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, students are able to meet this standard.
  • Workbook In all Workbook and K-2 Workbook activities, students are able to meet this standard.
  • Supplemental Reading In all Supplemental Reading activities, students are able to meet this standard.

PII.B.5 Expanding and Enriching Ideas

Standard Descriptor

Modifying to add details

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons In most online Course lessons, students learn language functions to meet this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In most Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, students are able to meet this standard.
  • Workbook In some Workbook writing activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Supplemental Reading In most Supplemental Reading writing activities, students have the opportunity to meet this standard.

PII.C.6 Connecting and Condensing Ideas

Standard Descriptor

Connecting ideas

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons In most online Course lessons, students are able to meet this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In most Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, students are able to meet this standard.
  • Workbook In many Workbook activities, students are able to meet this standard.
  • Supplemental Reading In many Supplemental Reading activities, students are able to meet this standard.