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    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 Readings 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 Readings 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 Readings 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 Readings 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 Readings 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 Readings 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 Readings 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 Readings 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 Readings 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 Readings 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 Readings 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 Readings 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 Readings 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 Readings 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 Readings In many Supplemental Reading activities, students are able to meet this standard.