Louisiana
Connectors for ELs
Overview
Rosetta Stone Foundations English is aligned to the Louisiana Connectors for English Learners, providing students with everything they need to succeed in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
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Connector 1: By the end of each English language proficiency level, an EL can construct meaning from oral presentations and literary and informational text through grade-appropriate listening, reading, and viewing.
K.1-Level 1
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with prompting and support (including context and visual aids), use a very limited set of strategies to:
- identify a few key words
from read-alouds and oral presentations of information or stories.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.1-Level 2
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with prompting and support (including context and visual aids), use an emerging set of strategies to:
- identify some key words and phrases
from read-alouds and oral presentations.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.1-Level 3
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with prompting and support (including context and visual aids), use a developing set of strategies to:
- identify main topics
- ask and answer questions about key details
from read-alouds and oral presentations.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.1-Level 4
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with prompting and support (including context and visual aids), use an increasing range of strategies to:
- identify main topics
- answer questions about key details or parts of stories
- retell events
from read-alouds, picture books, and oral presentations.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.1-Level 5
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with prompting and support (including context and visual aids), use a wide range of strategies to:
- identify main topics
- answer questions about key details
- retell familiar stories
from read-alouds, picture books, and oral presentations.
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Connector 2: By the end of each English language proficiency level, an EL can participate in grade-appropriate oral and written exchanges of information, ideas, and analyses, responding to peer, audience, or reader comments and questions.
K.2-Level 1
Standard Descriptor
An EL can
- listen with limited participation in short conversations
- respond to simple yes/no and some wh- questions
about familiar topics.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.2-Level 2
Standard Descriptor
An EL can
- participate in short conversations
- respond to simple yes/no and wh- questions
about familiar topics.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.2-Level 3
Standard Descriptor
An EL can
- participate in short conversations
- follow some rules for discussion
- respond to simple yes/no and wh- questions
about familiar topics.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.2-Level 4
Standard Descriptor
An EL can
- participate in conversations and discussions
- ask and answer simple questions
- follow increasing number of rules for discussion
about a variety of topics.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.2-Level 5
Standard Descriptor
An EL can
- participate in conversations and discussions
- ask and answer questions
- follow rules for discussion
about a variety of topics.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
Connector 3: By the end of each English language proficiency level, an EL can speak and write about grade-appropriate complex literary and informational texts and topics.
K.3-Level 1
Standard Descriptor
An EL can
- communicate simple information or feelings
about familiar topics or experiences.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.3-Level 2
Standard Descriptor
An EL can
- communicate simple information or feelings
about familiar topics, experiences, or events.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.3-Level 3
Standard Descriptor
An EL can
- communicate information or feelings
about familiar topics, experiences, or events.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.3-Level 4
Standard Descriptor
An EL can
- tell or dictate simple messages
about a variety of topics, experiences, or events.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.3-Level 5
Standard Descriptor
An EL can
- make simple oral presentations
- compose short written texts
about a variety of topics, experiences, or events.
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Connector 4: By the end of each English language proficiency level, an EL can construct grade-appropriate oral and written claims and support them with reasoning and evidence.
K.4-Level 1
Standard Descriptor
An EL can
- express a feeling or opinion about a familiar topic
showing limited control.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.4-Level 2
Standard Descriptor
An EL can
- express an opinion or preference about a familiar topic
showing emerging control.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.4-Level 3
Standard Descriptor
An EL can
- express an opinion or preference about a familiar topic or story
showing developing control.
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K.4-Level 4
Standard Descriptor
An EL can
- express an opinion or preference about a variety of topics or stories
showing increasing control.
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K.4-Level 5
Standard Descriptor
An EL can
- express an opinion or preference about a variety of topics or stories
showing increasing control.
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Connector 5: By the end of each English language proficiency level, an EL can conduct research and evaluate and communicate findings to answer questions or solve problems.
K.5-Level 1
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with prompting and support from adults,
• recall information from experience or from a provided source.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.5-Level 2
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with prompting and support from adults,
- recall information from experience or use information from a provided source to answer a question.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.5-Level 3
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with prompting and support from adults,
- recall information from experience or use information from provided sources to answer a question
showing developing control.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.5-Level 4
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with prompting and support from adults,
- recall information from experience or use information from provided sources to answer a question
showing increasing control.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.5-Level 5
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with prompting and support from adults,
- recall information from experience or use information from provided sources to answer a question
showing increasing control.
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Connector 6: By the end of each English language proficiency level, an EL can analyze and critique the arguments of others orally and in writing.
K.6-Level 4
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with prompting and support,
- identify a reason an author or speaker gives to support a point.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.6-Level 5
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with prompting and support,
- identify appropriate reasons an author or speaker gives to support main points.
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Connector 7: By the end of each English language proficiency level, an EL can adapt language choices to purpose, task, and audience when speaking and writing.
K.7-Level 4
Standard Descriptor
An EL can
- show a developing awareness of the difference between appropriate language for the playground and language for the classroom.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.7-Level 5
Standard Descriptor
An EL can
- show awareness of differences between informal (“playground speech”) and language appropriate to the classroom
- use some words learned through conversations, reading, and being read to.
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Connector 8: By the end of each English language proficiency level, an EL can determine the meaning of words and phrases in oral presentations and literary and informational text.
K.8-Level 1
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with prompting and support (including context and visual aids),
- recognize the meaning of a few frequently occurring words
in simple oral presentations and read-alouds about familiar topics, experiences, or events.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.8-Level 2
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with prompting and support (including context and visual aids),
- recognize the meaning of some frequently occurring words and phrases
in simple oral presentations and read-alouds about familiar topics, experiences, or events.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.8-Level 3
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with prompting and support (including context and visual aids),
- answer questions to help determine the meaning of some words and phrases
in simple oral presentations and read-alouds about familiar topics, experiences, or events.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.8-Level 4
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with prompting and support (including context and visual aids),
- answer and sometimes ask questions about the meaning of words and phrases
in simple oral presentations and read-alouds about a variety of topics, experiences, or events.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.8-Level 5
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with prompting and support (including context and visual aids),
- answer and ask questions about the meaning of words and phrases
in simple oral presentations and read-alouds about a variety of topics, experiences, or events.
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Connector 9: By the end of each English language proficiency level, an EL can create clear and coherent grade-appropriate speech and text.
K.9-Level 3
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with support (including visual aids, context),
- retell several events from experience or a familiar story
with developing control of some frequently occurring linking words (e.g., and, then).
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.9-Level 4
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with support (including visual aids, context),
- retell a simple sequence of events from experience or a familiar story
with increasingly independent control of frequently occurring linking words.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.9-Level 5
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with support (including visual aids),
- retell a short sequence of events from experience or a familiar story, with a beginning, middle, and end
using frequently occurring linking words.
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Connector 10: By the end of each English language proficiency level, an EL can make accurate use of Connector English to communicate in grade-appropriate speech and writing.
K.10-Level 1
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with support (including context and visual aids),
- recognize and use a small number of frequently occurring nouns and verbs
- understand and respond to simple questions.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.10-Level 2
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with support (including context and visual aids),
- recognize and use frequently occurring nouns, verbs, and short phrases
- respond to yes/no and wh- questions
- produce a few simple sentences
in shared language activities.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.10-Level 3
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with support (including context and visual aids),
- recognize and use frequently occurring regular plural nouns, verbs, and prepositions
- use and respond to question words
- produce simple sentences
in shared language activities.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.10-Level 4
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with support (context and visual aids),
- recognize and use frequently occurring regular plural nouns, verbs, and prepositions
- use and respond to question words
- produce and expand simple sentences
in shared language activities.
Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
K.10-Level 5
Standard Descriptor
An EL can, with increasing independence,
- use frequently occurring regular plural nouns, verbs, prepositions, and question words
- ask and answer interrogatives (wh- questions)
- produce and expand simple sentences
in shared language activities.