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    WIDA ELD Standards

    Overview

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

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    WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework Grade K
    WIDA ELD Standard 1: Social and Instructional Language
    ELD-SI.K-3.Narrate
    Standard Descriptor

    Multilingual learners will...

    • Share ideas about one’s own and others’ lived experiences and previous learning
    • Connect stories with images and representations to add meaning
    • Ask questions about what others have shared
    • Recount and restate ideas
    • Discuss how stories might end or next steps
    Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
    Online Lessons In most online Course activities, learners 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, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
    Workbook In some Workbook and K-2 Workbook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
    Supplemental Readings In some Supplemental Reading activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
    ELD-SI.K-3.Inform
    Standard Descriptor

    Multilingual learners will...

    • Define and classify objects or concepts
    • Describe characteristics, patterns, or behavior
    • Describe parts and wholes
    • Sort, clarify, and summarize ideas
    • Summarize information from interaction with others and from learning experiences
    Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
    Online Lessons In most online Course activities, learners 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, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
    Workbook In some Workbook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
    Supplemental Readings In some Supplemental Reading activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
    ELD-SI.K-3.Explain
    Standard Descriptor

    Multilingual learners will...

    • Share initial thinking with others
    • Follow and describe cycles in diagrams, steps in procedures, or causes and effects
    • Compare and contrast objects or concepts
    • Offer ideas and suggestions
    • Act on feedback to revise understandings of how or why something works
    Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
    Online Lessons In most online Course activities, learners 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, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
    Workbook In some Workbook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
    Supplemental Readings In some Supplemental Reading activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
    ELD-SI.K-3.Argue
    Standard Descriptor

    Multilingual learners will...

    • Ask questions about others’ opinions
    • Support own opinions with reasons
    • Clarify and elaborate ideas based on feedback
    • Defend change in one’s own thinking
    • Revise one’s own opinions based on new information
    Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
    Online Lessons In most online Course activities, learners 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, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
    Supplemental Readings In some Supplemental Reading activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
    WIDA ELD Standard 2: Language for Language Arts
    ELD-LA.K.Narrate.Interpretive
    Standard Descriptor

    Multilingual learners will interpret language arts narratives (with prompting and support) by...

    • Identifying key details
    • Identifying characters, settings, and major events
    • Asking and answering questions about unknown words in a text
    Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
    Teacher's Guide In many Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
    Supplemental Readings In some Supplemental Reading activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
    ELD-LA.K.Narrate.Expressive
    Standard Descriptor

    Multilingual learners will construct language arts narratives (with prompting and support) that...

    • Orient audience to story
    • Describe story events
    Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
    Teacher's Guide In many Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
    Supplemental Readings In some Supplemental Reading activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
    ELD-LA.K.Inform.Interpretive
    Standard Descriptor

    Multilingual learners will interpret informational texts in language arts (with prompting and support) by...

    • Identifying main topic and key details
    • Asking and answering questions about descriptions of familiar attributes and characteristics
    • Identifying word choices in relation to topic or content area
    Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
    Teacher's Guide In many Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, learners use language functions to meet this standard.
    ELD-LA.K.Inform.Expressive
    Standard Descriptor

    Multilingual learners will construct informational texts in language arts (with prompting and support) that...

    • Introduce topic for audience
    • Describe details and facts
    Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
    Teacher's Guide In some Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, learners use language functions to meet this standard.
    WIDA ELD Standard 3: Language for Mathematics
    ELD-MA.K.Inform.Interpretive
    Standard Descriptor

    Multilingual learners will interpret mathematical informational texts (with prompting and support) by...

    • Identifying concept or object
    • Describing quantities and attributes
    Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
    Online Lessons In some online Course activities, learners 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, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
    ELD-MA.K.Inform.Expressive
    Standard Descriptor

    Multilingual learners will construct mathematical informational texts (with prompting and support) that...

    • Define or classify concept or entity
    • Describe a concept or entity
    • Compare/contrast concepts or entities
    Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
    Online Lessons In some online Course activities, learners 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, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
    WIDA ELD Standard 5: Language for Social Studies
    ELD-SS.K.Inform.Interpretive
    Standard Descriptor

    Multilingual learners will interpret informational texts in social studies by...

    • Determining topic associated with a compelling or supporting question
    • Defining attributes and characteristics in relevant information
    Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
    Online Lessons In most online Course activities, learners 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, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
    Workbook In some Workbook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
    ELD-SS.K.Inform.Expressive
    Standard Descriptor

    Multilingual learners will construct informational texts in social studies that...

    • Introduce topic associated with a compelling or supporting question
    • Provide a detail about relevant information
    Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
    Online Lessons In most online Course activities, learners 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, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
    Workbook In some Workbook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
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