Evidence of Student Vocabulary Knowledge Skills Common Core Instructional Achievement Level Descriptors Attainment Essential Elements Students: acquire Students know: Students understand EEL.8.6. Acquire Level IV Students will: that/are able to: and use general EEL.8.6. Acquire and use general academic and domain-specific words and phrases. acquire and use use accurately techniques for academic and Ex. Describe the elements on a map using the legend as needed. vocabulary collecting a variety of acquire and use domain-specific Ex. Describe steps in writing (e.g., draft, revise). grade-appropriate accurately new words accurately words and phrases. general academic general Level III Students will: utilize general academic and grade-appropriate academic words and EEL.8.6. Acquire and use general academic and domain-specific words and phrases. words and phrases words general academic phrases Ex. When asked questions like, do you learn in respond, “What science?,” “magnet.” and phrases words and phrases Ex. In an end-of-day writing wrap-up, list words and phrases learned during the day. utilize domain-specific acquire and use words and phrases gather grade-appropriate accurately Level II Students will: vocabulary domain-specific EEL.8.6. Recognize an academic and domain-specific word. identify and learn about knowledge words and phrases words and Ex. Use the word calculator or ruler correctly. vocabulary that is important phrases to comprehension and/or techniques for Level I Students will: expression determining whether identify and EEL.8.6. Respond to an academic or domain-specific word. a word or phrase is investigate vocabulary Ex. Use switches or symbols to respond to words from science (e.g., plant, animal). important to important to Ex. After the teacher uses objects to teach new vocabulary to the class, respond to comprehension comprehension objects from science or social studies when asked. techniques for identify and determining whether investigate vocabulary a word or phrase is important to important to expression expression Students understand techniques for using that the extensive context and resources vocabulary needed for to understand success in and beyond important vocabulary school is built through reading, study, and application.
Evidence of Student Attainment Vocabulary Knowledge Skills Common Core Essential Elements Instructional Achievement Level Descriptors Students: acquire and use vocabulary accurately utilize general academic words and phrases utilize domain-specific words and phrases identify and learn about vocabulary that is important to comprehension and/or expression acquire use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and words and phrases gather vocabulary knowledge Students know: techniques for collecting a variety of new words grade-appropriate general academic words and phrases grade-appropriate domain-specific words and phrases techniques for determining whether a word or phrase is important to comprehension techniques for determining whether a word or phrase is important to expression techniques for using context and resources to understand important vocabulary Students understand that/are able to: acquire and use accurately general academic words and phrases acquire and use accurately words and phrases identify and investigate vocabulary important to comprehension identify and investigate vocabulary important to expression Students understand that the extensive vocabulary needed for success in and beyond school is built through reading, study, and application. EEL.8.6. Acquire and use general academic and domain-specific words and phrases. Level IV Students will: EEL.8.6. Acquire and use general academic and domain-specific words and phrases. Ex. Describe the elements on a map using the legend as needed. Ex. Describe steps in writing (e.g., draft, revise). Level III Students will: EEL.8.6. Acquire and use general academic and domain-specific words and phrases. Ex. When asked questions like, “What do you learn in science?,” respond, “magnet.” Ex. In an end-of-day writing wrap-up, list words and phrases learned during the day. Level II Students will: EEL.8.6. Recognize an academic and domain-specific word. Ex. Use the word calculator or ruler correctly. Level I Students will: EEL.8.6. Respond to an academic or domain-specific word. Ex. Use switches or symbols to respond to words from science (e.g., plant, animal). Ex. After the teacher uses objects to teach new vocabulary to the class, respond to objects from science or social studies when asked.
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