English Language Proficiency Standards

(ELPS)

Curriculum Requirements• In order for ELLS to be successful, they must acquire both social

and academic language proficiency

• Classroom instruction that effectively integrates second-language acquisition with quality content-area instruction ensures that ELLs acquire social and academic language proficiency in English, learn the knowledge and skills in the TEKS, and reach their full academic potential

• Effective instruction in second-language acquisition involves giving ELLs opportunities to listen, speak, read, and write at their current levels of English development while gradually increasing the linguistic complexity of the English they read and hear, and are expected to speak and write

(pg 10)

Summaries of ELPS

• Introduction• District Responsibilities• Learning Strategies• Listening• Speaking• Reading• Writing• Level Descriptors

(Pgs. 12 & 13)

ELPS Framework

Curriculum for ELLS must be:• Communicated• Sequenced• Targeted

Second-language instruction must be:• Focused• Targeted• Systematic

What’s Expected of Teachers

(pg 24)

ELAR TEKS & ELPS Side by Side

(Pgs. 41-277)

Sentence Stems

1A: use prior knowledge and experiences to understand meanings in English

Prior Knowledge•I know …•I want to know…•This word/phrase might mean…•This word/phrase is like…•This word/phrase reminds me of…•I think the word probably means… because…

How?•Anticipation Chat•Anticipation guides•Insert method•KWL•List/group/label•Pretest with a partner•Free write

ELPS in Detail

Pages 246- 255