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Table of Contents Link to Literacy Introduction.. Standards at a Glance.. 2 Overview Level D. Overview Level E. Overview Level F..... Program Program Layout 7 Quizzes and Assessments... Flashcards.. 1 4 5 6 8 9
Introduction Link to Literacy is a comprehensive, intermediate English Language Development (ELD) program for English learners in grades 3 and up who struggle in the areas of language, vocabulary, and reading. Intensive Eplicit Direct Instruction lessons cover a range of topics such as: using simple verb tenses, determining the meaning of words using contet clues, and determining the main purpose of a tet. Flashcards are also incorporated throughout the curriculum to address topics like antonyms, homophones, and multiple-meaning words. Online assessments are scheduled in regular intervals to check the understanding of students using the Link to Literacy curriculum. DataWORKS Educational Research 2016 All rights reserved. 1
Standards at a Glance ELD Standards Level D Level E Level F C.1.2 Answer questions. C.2.1 Write passages. C.4.1 Adjust language choices. I.6.a Eplain tet relationships. I.6.b.1 Epress inferences. I.6.b.2 Use contet to determine the meaning of unknown words. I.6.b.3 Use reference materials to determine the meaning of unknown words. I.6.b.4 Use visual cues to determine the meaning of unknown words. I.6.c.6 Determine the meaning of multiple-meaning words. I.8 Eplain the effect of words. P.10.1 Write a narrative. P.10.2 Write informative tet. P.11 Support opinions. DataWORKS Educational Research 2016 All rights reserved. 2
Standards at a Glance ELD Standards Level D Level E Level F P.12.a.1 Use academic words. P.12.a.2 Use content words. P.12.b Select appropriate affies. SCT.1.1 Identify tet organization. SCT.1.1 Show understanding of tet. SCT.2.a Connect nouns to pronouns. EEI.3.2 Use simple verb tenses. EEI.4 Epand sentences using noun phrases. EEI.4 Epand sentences using adverbials. EEI.5 Epand sentences using prepositional phrases. CCI.6 Create compound sentences. CCI.6 Create comple sentences. CCI.7 Condense clauses into simple sentences. DataWORKS Educational Research 2016 All rights reserved. 3
Level D Through eplicit direct instruction, Level D students are taught the following literacy elements: Language: including verb tenses, nouns and noun phrases, articles, determiners, adverbs, compound sentences, and clauses. Vocabulary: including compound words, contet clues, multiple-meaning words, synonyms, signal words, word choice, prefies, suffies, personification, hyperbole, denotation, and connotation. Reading Informational Tet: including answering questions, determining the main idea, restating details, interpreting information from charts and diagrams, following written instructions, and planning and writing opinion pieces. Reading Literature Tet: including eplaining inferences, analyzing the structure of narratives, analyzing characterization, and planning and writing narratives. DataWORKS Educational Research 2016 All rights reserved. 4
Level E Through eplicit direct instruction, Level E students are taught the following literacy elements: Language: including verb tenses, nouns and noun phrases, comparative and superlative adjectives, adverbs, compound sentences, and clauses. Vocabulary: including contet clues, homographs, homophones, prefies, suffies, signal words, synonyms, word choice, metaphors, and similes. Reading Informational Tet: including following multiple-step instructions, answering questions, determining the main idea (both stated and implied), analyzing chronological order tet, interpreting diagrams, citing tetual evidence, and planning and writing opinion pieces. Reading Literature Tet: including eplaining inferences, analyzing characterization, determining themes, and planning and writing narratives. DataWORKS Educational Research 2016 All rights reserved. 5
Level F Through eplicit direct instruction, Level E students are taught the following literacy elements: Language: including pronoun-antecedent agreement, verb tenses, abstract nouns, comparative and superlative adjectives, prepositional phrases, epanding sentences with noun phrases, adverbs, compound sentences, and clauses. Vocabulary: including signal words and phrases, compare-and-contrast words, word choice, antonyms, contet clues, multiple-meaning words, synonyms, prefies, suffies, and symbolism. Reading Informational Tet: including analyzing chronological order tet, features of informational tet, analyzing main ideas (both stated and implied), analyzing sequential order patterns, analyzing compare-and-contrast tet structure, interpreting visual information, and planning and writing opinion pieces. Reading Literature Tet: including eplaining inferences, determining themes, analyzing how elements of a story interact, and planning and writing narratives. DataWORKS Educational Research 2016 All rights reserved. 6
Program Layout The Link to Literacy program is an online, browser-based program. No need to download or install any software. Just click on the day and start teaching. The curriculum is composed of lessons that are organized by weeks. An online pacing calendar is provided for each week. The pacing calendar is divided into four, nine-week sections with a total of 36 weeks of instruction. Each lesson has been given two days for completion (Learning Objective to Closure), and the content is reviewed again in subsequent days and weeks. The lessons contain components from Eplicit Direct Instruction (EDI). These components help guide and support instruction. Quizzes and assessments are provided with the program. The quizzes and assessments are available online. Answers for student practice are animated on the slides throughout the curriculum. Students are encouraged to use whiteboards to give responses. Consumable student workbooks are also available for this program. Call for pricing (800) 495-1550. DataWORKS Educational Research 2016 All rights reserved. 7
Quizzes & Assessments The Link to Literacy program provides quizzes and assessments. The quizzes and assessments are available online with teacher instructions. These tests can be given on a computer or tablet. Visit the Link to Literacy website to access the quizzes and assessments: Quizzes and assessments are administered on the following days for all levels: Quizzes Day 13 Day 35 Day 58 Day 80 Day 103 Day 125 Day 148 Day 170 DataWORKS Educational Research 2016 All rights reserved. Assessments Day 23 Day 45 Day 68 Day 90 Day 113 Day 135 Day 158 Day 180 8
Flashcards The Link to Literacy program includes flashcards to address a variety of common vocabulary words including: antonyms, regular and irregular verbs, homophones, phrasal verbs, prefies, common nouns, and multiple-meaning words. Links to the flashcards are provided within the pacing calendar. Which set of flashcards to use each week is up to the discretion of the teacher and the needs of the students. It is recommended to make the flashcards a fun, interactive learning eperience. For eample, you can split the class into teams and the first team to hold up the correct response on their whiteboard gets a point! First team to 20 points wins! DataWORKS Educational Research 2016 All rights reserved. 9
RESOURCES For information and research on the different literacy elements, please visit the following websites: National Reading Panel: Findings and Determinations of the National Reading Panel by Topic Areas https://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/nrp/pages/findings.asp Effective Literacy Program http://dataworks-ed.com/si-components-of-an-effective-literacyprogram/ Read About It: Scientific Evidence for Effective Teaching of Reading http://dataworks-ed.com/si-components-of-an-effective-literacyprogram/ DataWORKS Educational Research 2016 All rights reserved. 10
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