TEKS English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) Summary

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LEARNING STRATEGIES c1A: Use prior knowledge and experiences to The English Language Enhancement (ELE) is divided into understand meanings in English. three sections. In the first two sections, the learning activities correlate to certain lessons in the Reading Horizons v5 software and direct instruction. The third section provides activities to aid in learning the English culture in the U.S. Specifically, students learn how to guess the meanings of unknown words from context (ELE, pp. 36-37). c1B: Monitor oral and written language production Throughout the software, students have opportunities to and employ self-corrective techniques or other record themselves and compare their pronunciation to resources. that of a native speaker. Students learn how to self- monitor in the English Language Enhancement (ELE) (ELE, pp. 48-49).

The English Language Enhancement booklet integrates vocabulary strategies, pronunciation practice, and a culture reference to expand the program’s usefulness for English-language learners. Students will practice the various strategies and will participate in evaluations at the end of each strategy to help determine which strategy best suits them in learning the English language. LISTENING c2A: Distinguish sounds and intonation patterns of Sentences and Intonation, Lesson 6: Students will learn to English with increasing ease. distinguish rising and falling intonation and appropriate use for each intonation pattern using sentence types (i.e., wh- questions, yes/no questions, commands, exclamations) (Student Workbook, pp. 13-14). Syllable Stress and the Schwa, Lesson 40 : Students will learn to distinguish syllable stress. Students will also learn that all English vowels can assume the schwa sound in unstressed syllables (Student Workbook, pp.101-102). c2B: Recognize elements of the English sound The Five Phonetic Skills, Lessons 24, 25, 30, 31: Students system in newly acquired vocabulary, such as long will learn the five patterns for decoding English-based and short vowels, silent letters and consonant words using diacritical markings to determine the vowel clusters. sound (Student Workbook, pp. 63-66; 77-80; 87-88). Vowel Families O and I, Lesson 26: Students will learn the word families containing the vowels o and i (e.g., -old, -ild, -ind, etc.) (Student Workbook, pp. 67-68). Sounds of -GH , -IGH , -IGHT , Lesson 34: Students will learn sounds for GH and decode words containing the spellings of -gh, -igh, and -ight (Student Workbook, pp. 85-86). Reading Horizons v5®

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Syllable Stress and the Schwa, Lesson 40 : Students will learn that all English vowels can assume the schwa sound in unstressed syllables (Student Workbook, pp.101-102). Digraphs, Lesson 51; More Digraphs, Lesson 52; Digraph Blends, Lesson 53: Students will learn to decode single- syllable and multi-syllabic words containing Digraph consonant spellings (Student Workbook, pp. 135-137; pp. 139-142; pp. 143-144). Special Vowel Sounds ( au/aw, ou/ow, oi/oy, oo/oo ), Lesson 55: Students will learn Special Vowel Sounds (diphthongs) and their respective spelling patterns in words (Student Workbook, pp. 149-152). Sounds of EU and EW , Lesson 65: Students will learn to decode base words containing the sound and spelling eu and ew (Student Workbook, pp. 183-184). c2C: Learn new language structures, expression, The Reading Horizons program employs systematic, and basic and academic vocabulary heard during explicit, and sequential phonics strategies to decoding classroom instruction and interactions. English-based words. The phonics lessons combined with the reference (grammar) lessons and high-frequency word lessons (Most Common Words) enable students in reading, spelling, pronunciation, listening, and thinking skills. Sentences and Intonation, Lesson 6: Students will learn to distinguish rising and falling intonation and appropriate use for each intonation pattern using sentence types (i.e., wh- questions, yes/no questions, commands, exclamations) (Student Workbook, pp. 13-14). Syllable Stress and the Schwa, Lesson 40 : Students will learn that all English vowels can assume the schwa sound in unstressed syllables (Student Workbook, pp.101-102). Decoding Skill 1, Lesson 39: Students will learn to decode two-syllable words following patterns to determine how many syllables are in a printed word and the correct vowel sound for each syllable (Student Workbook, pp. 99-100) Last Job for Y, Lesson 41: Students will decode multi- syllabic words ending in the spelling of y where y is a working (sounded) vowel and has the sound of long e (Student Workbook, pp. 99-100). Decoding Skill 2, Lesson 42: Students will learn to decode two-syllable words following patterns to determine how many syllables are in a printed word and the correct vowel sound for each syllable (Student Workbook, pp. 105-106) Reading Horizons v5®

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-LE at the End of a Word, Lesson 44: Students will decode multi-syllabic words ending in the spelling of -le. Students will learn that the final syllable (-le) has its own syllable sound (Student Workbook, pp. 109-110). Decoding Words of Any Length, Lesson 45: Students will learn to decode words of any length using both Decoding Skills 1 and 2 (Student Workbook, pp. 111-112). Practicing Multi-syllabic Words, Lesson 60: Students will practice decoding multi-syllabic words containing y as the final vowel, Silent E, adjacent vowels, Digraphs, and Special Vowel Sounds (diphthongs) (Student Workbook, pp. 169-170).

Reading Horizons v5 software contains a vocabulary database of over 10,000 terms to help students develop vocabulary and decoding skills simultaneously. The vocabulary database includes high-frequency words, academic vocabulary, and English for Specific Purposes (ESP) terms. The Vocabulary Tool may be accessed at any time and contains vocabulary that correlates to the skills that are being learned in the lesson. Words are illustrated with a corresponding graphic, and words are used in context sentences. Students will phonetically decode each word, as well as pronounce and optionally record it in order to compare their pronunciation with the narrator’s. English Language Enhancement (ELE):  Chapter 1 – Recognize Voiced and Voiceless Sounds  Chapter 2 – Pronouncing Plurals and Possessives; Sentence Stress and Intonation  Chapter 3 – Short and Long Vowels; the Three Sounds of -ED  Chapter 4 – Pronouncing Contractions; Syllable Stress and Schwa  Chapter 5 – 42 Sounds Pronunciation Practice; Minimal Pairs

The 13 Most Common Words (sight words) lessons provide students with the opportunity to practice sight words in a variety of contexts. Reading Horizons v5®

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c2D: Monitor understanding of spoken language The Reading Horizons v5 software program is an during classroom instruction and interactions and individualized, interactive reading solution for students seek clarification as needed. with varying needs and learning styles. Reading Horizons v5 software is designed to let each student work at his or her own pace and level of ability so students are able to receive the individualized instruction they need. Immediate feedback is embedded into each software lesson. The direct instruction lessons for teacher instruction provide interactions and clarifications between students and teacher and Student Workbook activities to reinforce concepts. c2E: Use visual, contextual, and linguistic support Reading Horizons v5 software contains a vocabulary to enhance and confirm understanding of database of over 10,000 terms to help students develop increasingly complex and elaborated spoken vocabulary and decoding skills simultaneously. The language. vocabulary database includes high-frequency words, academic vocabulary, and English for Specific Purposes (ESP) terms. The Vocabulary Tool may be accessed at any time and contains vocabulary that correlates to the skills that are being learned in the lesson. Words are illustrated with a corresponding graphic and are used in context sentences. Students will phonetically decode each word, as well as pronounce and optionally record it in order to compare their pronunciation with the narrator’s. SPEAKING c3A: Practice producing sounds of newly acquired The Reading Horizons program employs systematic, vocabulary such as long and short vowels, silent explicit, and sequential phonics strategies to decode letters, and consonant clusters to pronounce English-based words. The phonics lessons combined with English words in a manner that is increasingly comprehensible. the reference (grammar) lessons and high-frequency word lessons (Most Common Words) enable students in reading, spelling, pronunciation, listening, and thinking skills.

Reading Horizons v5 software contains a vocabulary database of over 10,000 terms to help students develop vocabulary and decoding skills simultaneously. The vocabulary database includes high-frequency words, academic vocabulary, and English for Specific Purposes (ESP) terms. The Vocabulary Tool may be accessed at any time and contains vocabulary that correlates to the skills that are being learned in the lesson. Words are illustrated with a corresponding graphic and are used in context sentences. Students will phonetically decode each word, Reading Horizons v5®

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as well as pronounce and optionally record it in order to compare their pronunciation with the narrator’s. c3B: Expand and internalize initial English The Reading Horizons v5 software program is an vocabulary by learning and using high-frequency individualized, interactive reading solution for students English words necessary for identifying and with varying needs and learning styles. describing people, places, and objects, by retelling simple stories and basic information represented or Reading Horizons v5 software is designed to let each supported by pictures, and by learning and using student work at his or her own pace and level of ability so routine language needed for classroom students are able to receive the individualized instruction communication. they need. Immediate feedback is embedded into each software lesson. The direct instruction lessons for teacher instruction provide interactions and clarifications between students and teacher and Student Workbook activities to reinforce concepts.

The 13 Most Common Words (sight words) lessons provide students with the opportunity to practice sight words in a variety of contexts. c3C: Speak using a variety of grammatical Sentences and Intonation, Lesson 6: Students will learn to structures, sentence lengths, sentence types, and produce simple sentences (Student Workbook, pp. 13-14). connecting words with increasing accuracy and Commas, Lesson 8: Students will learn to use commas in a ease as more English is acquired. variety of contexts (Student Workbook, p. 17-18). Direct and Indirect Quotations, Lesson 12: Students will learn to use quotations in dialogue (Student Workbook, pp. 29-30). Plurals, Lesson 19: Students will form and use regular plural nouns (Student Workbook pp. 49-50). Possessives, Lesson 20: Students will learn to form and use possessives (Student Workbook, pp. 51-52). Adding Suffixes, Lessons 28, 33, 36, 59 : Students will learn that a suffix is one or more letters added to the end of a word, changing the meaning of the word and usually its part of speech (Student Workbook, pp. 71-72; 83-84; 89-90; 167-168). Parts of Speech, Lesson 27: Students will learn the meanings of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs and how they function as parts of speech in sentences (Student Workbook, pp. 69-70). Contractions, Lesson 37 : Students will learn that contractions are words that have been reduced by leaving out some letters and using an apostrophe (Student Workbook pp. 95-96). Compound Words, Lesson 46 : Students will learn that Reading Horizons v5®

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compound words are made up of two or more words combined to make a new word (Student Workbook, pp. 113-114). Parts of Speech – ESOL Supplement (Teacher’s Manual, pp. 716-717).

The 13 Most Common Words (sight words) lessons provide students with the opportunity to practice sight words in a variety of contexts. c3D: Speak using grade-level content-area Reading Horizons v5 software contains a vocabulary vocabulary in context to internalize new English database of over 10,000 terms to help students develop Words and build academic language proficiency. vocabulary and decoding skills simultaneously. The vocabulary database includes high-frequency words, academic vocabulary, and English for Specific Purposes (ESP) terms. The Vocabulary Tool may be accessed at any time and contains vocabulary that correlates to the skills that are being learned in the lesson. Words are illustrated with a corresponding graphic and are used in context sentences. Students will phonetically decode each word, as well as pronounce and optionally record it in order to compare their pronunciation with the narrator’s.

English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 1: Create and Use Vocabulary Flashcards English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 4: Decide Which Words You Should Use English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 6: Sort Vocabulary English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 8: Create Word Webs English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 9: Use a Dictionary Appropriately English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 10: Guess the Meanings of Words from Context Reading Horizons v5®

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READING c4A: Learn relationships between sounds and letters of Reading Horizons lessons logically and sequentially the English language and decode (sound out) words using a combination of skills such as recognizing sound- teach the framework of phonics/letter-sound letter relationships and identifying cognates, affixes, correspondences by teaching the 42 Sounds of the roots, and base words. Alphabet, the Five Phonetic Skills to decode English- based words, and the Two Decoding Skills for syllabication. Utilizing the unique marking system to decode words helps students learn to correctly spell words.

Prefixes, RH Lesson 43: Students will learn a prefix is one or more letters added to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of the word (Student Workbook, pp. 107-109). Suffixes – ESOL Supplement, p. 708 Other Suffixes, Lesson 58 : Students will learn that a suffix is one or more letters added to the end of a word, changing the meaning of the word and usually its part of speech (Student Workbook, pp. 163-166). ESOL Supplement – Suffixes p. 708 Students will learn to use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion). English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 7: Study Prefixes and Roots c4B: Recognize directionality of English reading such Building Words – Lesson 3: Students will learn to form as left to right and top to bottom. words by sliding sounds of letters together, going from left to right. Students will develop word vocabulary as a word is decoded. Sentences and Intonation, Lesson 6: Students will learn to produce simple sentences (Student Workbook, pp. 13-14) c4C: Develop basic sight vocabulary, derive meaning of The Reading Horizons Vocabulary software component environmental print, and comprehend English vocabulary provides over 10,000 words with their corresponding and language structures used routinely in written classroom materials. definitions and context sentences and allows students to practice decoding. Students are shown a visual representation of the word; the translation into one of the supported languages, if selected; and students are able to record themselves pronouncing the word to compare their pronunciation with the narrator's. English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 1: Create and Use Vocabulary Flashcards English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Reading Horizons v5®

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Strategy 4: Decide Which Words You Should Use English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 6: Sort Vocabulary English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 8: Create Word Webs English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 9: Use a Dictionary Appropriately English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 10: Guess the Meanings of Words from Context c4E: Read linguistically accommodated content-area Reading Horizons v5 lessons and the Student Workbook material with a decreasing need for linguistic provide students with the opportunity to immediately accommodations as more English is learned. transfer what they are learning in lifelike situational readings. Students will enjoy the various signs, ads, menus, and many more reading opportunities that allow them to apply what they are learning. c4F: Use visual and contextual support and support The English for Special Purposes database, found in the from peers and teachers to read grade-appropriate Vocabulary tool, allows students to practice their content-area text, enhance and confirm understanding, and develop vocabulary, grasp of language structures, decoding skills with words relating to school, travel, and background knowledge needed to comprehend hospitality, medical, and business. increasing challenging language. The Reading Horizons Vocabulary software component provides over 10,000 words with their corresponding definitions and context sentences and allows students to practice decoding. Students are shown a visual representation of the word; the translation into one of the supported languages, if selected; and students are able to record themselves pronouncing the word to compare their pronunciation with the narrator's. English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 1: Create and Use Vocabulary Flashcards. English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 4: Decide Which Words You Should Use English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 5: Learn Word Families English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 6: Sort Vocabulary English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 8: Create Word Webs English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 9: Use a Dictionary Appropriately English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 10: Guess the Meanings of Words from Context Reading Horizons v5®

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c4G: Demonstrate comprehension of increasingly The Reading Horizons Reading Library contains over 225 complex English by participating in shared reading, reading passages of various topics for students to practice retelling or summarizing material, responding to questions, and taking notes commensurate with content- and apply decoding/reading skills: area and grade-level needs.  Animals  Culture  Earth Science  Fact or Fiction?  Famous Firsts  Famous People  Famous Places  Health  Nature’s Mysteries  Overcoming Obstacles  Space  Sports  Sports Heroes  Technology  World Leaders Reading Horizons Reading Library Teacher Edition: Suggestions are provided to aid students before they read, while they read, and after they read:  BEFORE students read  WHILE students are reading  AFTER students read  Transfer troubleshooting  Skills in Focus  Challenge words These suggestions require students to utilize prior knowledge and experience to comprehend as they read. The comprehension questions contained with each reading passage in the Reading Horizons Library component has at least five-to-ten multiple choice questions that include:  main idea questions  detail questions  inference questions Reading Horizons v5®

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c4H: Read silently with increasing ease and Reading Horizons v5 contains a Library component to comprehension for longer periods. build fluency and reading comprehension for students as they develop their decoding skills. The Library component contains more than 225 high-interest, low- readability, non-fiction passages that have been leveled and Lexiled© for students. c4I: Demonstrate English comprehension and expand The comprehension questions contained with each reading skills such as demonstrating understanding of reading passage in the Reading Horizons Library supporting ideas and details in text and graphic sources, summarizing text, and distinguishing main ideas from component has at least five-to-ten multiple choice details commensurate with content-area needs. questions that include:  main idea questions  detail questions  inference questions c4J: Demonstrate English comprehension and expand Reading Horizons v5 contains a Library component to reading skills by employing inferential skills such as build fluency and reading comprehension for students as predicting, making connections between ideas, drawing inferences and conclusions from text and graphic they develop their decoding skills. The Library component sources, and finding supporting text evidence contains more than 225 high-interest, low- readability, commensurate with content-area needs. non-fiction passages that have been leveled and Lexiled© for students. After students complete a reading passage, reading comprehension questions are administered. Students are shown the results of their reading comprehension questions, and they can clearly see which questions they got correct and which were missed. They will then be shown a review screen that will display the score they achieved for the passage. Students have the option to reread the passage to improve their scores, to have the passage narrated to them, to identify words that use skills they have recently studied, or to exit back to the passage- selection screen. Students can see their overall reading level on this screen. It will be modified every time they read a new passage. At the end of each chapter, additional passages will be unlocked based on the student’s reading levels at the end of each chapter. c4K: Demonstrate English comprehension and Reading Horizons v5 contains a Library component to build expand reading skills by employing analytical skills fluency and reading comprehension for students as they such as evaluating written information and develop their decoding skills. The Library component performing critical analyses commensurate with content-area and grade-level needs. contains more than 225 high-interest, low- readability, non-fiction passages that have been leveled and Lexiled© for students. After completing Chapter 1 in the software, students launch an initial Reading Level Assessment. This Reading Horizons v5®

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assessment is designed to determine a composite fluency and reading comprehension score in order for students to choose the reading passage with the appropriate readability level. WRITING c5A: Learn relationships between sounds and Reading Horizons lessons logically and sequentially letters of the English language to represent sounds teach the framework of phonics/letter-sound when writing in English. correspondences. Utilizing the unique marking system to decode words helps students learn to correctly spell words. The Reading Horizons program contains 68 lessons to represent sounds, words, and grammar skills when writing in English. Alphabet Letter Groups:  Letter Group 1 – Lesson 2  Letter Group 2 – Lesson 5  Letter Group 3 – Lesson 7  Letter Group 4 – Lesson 9  Letter Group 5 – Lesson 10 Building Words – Lesson 3: Students will learn to form words by sliding sounds of letters together, going from left to right. Students will develop word vocabulary as a word is decoded. The Blends:  L -Blends – Lesson 15  R -Blends – Lesson 18  S -Blends – Lesson 21  Two Extra Blends – Lesson 22

The Five Phonetic Skills – Lessons 24, 25, 30, 31: Students will learn the five patterns for decoding English-based words using diacritical markings to determine the vowel sound. Many Jobs of Y – Lesson 38: Students will learn the letter y has more than one sound. Students will learn when y is a consonant or a vowel in a word (Student Workbook pp. 97-98). Decoding Skill 1, Lesson 39: Students will decode two- syllable words following the patterns to determine how many syllables are in a printed word and the correct vowel sound for each syllable (Student Workbook, pp. 99-100). Last Job for Y , Lesson 41: Students will decode multi- Reading Horizons v5®

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syllabic words ending in the spelling of y where y is a working (sounded) vowel and has the sound of long e (Student Workbook, pp. 103-104). Decoding Skill 2, Lesson 42: Students will decode two- syllable words following the patterns to determine how many syllables are in a printed word, and the correct vowel sound for each syllable (Student Workbook, pp. 105- 106). -LE at the End of a Word, Lesson 44: Students will decode multi-syllabic words ending in the spelling of -le. The final syllable (-le) has its own syllable sound (Student Workbook, pp. 109-110). Decoding Words of Any Length, Lesson 45: Students will learn to decode words of any length using both Decoding Skills 1 and 2 (Student Workbook, pp. 111-112). Digraphs, Lesson 51; More Digraphs, Lesson 52; Digraph Blends, Lesson 53: Students will learn to decode single- syllable and multi-syllabic words containing Digraph consonant spellings (Student Workbook, pp. 135-137; pp. 139-142; pp. 143-144). Special Vowel Sounds ( au/aw, ou/ow, oi/oy, oo/oo ), Lesson 55: Students will learn Special Vowel Sounds (diphthongs) and their respective spelling patterns in words (Student Workbook, pp. 149-152). Decoding Exceptions, Lesson 61: Students will practice decoding multi-syllabic words that do not follow Decoding Skill 2 (Student Workbook, pp. 173-174). Double Consonants and -KE , -CK , -K , and -C , Lesson 62: Students will learn the spelling skill when the sound /k/ is heard at the end of the base word (Student Workbook, pp. 175-176). Sounds of EU and EW , Lesson 65: Students will learn to decode base words containing the sound and spelling eu and ew (Student Workbook, pp. 183-184). c5B: Write using newly acquired basic vocabulary The Reading Horizons Vocabulary software component and content-based grade-level vocabulary. provides over 10,000 words with their corresponding definitions and context sentences and allows students to practice decoding. Students are shown a visual representation of the word; the translation into one of the supported languages, if selected; and students are able to record themselves pronouncing the word to compare their pronunciation with the narrator's. Reading Horizons v5®

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English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 1: Create and Use Vocabulary Flashcards English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 4: Decide Which Words You Should Use English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 6: Sort Vocabulary English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 8: Create Word Webs English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 9: Use a Dictionary Appropriately English Language Enhancement (ELE), Vocabulary Strategy 10: Guess the Meanings of Words from Context

The 13 Most Common Words (sight word) lessons provide students with the opportunity to practice sight words in a variety of contexts. c5C: Spell familiar English words with increasing Reading Horizons lessons logically and sequentially accuracy, and employ English spelling patterns and teach the framework of phonics/letter-sound rules with increasing accuracy as more English is acquired. correspondences. Utilizing the unique marking system to decode words helps students learn to correctly spell words. The Reading Horizons program contains 68 lessons to represent letter/sounds, words, and grammar skills when writing in English.

The 13 Most Common Words (sight word) lessons provide students with the opportunity to practice sight words in a variety of contexts. c5D: Edit writing for standard grammar and usage, Sentences and Intonation, Lesson 6: Students will learn to including subject-verb agreement, pronoun produce simple sentences (Student Workbook, pp. 13-14). agreement, and appropriate verb tenses Commas, Lesson 8: Students will learn to use commas in commensurate with grade-level expectations as more English is acquired. addresses (Student Workbook, pp. 17-18). Direct and Indirect Quotations, Lesson 12: Students will learn to use quotations in dialogue (Student Workbook, pp. 29-30). Plurals, Lesson 19: Students will form and use regular plural nouns (Student Workbook, pp. 49-50). Possessives, Lesson 20: Students will learn to form and use possessives (Student Workbook, pp. 51-52). Adding Suffixes, Lessons 28, 33, 36, 59 : Students will learn that a suffix is one or more letters added to the end of a word, changing the meaning of the word and usually its part of speech (Student Workbook, pp. 71-72; 83-84; Reading Horizons v5®

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89-90; 167-168). Parts of Speech, Lesson 27: Students will learn the meanings of nouns, pronouns verbs, adjectives, and adverbs and how they function as parts of speech in sentences (Student Workbook, pp. 69-70). Contractions, Lesson 37 : Students will learn that contractions are words that have been reduced by leaving out some letters and using an apostrophe (Student Workbook pp. 95-96). Compound Words, Lesson 46 : Students will learn that compound words are made up of two or more words combined to make a new word (Student Workbook, pp. 113-114). Parts of Speech – ESOL Supplement (Teacher’s Manual, pp. 716-717).

The 13 Most Common Words (sight word) lessons provide students with the opportunity to practice sight words in a variety of contexts. c5E: Employ increasingly complex grammatical Sentences and Intonation, Lesson 6: Students will learn to structures in content-area writing commensurate produce simple sentences (Student Workbook, pp. 13-14). with grade-level expectations such as: Commas, Lesson 8: Students will learn to use commas in i. using correct verbs, tenses, and addresses (Student Workbook, pp. 17-18). pronouns/antecedents ii. using possessive case (apostrophe s) Direct and Indirect Quotations, Lesson 12: Students will correctly learn to use quotations in dialogue (Student Workbook, iii. using negatives and contractions correctly. pp. 29-30). Plurals, Lesson 19: Students will form and use regular plural nouns. (Student Workbook, pp. 49-50). Possessives, Lesson 20: Students will learn to form and use possessives (Student Workbook, pp. 51-52). Adding Suffixes, Lessons 28, 33, 36, 59 : Students will learn that a suffix is one or more letters added to the end of a word, changing the meaning of the word and usually its part of speech (Student Workbook, pp. 71-72; 83-84; 89-90; 167-168). Parts of Speech, Lesson 27: Students will learn the meanings of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs and how they function as parts of speech in sentences (Student Workbook, pp. 69-70). Contractions, Lesson 37 : Students will learn that contractions are words that have been reduced by leaving out some letters and using an apostrophe (Student Reading Horizons v5®

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Workbook pp. 95-96). Compound Words, Lesson 46 : Students will learn that compound words are made up of two or more words combined to make a new word (Student Workbook, pp. 113-114). Parts of Speech – ESOL Supplement (Teacher’s Manual, pp. 716-717) c5F: Write using a variety of grade-appropriate Reading Horizons uses unique multi-sensory teaching sentence lengths, patterns, and connecting words methods to decode English-based words that English to combine phrases, clauses, and sentences in Language Learners can easily comprehend. Embedded in increasingly accurate ways as more English is acquired. the software, direct instruction lessons, and student materials (Student Workbook and English Language Enhancement), students are exposed to a variety of practice opportunities that build vocabulary, teach grammar skills, and write sentences. As English Language Learners progress through the program, they acquire the skills to decode and spell multi-syllabic words with ease. These skills prepare them to study autonomously and to communicate effectively as more English is acquired.