Chicopee Public Schools: English Language Learners Curriculum

 Benchmarks and Outcomes (ELPBO)

 

Grade: 1st Grade                                          Subject: Math                                              Strand: (3) Geometry

 

Academic Benchmarks / Skills (2.G 1 to 2.G.7):

  1. Describe attributes and parts of two- and three-dimensional shapes, e.g., length of sides, and number of corners, edges, faces, and sides. (2.G.1)
  2. Identify, describe, draw, and compare two-dimensional shapes, including both polygonal (up to six sides) and curved figures such as circles. (2.G.2)
  3. Recognize congruent shapes. (2.G.3)
  4. Identify shapes that have been rotated (turned), reflected (flipped), translated (slid), and enlarged. Describe direction of translations, e.g., left, right, up, down. (2.G.4)
  5. Identify symmetry in two-dimensional shapes. (2.G.5)
  6. Predict the results of putting shapes together and taking them apart. (2.G.6)
  7. Relate geometric ideas to numbers, e.g., seeing rows in an array as a model of repeated addition. (2.G.7)

 

ELL Benchmarks (ELPBO)

Beginners

Early Intermediate

Intermediate

Transitioning

S1.1 Demonstrate comprehension of everyday words and phrases, using pictures, actions, and/or objects.

 

 S1.4 Express basic personal needs and information such as, (health, food, clothing, weather, recreation), and school information using spoken words and phrases.

 

S3.11 Give one-step directions.

 

 S3.40 Describe how two things within academic content are alike and different.

 

S3.43 Participates in classroom discussions and activities, when frequent clarification is given.

 

S1.25 Demonstrate comprehension in a variety of settings of specific, technical, and / or abstract words and phrases of grade level academic content.

 

 

 

 

ELL Benchmarks (ELPBO)

Beginners

Early Intermediate

Intermediate

Transitioning

S1.3 Demonstrate comprehension of vocabulary essential for grade-level content learning, using pictures, actions, and / or objects.

 

S2.3 Demonstrate comprehension of simple oral request.

 

R2.2b Identifies labels and signs in the school environment.

 

R1.1a Reads and understands words that have been presented as images, objects, or in print.

 

S3.30 Understands oral questions that are based on academic content.

 

R1.1c Read previously learned words that have been classified by themes or topics.

 

W1.1a Identify the audience for and the purpose of a writing task (such as narrating, describing).

 

W2.2b Dictates sentences that give information.

 

R5.7a Identify examples of fact in expository or informational texts.

 

W1.2b Lists new words and phrases related to the topic of a writing task

 

S1.27 Rephrase ideas and thoughts to express meaning.

R1.3 Use context to determine the meaning of words.

 

R3.4g Draw a conclusion from a text.

 

W1.3c Identify the criteria for completing a writing task.

 

 

 

References: Houghton-Mifflin 2007, Massachusetts Math Frameworks and the English Language Learners Proficiency Benchmarks and Outcomes for English Language Learners

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