Review principles 2 and 4 of Arizona’s Language Development Approach. This will give you an overview of the purpose and importance of integrated instruction in content area learning, and assessment feedback. Understanding these principles will help you complete this week’s assignment.

Scenario: Imagine you are a social studies content area teacher. You are planning an integrated ELD social studies lesson for a whole class of students whose English proficiency varies from basic to proficient. As you plan your lesson, you will need to consider how you will provide differentiated scaffolds for your English learners, but also challenge your English proficient students. Your driving standards will be the social studies content standards, but you will also use ELP standards 1 and 2 to help support your English learners. ELP standards 1 and 2 represent receptive communication, also known as comprehension.

Review the following social studies content/academic standards for your chosen grade level as determined in Week 1. Choose at least 1 social studies standard to assess in your lesson. (You must choose one of these standards for this lesson.)

• Kindergarten: Children As Citizens
• First Grade: Communities: Living and Working Together
• Second Grade: The World Around Me
• Third Grade: Arizona Studies (prehistoric to present day)
• Fourth Grade: Regions and Cultures of the Americas (Pre-contact Americas to European settlements up to 1763)
• Fifth Grade: United States Studies (American Revolution to Industrialism – 1763 to 1900s)

Access the following ELP Standards for your chosen grade level:

• Arizona English Language Proficiency Standards Kindergarten
• Arizona English Language Proficiency Standards Grade 1
• Arizona English Language Proficiency Standards Grades 2-3
• Arizona English Language Proficiency Standards Grades 4-5

Review ELP standards 1 and 2 and choose an ELP standard and sub-skill to assess in your lesson. Pay attention to the expectations for each proficiency level (pre-emergent/emergent, basic, and intermediate). This will help you determine what differentiated scaffolds to provide for your English learners.

Remember to incorporate ELP language standards 9 or 10 in your lesson as determined in your Week 3 assignment.

Create a 30- to 45-minute social studies lesson (integrated ELD) that will assess your chosen standards and include differentiated instructional strategies to support your English learners. Technology should play a role in your lesson. Be sure to explain how you will use technology as a resource in your lesson.

Use the Wk 4 Assignment Template to complete your lesson.