Kindergarten

"The embedded language development of this unit centers on the following Key Uses of Academic Language:

● Argue by stating an opinion and supporting it with reasoning and relevant evidence.

... Students will learn about positive character traits., as well as language useful for stating an opinion with reasoning and relevant evidence. By the end of the unit, students will be equipped with language useful for presenting their knowledge about these concepts, and to state an opinion about how students can demonstrate these traits in school."

"Through this unit, students will learn to communicate information, ideas, and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of mathematics. They will also learn to communicate for social and instructional purposes within the school setting."

"The purpose of this unit is to help ELs develop language necessary for social and instructional purposes within the school setting and to support the development of the language necessary for academic success in the content area of English language arts. They will learn language that will be used recurrently in and across various academic and social contexts."