First Nine Weeks Plan
S. Flippo: ELL
Listening: Learning to understand English spoken in a wide range of social and
academic contexts.
Speaking: Learning to speak English, with increasing accuracy and fluency, in
order to convey meaning appropriate to a wide range of social and academic contexts.
Reading: Learning to read in English with increasing comprehension for a
variety of purposes.
Writing: Learning to produce written English with increasing fluency and
accuracy to convey meaning appropriately in a range of social and academic contexts.
Culture: Learning concepts that result in knowledge and awareness of the history
and culture of classmates.
*Kindergarten
Units of Study: (vocabulary related to:) school, family, body, health/safety/fire
prevention, senses, feeling, clothing, homes, holidays and celebrations, seasons of the
year, days of the week, weather, colors, shapes, letters Aa –Zz and sounds, numerals 0 –
9, counting 1-20, mathematics vocabulary
*First Grade
Units of Study: (vocabulary, literature, and the content area focus on) People and
places, school, citizenship, Sun and Earth, growing and changing, animals and their
habitats, long ago and today
*Second Grade
Units of Study: (vocabulary, literature, and the content area focus on)
Citizenship, safety, responsibilities, communities, famous Americans (Susan B. Anthony,
Helen Keller)
*Third, Fourth, Fifth Grade
Reading and writing fluency, content area vocabulary enrichment