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Kindergarten - CA ELD Standard
Part II: Learning About How English Works
Expanding & Enriching Ideas
Using nouns and noun phrases

Using nouns and noun phrases to expand ideas and provide more detail.

| W.K.5 | SL.K.6 | L.K.1 | L.K.6 |
EMERGING
1

Expand noun phrases in simple ways (e.g., adding a familiar adjective to describe a noun) in order to enrich the meaning of sentences and add details about ideas, people, things, etc., in shared language activities guided by the teacher and sometimes independently.

EXPANDING
2

Expand noun phrases in a growing number of ways (e.g., adding a newly learned adjective to a noun) in order to enrich the meaning of sentences and add details about ideas, people, things, etc., in shared language activities guided by the teacher and with increasing independence.

BRIDGING
3

Expand noun phrases in a wide variety of ways (e.g., adding a variety of adjectives to noun phrases) in order to enrich the meaning of phrases/sentences and add details about ideas, people, things, etc., in shared language activities guided by the teacher and independently.