Level 2
Level 2 Major Course
Using 6E’s structure. structure.
Engage
Execute
Explore
Elaborate
Explain
Extend
One topic for each unit.
Level 2 teaching content: 1. Topic based LC 2. Clear lesson structure
Lessons 1,3,5,7,9,11 Category Reading/Writing
Lessons 2, 4, 8, 10
Sub-category
Category
Sub-category
Math
Skills & SSL (content vocab & SP)
Letter Recognition/ Phonics HFW
Social Studies/Science
Skills & Subject Specific Language(SSL) (content vocab & SP & Verbs)
Grammar
Skills
Letter Recognition/ Phonics Review
SS/S Grammar
Lessons 6,12 Assessment 1&2
Some sample slides:
Project presentation from Level 2 Unit 1 is shown in lessons 5, 6, 11 and 12.
We have added pre-class and post class material to increase the efficiency of the actual class.
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One computer homework for each lesson One paper textbook for 3 units
4 short pre-class videos for each unit
Pre-class
Post-class
One-onone online class
Level 2 and CCSS alignment
Level 1 is a foundation level. Our aim for this level is to help kids gain Englishlearning skills. Meanwhile, we will achieve some CCSS: ELA Standards » Reading: Literature » Kindergarten:10% ELA Standards » Reading: Informational Text » Kindergarten:10% ELA Standards » Reading: Foundational Skills » Kindergarten:80% ELA Standards » Speaking & Listening » Kindergarten:40% ELA Standards » Writing » Kindergarten: 0% ELA Standards » Language » Kindergarten:50% Math Standards: 50% Level 2 meets 34% Grade K Without taking into consideration the Writing Standard: Level 2 meets 40% Grade K
Level 2 Entry Point Level 2 U1 Entry Point 1 U4 Entry Point 2 U7 Entry Point 3 U10 Entry Point 4
Level 2 Entry Point Descriptor Level 2: The reading goals in Level 1 start with capital and lower-case letter recognition, moving on to individual phonics sounds, vowel word families, and blending sounds to read CVC words. Level 1 speaking goals begin with the repetition of single words and very basic introductory dialogue, move on to the repetition of complete but simple sentences, answering in sentence fragments, and answering in complete sentences. If the student cannot read, but is a confident speaker, they still belong in Level 1. The aim of Level 1 is to teach students reading basics. Level 2 Unit 1 Reading: Zero English ability. Student knows no alphabets and phonics and cannot read. Speaking: Student does not repeat after the teacher, cannot use basic dialogue to introduce themselves or state their age, etc. Goal is to learn basic commands, classroom language, and introductory dialogue. Level 2 Unit 4 Reading: Some reading skills but lack of confidence in phonics and CVC blending. Speaking: Can use basic sentence patterns as an introduction but lacks ability to extend conversation past this point. Knows basic classroom commands. Can repeat after the teacher. Level 2 Unit 7 Reading: Knows phonics sounds of each letter of the alphabet and can blend CVC words. Reads with some difficulty and needs more review/practice to be a confident reader. Speaking: Answers in one word or fragment, repeats in complete
Level 1 Entry Point Descriptor Level 2 Unit 10
Replaces nouns with pronouns and exhibits correct pronoun/verb agreement. Is able to read words with inter changing vowels easily (Sam, sem, sum). Speaks in complete but basic sentences.
Level 2 Pre-class Videos
More videos for each unit; each unit has 4 videos. Video 1 aligns with lessons 1-2 Video 2 aligns with lessons 3-6 Video 3 aligns with lessons 7-8 Video 4 aligns with lessons 9-12 L2-U4-LC1-1
The average length of each video is about 7 minutes.
More interesting than before. In most videos, one video is one story. L2-U10-LC2-1
Level 2 Computer Homework
Each unit has 2 learning cycles with 6 lessons each (12 lessons in total). The final lesson of each learning cycle is an assessment class. The purpose of the first 5 HW lessons of the learning cycle is review and practice. The 6th HW will be an assessment. It follows the teacher-led assessment in lesson 6.
Compu ter Homewor k
Lesson 6 /12 Assessment
1. Guided practice & review, not assessment
1. Assess student learning in areas of Reading & Writing, Social Studies & Science, Math
2. Extend learning time
2. Supplement unit assessment
Computer Homework Activity Types
There are 2 types of activities in the homework:
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Interactive Review – the student is given many opportunities to interact with the content, and they will have a chance to correct their mistakes. The activity should guide the student to review the material and show him/her the correct answer. These templates will be more game-like
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Practice – the student is only given one chance to answer the question. They will receive feedback after they submit the question, and they can’t re-try the question immediately. This means we won’t see the correct/incorrect state until after submission.
Interactive review sample slides:
Social studies & Science(U1)
Phonics(U6)
Grammar(U1)
Math(U6)
Practice sample slides:
Social studies & Science(U1)
Grammar(U1)
Phonics(U6)
Math(U6)
Level 1 Paper Textbook
In level 2, there are 4 books which cover 12 units (24 Learning Cycles). There are 3 units (6 Learning Cycles) in each book. In each Learning Cycle, we cover all teaching content like chants, vocabulary, phonics, conversation, reading, math, grammar, my project, project presentation, writing, and project-based learning.
Some sample pages:
Some Tips for Teachers
If your student is very young, you don’t need to ask them to do too many circling activities. Although the TD asks you to, you may still adjust your teaching method. The circling activities will take much of your teaching time if your student isn’t able to control the mouse very well. You can change the activity so that you circle and the student speaks.
You may have noticed that there is a lot of content in Level 1. There are some sentences on the PPT slides. We have a specific requirement for each teaching category of each entry point. Such as, in Unit 1, we won’t teach letter sounds. We will also teach HFW recognition in stories. Take a look at the following slides. They will be helpful when you teach the classes.
There are 25 PPT slides for each lesson, so the average time for each slide is 1 minute.
Phonics: We teach letter recognition with phonics in unit 1. Word families + onset/rime blending in units 2&3. CVC word sentences + HFW in Units 49. Segmenting CVC words in Units 7-9. 4 letter words + HFW in units 1012.
Unit 1
Unit 7
Reading comprehension: We have theme readers in lessons 5 &11 and phonics readers in lessons 2 &8 each unit. You can use some Pre-reading comp techniques in Units 2-6, as well as some reading comprehension (teacher read-aloud, phonics readers w/ pictures) techniques in Units 7-12.
Unit 2
Unit 7
High frequency words: Units 1-3, teach for memorization & pronunciation only. Units 4-6, recognition in story Units 7-9, spelling as learning extension; speed trials Units 10-12, spelling & dictation; speed trials
Unit 1
Unit 7
Vocabulary words: You can find them in readers/read aloud. Not all vocab words are introduced in one lesson. There are no written definitions in Level 2. All words have a picture that explains meaning.
Unit 1
Unit 7
Sentence Patterns (SP): Written SP on slide explicitly introducing SP along with Q/A prompt. Students are not required to read the sentences in Units 1-3.
Unit 1
Unit 7
Verbs: Units 1-9, verbs introduced as vocab Units 10-12, explicitly as grammar + vocab
Unit 7
Unit 10
We teach grammar explicitly and implicitly in Level 2. There is no need to explain too much about the rules if we teach the grammar implicitly.
Explicitly teach “this”
Unit 2
Implicitly teach “adjectives for numbers & regular plural nouns”
Unit 10
Math: No slide is entirely skill-based. We teach for language, but not skill. Students are required to solve some word problems.
Unit 7