ESL Curriculum Mapping

Reading Readiness Skills
Recognizes and can match vocabulary
to pictures of basic clothing items.
Recognizes primary colors.
Recognizes high frequency vocabulary
associated with everyday school,
including basic routine and school
grounds.
Recognizes high frequency vocabulary
associated with everyday family and
friends.
Recognizes high frequency vocabulary
associated with everyday community.
Recognizes basic units of money.
Reads a basic class schedule in terms of
order of classes and where to go.
Is able to understand a map according
to directions north, south, east, and
west.
Differentiates simple directions, such as
Circle vs. Underline.
Is able to read a basic graphic
organizer, such as Venn.
Writing Readiness Skills (cont.)
Writes numbers 1- 20 and words 1-10.
Knows how to circle, underline, or place
an X when asked in directions.
Has a general understanding of how to fill
out basic forms asking for personal
information.
Writes basic simple present tense
sentences: “Hello, my name is __.”
Understands basic subject pronouns: I,
you, he, she, it, we, they.
Has a general understanding of the
simple present tense verb To Be through
use and repetition.
Has a general understanding of the
simple present tense verb To Have
through use and repetition.
Uses high frequency present tense verbs
such as To Have, To Go, To Do.
Has a basic understanding of the
differences between past, present, and
future.
Understands basic simple present
negative forms.
Is to fill out a basic graphic organizer,
such as Venn.
Communication Readiness Skills (cont)
Is able to recite the alphabet.
Comprehends and responds to
modeled oral questions such as “How
are you today?”
Has phonetic awareness and
differentiates between consonants and
vowels.
Is able to recite the numbers 1-20.
Is able to recite the days of the week.
Is able to tell basic time and/or
understand class schedule according
to time.
Is able to express basic feelings, such as
“I don’t feel well” or “I am confused.”
Is able to demonstrate knowledge of
directionality by pointing left to right, up
and down, etc.
Is able to recite names of class subjects
and teachers.
Comprehends and responds
accordingly to information questions
using who, what, where, when, why.
Understands the basics of computer
usage.