Standards
Participate in collaborative conversations following class created discussion guidelines to expand upon conversations.
Generate resourceAsk and answer questions about what a speaker says to gather additional information and clarify understanding.
Generate resourceUse relevant, descriptive details to orally share a story or experience that includes appropriate facts.
Generate resourceDecode one-syllable words with vowel teams (e.g., haul, straw, clue, chief, key, bread).
Generate resourceEncode one-syllable words with less predictable vowel-r patterns (e.g., girl, burn, world).
Generate resourceEncode two-syllable words with open syllables (e.g., robot, music, jumbo).
Generate resourceEncode one-syllable words with common vowel teams (e.g., rain, pay; beach; high, pie; boat, snow, toe; book; new, moon).
Generate resourceEncode two-syllable words with consonant-le (Cle) (e.g., candle, noble, steeple, startle, giggle, sparkle).
Generate resourceEncode one and two-syllable words with common prefixes and suffixes, applying spelling changes [e.g., -e drop (game to gaming); doubling (run to running); change y to i (cry to cries)] to the base word when necessary.
Generate resourceForm upper and lowercase cursive letters correctly, using a common path of movement.
Generate resourceOrally read texts with accuracy, automaticity, and expression at an appropriate rate to support comprehension, self-correcting as necessary.
Generate resourceDecode one-syllable words containing multiple sounds of c and g (e.g., clamp, sent, cinch; goat, gland, germ, gem).
Generate resourceDecode two-syllable base words with grade level letter-sound correspondences (e.g., dollar, wrestle, kidney).
Generate resourceEncode one-syllable words with consonant trigraphs and short vowel patterns (e.g., catch, judge).
Generate resourceEncode two-syllable words with medial VCe patterns (e.g., compete, mistake, console).
Generate resourceExpand and combine simple sentences to create compound sentences, using two independent clauses.
Generate resourceUse regular and irregular plural nouns (e.g., branches, elves; geese, sheep).
Generate resourceExplain how specific visual images contribute to and clarify story elements (setting, characters, and events).
Generate resourceDescribe the overall structure of a story and the purpose of the parts (e.g., paragraphs, sections, chapters, stanzas, lines).
Generate resourceExplain how an author uses reasons/evidence to support main ideas in a text.
Generate resourceDetermine the purpose of a section of a text (e.g., paragraphs, sections).
Generate resourceUse text features (e.g., headings, table of contents, glossaries, bold font, italics) to locate key facts and information.
Generate resourceExplain how specific visual images (e.g., charts, graphs, illustrations) contribute to and clarify a text.
Generate resourceRetell (orally or in writing) a text read aloud including main idea and key details to demonstrate understanding of the central message or topic.
Generate resourceBuild general and academic vocabulary and background knowledge of age and grade-appropriate topics through discussion, reading, and writing.
Generate resourceUse background knowledge and details, including illustrations, charts, and graphs, to make predictions and inferences about what happens in a text.
Generate resourceDemonstrate reading comprehension of age and grade-appropriate texts by speaking or writing.
Generate resourceIdentify the main story elements (characters, settings, events, problem, and solution) in a text.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast two versions of the same story (e.g., Three Little Pigs vs. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs).
Generate resourceDetermine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text read aloud or independently.
Generate resourceSort and categorize words by multiple attributes (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, size, color, type).
Generate resourceDistinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender, skinny, scrawny).
Generate resourceDistinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context.
Generate resourceUse knowledge of base words (including compound words) and common prefixes and suffixes (e.g., un-, re-, pre-, dis-, -ly, -able) as clues to meaning (e.g., add, addition, additional).
Generate resourceWrite an opinion piece about a topic or text with details to support the opinion.
Generate resourceWrite an informative or explanatory piece about a topic, using facts from a source.
Generate resourceProduce clear and coherent writing, using precise language, relevant details and descriptions, and grade-appropriate conventions.
Generate resourceOrganize writing logically, constructing an introduction, body, and a sense of closure.
Generate resourceRevise writing to expand and combine simple sentences to create compound sentences.
Generate resourceParticipate in shared research projects to gather information from experiences and/or provided sources to produce writing.
Generate resourceAn ELL can . . . construct meaning from oral presentations and literary and informational text through grade-appropriate listening, reading, and viewing.
Generate resourceuse a very limited set of strategies from read-alouds, simple written texts, and oral presentations to:
Generate resourceuse an emerging set of strategies from read-alouds, simple written texts, and oral presentations to:
Generate resourceuse a developing set of strategies from read-alouds, simple written texts, and oral presentations to:
Generate resourceuse an increasing range of strategies from read-alouds, written texts, and oral presentations. to:
Generate resourceidentify or answer questions about some key details that support the main idea/message
Generate resourceAn ELL can make accurate use of standard English to communicate in gradeappropriate speech and writing.
Generate resourceunderstand and use a small number of frequently occurring nouns and verbs
Generate resourcerecognize and use some frequently occurring collective nouns (e.g. group)
Generate resourcerecognize and use some frequently occurring verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and conjunctions
Generate resourceproduce and expand simple, compound, and (at Grade 3) a few complex sentences.
Generate resourceuse coordinating and commonly used subordinating conjunctions, adjectives, and adverbs
Generate resourceproduce and expand simple, compound, and (at Grade 3) some complex sentences.
Generate resourceAn ELL can participate in grade-appropriate oral and written exchanges of information, ideas, and analyses, responding to peer, audience, or reader comments and questions.
Generate resourceAn ELL can speak and write about grade-appropriate complex literary and informational texts and topics.
Generate resourcewith some details, about a variety of texts, topics, experiences, or events.
Generate resourceAn ELL can construct grade-appropriate oral and written claims and support them with reasoning and evidence.
Generate resourceAn ELL can conduct research and evaluate and communicate findings to answer questions or solve problems.
Generate resourceAn ELL can analyze and critique the arguments of others orally and in writing.
Generate resourceuse a few frequently occurring words and phrases to identify a point an author or a speaker makes.
Generate resourcetell how one or two reasons support the main point an author or a speaker makes.
Generate resourcetell how one or two reasons support the specific points an author or a speaker makes.
Generate resourcedescribe how reasons support the specific points an author or a speaker makes.
Generate resourceAn ELL can adapt language choices to purpose, task, and audience when speaking and writing.
Generate resourcerecognize the meaning of some words learned through conversations, reading, and being read to.
Generate resourceshow increasing awareness of differences between informal “playground speech” and language appropriate to the classroom
Generate resource(at Grade 3), use an increasing number of general academic and contentspecific words in conversations and discussions.
Generate resource(at Grade 3), use a wider range of general academic and content-specific words in conversations and discussions.
Generate resource(at Grade 3), use a wide variety of general and content-specific academic words and phrases in conversations or in short written texts.
Generate resourceAn ELL can determine the meaning of words and phrases in oral presentations and literary and informational text.
Generate resourcerelying heavily on visual aids, context, and knowledge of morphology in his or her native language, in simple oral discourse, read-alouds, and written texts about familiar topics, experiences, or events.
Generate resourcerecognize the meaning of a few frequently occurring words, simple phrases, and formulaic expressions
Generate resourceusing context, visual aids, and knowledge of morphology in his or her native language, in simple oral discourse, readalouds, and written texts about familiar topics, experiences, or events.
Generate resourceask and answer questions about the meaning of frequently occurring words, phrases, and expressions
Generate resourceusing context, some visual aids, reference materials, and a developing knowledge of English morphology, in oral discourse, read-alouds, and written texts about familiar topics, experiences, or events.
Generate resourcedetermine the meaning of less-frequently occurring words and phrases, contentspecific words, and some idiomatic expressions
Generate resourceusing context, some visual aids, reference materials, and an increasing knowledge of morphology (root words, some prefixes), in oral discourse, read-alouds, and written texts about a variety of topics, experiences, or events.
Generate resourcedetermine the meaning of less-frequently occurring words and phrases and some idiomatic expressions
Generate resourceusing context, reference materials, and morphology (e.g., root words, simple inflectional endings such as - ed, -ing, and some common prefixes), in oral presentations and written texts about a variety of topics, experiences, or events.
Generate resourcedetermine the meaning of less-frequently occurring words, phrases, some idiomatic expressions
Generate resourcewith support (including context and visual aids), and using nonverbal communication,
Generate resourceuse a narrow range of vocabulary and syntactically simple sentences with limited control.
Generate resourceuse frequently occurring linking words (e.g., and, then) with emerging control.
Generate resourceuse common linking words (e.g., and, but, next, after) to connect ideas or events with developing control.
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