recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:
the steps in a sequence with adult assistance;
A student expectation is directly related to the knowledge and skills statement, is more specific about how students demonstrate their learning, and always begins with a verb. Student expectations are further broken down into their component parts, often referred to as “breakouts.”
Vertical alignment shows student expectations in the same subject area at different grade levels that are related to or build upon one another.
recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:
the steps in a sequence with adult assistance;
recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:
organizational patterns such as chronological order and description with adult assistance;
recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:
organizational patterns such as chronological order and cause and effect stated explicitly;
recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:
organizational patterns such as cause and effect and problem and solution;
recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:
organizational patterns such as compare and contrast;
recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:
organizational patterns such as logical order and order of importance;
analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational text, including:
organizational patterns such as definition, classification, advantage, and disadvantage;
analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational text, including:
organizational patterns that support multiple topics, categories, and subcategories;
analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational text, including:
multiple organizational patterns within a text to develop the thesis;
Breakouts are the component parts that make up a student expectation. A breakout shows a distinct concept a student should know or a distinct skill that a student should be able to demonstrate.
Students develop and sustain comprehension skills while listening and reading. Students use metacognitive skills to determine author’s purpose, analyze craft, and recognize genre characteristics and structures in increasingly complex texts.
listen actively and ask questions to understand information and answer questions using multi-word responses;
restate and follow oral directions that involve a short, related sequence of actions;
identifying and producing rhyming words;
recognizing spoken alliteration or groups of words that begin with the same spoken onset or initial sound;
identifying the individual words in a spoken sentence;
identifying syllables in spoken words;
blending syllables to form multisyllabic words;
segmenting multisyllabic words into syllables;
blending spoken onsets and rimes to form simple words;
blending spoken phonemes to form one-syllable words;
manipulating syllables within a multisyllabic word; and
segmenting spoken one-syllable words into individual phonemes;
spelling words with VC, CVC, and CCVC;
spelling words using sound-spelling patterns; and
spelling high-frequency words from a research-based list;
use a resource such as a picture dictionary or digital resource to find words;
use illustrations and texts the student is able to read or hear to learn or clarify word meanings; and
identify and use words that name actions; directions; positions; sequences; categories such as colors, shapes, and textures; and locations.
Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--self-sustained reading. The student reads grade-appropriate texts independently. The student is expected to self-select text and interact independently with text for increasing periods of time.
establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts with adult assistance;
generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information with adult assistance;
make and confirm predictions using text features and structures with adult assistance;
create mental images to deepen understanding with adult assistance;
make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society with adult assistance;
make inferences and use evidence to support understanding with adult assistance;
evaluate details to determine what is most important with adult assistance;
synthesize information to create new understanding with adult assistance; and
monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, checking for visual cues, and asking questions when understanding breaks down with adult assistance.
discuss topics and determine the basic theme using text evidence with adult assistance;
identify and describe the main character(s);
describe the elements of plot development, including the main events, the problem, and the resolution for texts read aloud with adult assistance; and
describe the setting.
demonstrate knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of well-known children's literature such as folktales, fables, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes;
discuss rhyme and rhythm in nursery rhymes and a variety of poems;
discuss main characters in drama;
the central idea and supporting evidence with adult assistance;
titles and simple graphics to gain information; and
the steps in a sequence with adult assistance;
recognize characteristics of persuasive text with adult assistance and state what the author is trying to persuade the reader to think or do; and
recognize characteristics of multimodal and digital texts.
discuss with adult assistance the author's purpose for writing text;
discuss with adult assistance how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;
discuss with adult assistance the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes;
discuss with adult assistance how the author uses words that help the reader visualize; and
listen to and experience first- and third-person texts.
generate questions for formal and informal inquiry with adult assistance;
develop and follow a research plan with adult assistance;
gather information from a variety of sources with adult assistance;
demonstrate understanding of information gathered with adult assistance; and
Students develop and sustain oral and written language skills to communicate their ideas effectively using appropriate language conventions. Students consider audience and purpose while applying appropriate genre characteristics and craft and determining the appropriate mode of delivery.
restate and follow oral directions that involve a short, related sequence of actions;
share information and ideas by speaking audibly and clearly using the conventions of language;
spelling words with VC, CVC, and CCVC;
spelling words using sound-spelling patterns; and
spelling high-frequency words from a research-based list;
identify and use words that name actions; directions; positions; sequences; categories such as colors, shapes, and textures; and locations.
describe personal connections to a variety of sources;
provide an oral, pictorial, or written response to a text;
use text evidence to support an appropriate response;
retell texts in ways that maintain meaning;
interact with sources in meaningful ways such as illustrating or writing; and
respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate.
discuss topics and determine the basic theme using text evidence with adult assistance;
identify and describe the main character(s);
describe the elements of plot development, including the main events, the problem, and the resolution for texts read aloud with adult assistance; and
describe the setting.
demonstrate knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of well-known children's literature such as folktales, fables, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes;
discuss rhyme and rhythm in nursery rhymes and a variety of poems;
discuss main characters in drama;
the central idea and supporting evidence with adult assistance;
titles and simple graphics to gain information; and
the steps in a sequence with adult assistance;
recognize characteristics of persuasive text with adult assistance and state what the author is trying to persuade the reader to think or do; and
recognize characteristics of multimodal and digital texts.
discuss with adult assistance the author's purpose for writing text;
discuss with adult assistance how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;
discuss with adult assistance the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes;
discuss with adult assistance how the author uses words that help the reader visualize; and
listen to and experience first- and third-person texts.
plan by generating ideas for writing through class discussions and drawings;
develop drafts in oral, pictorial, or written form by organizing ideas;
revise drafts by adding details in pictures or words;
complete sentences;
verbs;
singular and plural nouns;
adjectives, including articles;
prepositions;
pronouns, including subjective, objective, and possessive cases;
capitalization of the first letter in a sentence and name;
punctuation marks at the end of declarative sentences; and
correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words; and
share writing.
dictate or compose literary texts, including personal narratives; and
dictate or compose informational texts.
generate questions for formal and informal inquiry with adult assistance;
develop and follow a research plan with adult assistance;
gather information from a variety of sources with adult assistance;
demonstrate understanding of information gathered with adult assistance; and
use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results.