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Jefferson County Schools Language Arts The Tennessee English Language Arts Curriculum Framework for Kindergarten through Grade 12 was adopted by the State Board of Education on December 5, 1996. "The framework includes the Content Strands and Learning Expectations necessary to insure K-12 Tennessee students develop the language skills needed to succeed in school, in the workplace, and in their lives." Grade 3 The Terra Nova Complete Battery assesses students in third grade (Level 13). |
| Genres |
| The Genres Unit includes identifying and comparing key characteristics of literary genres, as designated by a work's subject, theme, style, and time period. Some examples of genres are science fiction, poetry, drama, British literature, and multicultural literature. The Genres Unit includes identifying and comparing key characteristics of literary genres, as designated by a work's subject, theme, style, and time period. Some examples of genres are science fiction, poetry, drama, British literature, and multicultural literature. |
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Comprehend: Differences
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) understand the differences of various genres.
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Author Intention: Evaluate
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) evaluate the author's purpose in a given work.
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Author: Reading Selections
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) choose works from favorite authors/illustrators and genres.
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Author Style/Technique: Tone/Evaluate
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) evaluate how an author's tone influences the text.
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Author Technique: Nonfiction/Analyze
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) analyze how authors use the elements of nonfiction to achieve their purposes.
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Myth: Elements/Identify
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) recognize basic plot features of fairy tales, folk tales, fables, and myths.
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Narrative: Appreciation
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) read longer narrative and expository texts independently including chapter books.
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Point of View: Evaluate
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) evaluate how author point of view influences reading materials.
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Text: Different Forms/Identify
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify forms of text such as plays, poems, and stories.
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Conversation: Follow Rules
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) use established rules for conversation (e.g., taking turns, raising hand, asking questions).
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| Information Processing |
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Community: Information/School/Outside
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) use outside resources to access information (e.g., family, community).
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Library: Visit
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) visit various libraries and regularly check out materials.
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Media: Information/Locate/Variety
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) locate information from a variety of media sources (e.g., online catalog, non-fiction books, encyclopedias, magazines, and newspapers).
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Sources: Information/Use
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) use information from reference materials e.g., dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, magazines, and newspapers).
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Study Skills: Research/Access/Record
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) apply various study strategies to gather and record information for research topics.
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| Language Expressions |
| The Language Expressions Unit focuses on language conventions, structure, usage, and language study. It also addresses parts of speech, figures of speech, syntax, paragraph and sentence structure, word agreement, modifiers, and grammar. The Language Expressions Unit focuses on language conventions, structure, usage, and language study. It also addresses parts of speech, figures of speech, syntax, paragraph and sentence structure, word agreement, modifiers, and grammar. |
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Adjective: Use Correctly
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify the correct use of adjectives (i.e., comparative and superlative) within context.
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Adverb: Use/Form
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) use adverb forms correctly (e.g., common formation and placement in a sentence).
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Conventions: Standard English
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) demonstrate appropriate use of Standard English in writing.
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Conventions: Use/Contractions/Plurals
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) choose the correct formation of contractions and plurals within context.
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Declarative: Change to Question
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) change a declarative sentence into a question.
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Fragment/Run-On: Identify
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify incomplete sentences ( fragments and run-ons).
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Modifier: Misplaced/Identify
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify a misplaced modifier in a sentence.
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Noun: Use/Speaking
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify the correct use of nouns (i.e.as subjects, singular and plural).
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Parallel Structure: Writing/Edit
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) edit writing for appropriate parallel structure.
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Pronoun: Use
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) use pronouns in sentences correctly (e.g., subject and object pronouns, substitution for nouns, agreement with antecedents).
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Sentence Combining
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) combine multiple complete sentences into one complete sentence.
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Sentence Combining: Compound/Use
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) use compound subjects and/or predicates when combining sentences.
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Sentence Combining: Simple/Compound
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) select the compound sentence that correctly combines two single sentences.
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Sentence Structure: Begin/Use
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) select the simple subject and predicate of a sentence.
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Sentence Structure: Identify Complete
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify complete sentences.
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Sentence Structure: Recognize Errors
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) recognize and correct errors in sentence structure.
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Sentence Structure: Type/Differentiate
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) differentiate between a declarative, exclamatory, and an interrogative sentence by recognizing appropriate end marks.
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Sentence Structure: Writing Purpose
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify the sentence structure most appropriate for different writing purposes.
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Sentence Types: Identify
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) identify and use statements, questions, commands, and exclamatory sentences in writing and speaking.
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Subject/Predicate/Simple/Use
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) write a sentence which contains a simple subject and a simple predicate.
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Subject-Verb: Agreement
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) use correct subject-verb agreement.
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Usage: Errors/Identify
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) identify usage errors (e.g., double negatives, troublesome words [to, two, their, there, they're]).
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Verb: Sentences/Use
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify the correct use of verbs (i.e., present, past, and future, agreement) when writing sentences.
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| Language Mechanics |
| The Language Mechanics Unit includes comprehending and applying the rules that govern punctuation and capitalization when writing and editing written works. The Language Mechanics Unit includes comprehending and applying the rules that govern punctuation and capitalization when writing and editing written works. |
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Alphabetical Order: Real-World
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) recognize and arrange words in alphabetical order (e.g., lists, telephone directory).
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Apostrophe: Use
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) correctly use apostrophes in sentences.
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Apostrophe: Possessive/Singular
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) recognize and use contractions and contractions using apostrophes.
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Comma: Address, Greeting/Closing/Series
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify the correct use of commas with dates, addresses, items in a series, and the greeting and closing of a friendly letter.
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Capitalization: Names, Dates, Addresses
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify correctly used capital letters in names, dates, and addresses.
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Capitalization/Punctuation Recog Correct
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) recognize correct capitalization and end punctuation within context.
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Capitalization: Use Correctly
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) use capital letters correctly including proper nouns, proper adjectives, the first word of a sentence, names, dates, addresses, parts of a letter, titles, and titles of books.
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Colon: Use
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) use a colon correctly.
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Comma: City/State
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) use a comma between a city and state.
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Comma: Identify Correct Use
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify the correct use of commas.
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Endmark: Use
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) use endmarks correctly.
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Mechanics: Standard English
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) apply Standard English language mechanics.
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Punctuation: Apply
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) apply fundamental punctuation rules to written works.
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Punctuation: Letters/Literary Titles
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify the correct use of punctuation in letters and literary titles.
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Quotation Mark: Identify
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify the correct use of quotation marks in a sentence.
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Strategies: Language Structure/Apply
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) use appropriate language structure in oral and written communication (e.g., subject-verb agreement, correct word order, and correct placement of words and phrases).
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Auditory Discrimination: Awareness/Sound
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) create awareness of sounds of language by frequent exposure to various auditory experiences (e.g., poetry, books on tape, music lyrics, sound effects, and read-alouds).
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Behaviors: Interpretive Skills
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) demonstrate developmentally appropriate interpretive listening comprehension skills.
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Behaviors: Literal Skills
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) demonstrate developmentally appropriate literal listening comprehension skills.
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Behaviors: Variety/Attentive
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) listen attentively to a variety of speakers for specific information.
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Directions: Understand/Follow/Give/Oral
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) understand, follow, and give oral directions.
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Processes: Developmentally Appropriate
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) demonstrate developmentally appropriate listening skills (e.g., do not interrupt, face speaker, ask questions).
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Response: Variety/Media
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) listen and respond to a wide variety of media (e.g., books, audio tapes, videos).
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| Reading Operations |
| The Reading Operations Unit includes constructing meaning from fiction and non-fiction selections at comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and judgment levels of understanding. It includes skills which address identifying, discussing, and comparing both concrete and abstract elements of selections (setting, plot, characterization, genre, historical period, theme, tone, moral message, and psychological and political implications). The Reading Operations Unit includes constructing meaning from fiction and non-fiction selections at comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and judgment levels of understanding. It includes skills which address identifying, discussing, and comparing both concrete and abstract elements of selections (setting, plot, characterization, genre, historical period, theme, tone, moral message, and psychological and political implications). |
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Analyze: Literary Selection
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) analyze characters in a literary selection.
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Analyze: Nonfiction
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) analyze sequence of events in nonfictional reading materials.
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Analyze: Plot Development/Re
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) analyze plot development in a reading selection including fairy tales, folk tales, fables, and myths.
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Analyze: Reading Materials
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) analyze setting in reading materials.
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Analyze: Relationships/Reading Materials
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) analyze cause and effect relationships in reading materials.
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Analyze: Story Elements
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) analyze story elements in reading materials.
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Analyze: Theme/Literary Selection
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) analyze the theme of a literary selection.
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Book Parts: Recognize
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) recognize parts of a book (e.g., glossary, table of contents) (Learning Accomplishment includes "use").
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Cause/Effect: Identify
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify and understand cause and effect in reading materials.
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Character: Compare/Contrast/Plot
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) discuss similarities and differences in text events, characters, and character actions.
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Character: Main/Supporting/Differentiate
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) differentiate between the main and supporting characters.
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Character: Solution/Problem
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) determine the problem in a story, discover its solution, and consider alternative solutions.
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Compare/Contrast: Reading Materials
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) compare and contrast reading materials.
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Comprehension: Display Skills
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) display comprehension skills.
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Construct Meaning: Strategies
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) apply the use of metacognitive strategies to monitor comprehension independently (e.g., reread, read aloud, adjust reading speed).
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Critical Thinking: Reading Materials
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) critically examine reading materials.
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Decode: Strategies/Use
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) use decoding strategies such as sounding out words, comparing similar words, breaking words into smaller words, and looking for word parts (e.g., root words, prefixes, and suffixes).
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Decoding: Multisyllabic/Sight Words
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) decode Multisyllabic words not yet known as sight words.
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Draw Conclusion: Hypothesis
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) develop a hypothesis based on a reading selection.
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Draw Conclusion: Reading Material
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) draw conclusions about reading materials.
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Emergent Reading: Comprehend/Paragraph
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) recognize that groups of sentences make a paragraph and paragraphs make a story or article.
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Emergent Reading: Understanding Sentence
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) understand the meaning of a sentence.
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Emergent Reading: Word Sorts/Walls/Use
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) use word walls and word sorts.
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Emergent Reading: Words/Divide
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) divide words into singular sounds, including consonant blends.
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Expression: Literature/Use
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) explore how language is used in literature (e.g.rhythm, beat, imagery, simile, and metaphor).
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Fact/Opinion
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) distinguish between fact and opinion.
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Formal/Informal: Identify/Usage Varies
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) identify that language usage varies in formal and informal settings.
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General: Interests/Experiences
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) deliver presentations about his/her personal interests and experiences using eye contact, proper pacing, adequate volume, and clear enunciation.
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Generalization: Passage
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) make a generalization based on passage elements.
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Graphic Feature: Use
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) use common graphical features to increase understanding of reading materials.
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Group: Questions/Ask/Answer
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) ask and answer questions with group members, peers, and teachers.
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Inference: Information
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) make inferences from information in written material.
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Inflectional: Endings/Apply
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify correctly (or incorrectly) spelled words in context.
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Literary Device: Techniques/Analyze
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) analyze literary techniques.
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Main Idea: Identify
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify main ideas from reading passages (fiction or non-fiction, stated or inferred).
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Main Idea: Text/Analyze
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) analyze a text's main ideas.
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Personal: Literature/Genre/Choose
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT)) choose literature from different genres and authors that reflects personal needs and interests.
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Persuasive: Bias/Evaluate
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) evaluate authors' biases in reading materials.
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Phonetics: Awareness
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) demonstrate phonemic awareness.
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Point of View: 1st Person
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) read and understand first person point of view.
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Prereading: Illustrations/View
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) preview text using illustrations, graphics, text format, text structures, and skimming.
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Predict Outcome: Information
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) make predictions from information in written material.
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Predicting: Text Feature
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) use text features to predict new information in reading selections (e.g., illustrations and graphics).
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Prior Knowledge: Activities/Background
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) take part in activities to build background knowledge to derive meaning from text.
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Prior Knowledge: Predict Content
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) predict outcomes based upon prior knowledge and adjust as knowledge is gained while reading.
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Purposes: Establishing
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) establish a purpose for reading (e.g., for information, for enjoyment, for understanding a writer's position) specific materials before engaging in reading.
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Questions: Aid Understanding
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) generate questions to aid understanding while reading.
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Questions: Specific/Clarification
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) select questions used to focus or clarify thinking skills.
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Reading: Confidence/Fluency/Various Text
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) read with increasing fluency and confidence from a variety of texts (e.g., paired readings, shared reading, choral reading, teacher-led reading, and reading from tapes).
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Reading Aloud: Oral Readings/Guided
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) take part in guided oral readings.
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Reading Aloud: Narrative/Expository
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) read grade level narrative and expository materials out loud with suitable pacing, intonation, and expression.
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