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Utilize active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings, following agreed-upon rules for participation.

Use context clues to determine meanings of unfamiliar spoken or written words.

Use digital and electronic tools appropriately, safely, and ethically when researching and writing, both individually and collaboratively.

Utilize a writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writings in various genres.

Identify and explain literary devices in prose and poetry.

Assess the formality of occasions in order to speak or write using appropriate language and tone.

Literacy Foundations

Phonics

Apply phonics and word analysis skills to encode and decode words in grade-level texts.

Reception

Reading

Use combined knowledge of letter-sound correspondences, appropriate blending, syllabication patterns, morphology, and word attack skills to read unfamiliar multisyllabic, grade-level words accurately in context and in isolation.

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

Expression

Writing

Write familiar and unfamiliar multisyllabic, grade-level appropriate words accurately in context and in isolation.

Fluency

Demonstrate fluency when independently reading, writing, and speaking in response to grade-level literary and informational text, including stories, dramas, poetry, and cross-curricular texts.

Reception

Reading

Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, automaticity, appropriate prosody or expression, purpose, and understanding, self-correcting and rereading as necessary.

Expression

Writing

Write routinely and independently for varied amounts of time.

Speaking

Orally present information and original ideas clearly.

Express ideas clearly and effectively to diverse partners or groups.

Pose and respond to explicit questions in ways that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.

Verbally summarize information read aloud or presented in diverse media and formats.

Report orally on a topic or text, sequencing ideas logically and supporting main ideas with appropriate facts and relevant details.

Speak clearly at an understandable rate.

Respond directly to specific information shared by others in classroom discussion, using facts to support the ideas being discussed.

Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions in light of information and knowledge gained from discussion.

Vocabulary

Acquire and use grade-level vocabulary, clarifying the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases in text, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.