STANDARD 3.3: Language Arts Literacy

Language Arts Literacy

Mission: Learning to read, write, speak, listen, and view critically, strategically and creatively enables students to discover personal and shared meaning throughout their lives.

Standard 3.3 Speaking

All students will speak in clear, concise, organized language that varies in content and form for different audiences and purposes.

Big Idea: Oral language is a tool for communicating, thinking, and learning.
3.3 A. Discussion
Essential Questions	Enduring Understandings
- How can discussion increase our knowledge and understanding of an idea(s)?	- Oral discussion helps to build connections to others and create opportunities for learning.
Cumulative Progress Indicators	Comments and Examples
By the end of Kindergarten
1. Share experiences and express ideas.
2. Participate in conversations with peers and adults.
3. React to stories, poems, and songs.
By the end of Grade 1:
1. Speak in complete sentences.
2. Offer personal opinions in discussion and retell personal experiences.
3. Role-play situations and dramatize story events.
By the end of Grade 2:
1. Elaborate on experiences and ideas.
2. Begin to stay focused on a topic of discussion.
3. Offer personal opinion related to topics of discussion.
4. Wait their turn to speak.
By the end of Grade 3:
1. Listen and follow a discussion in order to contribute appropriately.
2. Stay focused on topic.
3. Take turns.
4. Support an opinion with details.
By the end of Grade 4:
1. Use details, examples and reasons to support central ideas or clarify a point of view
2. Stay focused on a topic and ask relevant questions.
3. Take turns without dominating
By the end of Grade 5:
1. Use details, examples, and reasons to support central ideas or clarify a point of view.
2. Stay focused on a topic and ask relevant questions.
3. Accept others’ opinions and respond appropriately.
4. Respond orally to literature.
5. Participate in class discussions appropriately
By the end of Grade 6:
1. Support a position with organized, appropriate details.
2. Stay focused on a topic and ask relevant questions.
3. Acknowledge others’ opinions and respond appropriately.
4. Respond orally to literature.
5. Participate in class discussion appropriately.
By the end of Grade 7:
1. Support a position, acknowledging opposing views.
2. Present ideas and opinions spontaneously in response to a topic or other speakers.
3. Apply rules for cooperative or whole class debate on a controversial issue.
4. Define group roles using consensus to ensure task is understood and completed.
5. Participate in an informal debate (e.g., small group discussion).
6. Respond orally to literature.
7. Participate in class discussions appropriately.
By the end of Grade 8:
1. Support a position, acknowledging opposing views.
2. Present ideas and opinions spontaneously in response to a topic or other speakers.
3. Apply rules for cooperative or whole class debate on a controversial issue.
4. Define group roles using consensus to ensure task is understood and completed.
5. Participate in a formal debate (e.g., panel discussion).
6. Respond orally to literature.
7. Participate in class discussion appropriately.
By the end of Grade 12:
1. Support a position integrating multiple perspectives.
2. Support, modify, or refute a position in small or large-group discussions.
3. Assume leadership roles in student-directed discussions, projects, and forums.
4. Summarize and evaluate tentative conclusions and take the initiative in moving discussions to the next stage.
3.3 B. Questioning (Inquiry) and Contributing
Essential Questions	Enduring Understandings
- When is it appropriate to ask questions? - How do speakers express their thoughts and feelings?	- Questioning and contributing help speakers convey their message, explore issues and clarify their thinking.
Cumulative Progress Indicators	Comments and Examples
By the end of Kindergarten
1. Share in conversations with others.
2. Use oral language to extend learning.
By the end of Grade 1:
1. Respond to ideas and questions posed by others.
2. Ask and answer various types of questions.
By the end of Grade 2:
1. Listen and follow a discussion in order to contribute appropriately.
2. Stay focused on topic.
3. Take turns
4. Support an opinion with details.
By the end of Grade 3:
1. Develop appropriate questions to explore a topic.
2. Contribute information, ideas, and experiences to classroom inquiry.
By the end of Grade 4:
1. Develop questioning techniques (e.g., who, what, when, where, why, and how).
2. Use interview techniques to develop inquiry skills.
3. Explore concepts by describing, narrating, or explaining how and why things happen.
4. Discuss information heard, offer personal opinions, and ask for restatement or general explanation to clarify meaning.
5. Reflect and evaluate information learned as a result of the inquiry.
6. Solve a problem or understand a task through group cooperation.
By the end of Grade 5:
1. Respond orally by adding questions and comments while integrating knowledge.
2. Use interview techniques to develop inquiry skills.
3. Explore concepts by describing, narrating, or explaining how and why things happen
4. Discuss information heard, offer personal opinions, and ask for restatement or general explanation to clarify meaning.
5. Reflect and evaluate information learned as a result of the inquiry.
6. Solve a problem or understand a task through group cooperation.
By the end of Grade 6:
1. Respond orally by adding questions and comments while integrating knowledge.
2. Demonstrate effective use of a variety of questions, including literal, inferential, and evaluative questions.
3. Explore concepts by describing, narrating, or explaining how and why things happen.
4. Discuss information heard, offer personal opinions, and ask for restatement or general explanation to clarify meaning.
5. Reflect and evaluate information learned as a result of the inquiry.
6. Solve a problem or understand a task through group cooperation.
By the end of Grade 7:
1. Paraphrase others' comments to clarify viewpoints.
2. Question to clarify others' opinions.
3. Talk with others to identify and explore issues and problems.
4. Solve a problem or understand a task through group cooperation.
By the end of Grade 8:
1. Paraphrase others' comments to clarify viewpoints.
2. Question to clarify others' opinions.
3. Integrate relevant information regarding issues and problems from group discussions and interviews for reports, issues, projects, debates, and oral presentations.
4. Solve a problem or understand a task through group cooperation.
By the end of Grade 12:
1. Ask prepared and follow-up questions in interviews and other discussions.
2. Extend peer contributions by elaboration and illustration.
3. Analyze, evaluate, and modify group processes.
4. Select and discuss literary passages that reveal character, develop theme, and illustrate literary elements.
5. Question critically the position or viewpoint of an author.
6. Respond to audience questions by providing clarification, illustration, definition, and elaboration.
7. Participate actively in panel discussions, symposiums, and/or business meeting formats (e.g., explore a question and consider perspectives).
8. Paraphrase comments presented orally by others to clarify viewpoints.
9. Give and follow spoken instructions to perform specific tasks to answer questions or to solve problems.
3.3 C. Word Choice
Essential Questions	Enduring Understandings
- How does the choice of words affect the message?	- A speaker’s choice of words and style set a tone and define the message.
Cumulative Progress Indicators	Comments and Examples
By the end of Kindergarten
1. Use language to describe feelings, people, objects, and events.
2. Suggest rhyming words during word play, songs, or read-aloud.
By the end of Grade 1:
1. Attempt to use new vocabulary learned from shared literature and classroom experiences.
2. Use descriptive words to clarify and extend ideas.
By the end of Grade 2:
1. Use new vocabulary learned from literature and classroom experiences.
2. Recognize and discuss how authors use words to create vivid images.
By the end of Grade 3:
1. Use vocabulary related to a particular topic.
2. Adapt language to persuade, explain, or seek information.
3. Use new vocabulary and figurative language learned from literature and classroom experiences.
By the end of Grade 4:
1. Use convincing dialogue to role-play short scenes involving familiar situations or emotions.
2. Use figurative language purposefully in speaking situations.
3. Use appropriate vocabulary to support or clarify a message.
4. Adapt language to persuade, explain, or seek information.
By the end of Grade 5:
1. Use convincing dialogue to role-play short scenes involving familiar situations or emotions
2. Use varied word choice to clarify, illustrate, and elaborate.
3. Use figurative language purposefully in speaking situations.