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MVSD Language Arts The Idaho State Achievement Standards for Language Arts provides skills for kindergarten through twelfth grade. Grade K The Idaho State Achievement Standards for Language Arts provides skills Kindergarten. |
| Language Arts Processes |
| Language Arts Processes is an integrated Language Arts unit. It addresses multiple processes: reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and representing. This unit includes language processes used in real-world, career, and other settings as well as traditional school settings. Language Arts Processes also deals with multiple forms of text: written, oral, and visual. |
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Strategies: Construct Meaning/Pictures
The learner will be able to use pictures to construct meaning from written materials.
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| Language Expressions |
| This 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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Sentence Structure: Simple/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize simple sentences.
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Expression: Word/Meaning/Understand
The learner will be able to understand that words are part of language used to impart meaning.
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Expression: Sentence/Meaning/Understand
The learner will be able to understand that sentences are part of language used to impart meaning.
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| Language Mechanics |
| This unit includes comprehending and applying the rules which govern punctuation and capitalization when writing and editing written works. |
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Punctuation: Rules/Apply
The learner will be able to recognize the rules of ending punctuation.
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Capitalization: Application of Rules
The learner will be able to apply capitalization rules in his/her written work. Namely capitalization of first and last name.
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Punctuation: End/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize periods and question marks as end punctuation.
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Capitalization: Own Name
The learner will be able to capitalize his/her own first and last names.
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Capitalization: Pronoun "I"
The learner will be able to capitalize the pronoun "I".
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Vocabulary: New
The learner will be able to understand and use new vocabulary.
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| Listening |
| This unit includes identifying and distinguishing between sounds and patterns in sounds, constructing meaning from information delivered verbally, and understanding and responding to verbal information. |
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Presentation: Oral/Visual/Understand
The learner will be able to use listening skills to understand, comprehend, and evaluate oral and visual presentations.
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Strategies: Analyze/Evaluate
The learner will be able to use listening strategies to analyze and evaluate ideas.
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Strategies: Analyze/Evaluate
The learner will be able to use listening strategies to analyze and evaluate ideas.
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Presentation: Oral/Visual/Understand
The learner will be able to use listening skills to understand, comprehend, and evaluate oral and visual presentations.
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Presentation: Technology/Listen
The learner will be able to listen and respond to a variety of presentations involving technology.
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Directions: Follow
The learner will be able to listen to and follow two step directions.
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Genre: Passage/Listen
The learner will be able to listen to an orally read passage.
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Detail: Specific Information
The learner will be able to recall specific information.
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Strategies: Listen/Information
The learner will be able to listen for information.
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Presentation: Technology/Listen
The learner will be able to listen and respond to a variety of presentations involving technology.
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Directions: Follow
The learner will be able to listen to and follow two step directions.
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Genre: Passage/Listen
The learner will be able to listen to an orally read passage.
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Detail: Specific Information
The learner will be able to recall specific information.
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Strategies: Listen/Information
The learner will be able to listen for information.
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| Media |
| This unit includes the study of information and entertainment communications. Topics include: advertising, art, journalism, film, and media messages, forms and productions. |
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Film: Main Idea/Comprehension
The learner will be able to demonstrate comprehension of the main idea of a film, video, and slide show using a variety of responses.
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Print: Attend
The learner will be able to attend to print materials.
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| Problem Solving |
| This unit addresses strategies applicable across the curriculum for approaching problems, diagnosing problems, generating possible solutions, and testing possible solutions for validity. |
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Critical Thinking: Fantasy/Reality
The learner will be able to distinguish between reality and fantasy.
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| Reading Operations |
| This 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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Decode: Apply/Aid Comprehension
The learner will be able to apply decoding strategies to aid in reading comprehension.
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Word Recognition: Meaning
The learner will be able to use word recognition strategies to gain meaning from text.
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Collect Information: Traditional
The learner will be able to listen to traditional reading materials to collect information.
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Compare/Contrast
The learner will be able to listen and respond to a wide range of literature.
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Purposes: Variety/Examine/Evaluate
The learner will be able to examine and evaluate a variety of traditional, technical, and electronic materials.
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Emergent Reading: Front/Back
The learner will be able to read a variety of traditional and electronic materials for information and understanding.
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Emergent Reading: Top Down
The learner will be able to understand and use basic reading behaviors such as reading from the top of a page and going down.
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Reading Behaviors: Grade Level/Read
The learner will be able to read grade level appropriate materials.
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Letters: Upper Case/Identify
The learner will be able to identify and name upper case letters.
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Letters: Lower Case/Identify
The learner will be able to identify and name lower case letters.
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Letters: Upper-Lower Case/Match
The learner will be able to match corresponding uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Sentence: Word/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize individual words in orally spoken sentences.
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Rhyme: Words/Create
The learner will be able to create a string of words that rhyme.
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Cause/Effect: "Why"/"How&
The learner will be able to determine cause and effect relationships by answering "why," "how," and "what-if" questions.
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Predicting: Discuss Predictions
The learner will be able to as the story progresses, discuss one's own predictions.
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Character: Identify
The learner will be able to identify characters within a story.
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Strategies: Media/Apply
The learner will be able to listen to literature presented using a variety of media.
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Setting: Identify
The learner will be able to identify story setting.
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Emergent Reading
The learner will be able to point out the printed word when it is read orally.
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Emergent Reading: Directionality
The learner will be able to understand directionality by following print word for word when listening to familiar text being read aloud.
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Emergent Reading: Story Language
The learner will be able to use story language to retell a story that uses setting, plots, and character.
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Emergent Reading: Picture/Text
The learner will be able to use picture clues to understand text.
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Word: Name
The learner will be able to recognize his/her own name in print form.
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Word: Pictures/Words/Cross Check
The learner will be able to use pictures to identify words in order to cross check.
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Word: Letter/Distinguish
The learner will be able to distinguish between individual letters and words.
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Sequence: Beginning/Middle/End
The learner will be able to identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
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Prereading: Title/Text/illustrations
The learner will be able to view the title page, opening pages of a text and illustrations as a prereading strategy.
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Prereading: Background Information
The learner will be able to provide pertinent background information during prereading discussion.
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Post-Reading: Vocabulary/Discussion
The learner will be able to show an understanding of story vocabulary during post-reading discussion or story response time.
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Prior Knowledge: Predict Content
The learner will be able to use prior knowledge to predict content.
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Emergent Reading: Begin/Where
The learner will be able to know where to begin to read in a book.
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Emergent Reading: Track/Left/Right
The learner will be able to track words from left to right on a page.
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Emergent Reading: Turn/Front/Back
The learner will be able to turn pages, starting at the front and moving toward the back.
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Emergent Reading: Page/Left/Right
The learner will be able to read by starting on the left page and moving to the right page.
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Emergent Reading: Understanding/Develop
The learner will be able to develop an understanding that print imparts meaning.
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Sentence: Words/Separate
The learner will be able to identify that sentences are made up of separate words.
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Vocabulary: New
The learner will be able to understand and use new vocabulary.
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| Speaking |
| This unit focuses on techniques and strategies (voice modulation, body language, ordering of ideas, visual aids, etc.) to convey meaning and to present information and opinions to groups. This unit includes: formal and informal communication, debate skills, and verbal/nonverbal communication. |
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Practices: Behaviors/Awareness
The learner will be able to develop an awareness of communication behaviors.
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Purposes: Information/Analysis/Critiques
The learner will be able to use speaking skills to present information and analyses or critiques of written or viewed material.
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Purposes: Information/Analysis/Critiques
The learner will be able to use speaking skills to present information and analyses or critiques of written or viewed material.
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Practices: Behaviors/Awareness
The learner will be able to develop an awareness of communication behaviors.
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Purposes: Expression
The learner will be able to speak with expression.
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Purposes: Problem/Solve/Apply
The learner will be able to apply the use of oral language to solve problems.
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Purposes: Opinion/Express
The learner will be able to speak to clearly express his/her opinion.
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Purposes: Share Information
The learner will be able to speak to share information.
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Story: Participate
The learner will be able to participate in story telling.
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Discussion: Others/Support
The learner will be able to support other's participation in discussions.
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Discussion: Courteous/Participate
The learner will be able to participate in discussions courteously and attentively.
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General: Literary Works/Share
The learner will be able to orally share familiar literary works through various presentations and activities.
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Rhymes: Recite
The learner will be able to recite rhymes.
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Response: Literature
The learner will be able to orally respond to literature.
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Purposes: Expression
The learner will be able to speak with expression.
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Purposes: Problem/Solve/Apply
The learner will be able to apply the use of oral language to solve problems.
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Purposes: Opinion/Express
The learner will be able to speak to clearly express his/her opinion.
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Purposes: Share Information
The learner will be able to speak to share information.
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Story: Participate
The learner will be able to participate in story telling.
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Discussion: Others/Support
The learner will be able to support other's participation in discussions.
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Discussion: Courteous/Participate
The learner will be able to participate in discussions courteously and attentively.
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General: Literary Works/Share
The learner will be able to orally share familiar literary works through various presentations and activities.
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Rhymes: Recite
The learner will be able to recite rhymes.
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Response: Literature
The learner will be able to orally respond to literature.
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| Spelling |
| This unit includes studying language and word structure knowledge to discern the correct spelling of words. It includes skills related to editing passages for correct spelling by making connections between spelling, meaning, and structure. |
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Sight Words: Identify
The learner will be able to identify sight words indicated in the IRI Instructional Support Guide, page 31.
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Emergent Spelling: Letter/Sound
The learner will be able to spell words using letter-sound relationships.
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| Study and Research Skills |
| This unit includes developing organization and research skills needed to find appropriate resources, to judge resources as relevant or not relevant to a given topic, to categorize and synthesize information, to take notes in class, and to study for exams. |
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Book Parts: Front/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize the front of a book.
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| Vocabulary |
| This unit includes studying and applying knowledge of word structure (bases and affixes), concrete analogies, synonyms, antonyms, and syllables. It also includes applying knowledge of connotation, denotation and words with multiple levels of meaning. |
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Vocabulary: Development
The learner will be able to demonstrate vocabulary development.
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Unfamiliar Words: Learn
The learner will be able to read and learn the meanings of unfamiliar words.
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Reference Sources: Word Wall
The learner will be able to use a word wall in the classroom as a word resource.
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Reference Sources: Color Word Chart
The learner will be able to use a color word chart in the classroom as a word resource.
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Reference Sources: Number Word Chart
The learner will be able to use a number word chart in the classroom as a word resource.
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Reference Sources: Labels/Tags/Name
The learner will be able to use name tags and labels as word resources.
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Reference Sources: Computers/Use
The learner will be able to use computers as a word resource in the classroom.
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Syllabication: Identify Number
The learner will be able to identify the number of syllables in a given word.
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Word Rhymes
The learner will be able to identify rhyming words.
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Strategies: Discussion/Increase
The learner will be able to increase his/her vocabulary by discussing the meaning of words.
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| Word Analysis |
| The Word Analysis Unit focuses on examining word structure and sound. It includes topics such as: consonants, vowels, rhyming, and word building. |
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Initial Sound: Isolate/Say
The learner will be able to recognize, isolate and say the initial sound of a word.
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Initial Sound: Words/Identify/Check
The learner will be able to use initial sounds to identify words in order to cross check.
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Rhyming: Phrase/Complete
The learner will be able to complete phrases with rhyming words.
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Rhyming: Words/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize and identify two or more one syllable words that rhyme.
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Letters: Word/Begin/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize letters that begin a word.
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Letters: Word/Middle/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize letters in the middle of a word.
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Letters: Word/End/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize letters at the end of a word.
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Rhyming: Produce
The learner will be able to produce rhyming words.
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Word: Isolation
The learner will be able to identify a word presented in isolation.
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Word: Apply Knowledge/Letter/Sound
The learner will be able to apply knowledge of letter-sound correspondence.
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Word Sounds: Count
The learner will be able to count the total number of sounds in words.
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Vocabulary: New
The learner will be able to understand and use new vocabulary.
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| Writing |
| This unit focuses on each stage of the writing process: prewriting, writing, revising, and publishing. It includes skills covering a variety of organizational formats and purposes for writing (communicating ideas, opinions, and feelings, clarifying thoughts, and solving problems). Some example writing formats are: expository, narrative, poetry, and drama. |
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Handwriting: Legibility
The learner will be able to write clearly and legibly.
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Writing as a Process: Apply
The learner will be able to apply the writing process.
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Strategies: Skill/Conventions/Purpose
The learner will be able to demonstrate skill and use of writing conventions appropriate to purpose and audience.
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Purposes: Practical
The learner will be able to write for practical purposes.
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Purposes: Personal Information
The learner will be able to write to express personal information and ideas.
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Purposes: Correctly/Write
The learner will be able to write correctly.
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Prewriting: Brainstorming
The learner will be able to brainstorm ideas for writing.
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Publishing: Share
The learner will be able to share writing with others.
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Technological Tools: Publish/Variety
The learner will be able to use technology to publish a variety of works.
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Emergent Writing: Narrative/Sentence
The learner will be able to compose a narrative composition with a picture and at least one simple sentence establishing and supporting a main idea.
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Handwriting
The learner will be able to put spaces between words, write left to right, top to bottom, begin sentences with capital letters and end with punctuation.
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Word: First/Last Name
The learner will be able to write his/her first and last name from memory.
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Letters: Upper/Lower/Form
The learner will be able to correctly form upper and lower case letters when writing.
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Letters: Alphabet/Write
The learner will be able to write the letters of the alphabet when dictated in random order.
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Vocabulary: New
The learner will be able to understand and use new vocabulary.
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