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Reading and Writing Colorado Content Standards

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1. Students read and understand a variety of materials.

GRADES K-4

In grades K-4, what the students know and are able to do includes

• using a full range of strategies to comprehend materials such as directions, nonfiction material,

rhymes and poems, and stories.

 

2. Students write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiences.

GRADES K-4

In grades K-4, what students know and are able to do includes

• generating topics and developing ideas for a variety of writing and speaking purposes (for

example, telling a story, publishing a class newsletter, writing a letter to an adult, writing or

orally presenting a book report, creating and producing a play, introducing a speaker or an

event, narrating a presentation);

• organizing their speaking and writing;

• choosing vocabulary that communicates their messages clearly and precisely;

• revising and editing speech and writing; and

• creating readable documents with legible handwriting or word processing at the appropriate   time.

 

3. Students write and speak using conventional grammar, usage,

sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.

 

GRADES K-4

In grades K-4, what the students know and are able to do includes

• knowing and using subject/verb agreement;

• knowing and using correct modifiers;

 knowing and using correct capitalization, punctuation, and abbreviations; and

• spelling frequently used words correctly using phonics rules and exceptions.

 

4. Students apply thinking skills to their reading, writing, speaking,

listening, and viewing.

GRADES K-4

In grades K-4, what students know and are able to do includes

• recognizing an author's point of view;

• predicting and drawing conclusions about stories;

• differentiating between fact and opinion in written and spoken forms;

• using reading, writing, speaking, and listening to define and solve problems;

• responding to written and oral presentations as a reader, listener, and articulate speaker;

• formulating questions about what they read, write, hear, and view; and

• using listening skills to understand directions.

 

5. Students read to locate, select, and make use of relevant

information from a variety of media, reference, and technological

sources.

GRADES K-4

In grades K-4, what students know and are able to do includes

• using organizational features of printed text (for example, page numbering, alphabetizing,

glossaries, chapter heading, tables of contents, indexes, captions);

• recognizing organizational features of electronic information (for example, pull-down menus,

icons, key word searches);

• using organizational features to locate media or electronic information (for example,

passwords, entry menu features, pull-down menus, icons, key word searches);

Colorado Content Standards Adopted 7-13-95 Reading/Writing - 13

• taking notes, outlining, and identifying main ideas in resource materials;

• sorting information as it relates to a specific topic or purpose; and

• giving credit for borrowed information by telling or listing sources.

 

6. Students read and recognize literature as a record of human

experience.

GRADES K-4

In grades K-4, what students know and are able to do includes

• reading, responding to, and discussing a variety of literature such as folk tales, legends, myths,

fiction, rhymes and poems, non-fiction, and content-area reading;

• reading, responding to, and discussing literature as a way to explore the similarities and

differences among stories and the ways in which those stories reflect the ethnic background of

the author and the culture in which they were written;

• recognizing the concept of classic or enduring literature, and reading and listening to classic

works;

• using literary terminology such as setting, plot, character, problem, and solution; and

• using new vocabulary from literature in other context.