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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
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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
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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);
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organizing their speaking and writing;
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choosing vocabulary that communicates their messages clearly and
precisely;
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revising and editing speech and writing; and
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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
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knowing and using subject/verb agreement;
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knowing and using correct modifiers;
knowing
and using correct capitalization, punctuation, and abbreviations; and
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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
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recognizing an author's point of view;
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predicting and drawing conclusions about stories;
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differentiating between fact and opinion in written and spoken forms;
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using reading, writing, speaking, and listening to define and solve
problems;
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responding to written and oral presentations as a reader, listener, and
articulate speaker;
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formulating questions about what they read, write, hear, and view; and
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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
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using organizational features of printed text (for
example, page numbering, alphabetizing,
glossaries,
chapter heading, tables of contents, indexes, captions);
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recognizing organizational features of electronic information (for
example, pull-down menus,
icons,
key word searches);
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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
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taking notes, outlining, and identifying main ideas in resource materials;
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sorting information as it relates to a specific topic or purpose; and
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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
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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;
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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;
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recognizing the concept of classic or enduring literature, and reading and
listening to classic
works;
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using literary terminology such as setting, plot, character, problem, and
solution; and
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using new vocabulary from literature in other context.
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