Trimester 1 Standards
Reading Literature and Informational Text
CCSD 21 offers programs that provide instruction in English, Spanish & Russian. These standards apply to all languages of instruction.
PowerStandards
Identify types of questions and utilize appropriate strategies to determine accurate responses to factual, conceptual and debatable questions. (RL & RI 3.1, 3.7 & 3.3)
Year Long Standards
- Explain how stories, dramas, and poems are written in different forms (e.g. chapter, scene, stanza).
- Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
- Use reading strategies (e.g., ask questions, make connections, take notes, make inferences, reread) to help understand difficult complex text.
- Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.
- Use strategies (e.g., context clues, root words, affixes) for the following:
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text.
- Define and identify literal language (what it says and means) and nonliteral (not exactly what it means).
- Identify general academic words or phrases (different ways to say the same thing (e.g., instead of said) in a text.
- Identify domain specific words or phrases (content words) in a text.
- Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text.
- Locate and use resources (e.g., glossary, guide word, dictionary, both print and digital) to determine or clarify the meaning of unknown words
Tri 1 Standards
- Locate words and details to ask and answer questions before reading a text.
- Explain how illustrations contribute (add meaning) to the words in the story and information text.
- -mood
- -emphasize character/setting
- Determine the points of view of an author, narrator or character of a text.
- Distinguish one’s point of view from that of the narrator or characters (e.g. what they think vs. what I think; sometimes the reader knows more than the character).
- Compare and contrast the plots and settings of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters.
- Describe a character (e.g., traits, motivations, feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
- Identify characters and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
- -character change throughout the story
- -character actions related to event sequence
Speaking and Listening
CCSD 21 offers programs that provide instruction in English, Spanish & Russian. These standards apply to all languages of instruction.
PowerStandards
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, teacher-led) with diverse partners, listening actively, building on others’ ideas, and expressing ideas clearly. (SL 3.1, 3.2, 3.3)
Year Long Standards
- Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to a task or situation.
- Restate and carry out a variety of oral instructions.
- Comprehend stories and other texts read aloud, including selections from classic and contemporary works.
- Differentiate between the formal and informal style of speaking according to audience and purpose.
- Identify and describe how one’s point of view is similar to or different from the author/speaker’s point of view.
- Create audio recordings using an understandable pace and use expression to make them come to life.
- Identify main verbal and nonverbal communication elements and strategies to maintain communications and to negotiate and resolve conflict.
- Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners:
- Be prepared for discussion by reading and studying material.
- Follow established rules for discussion.
- Ask questions about a speaker’s presentation to better understand or request more information.
- Answer questions about a speaker’s presentation using appropriate detail and elaboration.
- Build on the ideas of others.
- Discuss ideas clearly in a discussion.
- Participate in a discussion by making connections, asking questions, and staying on topic.
- Refer to texts and one’s prior knowledge when discussing a topic.
- Tell what was learned from a discussion.
Tri 1 Standards
- Identify information from a text being read aloud.
- Speak in complete sentences.
- Restate and carry out a variety of oral instructions.
- Speak clearly and at an understandable pace when presenting.
- Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link comments to the remarks of others.
- Read aloud at an understandable pace.
- Differentiate between the formal and informal style of speaking according to audience and purpose.
- Create audio recordings using an understandable pace and use expression to make them come to life.
- Ask questions about a speaker’s presentation when one does not understand or need more information.
- Answer questions about a speaker’s presentation by using appropriate elaboration and detail.
Writing
CCSD 21 offers programs that provide instruction in English, Spanish & Russian. These standards apply to all languages of instruction.
PowerStandards
Write narratives to develop authentic or imaginative experiences by using the characters’ actions, thoughts and feelings while choosing words and phrases to convey ideas precisely. (W 3.3, 3.3b & L 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, & 3.5)
Year Long Standards
- Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
- Write with guidance and support from adults and peers.
- Acquire and use grade-appropriate academic and domain-specific words.
- In all types of writing:
- Plan, develop, and organize writing according to task, purpose, and audiences.
- Understand writing as a process of planning, revising, and editing.
- Use precise and/or academic language and vocabulary specific to the topic.
- Choose words and phrases to add effect or interest when writing or speaking.
- Apply conventions of the written language.
- Use reference materials to check and correct spelling.
Tri 1 Standards
Narrative:
- Begin a story by describing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters.
- Organize a series of events in order and use words to show that organization (e.g., before, during, after).
- Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to tell the story.
- Show the response of the characters to the events.
- Write a conclusion that provides a sense of closure.
Grammar/Conventions:
- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
English Reading Foundations
PowerStandards
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills to support comprehension in order to read grade-level texts with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression to support comprehension. (RF 3.3, 3.4)
Year Long Standards
- Read fluently with accuracy to understand what is read to demonstrate comprehension through voice, timing, and expression.
- Read with purpose and understanding.
- Read stories and poems aloud clearly, accurately, and at a steady pace.
- Self-correct misread or misunderstood words using context clues.
- Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, reading as necessary.
- Use a variety of strategies to determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases.
Tri 1 Standards
- Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
- Recognize & Use:
- consonant clusters
- onsets and rimes
- use word parts to decode unknown words
- high frequency words
- Use Alphabetical Order to Locate Information
- Use a Study Routine to Spell a Word
- Recognize & Use:
- contractions
- letter combinations that represent vowel sounds
- consonant letters that represent one sound
- words with double consonants
- Recognize & Use:
Spanish Reading Foundations
PowerStandards
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills to support comprehension in order to read grade-level texts with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression to support comprehension. (RF 3.3, 3.4)
Year Long Standards
- RF.3.3 Conocen y aplican la fonética y las destrezas de análisis de palabras a nivel de grado, en la decodificación de palabras.
- Identifican y conocen el significado de los prefijos más comunes y los sufijos derivativos.
- Decodifican palabras con sufijos comunes del latín.
- Usan correctamente el acento escrito de acuerdo con el acento tónico en palabras ya conocidas aplicando análisis sistemático:
- RF.3.4. Leen con suficiente precisión y fluidez para apoyar la comprensión.
- Leen textos a nivel de grado con propósito y comprensión.
- Usan el contexto para confirmar o autocorregir el reconocimiento de las palabras y la comprensión, releyendo cuando sea necesario.
Tri 1 Standards
RF.3.3 Conocen y aplican la fonética y las destrezas de análisis de palabras a nivel de grado, en la decodificación de palabras.
- Identifican y conocen el significado de los prefijos más comunes y los sufijos derivativos.
- Decodifican palabras con sufijos comunes del latín.
- Decodifican palabras de sílabas múltiples.
- Reconocen cognados entre el inglés y español y explican las diferencias en su pronunciación y ortografía.
- Reconocen las palabras de género masculino o femenino que no concuerdan con las reglas comunes (ejemplo: el mapa, el problema, el águila vs. las águilas).
- Usan correctamente el acento escrito de acuerdo con el acento tónico en palabras ya conocidas aplicando análisis sistemático:
- Cuentan el número de sílabas.
- Nombran la sílaba que lleva el énfasis (última, penúltima, antepenúltima).
RF.3.4. Leen con suficiente precisión y fluidez para apoyar la comprensión.
- Leen textos a nivel de grado con propósito y comprensión.
- Usan el contexto para confirmar o autocorregir el reconocimiento de las palabras y la comprensión, releyendo cuando sea necesario.
Russian Reading Foundations
PowerStandards
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills to support comprehension in order to read grade-level texts with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression to support comprehension. (RF 3.3, 3.4)
Year Long Standards
- Read fluently with accuracy to understand what is read to demonstrate comprehension through voice, timing, and expression.
- Read with purpose and understanding.
- Read stories and poems aloud clearly, accurately, and at a steady pace.
- Self-correct misread or misunderstood words using context clues.
- Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, reading as necessary.
- Use a variety of strategies to determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases.
Tri 1 Standards
- Use Alphabetical Order to Locate Information
- читать и произносить предложения, различные по цели высказывания и интонации
- составлять небольшой текст (4-5 предложений) на заданную тему, по картинке и записывать его с помощью учителя; составлять текст из данных абзацев
- находить в слове окончание и основу; выделять в основе её части (корень, приставку, суффикс)
- распознавать имена существительные, имена прилагательные
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