English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: K
| R3. Expand background knowledge and build vocabulary through discussion, reading, and writing. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: K
| 2. Actively engage in teacher-led reading experiences and collaborative discussions with peers to build background knowledge needed to be successful as they learn to read and, later, read to learn. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: K
| 22. Use content knowledge built during read-alouds of informational texts by participating in content-specific discussions with peers and/or through drawing or writing. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: K
| 32. With prompting and support, compare and contrast two texts.
a. Distinguish between literary texts and informational texts.
b. Compare and contrast the experiences of characters in a literary text.
c. Compare and contrast two informational texts on the same topic. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: K
| 37. Actively participate in shared and independent writing experiences, for varied purposes and audiences, across different genres.
a. Actively participate in shared writing experiences to create messages, lists, and labels for a drawing or illustration.
b. Actively participate in shared writing experiences to create narratives with the events in chronological order and share feelings about the story, using drawing, dictating, and/or writing.
c. Actively participate in shared writing experiences to create opinion pieces about a topic or text, state the opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide a sense of closure, using drawing, dictating, and/or writing.
d. Actively participate in shared writing experiences to create explanatory texts or provide factual information about a topic, using drawing, dictating, and/or writing.
e. With prompting and support, compose writing for varied purposes and audiences, across different genres. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: K
| 39. Participate in shared research and writing projects to answer a question or describe a topic.
a. Include information recalled from personal experiences in research and writing projects.
b. Gather information from provided sources for research and writing projects. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 1
| R3. Expand background knowledge and build vocabulary through discussion, reading, and writing. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 1
| 2. Actively participate in shared reading experiences and collaborative discussions to build background knowledge and learn how oral reading should sound.
Examples: read-alouds, oral dramatic activities |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 1
| 17. Use content knowledge built during read-alouds of informational and literary texts by participating in content-specific discussions with peers and/or through drawing and writing. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 1
| 29. Compare and contrast texts.
a. Compare and contrast characters, settings, and major events in literary texts.
b. Describe the connections between individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in an informational text.
c. Point out similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 1
| 35. With prompting and support, write an informative or explanatory text about a topic, using facts from a source and providing a sense of closure. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 1
| 42. Participate in shared research and writing projects to answer a question or describe a topic.
a. Recall information from experiences to contribute to shared research and writing projects.
b. Gather information from provided sources. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 2
| R3. Expand background knowledge and build vocabulary through discussion, reading, and writing. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 2
| 22. Use content knowledge built during read-alouds and independent reading of informational and literary texts by participating in content-specific discussions with peers and/or through writing. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 2
| 34. Differentiate between fact and opinion in a text.
a. Use prior knowledge and information gathered from research to evaluate opinions in texts.
b. Use textual evidence and gathered research from reliable sources to prove facts. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 2
| 41. Write informative or explanatory texts, introducing the topic, providing facts and relevant details to develop points, and providing a conclusion. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 2
| 46. Gather and use research to answer questions to complete a research product.
a. Create topics of interest for a research project.
b. Create questions to gather information for a research project.
c. Find information from a variety of sources.
Examples: books, magazines, newspapers, digital media
d. Define plagiarism and explain the importance of using their own words. |