Center Elementary School 

Literary Response and Analysis

3.0

Students read and respond to a wide variety of significant works of children’s literature.

6

9%

Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text

3.1

I can compare and contrast plots, settings, and characters.

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3.2

I can make up new endings to the story.

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3.3

I can compare and contrast similar stories from different cultures.

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3.4

I can identify rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration in poetry.

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WRITING

Writing Strategies

1.0

Students write clear and coherent sentences and paragraphs that develop a central idea.  Students progress through the stage of the writing process.

8

12%

Organization and Focus

1.1

I keep similar ideas together and write sentences with a focus.

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Penmanship

1.2

I write neatly.

NA

Research

1.3

I can use a dictionary, atlas, glossary, and word book.

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Evaluation and Revision

1.4

I can improve my work by revising when I am writing.

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Writing Applications

2.0

Students write compositions that describe and explain familiar objects, events, and experiences.

2.1

I can write stories based on what has happened to me by putting events in order.  Using my senses, I can write about something real using describing words.

2.2

I can write friendly letters with the date, salutation, body, closing, and signature.

WRITTEN AND ORAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS

1.0

Students write and speak with a command of standard English conventions appropriate to this grade level.

14

22%

Sentence Structure

1.1

I use complete sentences when I write.

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1.2

My sentences make sense.

NA

Grammar

1.3

I know what nouns, pronouns, and verbs are and use them correctly

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Punctuation

1.4

I use commas correctly in letter greetings and closings, dates, and words in a series.

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1.5

I can use quotation marks correctly.

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Capitalization

1.6

I use capital letters for special nouns and abbreviations

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Spelling

1.7

I can spell high frequency words.

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1.8

I use the sound/spelling cards to spell correctly.

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LISTENING AND SPEAKING

Listening and Speaking Strategies

1.0

Students listen critically and respond appropriately to oral communication.

Comprehension

1.1

I know why I am listening.

1.2

I ask clarifying questions when I do not understand.

1.3

I can retell what someone has said in my own words.

1.4

I can give and follow three – and four–step spoken directions.

Organization and Delivery of Oral Communications

1.5

I can organize my ideas when speaking.

1.6

I speak clearly so others can understand me.

1.7

I can retell a story with events in the right order.

1.8

I can retell stories using plot, settings, and characters.

1.9

I can talk about a topic with facts and details.

Speaking Applications

2.0

Students deliver brief recitations and oral presentations about familiar experiences or interests that are organized around a coherent thesis statement.

2.1

I can tell about my experiences with events in the right order and using plot, settings, and characters.

2.2

I can report on a topic with facts and details, using different kinds of information.

Grade 2 Total

65

100%