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K-12 Curriculum

Elementary Language Arts - Grade K

Grade K

The Standards for the English Language Arts provide twelve standards that are "intended to serve as guidelines that provide ample room for the kinds of innovation and creativity that are essential to teaching and learning." The Terra Nova Multiple Assessments assess students in first grade (Level 11).


Genres
This unit includes identifying and comparing key characteristics of literary genres, as designated by a work's subject, theme, style, and time period. Some example of genres are: science fiction, poetry, drama, British literature, and multicultural literature.

    Nonfiction: Reading
The learner will be able to expose students to a variety of non-fiction.
Strand Source
Informational Text PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.8, #1.3.3.; F (back mapped)
  
    Poetry: Respond
The learner will be able to explore and respond to poems and poetry.
Strand Source
Poetry PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.8, #1.3.3.; F (back mapped)
  
    Poetry: Structure/Identify
The learner will be able to identify the structure of poetry.
Strand Source
Poetry PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.7, #1.3.3.; D (back mapped)
  
    Informational
The learner will be able to understand an informaitonal, nonfiction story.
Strand Source
Informational Text PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p. 3, #1.1.3.; G (back mapped)
  
    Fiction
The learner will be able to explore fiction.
Strand Source
Fiction PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p. 3, #1.1.3, G.; National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), 1996, IRA/NCTE Standards, p.25, Standard 1(back mapped)
  
    Fiction: Respond
The learner will be able to explore and respond to a variety of fiction.
Strand Source
Fiction PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.8, #1.3.3.; F (back mapped)
  
    Fiction: Interpret
The learner will be able to explore fiction.
Strand Source
Fiction PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p. 3, #1.1.3.; G (back mapped)
  
    World Literature: Read
The learner will be able to explore a variety of works of literature.
Strand Source
World Literature PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.7, #1.3.3.; A (back mapped)
  
    Genre: Variety
The learner will be able to explore a variety of genres.
Strand Source
Genre PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p. 4, #1.1.3, H.; National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), 1996, IRA/NCTE Standards, p.25, Standard 2 (back mapped)
  
    Genre: Identify/Textual Elements
The learner will be able to identify genre by examining textual elements.
Strand Source
Genre PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p. 2, #1.1.3.; A (back mapped)
  
    Drama: Structure/Identify
The learner will be able to discuss structural elements of drama.
Strand Source
Drama PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.8, #1.3.3, E (back mapped)
  
    Drama: Respond
The learner will be able to respond to a variety of drama.
Strand Source
Drama PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.8, #1.3.3.; F (back mapped)
  
    Nonfiction: Respond
The learner will be able to respond to nonfiction materials.
Strand Source
Nonfiction PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.8, #1.3.3.; F (back mapped)
  
    Nonfiction: Interpret
The learner will be able to interpret nonfiction.
Strand Source
Nonfiction PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p. 3, #1.1.3.; G (back mapped)
  
    Literature: Understand
The learner will be able to understand works of literature.
Strand Source
Literature PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.7, #1.3.3.; A (back mapped)
  

Information Processing
The Information Processing Unit includes competencies and objectives which focus on the processes of comparing, evaluating, interpreting, and organizing information and ideas in isolation from other Language Arts areas such as: reading, writing, listening and spelling.

    Information/Concept Processing: Identify
The learner will be able to identify new concepts.
Strand Source
Information/Ideas: Processing PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.13, #1.6.3, B (back mapped)
  

Language Expressions
This unit focuses on language conventions, structure, usage, and language study. It also addresses parts of speech, figures of speech, syntax, paragraph and sentence structure, word agreement, modifiers, and grammar.

    Noun: Use
The learner will be able to use nouns correctly.
Strand Source
Noun PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.12, #1.5.3.; F (back mapped)
  
    Pronoun: Use
The learner will be able to use pronouns in sentences correctly.
Strand Source
Pronoun PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.12, #1.5.3.; F (back mapped)
  
    Verb: Use
The learner will be able to use verbs correctly.
Strand Source
Verb PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.12, #1.5.3.; F (back mapped)
  
    Adjective: Use
The learner will be able to use adjectives in a sentence correctly.
Strand Source
Adjective PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.12, #1.5.3.; F (back mapped)
  
    Conjunction: Use
The learner will be able to correctly use conjunctions in a sentence.
Strand Source
Conjunction PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.12, #1.5.3.; F (back mapped)
  

Language Mechanics
This unit includes comprehending and applying the rules which govern punctuation and capitalization when writing and editing written works.

    Capitalization: Use
The learner will be able to practice using capital letters correctly when beginning a sentence, writing the pronoun "I," days of the week, months, and proper nouns.
Strand Source
Capitalization: Applications PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.12, #1.5.3.; F (back mapped)
  

Listening
This unit includes identifying and distinguishing between sounds and patterns in sounds, constructing meaning from information delivered verbally, and understanding and responding to verbal information.

    Affective: Literature/Appreciate
The learner will be able to appreciate literature through listening activities.
Strand Source
Listening Responses: Affective PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.13, #1.6.3, B(back mapped)
  
    Discussion: Ideas
The learner will be able to listen to and understand ideas exchanged in a discussion.
Strand Source
Discussion PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.14, #1.6.3.; D(back mapped)
  
    Discussion: Respect Views
The learner will be able to demonstrate respect for others' viewpoints while engaged in a discussion.
Strand Source
Discussion PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.14, #1.6.3.; D(back mapped)
  
    Character: Main
The learner will be able to identify main character from orally read passage.
Strand Source
Character PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.13, #1.6.3, B(back mapped)
  
    Sequence: Chronological Order
The learner will be able to place events from auditory materials in chronological order.
Strand Source
Sequence PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.13, #1.6.3, B(back mapped)
  
    Behaviors: Variety/Attentive
The learner will be able to listen attentively to a variety of speakers.
Strand Source
Listening Behaviors PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.13, #1.6.3.; A(back mapped)
  
    Discussion: Response
The learner will be able to respond appropriately in a discussion.
Strand Source
Discussion PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.14, #1.6.3.; D(back mapped)
  
    Tone: Identify
The learner will be able to identify tone in auditory material.
Strand Source
Tone PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.13, #1.6.3, B(back mapped)
  

Media
This unit includes the study of information and entertainment communications. Topics include: advertising, art, journalism, film, and media messages, forms and productions.

    Media Form: Variety/Choose
The learner will be able to discuss a variety of media forms to communicate learned information.
Strand Source
Media Form PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.15, #1.6.3.; F, p.15, #1.6.3.; F(back mapped)
  

Reading Operations
This unit includes constructing meaning from fiction and non-fiction selections at comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and judgment levels of understanding. It includes skills which address identifying, discussing, and comparing both concrete and abstract elements of selections (setting, plot, characterization, genre, historical period, theme, tone, moral message, and psychological and political implications).

    Variety of Sources: Reading Selections
The learner will be able to discuss and explore material from a variety of sources.
Strand Source
Source PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p. 4, #1.1.3.; H (back mapped)
  
    Prior Knowledge: Textual Information
The learner will be able to form connections between prior knowledge and/or experience to events and information within a text.
Strand Source
Prior Knowledge PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p. 3, #1.1.3.; G(back mapped)
  
    Predict Outcome: Content/Organization
The learner will be able to preview text to anticipate content and organization.
Strand Source
Predicting PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p. 2, #1.1.3, B (back mapped)
  
    Character: Describe/Story
The learner will be able to describe characters in a story.
Strand Source
Character PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.7, #1.3.3, B (back mapped)
  
    Character: Dialogue/Geographic Region
The learner will be able to understand that a character's geographic region may affect his/her dialogue in the story.
Strand Source
Character PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.16, #1.7.3, B (back mapped)
  
    Summarize: Main Ideas
The learner will be able to summarize main ideas.
Strand Source
Summary PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.17, #1.8.3.; C, p. 3, #1.1.3.; G (back mapped)
  
    Story Elements: Identify
The learner will be able to identify story elements.
Strand Source
Story Elements PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.7, #1.3.3, B (back mapped)
  
    Purposes: Identify
The learner will be able to identify purposes for reading.
Strand Source
Reading Purposes PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p. 2, #1.1.3.; A (back mapped)
  
    Purposes: Develop Vocabulary
The learner will be able to develop and use a more advanced vocabulary.
Strand Source
Reading Purposes PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p. 3, #1.1.3, E (back mapped)
  
    Setting: Describe
The learner will be able to describe the setting of a literary work.
Strand Source
Setting PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.7, #1.3.3, B (back mapped)
  
    Plot: Describe
The learner will be able to describe the plot of a literary passage.
Strand Source
Plot PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.7, #1.3.3, B (back mapped)
  
    Literary Device: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the literary device being used by the author.
Strand Source
Literary Device PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.7, #1.3.3.; C (back mapped)
  
    Construct Meaning: Correct Mistakes
The learner will be able to recognize and correct his/her own reading mistakes.
Strand Source
Emergent Reading PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p. 4, #1.1.3.; H (back mapped)
  
    Reading Behaviors: Comprehension
The learner will be able to demonstrate comprehension skills.
Strand Source
Reading Behaviors PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p. 4, #1.1.3.; H (back mapped)
  
    Response: Discuss/Clarify
The learner will be able to discuss reading material to clarify ideas.
Strand Source
Reading Responses: Discussions PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p. 3, #1.1.3.; G (back mapped)
  
    Personification: Use
The learner will be able to identify the use of personification in a reading passage.
Strand Source
Personification PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.7, #1.3.3.; C (back mapped)
  
    Rhythm: Rhythmical Patterns
The learner will be able to explore rhythmical patterns in a literary selection.
Strand Source
Literary Device: Rhythm PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.7, #1.3.3.; C (back mapped)
  
    Rhyme: Identify/Use/Literary Selection
The learner will be able to identify the use of rhyme in a literary selection.
Strand Source
Literary Device: Rhyme PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.7, #1.3.3.; C (back mapped)
  
    Events: Predict Future/Next
The learner will be able to predict a future event or the next event that will occur in a story.
Strand Source
Predicting: Events PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.13, #1.6.3, B (back mapped)
  
    Monitor: Use/Self-Monitoring
The learner will be able to use self-monitoring strategies to aid in comprehension of reading materials.
Strand Source
Reading Strategies: Monitor PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p. 2, #1.1.3.; D (back mapped)
  
    Human Experience: Relate
The learner will be able to relate the human experience as it is presented in literature to real-world scenarios and the human experience.
Strand Source
Themes: Human Experience PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.13, #1.6.3, B (back mapped)
  

Speaking
This unit focuses on techniques and strategies (voice modulation, body language, ordering of ideas, visual aids, etc.) to convey meaning and to present information and opinions to groups. This unit includes: formal and informal communication, debate skills, and verbal/nonverbal communication.

    Group: Take Turns
The learner will be able to take turns when involved in group discussion.
Strand Source
Group Communication PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.14, #1.6.3.; D (back mapped)
  
    Pronunciation: Pronounce Clearly
The learner will be able to pronounce words clearly.
Strand Source
Pronunciation PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p. 4, #1.1.3.; H (back mapped)
  
    Directions: Give/Simple
The learner will be able to repeat simple directions.
Strand Source
Directions PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.14, #1.6.3, E (back mapped)
  
    Conversation: Engage
The learner will be able to engage in a conversation.
Strand Source
Discussion/Conversation PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.14, #1.6.3, E (back mapped)
  
    Discussion: Role/Small Group
The learner will be able to participate in his/her assigned role during a small group discussion.
Strand Source
Discussion/Conversation PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.14, #1.6.3, E (back mapped)
  
    Discussion: Focus
The learner will be able to actively participate in large group discussions focusing on a topic or theme.
Strand Source
Discussion/Conversation PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.14, #1.6.3, E (back mapped)
  
    Problem: Emergency
The learner will be able to report an emergency.
Strand Source
Problem/Solution PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.14, #1.6.3, E (back mapped)
  
    Vocal Characteristic: Meter
The learner will be able to use appropriate meter when speaking.
Strand Source
Vocal Characteristic PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p. 4, #1.1.3.; H (back mapped)
  
    Vocal Characteristic: Flow
The learner will be able to speak with appropriate flow of words.
Strand Source
Vocal Characteristic PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p. 4, #1.1.3.; H (back mapped)
  
    Formal: Speaking Skills/Appropriate
The learner will be able to use speaking skills appropriate to formal speaking situations.
Strand Source
Communication: Formal PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.13, #1.6.3.; C (back mapped)
  
    Informal: Explanation/Simple
The learner will be able to give a simple explanation.
Strand Source
Communication: Informal PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.14, #1.6.3, E (back mapped)
  
    Questions: Ask Relevant
The learner will be able to ask relevant questions.
Strand Source
Questions PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.14, #1.6.3.; D (back mapped)
  
    Questions: Clarify
The learner will be able to ask questions to clarify his/her understanding.
Strand Source
Questions PA: Academic Standards, January 16, 1999, Grade 3, p.13, #1.6.3.; A(back mapped)