Grades 3-5

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Speaking

Reading

Writing

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Point to stated pictures, words, or phrases 

Follow one-step oral directions (e.g., physically or through drawings)

Identify objects, figures, people from oral statements or questions (e.g., “Which one is a rock?”)

Match classroom oral language to daily routines

Categorize content-based pictures or objects from oral descriptions 

Arrange pictures or objects per oral information

Follow two-step oral directions

Draw in response to oral descriptions 

Evaluate oral information (e.g., about lunch options)

Follow multi-step oral directions

Identify illustrated main ideas from paragraph-level oral discourse

Match literal meanings of oral descriptions or oral reading to illustrations

Sequence pictures from oral stories, processes, or procedures

Interpret oral information and apply to new situations

Identify illustrated main ideas and supporting details from oral discourse

Infer from and act on oral information

Role play the work of authors, mathematicians, scientists, historians from oral readings, videos, or multi-media

Carry out oral instructions containing grade-level, content-based language 

Construct models or use manipulatives to problemsolve based on oral discourse

Distinguish between literal and figurative language in oral discourse

Form opinions of people, places, or ideas from oral scenarios

Express basic needs or conditions

Name pre-taught objects, people, diagrams, or pictures

Recite words or phrases from pictures of everyday objects and oral modeling

Answer yes/no and choice questions

Ask simple, everyday questions (e.g., “Who is absent?”) 

Restate content-based facts

Describe pictures, events, objects, or people using phrases or short sentences

Share basic social information with peers

Answer simple contentbased questions

Re/tell short stories or events

Make predictions or hypotheses from discourse

Offer solutions to social conflict

Present content-based information

Engage in problem-solving

Answer opinion questions with supporting details

Discuss stories, issues, and concepts

Give content-based oral reports

Offer creative solutions to issues/problems

Compare/contrast content-based functions and relationships

Justify/defend opinions or explanations with evidence

Give content-based presentations using technical vocabulary

Sequence steps in gradelevel problem-solving

Explain in detail results of inquiry (e.g., scientific experiments)

Match icons or diagrams with words/concepts

Identify cognates from first language, as applicable

Make sound/symbol/word relations

Match illustrated words/ phrases in differing contexts (e.g., on the board, in a book) 

Identify facts and explicit messages from illustrated text

Find changes to root words in context

Identify elements of story grammar (e.g., characters, setting) 

Follow visually supported written directions (e.g., “Draw a star in the sky.”)

Interpret information or data from charts and graphs

Identify main ideas and some details

Sequence events in stories or content-based processes

Use context clues and illustrations to determine meaning of words/phrases

Classify features of various genres of text (e.g., “and they lived happily ever after”—fairy tales)

Match graphic organizers to different texts (e.g., compare/contrast with Venn diagram)

Find details that support main ideas 

Differentiate between fact and opinion in narrative and expository text

Summarize information from multiple related sources

Answer analytical questions about grade-level text

Identify, explain, and give examples of figures of speech

Draw conclusions from explicit and implicit text at or near grade level

Label objects, pictures, or diagrams from word/phrase banks

Communicate ideas by drawing

Copy words, phrases, and short sentences

Answer oral questions with single words 

Make lists from labels or with peers

Complete/produce sentences from word/ phrase banks or walls

Fill in graphic organizers, charts, and tables

Make comparisons using real-life or visuallysupported materials

Produce simple expository or narrative text

String related sentences together

Compare/contrast contentbased information

Describe events, people, processes, procedures 

Take notes using graphic organizers

Summarize content-based information

Author multiple forms of writing (e.g., expository, narrative, persuasive) from models

Explain strategies or use of information in solving problems 

Produce extended responses of original text approaching grade level 

Apply content-based information to new contexts 

Connect or integrate personal experiences with literature/content

Create grade-level stories or reports