Outcome Chart - Nova Scotia - English Language Arts Grade 3

Overall Expectations: Listening and Speaking

Learners will interact using effective oral language skills considering audience, purpose, and situation.

express and explain opinions, and respond to questions and reactions of others

Learners will demonstrate a variety of ways to comprehend and select from a range of culturally diverse texts.
Learners will select, interpret, and combine information in multicultural contexts.
Learners will respond personally and critically to a range of culturally diverse texts.

Demonstrate comprehension thinking within, thinking about, and thinking beyond the text
infer meaning within and beyond a variety of texts
discuss how prior knowledge supports comprehension of culturally relevant text
formulate questions to guide their research
generate higher-level thinking questions (“in the head” versus “in the text”)
use key words in a search engine to locate information electronically
discuss how they researched and found answers to their questions
make meaningful personal connections that enhance comprehension
give opinions about information in or message of a print and/or digital text based on a personal point of view
identify examples of stereotyping, bias, or prejudice
recognize different points of view