New Brunswick - English Language Arts 3

Strand: Interactions

Big Idea: Expression

Skill Descriptor:

Describe and discuss thoughts, feelings, experiences, ideas, and opinions.

Achievement Indicators:

    Describe emotions, personal experiences, and situations with details

    Discuss thoughts and feelings with others providing examples of experiences

    Use descriptive language to express personal ideas and opinions

    Use complete sentences and/or full thoughts to make a point

    Explain opinions, providing supportive information or reasons

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Skill Descriptor:

Select and present content to communicate facts, ideas, and opinions to peers and teachers.

Achievement Indicators:

Use descriptive language to share information, ideas, or wonderings about a specific topic or theme

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Skill Descriptor:

Explore the language of harmony and respect. 

Achievement Indicators:

    Describe helpful, respectful, and equitable language

    Identify differences between kind and hurtful language

    Begin to use inclusive language that respects gender identity

    Begin to use language that demonstrates cultural sensitivity and respect

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Big Idea: Exchanges

Skill Descriptor:

Ask and respond to questions to clarify information, explore possibilities, or identify solutions to a problem.

Achievement Indicators:

Respond with solutions or suggestions and relevant information from text or other sources

Respond with possible next steps or actions

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Skill Descriptor:

Respond personally to presentations, oral stories, and multi-modal text.

Achievement Indicators:

Respond to presentations and oral stories with questions, wonderings, or reflections

Respond to multi-modal text with questions, opinions, or reflections

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Skill Descriptor:

Begin to use social conventions when interacting.

Achievement Indicators:

Demonstrate consideration for the thoughts and feelings of others

Use words in place of actions to seek a response (conflict resolution, negotiation, material requests, etc.)

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Big Idea: Reception

Skill Descriptor:

Receive and critically reflect on the ideas and opinions of others. 

Achievement Indicators:

    Receive and demonstrate consideration for the personal beliefs of others

    Receive and demonstrate consideration for questions and comments of others

    Discuss the reasons for differing opinions or beliefs

    Reflect on differing opinions before responding in agreement or disagreement

    Demonstrate consideration of feedback and responses from those assessing their work to extend learning

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Strand: Reading

Big Idea: Reading Comprehension

Skill Descriptor:

Connect and respond personally and critically to text.   

Achievement Indicators:

    Explain connections between text and text, text and world, and text and self, citing prior knowledge and understandings

    Respond critically to a variety of text features and forms with questions, opinions, or reflections

    Use background knowledge to analyze information presented in print and visual texts

    Identify instances where language is being used for a specific purpose (for emphasis, to entertain, persuade, manipulate, or control)

    Identify examples of prejudice or stereotyping

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Big Idea: Text Analysis

Skill Descriptor:

Select and engage with a variety of text forms (images, visual media, cultural stories, artifacts, etc.) for specific uses 

Achievement Indicators:

Select from a variety of text forms, for interest or learning needs (narrative text, information text, braille, audio book, graphic text, non-fiction text, etc.)

Read or view a variety of text forms for interest or learning needs in first or additional languages

Express preferences and opinions about text and text features to others

Seek text to build upon prior knowledge or current understandings

Refer to various text forms for knowledge, entertainment, interest, and information

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Skill Descriptor:

Identify characteristics, forms, features, and types of text.

Achievement Indicators:

    Identify text characteristics (characters, settings, plot, etc.)

    Identify text forms (fiction, non-fiction, videos, poems, posters, letters, imaginary text, etc.)

    Use text features to gain additional information from the text (table of contents, chapters, figures, etc.)

    Locate topics and obtain information

    Describe some elements of an author’s/creator’s style

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Strand: Representations

Big Idea: Text Analysis

Skill Descriptor:

Select information from multiple sources to support ideas and construct meaning.    

Achievement Indicators:

    Use information from one or two sources to support ideas

    Gather information to answer a question or solve a problem

    Use information to form a simple argument

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