New Brunswick - English Language Arts 5

Strand: Interactions

Big Idea: Expression

Skill Descriptor:

Express and discuss thoughts, feelings, experiences, ideas, and opinions, and consider those of their peers.

Achievement Indicators:

Describe their thoughts and emotions, personal experiences, and the experiences of others with details

Use descriptive language to express personal ideas and wonderings

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

Explain opinions, providing supportive information or reasons

Identify similarities and differences between personal thoughts and beliefs and the personal thoughts and beliefs of others

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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 facts and ideas or to persuade about a specific topic or theme

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Skill Descriptor:

Use language of harmony and respect. 

Achievement Indicators:

    Describe helpful, respectful, and equitable language

    Identify differences between kind and hurtful language

    Use inclusive language that respects gender identity

    Use language that demonstrates cultural sensitivity and respect

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Big Idea: Exchanges

Skill Descriptor:

Begin to use appropriate communication conventions. 

Achievement Indicators:

    Begin to use language specific to topic

    Begin to use language specific to audience

    Begin to use language specific to situation

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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:

    Begin to use conversational courtesies

    Use turn-taking when interacting with others

    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, questions, and comments of others

    Discuss the reasons for differing opinions or beliefs

    Reflect on differing opinions before responding

    Reflect on readers’/listeners’/viewers’ questions and comments

    Reflect on feedback and responses from those assessing their work to extend learning

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Strand: Reading

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 connect to current learning, enhance understanding, or build background knowledge or prior 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 and key story elements (characters, settings, plot, problem resolution, theme/lesson, etc.), citing relevant details

    Identify and distinguish between main idea and supporting details

    Discuss how events in narrative text are related to a problem or overall theme

    Identify various text forms (narrative, report, instructions, explanation, autobiography, etc.) and their general purpose

     Explain text features and their purpose

    Locate topics, and obtain and clarify information

    Describe elements of an author’s/creator’s style or technique, citing examples from the text

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Strand: Representations

Big Idea: Text Analysis

Skill Descriptor:

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

Achievement Indicators:

    Gather information from a range of reference texts/databases/electronic searches

    Identify relevant source content

    Use information from multiple sources in an appropriate sequence to support ideas

    Use information to persuade audience or form an argument

    Identify personal and community needs for information

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