New Brunswick - English Language Arts 1

Strand: Interactions

Big Idea: Expression

Skill Descriptor:

Express feelings and opinions and give simple descriptions of experiences.

Achievement Indicators:

Use descriptive language to express a feeling, opinion, or emotion

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

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Skill Descriptor:

Present simple facts, ideas and opinions to peers and teachers.

Achievement Indicators:

Use descriptive language to share simple facts, ideas and opinions about a specific topic

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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:

Begin to ask and respond to questions.

Achievement Indicators:

Use question words to create questions about a specific topic or theme

Ask initial and follow-up questions about a specific topic or theme

Respond to questions, answering or citing requested information

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Skill Descriptor:

Explore 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:

Use questions, wonderings, and reflections to respond to new information or visual imagery

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Skill Descriptor:

Explore social conventions when interacting

Achievement Indicators:

Begin to demonstrate consideration for the thoughts and feelings of others

Begin to 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 the ideas and opinions of others.

Achievement Indicators:

Receive information from others

Reflect while others are speaking

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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:

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 linking to prior knowledge or current learnings

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

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Skill Descriptor:

Begin to identify characteristics, forms, features, and types of text.

Achievement Indicators:

Use text features to gain obvious information

Use some text features to gain additional information from the text

Identify some simple text forms and describe the general purpose of the form

Recognize some basic text features and characteristics (author, illustrator, title, etc.)

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Strand: Representations

Big Idea: Text Analysis

Skill Descriptor:

Begin to seek information to support ideas and construct meaning.

Achievement Indicators:

Use information to support ideas

Gather information to answer a question or solve a problem

Use information to form a simple argument