Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - English Language Arts K

Speaking and Listening

Overall Expectations

GCO 1: Students will be expected to speak and listen to explore, extend, clarify, and reflect on their thoughts, ideas, feelings, and experiences.

Specific Expectations

Students will be expected to:

  • share personal experiences orally
  • listen respectfully to experiences and feelings shared by others
  • ask questions to seek more information

1.7 reflect upon a variety of oral texts.

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GCO 2: Students will be able to communicate information and ideas effectively and clearly, and to respond personally and critically.

Specific Expectations

Students will be expected to:

2.1 participate in conversations.
2.2 share information, ideas, and opinions orally
2.3 respond personally to information, ideas and opinions.
2.4 respond critically to information, ideas and opinions

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GCO 3: Students will be expected to interact with sensitivity and respect, considering the situation, audience, and purpose

Specific Expectations

3.1 demonstrate an awareness of social conventions.
3.2 demonstrate an awareness of how word choice affects the feelings of others.
3.3 develop an awareness of verbal and non-verbal cues

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Reading and Viewing

Overall Expectations

GCO 4: Students will be expected to select, read and view with understanding a range of literature, information, media, and visual texts.

Specific Expectations

4.1 explore various text forms and genres as sources of interest and information.
4.2 demonstrate an awareness of text features
4.4 demonstrate basic concepts of print

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Overall Expectations

GCO 5: Students will be expected to interpret, select, and combine information using a variety of strategies, resources, and technologies.

Specific Expectations

5.1 explore a variety of texts for the purpose of seeking answers to questions

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GCO 6: Students will be expected to respond personally to a range of texts.

Specific Expectations

6.1 explore text connections to self, other texts and to the world.
6.2 express opinions about a variety of texts

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GCO 7: Students will be expected to respond critically to a range of texts, applying their understanding of language, form, and genre.

Specific Expectations

7.1 investigate texts for intended messages.

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Writing and Representing

Overall Expectations

GCO 9: Students will be expected to create texts collaboratively and independently, using a variety of forms for a range of audiences and purposes.

Specific Expectations

9.2 understand that texts are created for a purpose and an audience.
9.3 create a variety of texts for different purposes and audiences.

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GCO 10: Students will be expected to use a range of strategies to develop effective writing and media products to enhance their clarity, precision, and effectiveness.

Specific Expectations

10.1 explore writing and representing processes

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