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Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.3.7.Em

Grade: 3
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: B. Interpretive
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Evaluating language choices

Standard:
Describe the language writers or speakers use to support an opinion or present an idea (e.g., by identifying the phrases or words in the text that provide evidence), with prompting and substantial support.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.3.8.Em

Grade: 3
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: B. Interpretive
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Analyzing language choices

Standard:
Distinguish how different words produce different effects on the audience (e.g., describing a character as happy versus sad).

Standard Identifier: ELD.PII.3.6.Em

Grade: 3
Critical Principle: Part II: Learning About How English Works
Cluster: C. Connecting and Condensing Ideas
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Connecting ideas

Standard:
Combine clauses in a few basic ways to make connections between and join ideas (e.g., creating compound sentences using and, but, so).

Standard Identifier: ELD.PII.3.7.Em

Grade: 3
Critical Principle: Part II: Learning About How English Works
Cluster: C. Connecting and Condensing Ideas
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Condensing ideas

Standard:
Condense clauses in simple ways (e.g., changing: It’s green. → It’s red. It’s green and red) to create precise and detailed sentences.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.4.5.Em

Grade: 4
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: B. Interpretive
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Listening actively

Standard:
Demonstrate active listening of read-alouds and oral presentations by asking and answering basic questions, with prompting and substantial support.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.4.6a.Em

Grade: 4
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: B. Interpretive
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Reading/viewing closely

Standard:
Describe ideas, phenomena (e.g., volcanic eruptions), and text elements (main idea, characters, events, and the like) based on close reading of a select set of grade level texts, with substantial support.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.4.6b.Em

Grade: 4
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: B. Interpretive
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Reading/viewing closely

Standard:
Use knowledge of frequently used affixes (e.g., un-, mis-) and linguistic context, reference materials, and visual cues to determine the meaning of unknown words on familiar topics.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.4.7.Em

Grade: 4
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: B. Interpretive
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Evaluating language choices

Standard:
Describe the specific language writers or speakers use to present or support an idea (e.g., the specific vocabulary or phrasing used to provide evidence), with prompting and substantial support.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.4.8.Em

Grade: 4
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: B. Interpretive
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Analyzing language choices

Standard:
Distinguish how different words with similar meanings produce different effects on the audience (e.g., describing a character's actions as whined versus said).

Standard Identifier: ELD.PII.4.6.Em

Grade: 4
Critical Principle: Part II: Learning About How English Works
Cluster: C. Connecting and Condensing Ideas
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Connecting ideas

Standard:
Combine clauses in a few basic ways to make connections between and join ideas in sentences (e.g., creating compound sentences using coordinate conjunctions, such as and, but, so).

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