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Standard Identifier: ELD.PII.2.4.Br

Grade: 2
Critical Principle: Part II: Learning About How English Works
Cluster: B. Expanding and Enriching Ideas
Proficiency Level: Bridging
Content Strand: Using nouns and noun phrases

Standard:
Expand noun phrases in a variety of ways (e.g., adding comparative/superlative adjectives to nouns) in order to enrich the meaning of phrases/sentences and to add details about ideas, people, things, and the like, independently.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PII.2.4.Em

Grade: 2
Critical Principle: Part II: Learning About How English Works
Cluster: B. Expanding and Enriching Ideas
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Using nouns and noun phrases

Standard:
Expand noun phrases in simple ways (e.g., adding a familiar adjective to describe a noun) in order to enrich the meaning of sentences and to add details about ideas, people, things, and the like, in shared language activities guided by the teacher and sometimes independently.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PII.2.7.Br

Grade: 2
Critical Principle: Part II: Learning About How English Works
Cluster: C. Connecting and Condensing Ideas
Proficiency Level: Bridging
Content Strand: Condensing ideas

Standard:
Condense clauses in a variety of ways (e.g., through embedded clauses and other condensing as in, It’s a plant. It’s green and red. It’s found in the tropical rain forest. → It’s a green and red plant that’s found in the tropical rain forest) to create precise and detailed sentences independently.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PII.2.7.Em

Grade: 2
Critical Principle: Part II: Learning About How English Works
Cluster: C. Connecting and Condensing Ideas
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Condensing ideas

Standard:
Condensing clauses in simple ways (e.g., changing: It's green. It's red. → It's green and red) to create precise and detailed sentences in shared language activities guided by the teacher and sometimes independently.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.3.4.Br

Grade: 3
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: A. Collaborative
Proficiency Level: Bridging
Content Strand: Adapting language choices

Standard:
Adjust language choices according to purpose e.g., persuading, entertaining), task, and audience (e.g., peer-to-peer versus peer-to-teacher), with light support from peers or adults.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.3.4.Em

Grade: 3
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: A. Collaborative
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Adapting language choices

Standard:
Recognize that language choices (e.g., vocabulary) vary according to social setting (e.g., playground versus classroom), with substantial support from peers or adults.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PII.3.2a.Br

Grade: 3
Critical Principle: Part II: Learning About How English Works
Cluster: A. Structuring Cohesive Texts
Proficiency Level: Bridging
Content Strand: Understanding cohesion

Standard:
Apply increasing understanding of language resources that refer the reader back or forward in text (e.g., how pronouns or synonyms refer back to nouns in text) to comprehending and writing cohesive texts.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PII.3.2a.Em

Grade: 3
Critical Principle: Part II: Learning About How English Works
Cluster: A. Structuring Cohesive Texts
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Understanding cohesion

Standard:
Apply basic understanding of language resources that refer the reader back or forward in text (e.g., how pronouns refer back to nouns in text) to comprehending texts and writing basic texts.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PII.3.2b.Br

Grade: 3
Critical Principle: Part II: Learning About How English Works
Cluster: A. Structuring Cohesive Texts
Proficiency Level: Bridging
Content Strand: Understanding cohesion

Standard:
Apply increasing understanding of how ideas, events, or reasons are linked throughout a text using an increasing variety of connecting and transitional words or phrases (e.g., for example, afterward, first/next/last) to comprehending texts and writing cohesive texts.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PII.3.2b.Em

Grade: 3
Critical Principle: Part II: Learning About How English Works
Cluster: A. Structuring Cohesive Texts
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Understanding cohesion

Standard:
Apply basic understanding of how ideas, events, or reasons are linked throughout a text using everyday connecting words or phrases (e.g., then, next) to comprehending texts and writing basic texts.

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