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Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.3.8.Br

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

Standard:
Distinguish how multiple different words with similar meanings (e.g., pleased versus happy versus ecstatic, heard versus knew versus believed) produce shades of meaning and different effects on the audience.

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.PI.3.8.Ex

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

Standard:
Distinguish how different words with similar meanings (e.g., describing a character as happy versus ecstatic) produce shades of meaning and different effects on the audience.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PII.3.7.Br

Grade: 3
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.

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.PII.3.7.Ex

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

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

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.4.6a.Br

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

Standard:
Describe ideas, phenomena (e.g., pollination), and text elements (main idea, character traits, event sequence, and the like) in detail based on close reading of a variety of grade-level texts, with light 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.4.6a.Ex

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

Standard:
Describe ideas, phenomena (e.g., animal migration), and text elements (main idea, central message, and the like) in greater detail based on close reading of a variety of grade-level texts, with moderate support.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.4.6b.Br

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

Standard:
Use knowledge of morphology (e.g., affixes, roots, and base words), linguistic context to determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words on familiar and new topics.

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