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Use a growing number of verb tenses appropriate for the text type and discipline to convey time (e.g., simple past tense for retelling, simple present for a science description) in shared language activities guided by the teacher and with increasing independence.

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Condense clauses in a variety of ways (e.g., through embedded clauses and other condensing, for example, through embedded clauses as in She’s a doctor. She’s amazing. She saved the animals. → She’s the amazing doctor who saved the animals) to create precise and detailed sentences in shared language activities guided by the teacher and independently.

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Condense clauses in simple ways (e.g., changing: I like blue. I like red. I like purple → I like blue, red, and purple) to create precise and detailed sentences in shared language activities guided by the teacher and sometimes independently.

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Condense clauses in a growing number of ways (e.g., through embedded clauses as in, She’s a doctor. She saved the animals. → She’s the doctor who saved the animals) to create precise and detailed sentences in shared language activities guided by the teacher and with increasing independence.

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Describe ideas, phenomena (e.g., erosion), and text elements (e.g., central message, character traits) using key details based on understanding of a variety of grade-level texts and viewing of multimedia, with light support.

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Describe ideas, phenomena (e.g., plant life cycle), and text elements (e.g., main idea, characters, events) based on understanding of a select set of grade-level texts and viewing of multimedia, with substantial support.

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Describe ideas, phenomena (e.g., how earthworms eat), and text elements (e.g., setting, events) in greater detail based on understanding of a variety of grade-level texts and viewing of multimedia, with moderate support.

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Use a variety of verb types (e.g., doing, saying, being/having, thinking/feeling) independently.

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Use frequently used verbs (e.g., walk, run) and verb types (e.g., doing, saying, being/having, and thinking/feeling) in shared language activities guided by the teacher and sometimes independently.

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Use a growing number of verb types (e.g., doing, saying, being/having, and thinking/feeling) with increasing independence.