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Retell text and recount experiences, using key words.

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Retell texts and recount experiences, using complete sentences and key words.

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Use a wide variety of general academic and domain-specific words, synonyms, antonyms, and non-literal language (e.g., The dog was as big as a house) to create an effect, precision, and shades of meaning while speaking and writing.

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Use a select number of general academic and domain-specific words to add detail (e.g., adding the word scrumptious to describe a favorite food, using the word thorax to refer to insect anatomy) while speaking and writing.

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Use a growing number of general academic and domain-specific words in order to add detail, create an effect (e.g., using the word suddenly to signal a change), or create shades of meaning (e.g., prance versus walk) while speaking and writing.

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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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Retell texts and recount experiences using increasingly detailed complete sentences and key words.

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Retell texts and recount experiences by using key words.