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Standard:
Demonstrate understanding of the general meaning and some basic information on very familiar common daily topics. Recognize memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences in authentic texts that are spoken, written, or signed.

Goal:
Students demonstrate understanding, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics, from authentic texts. They use technology, when appropriate, to access information.

Standard:
Demonstrate understanding of words, phrases (signs and fingerspelling in ASL), and simple sentences on very familiar common daily topics. Use orthography, phonology, ASL parameters, and very basic sentence-level elements (morphology and/or syntax).

Goal:
Students use the following structures to communicate: sounds, parameters, and writing systems (Novice); basic word and sentence formation (Intermediate); structures for major time frames and text structures for paragraph-level discourse (Advanced); all structures and text structures for extended discourse (Superior). Students use the following language text types to communicate: learned words, signs and fingerspelling, and phrases (Novice); sentences and strings of sentences (Intermediate); paragraphs and strings of paragraphs (Advanced); or coherent, cohesive multi-paragraph texts (Superior).

Standard:
Identify similarities and differences in the orthography, phonology, ASL parameters, and very basic sentence-level elements (morphology and/or syntax) of the languages known.

Goal:
To interact with communicative competence, students use the target language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the nature of language through comparisons of similarities and differences in the target language and the language(s) they know.

Standard:
Identify some similarities and differences among very familiar, common daily products, practices, and perspectives in the mainstream cultures of the United States, the students’ own cultures, and the target cultures.

Goal:
To interact with cultural competence, students use the target language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the nature of culture through comparisons of similarities and differences in the target cultures and the culture(s) they know.

Standard:
Acquire, exchange, and present information primarily in the target language about very familiar common daily elements of life and age-appropriate academic content across disciplines.

Goal:
To function in real-world situations, academic, and career-related settings, students build, reinforce, and expand their knowledge of other disciplines using the target language to develop critical thinking and solve problems.

Standard:
Acquire, exchange, and present information in the target language on topics related to self and the immediate environment, and age-appropriate academic content across disciplines.

Goal:
To function in real-world situations, academic, and career-related settings, students build, reinforce, and expand their knowledge of other disciplines using the target language to develop critical thinking and solve problems.

Standard:
Exchange information about similarities and differences among common daily products, practices, and perspectives in the immediate environment in the mainstream cultures of the United States, the students’ own cultures, and the target cultures.

Goal:
To interact with cultural competence, students use the target language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the nature of culture through comparisons of similarities and differences in the target cultures and the culture(s) they know.

Standard:
Identify similarities and differences in the basic sentence-level elements (morphology and syntax) of the languages known.

Goal:
To interact with communicative competence, students use the target language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the nature of language through comparisons of similarities and differences in the target language and the language(s) they know.

Standard:
Demonstrate understanding of transactional and informal topics related to self and the immediate environment. Use basic sentence-level elements (morphology and syntax).

Goal:
Students use the following structures to communicate: sounds, parameters, and writing systems (Novice); basic word and sentence formation (Intermediate); structures for major time frames and text structures for paragraph-level discourse (Advanced); all structures and text structures for extended discourse (Superior). Students use the following language text types to communicate: learned words, signs and fingerspelling, and phrases (Novice); sentences and strings of sentences (Intermediate); paragraphs and strings of paragraphs (Advanced); or coherent, cohesive multi-paragraph texts (Superior).

Standard:
Demonstrate understanding of the main idea and some details on some informal topics related to self and the immediate environment. Demonstrate understanding of sentences and strings of sentences in authentic texts that are spoken, written, or signed.

Goal:
Students demonstrate understanding, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics, from authentic texts. They use technology, when appropriate, to access information.