Our purpose is to guide all students to communicate effectively using language skills.
Standard #1: Inquiry
Standard #4: Perspectives
Standard #1: Inquiry Grades K-2 Ask questions, look for answers, sort and classify information. Grades 3-5: Investigate and interpret information. Grades 6-8: Assemble information and evaluate its relevance. Grades 9-12: Formulate questions, research and utilize quality information. Standard #2: Connection Grades K-2: Recognize and retell what you see, do and read. Grades 3-5: Identify, explore and explain relationships and meaning. Grades 6-8: Classify and appraise relationships and meaning. Grades 9-12: Draw an association between personal experience and concepts. Standard #3: Structure Grades K-2: Choose and construct pictures, words, sentences and stories. Grades 3-5: Identify and organize components and patterns of language. Grades 6-8: Implement the use of a template to fashion written and oral compositions. Grades 9-12: Utilize appropriate language and organizational strategies to convey meaning. Standard #4: Creation Grades K-2: Make a project that shows what you know. Grades 3-5: Produce an original work to express an idea. Grades 6-8: Compose products that apply language skills for a specific purpose. Grades 9-12: Develop and present a product that synthesizes knowledge and skills. |

