LISTENING
LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5
• Evaluate information in social and academic conversations
• Distinguish main ideas from supporting points in oral, content-related discourse
• Use learning strategies described orally
• Categorize content-based examples described orally
• Distinguish between multiple meanings of oral words or phrases in social and academic contexts
• Analyze content-related tasks or assignments based on oral discourse
• Categorize examples of genres read aloud
• Compare traits based on visuals and oral descriptions using specific and some technical language
• Interpret cause and effect scenarios from oral discourse
• Make inferences from oral discourse containing satire, sarcasm, or humor
• Identify and react to subtle differences in speech and register (e.g., hyperbole, satire, comedy)
• Evaluate intent of speech and act accordingly
SPEAKING
LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5
• Suggest ways to resolve issues or pose solutions
• Compare/contrast features, traits, characteristics using general and some specific language
• Sequence processes, cycles, procedures, or events
• Conduct interviews or gather information through oral interaction
• Estimate, make predictions or pose hypotheses from models
• Take a stance and use evidence to defend it
• Explain content-related issues and concepts
• Compare and contrast points of view
• Analyze and share pros and cons of choices
• Use and respond to gossip, slang, and idiomatic expressions
• Use speaking strategies (e.g., circumlocution)
• Give multimedia oral presentations on grade-level material
• Engage in debates on content-related issues using technical language
• Explain metacognitive strategies for solving problems (e.g., “Tell me how you know it.”)
• Negotiate meaning in pairs
READING
LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5
• Apply multiple meanings of words/phrases to social and academic contexts
• Identify topic sentences or main ideas and details in paragraphs
• Answer questions about explicit information in texts
• Differentiate between fact and opinion in text
• Order paragraphs or sequence information within paragraphs
• Compare/contrast authors’ points of view, characters, information, or events
• Interpret visually- or graphically-supported information
• Infer meaning from text
• Match cause to effect
• Evaluate usefulness of data or information supported visually or graphically
• Interpret grade-level literature
• Synthesize grade-level expository text
• Draw conclusions from different sources of informational text
• Infer significance of data or information in grade-level material
• Identify evidence of bias
WRITING
LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5
• Complete reports from templates
• Compose short narrative and expository pieces
• Outline ideas and details using graphic organizers
• Compare and reflect on performance against criteria (e.g., rubrics)
• Summarize content-related notes from lectures or text
• Revise work based on narrative or oral feedback
• Compose narrative and expository text for a variety of purposes
• Justify or defend ideas and opinions
• Produce content-related reports
• Produce research reports from multiple sources
• Create original pieces that represent the use of a variety of genres and discourses
• Critique, peer-edit and make recommendations on others’ writing from rubrics
• Explain, with details, phenomena,