Communication

• I can use evidence to support my opinions.
• I can ask questions or make comments to further the conversation.
• I can respectfully disagree with the ideas of others.

• I can ask questions that provoke thought or advance communication.
• I can provide respectful, relevant feedback that promotes growth.

• I can listen in order to gather information for a specified purpose.
• I can listen for points of agreement, disagreement, and potential questions.

• I can plan or adjust organization, content, and language to meet my purpose and the needs of my audience.

• I can correctly capitalize the first word in a sentence, the pronoun I, and proper nouns.
• I can use periods, question marks, exclamation points, and commas correctly in my writing.
• I can use resources to correct my spelling before publishing writing.

• I can learn and correctly use academic and domain-specific vocabulary in writing or speaking.

• I can develop my written ideas clearly.
• I can use relevant evidence to support a claim or explain understanding.
• I can structure my writing and organize my ideas to complete my task, support my purpose, and meet the needs of my audience

• I can evaluate the validity of an author’s claim using an opinion with logical reasoning that is supported by relevant evidence from a credible source.

I can interpret the meaning of words and phrases, including technical meanings and symbols by using context clues, word analysis, background knowledge, etc.

• I can identify the central idea(s) of the text.
• I can identify and summarize specific details that relate to the central idea(s).
• I can explain how the details support the central idea(s).