Independently and consistently Independently and consistently participates in Developing towards independence and Limited ability or unable to participate exceeds Proficiency Level 3. shared research and writing projects (e.g., consistency when participating in shared in shared research and writing projects read a number of on a single topic to research and writing projects (e.g., read a (e.g., read a number of books on a produce a report; record science number of books on a single topic to single topic to produce a report; observations); recalls information from produce a report; record science record science observations); recall experiences or gathers information from observations); when recalling information information from experiences or gather provided sources to answer a question. from experiences or gathering information information from provided sources to from provided sources to answer a answer a question. question. LANGUAGE: Uses knowledge of English language and its conventions when speaking and writing Standards: L.2.1 Proficiency Proficiency Proficiency Proficiency Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 Independently Independently Developing Limited and and towards ability or consistently consistently independence unable to exceeds uses of and use of Proficiency speech consistency speech 3. correctl;y in when using correctly in writing. parts of writing. Occasional speech errors may correctly in occur. writing. LANGUAGE: Uses strategies to clarify the meaning of known and unknown words to increase vocabulary. Standards: L.2.4, L.2.5 Proficiency Proficiency Proficiency Proficiency Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 Independently Independently Developing Limited and and towards ability or consistently consistently independence unable to exceeds determines and determine
Independently and consistently exceeds Proficiency Level 3. Independently and consistently participates in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations); recalls information from experiences or gathers information from provided sources to answer a question. Developing towards independence and consistency when participating in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations); when recalling information from experiences or gathering information from provided sources to answer a question. Limited ability or unable to participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations); recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question. LANGUAGE: Uses knowledge of English language and its conventions when speaking and writing Standards: L.2.1 Proficiency Level 4 Proficiency Level 3 Proficiency Level 2 Proficiency Level 1 Independently and consistently exceeds Proficiency 3. Independently and consistently uses of speech correctl;y in writing. Occasional errors may occur. Developing towards independence and consistency when using parts of speech correctly in writing. Limited ability or unable to use of speech correctly in writing. LANGUAGE: Uses strategies to clarify the meaning of known and unknown words to increase vocabulary. Standards: L.2.4, L.2.5 Proficiency Level 4 Proficiency Level 3 Proficiency Level 2 Proficiency Level 1 Independently and consistently exceeds Independently and consistently determines Developing towards independence and Limited ability or unable to determine
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