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      History, Government, Economics, and Geography, Approved 2005
      Mathematics, Approved 2003
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Kindergarten  
Writing, Approved 2004  
1    Writing
     
  
Standard
   Benchmark
      Indicator
DescriptionLesson Plans Thinkfinity Resources
1 The student writes effectively for a variety of audiences, purposes, and contexts.
   1.1 The student writes narrative text using the writing process.
      1.1.1 The student chooses an idea about which to draw or write. (Ideas and Content: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E)
      1.1.2 The student begins to orally communicate and/or write using personal experience. (Ideas and Content: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E)
      1.1.3 The student writes about one idea using pictures, letters, and words. (Ideas and Content: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E)
      1.1.4 The student gives oral credit to an informational source. (Ideas and Content: presentation: N,E)
      1.1.5 The student participates in shared writing activities where prewriting strategies are introduced. (Organization: prewriting, drafting, revising, N,E)
      1.1.6 The student writes left to right and top to bottom. (Organization: prewriting, drafting, revising, N,E)
      1.1.7 The student writes a complete sentence about one idea. (Organization: prewriting, drafting, revising, N,E)
      1.1.8 The student communicates feelings through drawing and/or words. (Voice: drafting, revising: N,E)
      1.1.9 The student recognizes the difference between nouns, verbs and environmental print. (Word Choice: drafting, revising: N,E)
      1.1.10 The student explores the use of new words to make writing more interesting. (Word Choice: drafting, revising: N,E)
      1.1.11 The student communicates a complete thought. (Sentence Fluency: drafting, revising: N,E)
      1.1.12 The student leaves spaces between words. (Conventions: drafting, revising: N,E)
      1.1.13 The student capitalizes the first letter of their first and last names. (Conventions: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E)
      1.1.14 The student uses most consonant and most vowel sounds correctly. (Conventions: drafting, revising: N,E)
      1.1.15 The student spells own name and writes most letters correctly. (Conventions: drafting, editing: N,E)
   1.2 The student writes expository text using the writing process.
      1.2.1 The student writes about one idea using pictures and some words. (Ideas and Content: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E)
      1.2.2 The student writes about one idea using pictures, letters and words. (Ideas and Content: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E)
      1.2.3 The student begins to orally communicate and/or write using personal experience to provide information. (Ideas and Content: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E)
      1.2.4 The student orally gives credit to an information source. (Ideas and Content: presentation: N,E)
      1.2.5 The student participates in shared writing activities where prewriting strategies are introduced. (Organization: prewriting, drafting: N,E)
      1.2.6 The student writes left to right and top to bottom. (Organization: prewriting, drafting, revising, N,E)
      1.2.7 The student communicates feelings about the topic through drawings. (Voice: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E)
      1.2.8 The student recognizes the difference between nouns, verbs and environmental print. (word Choice: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E)
      1.2.9 The student communicates a complete thought. (Sentence Fluency: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E)
      1.2.10 The student leaves spaces between words. (Conventions: prewriting, revising, drafting: N,E)
      1.2.11 The student capitalizes the first letter of their first and last names. (Conventions: drafting, revising: N,E)
      1.2.12 The student uses most consonant and most vowel sounds correctly. (Conventions: drafting, revising: N,E)
      1.2.13 The student spells own name and writes most letters correctly. (Conventions: drafting, revising: N,E)


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