State Curriculum - Reading

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Standard 6.0 Listening: Students will demonstrate effective listening to learn, process, and analyze information. Standard 6.0 Listening: Students will demonstrate effective listening to learn, process, and analyze information. Standard 6.0 Listening: Students will demonstrate effective listening to learn, process, and analyze information.
A. Listening A. Listening A. Listening
1. Demonstrate active listening strategies
1. Demonstrate active listening strategies
1. Apply and demonstrate listening skills appropriately in a variety of settings and for a variety of purposes
a. Attend to the speaker
a. Attend to the speaker
a. Attend to the speaker
b. Ask appropriate questions
b. Ask appropriate questions
b. Ask appropriate questions
c. Contribute relevant comments
c. Contribute relevant comments
c. Contribute relevant comments
d. Relate prior knowledge
d. Relate prior knowledge
d. Relate prior knowledge
    e. Use note-taking to assist listening when appropriate
    f. Maintain visual contact with the speaker
    g. Maintain focus by identifying and managing barriers to listening
2. Comprehend and analyze what is heard
2. Comprehend and analyze what is heard
2. Apply comprehension and literary analysis strategies and skills for a variety of listening purposes and settings
a. Determine speaker's purpose
a. Determine speaker's purpose
a. Elaborate on the information and ideas presented
b. Identify how the language of the presentation contributes to effect and meaning
b. Identify how the language of the presentation contributes to effect and meaning
b. Make inferences or draw conclusions based on the presentation
c. Demonstrate an understanding of what is heard by retelling, asking questions, relating prior knowledge, and summarizing
c. Elaborate on the information and ideas presented
c. Determine speaker's attitude through verbal and non-verbal cues such as tone of voice, inflections, body language, facial expressions
d. Follow a set of multi-step directions
d. Draw conclusions based on the information presented
d. Explain how the effects of language contribute to meaning
e. Listen carefully to expand and enrich vocabulary
e. Determine speaker's attitude through verbal and non-verbal cues such as tone of voice, inflections, and facial expressions
e. Provide constructive feedback to speakers concerning the delivery as well as its overall impact upon the listeners
f. Make judgments based on information from the speaker
   
 

Indicators/objectives that include assessment limits are assessed on MSA *New Standards identifies the need for students to process 1 million words per year to maintain academic progress.

 

MSDE has developed a toolkit for these standards which can be found online at: http://mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/reading/vsc_toolkit.html.

 

11/15/07