State Curriculum - Reading

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Standard 7.0 Speaking: Student will communicate effectively in a variety of situations with different audiences, purposes, and formats.	Standard 7.0 Speaking: Student will communicate effectively in a variety of situations with different audiences, purposes, and formats.	Standard 7.0 Speaking: Student will communicate effectively in a variety of situations with different audiences, purposes, and formats.	Standard 7.0 Speaking: Student will communicate effectively in a variety of situations with different audiences, purposes, and formats.
A. Speaking	A. Speaking	A. Speaking	A. Speaking
1. Use organization and delivery strategies	1. Use organization and delivery strategies	1. Use organization and delivery strategies	1. Use organization and delivery strategies
a. Speak clearly enough to be heard and understood in a variety of settings	a. Speak clearly enough to be heard and understood in a variety of settings	a. Speak clearly enough to be heard and understood in a variety of settings	a. Speak clearly enough to be heard and understood in a variety of settings
		b. Use verbal and non-verbal techniques useful in communication, such as volume and/or gestures	b. Use verbal and non-verbal techniques useful in communication, such as volume and/or gestures
2. Make oral presentations	2. Make oral presentations	2. Make oral presentations	2. Make oral presentations
a. Speak in a variety of situations to inform and/or relate experiences, such as retelling stories	a. Speak in a variety of situations to inform and/or relate experiences, such as retelling stories and/or state an opinion	a. Speak in a variety of situations to inform and/or relate experiences, including retelling stories	a. Speak in a variety of situations to inform and/or relate experiences, including retelling stories
b. Use props in situations, such as show-and-tell	b. Use props in situations, such as show-and-tell	b. State a position and support it with reasons	b. State a position and support it with reasons
		c. Use props when appropriate	c. Participate in dramatic presentations
			d. Plan and deliver effective oral presentations
			e. Use props when appropriate

	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