SCS Curriculum Vital Results - Communication Expression Web Page

1. Vital Results - Communication

Expression

Draft July 1997

EXPRESSION 1.15 SPEAKING:

Grades K-2, (5-8 year-olds)

Grades 3-5, (8-11 year-olds)

Grades 6-8, (11-14 year-olds)

Students use verbal and non-verbal skills to express themselves. This is evident when students:

1.15 Expression - Speaking Cross Referenced to Field of Knowledge Standards:

5.1-5.19,

5.22-5.37,

6.1-6.25,

7.1-7.19

· State and stay on topic.

· Make relevant contributions to group discussion.

· Use descriptive language to express ideas, opinions and feelings.

· Retell sequentially.

· Use appropriate volume. Use eye contact.

· Make relevant contributions to class discussions by using clear, concise language to express ideas, opinions and feelings.

· Encorproate new vocabulary into spoken expression.

· Show awareness of an audience in planning a presentation.

· Make effective use of such devices as pace, volume, stress, enunciation, and pronunciation, gesture, mannerisms, and movement.

· Participate in public events that require spontaneous reactions (e.g. debates, interview, panel discussions).

· Speak with ease in a variety of situations (e.g. greeting guests, oral presentation, peer conferences).

· Make relevant contributions using critical thinking in group discussions.

· Use language expressively and persuasively with increasingly precise vocabulary.

· Recognize audience’s information needs and makes adjustments in content, tone, and/or usage.

· Clarify, illustrate or expand on a response when asked to do so.

· Assume different roles when speaking (e.g. initiator, clarifier, summarizer, evaluator).

1.16 ARTISTIC DIMENSIONS CRITIQUE:

Grades K-2, (5-8 year-olds)

Grades 3-5, (8-11 year-olds)

Grades 6-8, (11-14 year-olds)

Students use a variety of artistic deminstions. This is evident when students:

1.16 Expression - Artistic Dimensions Cross Referenced to Field of Knowledge Standards:

5.1-5.19,

5.22-5.37,

6.1-6.25,

7.1-7.19

· Begin to be comfortable with performance.

· Explore a variety of art forms (e.g. paint, dance, drama).

· Become comfortable with performance.

· Use a variety of art forms (e.g. plays, concerts, presentations, visual art media).

· Perform with appropriate intent.

· Create a variety of art forms (e.g. play writing, drama, musical performance, multi-media presentations)

· Use art as a vehicle to express personal ideas.

1.17 NOTATIONS AND REPRESENTATION:

Grades K-2, (5-8 year-olds)

Grades 3-5, (8-11 year-olds)

Grades 6-8, (11-14 year-olds)

Students interpret and communicate using mathematical, scientific, and technological notation and representation. This is evident when students:

1.17 Expression - Notations and Representation Cross Referenced to Field of Knowledge Standards:

6.1-6.25,

7.1-7.19

· Collect data and then make charts, graphs, and pictures with teacher guidance.

· Express ideas in a variety of ways (e.g. words, numbers, symbols, pic

· Collect data, make charts, graphs and other representations independently.

· Use appropriate vocabulary to explain math, science and technological work (e.g. x-axis, hypothesis, graphics).

· Explain a scientific, mathematical, or technological concept using physical models (e.g. science experiments, math manipulative).

· Appropriately represent data and results in multiple ways (e.g. numbers and statistics, drawings and pictures, sentences, charts, tables, equations, simple algebraic equations and models).

· Use appropriate scientific, technological, and mathematical vocabulary and representations to communicate simple and complex situations.

· Use physical models to confirm and communicate mathematical scientific and technological relationships and concepts.

	Grades K-2, (5-8 year-olds)	Grades 3-5, (8-11 year-olds)	Grades 6-8, (11-14 year-olds)
1.15 SPEAKING: Students use verbal and non-verbal skills to express themselves. 1.16 ARTISTIC DIMENSIONS CRITIQUE: Students critique what they have heard. 1.17 NOTATIONS AND REPRESENTATION: Students interpret and communicate using mathematical, scientific, and technological notation and representation.
Examples of Classroom Activities for Standard 1.15, 1.16 and 1.17 This will vary from team to team.	Circle time Class meeting Plays, skits Book discussions Presentations	Team meetings Research presentations Plays Multiple intelligence learning stations Portfolio problem solving Science experiments	Problem solving groups Literature circles Team meetings Student(s) presentations Peer conferences Drama Integrated art projects
Examples of Assessment Strategies for Standards 1.15, 1.16, and 1.17

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