Grades 2-3

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• Kindergarten
• Grade 1
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• Grades 9-12 Basic
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• Grades 9-12 Pre-Emergent/Emergent

Determine the meaning of less frequently occurring words and phrases and content specific words.AZ ELP 2-3.2.I-1

Determine the meaning of idiomatic expressions and figurative language (e.g. metaphors, similes, adages, and proverbs) in texts about a variety of topics, experiences, or events.AZ ELP 2-3.2.I-2

Apply context clues, information from visual aids, reference materials, and knowledge of grade-appropriate English morphology to determine meaning of unknown words.AZ ELP 2-3.2.I-3

deliver oral presentations that include details and examples to develop a topic.AZ ELP 2-3.3.I-1

compose written narratives using appropriate conventions that include details and examples to develop a topic.AZ ELP 2-3.3.I-2

compose informational texts that include details and examples to develop a topic while using appropriate conventions.AZ ELP 2-3.3.I-3

produce writing with appropriate organization on a variety of topics, experiences, or events.AZ ELP 2-3.3.I-4

express an opinion about a given topic or text.AZ ELP 2-3.4.I-1

supply a reason that supports the opinion and is based on more detailed textual evidence and relevant background knowledge.AZ ELP 2-3.4.I-2

use gradeappropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including adjectives, adverbs, and appropriate transition words.AZ ELP 2-3.4.I-3

provide a conclusion that summarizes the opinion presentedAZ ELP 2-3.4.I-4

shift appropriately between informal “playground speech” and language appropriate to the classroom.AZ ELP 2-3.5.I-1

use grade appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including adjectives, adverbs, and appropriate transition words.AZ ELP 2-3.5.I-2

participate in extended conversations and discussions about a variety of topics and texts.AZ ELP 2-3.6.I-1

participate in extended written exchanges about a variety of topics and texts.AZ ELP 2-3.6.I-2

express own ideas using the rules for discussion.AZ ELP 2-3.6.I-3

pose and respond to relevant questions about a variety of topics and texts.  AZ ELP 2-3.6.I-4

build on the ideas of others.AZ ELP 2-3.6.I-5

gather information from print and digital provided resources to answer questions.AZ ELP 2-3.7.I-1

respond to a question or problem based on gathered information from multiple (personal experience, digital, and print) sources.AZ ELP 2-3.7.I-2

explain how an author or speaker uses reasons and evidence to support or fail to support specific points.AZ ELP 2-3.8.I-1

ask and answer yes-no, either-or, and wh- questions in order to clarify what an author or speaker says.AZ ELP 2-3.8.I-2

use general academic and domain-specific words and phrases that signal spatial and temporal relationships. AZ ELP 2-3.8.I-3

apply understanding of how text types are organized when writing and speaking in complex texts (e.g., how a story is organized sequentially versus how an informative text is organized by topic and details versus how an opinion text is organized by opinion and supporting reasons).AZ ELP 2-3.9.I-1

apply increasing understanding of how ideas, events, or reasons are linked throughout a text by using grade appropriate linking words and temporal words when writing and speaking.AZ ELP 2-3.9.I-2

using grade appropriate singular and plural nouns. AZ ELP 2-3.10.I-1

using grade appropriate common and proper nouns with appropriate determiners (e.g., articles and demonstratives).AZ ELP 2-3.10.I-2

using possessives with grade appropriate nouns. (e.g., That is Mary’s backpack.).AZ ELP 2-3.10.I-3

using personal (subject and object), possessive, and indefinite pronouns.AZ ELP 2-3.10.I-4

using verbs in the past progressive.AZ ELP 2-3.10.I-5

using grade appropriate verbs in the simple present and simple past, including irregular past forms (e.g., drank, sat, wrote).AZ ELP 2-3.10.I-6

using gradeappropriate verbs in the future with “going to” and “will”.AZ ELP 2-3.10.I-7

applying subjectverb agreement using grade-appropriate nouns and verbs.AZ ELP 2-3.10.I-8

using a variety of frequently occurring adjectives (i.e., descriptive, possessive, demonstrative).AZ ELP 2-3.10.I-9

using a variety of prepositional phrases (e.g. ,toward the playground) to provide detail (e.g., time, manner, place, cause).AZ ELP 2-3.10.I-10

using frequently occurring conjunctions (e.g., and, but, or, so, because).AZ ELP 2-3.10.I-11

using appropriate word order (subject-verb-object) in declarative, imperative, and interrogative sentences.AZ ELP 2-3.10.I-12