Core Performance Indicators: common to all four ELA standards

Throughout grades 2, 3, and 4, students demonstrate the following core performance indicators in the key ideas of reading, writing, listening, and

speaking.

Reading

• Identify purpose for reading

• Use letter-sound correspondence, knowledge of grammar, and overall context to determine meaning

• Use decoding strategies, such as sounding out words, comparing similar words, breaking words into smaller words, and looking for word parts, such as root words, prefixes, and suffixes

• Use self-monitoring strategies, such as rereading and cross-checking

• Apply corrective strategies, using classroom resources, such as teachers, peers, and reference tools

• Recognize the difference between phrases and sentences

• Read with attention to sentence structure and punctuation, such as periods, question marks, and commas, to assist in comprehension

• Engage in independent silent reading

• Locate the name of the author, illustrator, title page, table of contents, index, and chapter headings

• Recognize and discriminate among a variety of informational texts

• Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words by using context clues, dictionaries, and other classroom resources

• Read aloud at appropriate rate

• Read with increasing fluency and confidence from a variety of texts

• Maintain a personal reading list to reflect reading goals and accomplishments

• Use computer software to support reading

Writing

• Begin to develop a voice in writing

• Spell frequently used words correctly

• Use basic punctuation correctly, such as

   - commas in a series, in simple/compound sentences, and in friendly letters

   - periods, exclamation points, and question marks

   - apostrophes for contractions and singular possessives

   - quotation marks for titles and simple dialogue

• Use, in writing simple/compound sentences,

   - correct tense of regular/irregular verbs

   - subject-verb agreement

   - varied vocabulary and sentence structure

   - various parts of speech, including personal pronouns

• Capitalize words such as literary titles, holidays, and product names

• Write sentences in logical order and create paragraphs to develop ideas

• Use an organizational format that reflects a beginning, middle, and end

• Develop an idea within a brief text

• Learn and use the writing process (e.g., prewriting, drafting, revising, proofreading, and editing)

• Use revision strategies to develop writing, including conferring with teachers and peers, and cutting and pasting

• Determine the intended audience before writing

• Use legible print and/or cursive writing

• Use word processing

 

Listening

• Listen respectfully and responsively

• Attend to a listening activity for an extended period of time

• Avoid interrupting

• Respond appropriately to what is heard

 

Speaking

• Respond respectfully

• Initiate communication with peers and familiar adults

• Use age-appropriate vocabulary

• Speak in grammatically correct sentences

• Use gestures appropriate to conveying meaning

• Establish eye contact, when appropriate, to engage the audience

• Speak loudly enough to be heard by the audience