Standard 3: Language Arts Literacy

Language Arts Literacy Cumulative Progress Indicators (CPIs) for the end of the designated grade span

Place a "+" for an expectation that represents a strength & a "-" for a weakness

 

STANDARD 3.3 (SPEAKING) ALL STUDENTS WILL SPEAK IN CLEAR, CONCISE, ORGANIZED LANGUAGE THAT VARIES IN CONTENT AND FORM FOR DIFFERENT AUDIENCES AND PURPOSES.

 

D.  Oral Presentation

 

By the end of Kindergarten, students will:

 

1.  Sing familiar songs and rhymes to promote oral language development.  

 

2.  Begin to use social conventions of language.

 

Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 1, students will:

 

1.  Recite poems, stories, or rhymes orally (e.g., favorite nursery rhymes).

 

2.  Participate in choral reading to develop phonemic awareness, oral language, and fluency.

 

3.  Retell a story to check for understanding.

 

4.  Read aloud from developmentally appropriate texts with attention to expression.

 

Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 2, students will:

 

1.      Participate in a dramatization or role play.

 

 2.   Begin to understand the importance of looking at a speaker.

 

 3.  Talk about an experience or work sample in front of a small group.

 

 Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 3, students will:

 

1.   Use pictures to support an oral presentation.

 

2.   Attempt to revise future presentations based on feedback from peers and teacher.

 

3.   Use appropriate strategies to prepare, rehearse and deliver an oral presentation:  word choice, expression, eye contact and volume.

 

Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 4, students will:

 

1.      Speak for a variety of audiences and purposes.

 

2.      Prepare, rehearse, and deliver a formal presentation in logical or sequential order, including an opening, supportive details, and a closing statement.

 

3.      Use notes or other memory aids to structure a presentation.

 

4.      Maintain audience interest during formal presentations, incorporating adequate volume, proper pacing, and clear enunciation.

 

5.      Participate in a dramatization or role-play across the curriculum.

 

6.      Read aloud with fluency.

 

7.      Understand and use criteria for a rubric to improve an oral presentation.

 

Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 5, students will:

 

 1.         Develop and deliver a formal presentation based on a central theme, including logical sequence, introduction, main ideas, supporting details, and concluding remarks to an audience of peers, younger students, and/or parents.

 

 2.         Prepare, rehearse, and deliver a formal presentation in logical or sequential order, including an opening, supportive details, and a closing statement.

 

 3.         Use clear, precise, organized language that reflects the conventions of spoken English.

 

 4.        Use visuals such as charts or graphs when presenting for clarification.

 

 5.         Use props effectively while speaking.

 

 6.         Maintain audience interest during formal presentations, incorporating adequate volume, proper pacing, and clear enunciation.

 

 7.         Use verbal and non verbal elements of delivery (e.g., eye contact, stance) to maintain audience focus.

 

8.         Read aloud with fluency.

 

 9.         Understand and use criteria from a rubric to improve an oral presentation.

 

 10.     Incorporate peer feedback and teacher suggestions for revisions in content, organization, and delivery.

 

Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 6, students will:

 

 1.        Develop and deliver a formal presentation based on a central theme, including logical sequence, introduction, main ideas, supporting details, and concluding remarks to an audience of peers, younger students, and/or parents.

 

 2.         Prepare, rehearse, and deliver a formal presentation in logical or sequential order, including an opening, supportive details, and a closing statement.

 

3.         Use clear, precise, organized language that reflects the conventions of spoken English.

 

 4.         Use visuals such as charts or graphs when presenting for clarification.

 

 5.         Use props effectively while speaking.

 

 6.         Use verbal and non verbal elements of delivery (e.g., eye contact, stance) to maintain audience focus.

 

 7.         Read aloud with fluency.

 

 8.         Understand and use criteria from a rubric to improve an oral presentation.

 

 9.         Incorporate peer feedback and teacher suggestions for revisions in content, organization, and delivery.

 

Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 7, students will:

 

 1.         Use writing to prompt discussion and enhance planning of formal and informal presentations.

 

 2.         Use visual aids, media, and/or technology to support oral communication.

 

 3.         Give oral presentations to different audiences for various purposes, such as summaries of books and articles, narratives, and persuasive topics.

 

 4.         Acknowledge the audience with eye contact and use appropriate verbal responses to clarify questions and inquiries.

 

5.         Incorporate peer feedback and teacher suggestions for revisions in content, organization, and delivery.

 

 6.         Develop speaking techniques, including voice modulation, inflection, tempo, enunciation, and eye contact for effective presentations.

 

7.         Use a scoring rubric to prepare, evaluate, and improve the oral presentations of self and others.

 

 8.         Read aloud with fluency.

 

Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 8, students will:

 

 1.         Use writing to prompt discussion and enhance planning of formal and informal presentations.

 

 2.         Use visual aids, media, and/or technology to support oral communication.

 

 3.         Give oral presentations to different audiences for various purposes, such as summaries of books and articles, narratives, and persuasive topics, research projects, and extemporaneous/impromptu, dramatic speeches.

 

 4.         Acknowledge the audience with eye contact and use appropriate verbal responses to clarify questions and inquiries.

 

 5.         Incorporate peer feedback and teacher suggestions for revisions in content, organization, and delivery.

 

 6.         Use speaking techniques, including voice modulation, inflection, tempo, enunciation, and eye contact, for effective presentations.

 

7.         Use a scoring rubric to prepare, evaluate, and improve the oral presentations of self and others.

 

 8.         Read aloud with fluency.

 

Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 12, students will:

 

 1.         Speak for a variety of purposes (e.g., persuasion, information, entertainment, literary interpretation, dramatization, personal expression).

 

 2.         Use a variety of organizational strategies (e.g., focusing idea, attention getters, clinchers, repetition, transition words).

 

 3.         Demonstrate effective delivery strategies (e.g., eye contact, body language, volume, intonation, articulation) when speaking.

 

 4.         Edit drafts of speeches independently and in peer discussions.

 

 5.         Modify oral communications through sensing audience confusion, and make impromptu revisions in oral presentation (e.g., summarizing, restating, adding illustrations/details).

 

 6.         Use a rubric to self-assess and improve oral presentations.