Bath School Department 2003 - 2007
Content Area: English Language Arts
Grade 3
 

Content Standard: C: Language and Images
Students will demonstrate an understanding of how words and images communicate.
Common Assessment(s):
Performance Indicators

Students will be able to:

Essential Elements

Suggested Performance Activities

Suggested Classroom Assessments
Vocabulary

* Indicates a word the teacher uses to help students start to understand

1. Identify and evaluate how language use varies according to personal situations and settings (e.g., school, home and community).

Students will identify the use of

  • vocabulary
  • grammar

 

As a variety of situations arise students and teacher will discuss language appropriate for the audience or situation.

Teacher observation.

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2. Identify the social context of conversations and its effect on how language is used.

Students will identify the use of

  • vocabulary
  • grammar

See C-1

Teacher observation.

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3. Identify the use of nonverbal cues in conversations.

Students will recognize

  • body language
  • facial expressions
  • gestures

During such activities as drama, conflict resolution, class discussion and personal experience, students will share awareness of nonverbal cues.

Teacher observation.

nonverbal
cues

4. Make observations about the use of language and graphic symbols encountered in various real-life situations.

Students will understand the meaning/use of:

  • pictures
  • icons
  • symbols
  • signs, etc.

Students will
1). use map reading symbols.
2). brainstorm other symbols such as stop signs, etc.

Given a list of graphic symbols students will match symbol to definition.

*symbol

5. Investigate the language of other cultures and compare/contrast them to English.

Students will compare English to an equivalent word learned in their world language class.

Through world language instruction and word analysis students will compare/contrast to English.

Students' performance in world language class.

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6. Make observations about specific uses and idioms of language.

Students will discuss idioms and multiple meanings.

Students will participate in activities from the Sitton's Spelling Sourcebook 2.
Other Resources:
Chocolate Moose
and Fred Gwynne books

Given a list of common idioms students will explain the meanings in writing.

*idiom