Standards for The Gift of Community

STANDARDS
Activities and embedded assessments address the following standards (McREL 4th edition [1]):

Language Arts

Standard 1.     Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process [2]

Standard 5.     Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process [3]

Standard 8.     Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes [4]

Science (with extension activities)

Standard 6.     Understands relationships among organisms and their physical environment [5]

Standard 8.     Understands the structure and properties of matter [6]

Visual Arts 

Standard 1.     Understands and applies media, techniques, and processes related to the visual arts [7]

ESL/ELL

Goal 2, Standard 2 [8]: To use English to achieve academically in all content areas: Students will use English to obtain, process, construct, and provide subject matter information in spoken and written form

Goal 2, Standard 3: To use English to achieve academically in all content areas: Students will use appropriate learning strategies to construct and apply academic knowledge

Goal 1, Standard 3 [9]: To use English to communicate in social settings: Students will use learning strategies to extend their communicative competence

Goal 2, Standard 3: To use English to achieve academically in all content areas: Students will use appropriate learning strategies to construct and apply academic knowledge

Goal 3, Standard 3: To use English in socially and culturally appropriate ways: Students will use appropriate learning strategies to extend their sociolinguistic and sociocultural competence