Standards for The Gift of Community

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

Language Arts

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

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

Standard 8.     Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes

Science (with extension activities)

Standard 6.     Understands relationships among organisms and their physical environment

Standard 8.     Understands the structure and properties of matter

Visual Arts 

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

ESL/ELL

Goal 2, Standard 2: 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: 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