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North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

English Language Arts (2004)

Grade 1

• Goal 3: The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.
  • Objective 3.01: Elaborate on how information and events connect to life experiences.
• Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
  • Objective 4.04: Extend skills in using oral and written language:
    • clarifying purposes for engaging in communication.
    • using clear and precise language to paraphrase messages.
    • engaging in more extended oral discussions.
    • producing written products.
    • completing graphic organizers.
  • Objective 4.05: Write and/or participate in writing by using an author's model of language and extending the model (e.g., writing different ending for a story, composing an innovation of a poem).
• Goal 5: The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively.
  • Objective 5.01: Use phonic knowledge and basic patterns (e.g., an, ee, ake) to spell correctly three-and four-letter words.
  • Objective 5.02: Apply phonics to write independently, using temporary and/or conventional spelling.
  • Objective 5.04: Use complete sentences to write simple texts.
  • Objective 5.05: Use basic capitalization and punctuation
    • first word in a sentence.
    • proper names.
    • period to end declarative sentence.
    • question mark to end interrogative sentence.
  • Objective 5.06: Self-monitor composition by using one or two strategies (e.g., rereading, peer conferences).

Grade 2

• Goal 3: The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.
  • Objective 3.03: Explain and describe new concepts and information in own words (e.g., plot, setting, major events, characters, author's message, connections, topic, key vocabulary, key concepts, text features).
• Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
  • Objective 4.06: Plan and make judgments about what to include in written products (e.g., narratives of personal experiences, creative stories, skits based on familiar stories and/or experiences).
  • Objective 4.07: Compose first drafts using an appropriate writing process:
    • planning and drafting.
    • rereading for meaning.
    • revising to clarify and refine writing with guided discussion.
• Goal 5: The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively.
  • Objective 5.01: Spell correctly using:
    • previously studied words.
    • spelling patterns.
    • analysis of sounds to represent all the sounds in a word in one's own writing.
  • Objective 5.03: Use capitalization, punctuation, and paragraphs in own writing.
  • Objective 5.05: Use editing to check and confirm correct use of conventions
    • complete sentences.
    • correct word order in sentences.