Academic Language Development: Early Gr. 3-5

Other Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania Expanded Core Competencies: for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing sets

• Academic Language Development: Emerging Pre-K-2
• Audiology: Hearing & Listening: Emerging Pre-K-2
• Career & Work Readiness: Emerging Pre-K-2
• Communication: American Sign Language: Emerging Pre-K-2
• Communication: Spoken Language: Emerging Pre-K-2
• Self-Determination & Advocacy: Emerging Pre-K-2
• Social Emotional Competencies: Emerging Pre-K-2
• Technology: Emerging Pre-K-2
• Audiology: Hearing & Listening: Early Gr. 3-5
• Career & Work Readiness: Early Gr. 3-5
• Communication: Spoken Language: Early Gr. 3-5
• Self-Determination & Advocacy: Early Gr. 3-5
• Social Emotional Competencies: Early Gr. 3-5
• Technology: Early Gr. 3-5
• Communication: American Sign Language: Early Gr. 3-5
• Academic Language Development: Intermediate Gr. 6-8
• Audiology: Hearing & Listening: Intermediate Gr. 6-8
• Career & Work Readiness: Intermediate Gr. 6-8
• Communication: Spoken Language: Intermediate Gr. 6-8
• Self-Determination & Advocacy: Intermediate Gr. 6-8
• Social Emotional Competencies: Intermediate Gr. 6-8
• Technology: Intermediate Gr. 6-8
• Academic Language Development: Advanced Gr. 9-12
• Audiology: Hearing & Listening: Advanced Gr. 9-12
• Career & Work Readiness: Advanced Gr. 9-12
• Communication: American Sign Language: Intermediate Gr. 6-8
• Self-Determination & Advocacy: Advanced Gr. 9-12
• Social Emotional Competencies: Advanced Gr. 9-12
• Technology: Advanced Gr. 9-12
• Communication: American Sign Language: Advanced Gr. 9-12

Uses various strategies for remembering important content for short periods of time, i.e., working memoryALD.2.E1

Asks and answer questions to clarify or hypothesizeALD.2.E2

Demonstrates a consistent strategy for formulating a definitionALD.2.E3

Identifies main ideas and key detailsALD.2.E4

Demonstrates a consistent strategy for summarizing events and ideasALD.2.E5

Provides "examples and non-examples" when categorizingALD.2.E6

Demonstrates understanding of similarities & difference with the use of graphic organizersALD.2.E7

Matches cause and effect statements in expository text & in children's literatureALD.2.E8

Explains the "why" &"how" of a situation, motive, etc.ALD.2.E9

Identifies & raises questions about what might be missing, unexplained, or left unsaidALD.2.E10

Determines what is known vs. unknownALD.2.E11

Defines & classifies facts & opinionsALD.2.E12

Clarifies & elaborates ideas based on feedbackALD.2.E13

Refines statements and reasoning based on new information or evidenceALD.2.E14

Describes the parts and wholes of systemsALD.2.E15

Uses grade appropriate time-order words in context to show sequence, etc.ALD.2.E16

Explains steps & vocabulary needed to engage in the scientific processALD.2.E17

Uses a consistent strategy for making observationsALD.2.E18

Compares and contrasts information about specific entitiesALD.2.E19

Demonstrates consistent strategy for justifying math answersALD.2.E20

Follows & describes cycles and sequences of steps or procedure in math & scienceALD.2.E21

Uses grade-level mathematical terms and phrases to describe concepts, processes, and purposeALD.2.E22

Analyzes materials & steps needed to complete tasksALD.2.E23

Explains and maintains organizational systems within the school settingALD.2.E24

Has consistent strategies for responding to various commands in test directionsALD.2.E25

Reads simple graphs from bottom to top or diagonally, as appropriateALD.3.E1

Reads tables/schedules from top to bottomALD.3.E2

Understands & uses assigned outlines and graphic organizers for academic purposesALD.3.E3

Explains content & purposes of environmental print within school settingALD.3.E4

Identifies/explains unfamiliar metaphors and idioms in assigned texts to expand background knowledgeALD.3.E5

Uses specific strategies to identify key words, dates and/ or definitions in textbooks, discussions, classrooms, & other printed materialsALD.3.E6

Applies strategies to read informational text and literature in order to build background knowledge of vocabulary and concepts prior to grade level learningALD.3.E7

Applies background knowledge to make inferences that are implicit in textALD.3.E8

Differentiates between characters and the narratorALD.3.E9

Identifies the language in written text that informs the reader about the narrator & other story elementsALD.3.E10

Determines point of view in literature and identifies the relevant textALD.3.E11

Identifies adjectives that set tone in written texts and in academic discourseALD.3.E12

Demonstrates understanding of problem/solution in written text, (i.e., key vocabulary & sequence)ALD.3.E13

Identifies & uses features of a text to locate important information e.g., subtitles, table of contents, diagrams, glossaryALD.3.E14

Selects appropriate resources to complete assignments (encyclopedia, dictionary, internet, etc.)ALD.3.E15

Has a consistent strategy for identifying types of math questions & expectations for corresponding answersALD.3.E16

Identifies text structures used in science, e.g., acted on, driven by, deals withALD.3.E17

Understands determiners that change meaning of written textALD.4.E1

Creates varied sentences based on modelsALD.4.E2

Uses adjectives & adverbs to compare attributesALD.4.E3

Forms comparative and superlative adjectives in contextALD.4.E4

Uses adjectives to describe equal & unequal quantitiesALD.4.E5

Demonstrates understanding of number and quantity prefixesALD.4.E6

Recognizes and expands contractionsALD.4.E7

Understands how different parts of speech are used to change text meaning, e.g., conjunctions, adjectives, adverbs, articles, etc.ALD.4.E8

Utilizes select parts of speech and descriptors to increase length of written and non-written utterancesALD.4.E9