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LISTENING AND SPEAKING

GRADE 3

1.0. LISTENING AND SPEAKING STRATEGIES: Students listen and respond critically to oral communication. They speak in a manner that guides and informs the listener's understanding of key ideas, using appropriate phrasing, pitch, and modulation.

Comprehension:

1.1. retell, paraphrase, and explain what has been said by a speaker

1.2. connect and relate prior experiences, insights, and ideas to those of a speaker

1.3. respond to questions with appropriate elaboration

Organization and Delivery of Oral Communication:

1.5. organize ideas chronologically or around major points of information

1.6. provide a beginning, middle, and end, including concrete details that develop a central idea

1.7. use clear and specific vocabulary to communicate ideas and establish tone

1.8. clarify and enhance oral presentations through use of appropriate props (e.g., objects, pictures, charts)

Analysis and Evaluation of Oral and Media Communications:

1.10. compare ideas and points of view in broadcast and print media

1.11. distinguish between the speaker's opinions and verifiable facts

GRADE 3

2.0. SPEAKING APPLICATIONS (GENRES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS): Students deliver brief recitations and oral presentations about familiar experiences or interests that are organized around a coherent thesis statement. Student speaking demonstrates a command of standard American English and the organization and delivery strategies outlined in Listening and Speaking Standard 1.

Using the Grade 3 speaking strategies outlined in Listening and Speaking Standard 1.0, students: