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TEKS
Correlations
Grades
4-7
Social
Studies
Grade
4: 18.
Citizenship. The student understands the importance of voluntary
individual participation in the democratic process. The student
is expected to:
(A) explain how individuals can participate voluntarily in civic
affairs at state and local levels.
20. Culture. The student understands the contributions of people
of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups to Texas. The student
is expected to:
(C) summarize the contributions of people of various racial, ethnic,
and religious groups in the development of Texas.
Grade 4:22, Grade 5:25, Grade 6&7:21:
Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills
to organize and use information acquired from a variety of sources
including electronic technology. The student is expected to:
(D) identify different points of view about an issue or topic.
Grade 4:23, Grade 5:26, Grade 6&7:22:
Social studies skills. The student communicates in written, oral,
and visual forms. The student is expected to:
(A) use social studies terminology correctly; (B) incorporate main
and supporting ideas in verbal and written communication; (C) express
ideas orally based on research and experiences.
Grade 4:24, Grade 5:27, Grade 6&7:23:
Social studies skills. The student uses problem-solving and decision-making
skills, working independently and with others, in a variety of settings.
The student is expected to:
(A) use a problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather
information, list and consider options, consider advantages and
disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the
effectiveness of the solution; and (B) use a decision-making process
to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information,
identify options, predict consequences, and take action to implement
a decision.
Grade 6: 14. Citizenship. The
student understands the relationship among individual rights, responsibilities,
and freedoms in democratic societies. The student is expected to:
(A) identify and explain the importance of voluntary civic participation
in democratic societies; and (B) explain relationships among rights
and responsibilities in democratic societies.
Grade 7: 17. Citizenship. The
student understands the importance of the expression of different
points of view in a democratic society. The student is expected
to:
(A) identify different points of view of political parties and interest
groups on important Texas issues; (B) describe the importance of
free speech and press in a democratic society; and (C) express and
defend a point of view on an issue of historical or contemporary
interest in Texas.
Language
Arts
1.
Listening/speaking/purposes. The student listens
actively and purposefully in a variety of settings. The
student is expected to:
(A) determine the purposes for listening such as to gain information,
to solve problems, or to enjoy and appreciate (4-8); (C) understand
the major ideas and supporting evidence in spoken messages (4-8).
2. Listening/speaking/critical listening. The student listens critically
to analyze and evaluate a speaker's message(s). The student is expected
to:
(A) interpret speakers' messages (both verbal and
nonverbal), purposes, and perspectives (4-8); (C) distinguish between
the speaker's opinion and verifiable fact (4-8).
4. Listening/speaking/culture.
The student listens and speaks both to gain and share knowledge
of his/her own culture, the culture of others, and the common elements
of cultures. The student is expected to:
(B) compare oral traditions across regions and cultures (4-8).
5.
Listening/speaking/audiences. The student speaks
clearly and appropriately to different audiences for different purposes
and occasions. The student is expected to:
(A) adapt spoken language such as word choice, diction, and usage
to the audience, purpose, and occasion (4-8);
(B) demonstrate effective communications skills that reflect such
demands as interviewing, reporting, requesting, and providing information
(4-8); (D)
use effective rate, volume, pitch, and tone for the audience and
setting (4-8); (E) give precise directions and instructions such
as in games and tasks (4-5); and (F) clarify and support spoken
ideas with evidence, elaborations, and examples (4-8).
7. Reading/fluency. The student reads with fluency and understanding
in texts at appropriate difficulty levels. The student is expected
to:
(E) read aloud in selected texts in ways that both reflect understanding
of the text and engage the listeners (4-8).
10. Reading/comprehension. The student comprehends
selections using a variety of strategies. The student is expected
to:
(A) use his/her own knowledge and experience to comprehend (4-8);
(B) establish and adjust purposes for reading such as reading to
find out, to understand, to interpret, to enjoy, and to solve problems
(4-8); (C) monitor his/her own comprehension and make modifications
when understanding breaks down such as by rereading a portion aloud,
using reference aids, searching for clues, and asking questions
(4-8); (D) describe mental images that text descriptions evoke (4-8);
(E) use the text's structure or progression of ideas such as cause
and effect or chronology to locate and recall information (4-8);
(F) determine a text's main (or major) ideas and how those ideas
are supported with details (4-8); (G) paraphrase and summarize text
to recall, inform, and organize ideas (4-8); (H) draw inferences
such as conclusions or generalizations and support them with text
evidence and experience (4-8); (I) find similarities and differences
across texts such as in treatment, scope, or organization (4- 8);
(J) distinguish fact and opinion in various texts (4-8); (K) answer
different types and levels of questions such as open-ended, literal,
and interpretative as well as test-like questions such as multiple
choice, true-false, and short answer (4-8).
11. Reading/literary response. The student expresses
and supports responses to various types of texts. The
student is expected to:
(A) offer observations, make connections, react, speculate, interpret,
and raise questions in response to texts (4-8).
14. Reading/culture. The student reads to increase knowledge of
his/her own culture, the culture of others, and the common elements
of cultures. The student is expected to:
(C) articulate and discuss themes and connections that cross cultures
(4-8).
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