PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
Taken from
New Standards
Volume 1 Elementary School

While following the adventures of Meg and Jake you will have the opportunity to work on all or some of these standards.

English Language Arts: Writing

Mathematics: Geometry and Measurement

E2 a.

E3 a.

E3 c.

E4 a.

M2 c.

M2 k.

M2 g.

M5 b.

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E2 a. The student produces a report that:

  • engages the reader by establishing a context, creating a persona, and otherwise developing reader interest;
  • develops a controlling idea that conveys a perspective on the subject;
  • creates an organizing structure appropriate to a specific purpose, audience, and context;
  • includes appropriate facts and details;
  • excludes extraneous and inappropriate information;
  • uses a range of appropriate strategies, such as providing facts and details, describing or analyzing the subject, and narrating a relevant anecdote;
  • provides a sense of closure to the writing.

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E3 a. The student participates in one-to-one conferences with a teacher, paraprofessional, or adult volunteer, in which the student:

  • initiates new topics in addition to responding to adult-initiated topics;
  • asks relevant questions;
  • uses language cues to indicate different levels of certainty or hypothesizing, e.g., "what if...,", "very likely…,", "I'm unsure whether…";
  • confirms understanding by paraphrasing the adult's directions or suggestions;

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E3 c. The student prepares and delivers an individual presentation, in which the student:

  • shapes information to achieve a particular purpose and to appeal to the interests and background knowledge of audience members;
  • shapes content and organization according to criteria for importance and impact rather than according to availability of information in resource materials;
  • engages the audience with appropriate verbal cues and eye contact;
  • projects a sense of individuality and personality in selecting and organizing content, and in delivery.

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E4 a. The student demonstrates a basic understanding of the rules of the English language in written and oral work, and selects the structures and features of language appropriate to the purpose, audience, and context of the work. The student demonstrates control of:

  • grammar;
  • paragraph structure;
  • punctuation;
  • sentence construction;
  • spelling;
  • usage.

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M2 The student produces evidence that demonstrates understanding of geometry and measurement concepts; that is, the student:

c. Uses simple two-dimensional coordinate systems to find locations on a map and to represent points and simple figures.

g. Uses basic ways of estimating and measuring the size of figures and objects in the real world, including length, width, perimeter, and area.

k. Uses scales in maps, and uses, measures, and creates scales for rectangular scale drawings based on work with concrete models and graph paper.

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M5 The student demonstrates logical reasoning throughout work in mathematics, i.e., concepts and skills, problem solving, and projects; demonstrates problem solving by using mathematical concepts and skills to solve non-routine problems that do not lay out specific and detailed steps to follow; and solves problems that make demands on all three aspects of the solution process-formulation, implementation, and conclusion.

Implementation

M5 b The student makes the basic choices involved in planning and carrying out a solution; that is, the student:

  • makes up and uses a variety of strategies and approaches to solving problems and uses or learns approaches that other people use, as appropriate;
  • makes connections among concepts in order to solve problems;
  • solves problems in ways that make sense and explains why these ways make sense, e.g., defends the reasoning, explains the solution.

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