Mathematics,English Language Development,Physical Education
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6
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CALIFORNIA STATE STANDARDS ADDRESSED
English Language Arts/6/Listening and Speaking 1.1 Relate the speaker's verbal communication (e.g., word choice, pitch, feeling, tone) to the nonverbal message (e.g., posture, gesture). 1.2 Identify the tone, mood, and emotion conveyed in the oral communication. 1.3 Restate and execute multiple-step oral instructions and directions. 1.4 Select a focus, an organizational structure, and a point of view, matching the purpose, message, occasion, and vocal modulation to the audience. 1.5 Emphasize salient points to assist the listener in following the main ideas and concepts. 1.6 Support opinions with detailed evidence and with visual or media displays that use appropriate technology. 1.7 Use effective rate, volume, pitch, and tone and align nonverbal elements to sustain audience interest and attention. 1.8 Analyze the use of rhetorical devices (e.g., cadence, repetitive patterns, use of onomatopoeia) for intent and effect. 1.9 Identify persuasive and propaganda techniques used in television and identify false and misleading information. 2.1 Deliver narrative presentations:
1. Establish a context, plot, and point of view.
2. Include sensory details and concrete language to develop the plot and character.
3. Use a range of narrative devices (e.g., dialogue, tension, or suspense).
2.2 Deliver informative presentations:
1. Pose relevant questions sufficiently limited in scope to be completely and thoroughly answered.
2. Develop the topic with facts, details, examples, and explanations from multiple authoritative sources (e.g., speakers, periodicals, online information).
2.3 Deliver oral responses to literature:
1. Develop an interpretation exhibiting careful reading, understanding, and insight.
2. Organize the selected interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images.
3. Develop and justify the selected interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.
2.4 Deliver persuasive presentations:
1. Provide a clear statement of the position.
2. Include relevant evidence.
3. Offer a logical sequence of information.
4. Engage the listener and foster acceptance of the proposition or proposal.
2.5 Deliver presentations on problems and solutions:
1. Theorize on the causes and effects of each problem and establish connections between the defined problem and at least one solution.
2. Offer persuasive evidence to validate the definition of the problem and the proposed solutions.
English Language Arts/6/Writing 1.1 Choose the form of writing (e.g., personal letter, letter to the editor, review, poem, report, narrative) that best suits the intended purpose. 1.2 Create multiple-paragraph expository compositions:
1. Engage the interest of the reader and state a clear purpose.
2. Develop the topic with supporting details and precise verbs, nouns, and adjectives to paint a visual image in the mind of the reader.
3. Conclude with a detailed summary linked to the purpose of the composition. 1.3 Use a variety of effective and coherent organizational patterns, including comparison and contrast; organization by categories; and arrangement by spatial order, order of importance, or climactic order. 1.4 Use organizational features of electronic text (e.g., bulletin boards, databases, keyword searches, e-mail addresses) to locate information. 1.5 Compose documents with appropriate formatting by using word-processing skills and principles of design (e.g., margins, tabs, spacing, columns, page orientation). 1.6 Revise writing to improve the organization and consistency of ideas within and between paragraphs. 2.1 Write narratives:
1. Establish and develop a plot and setting and present a point of view that is appropriate to the stories.
2. Include sensory details and concrete language to develop plot and character.
3. Use a range of narrative devices (e.g., dialogue, suspense).
2.2 Write expository compositions (e.g., description, explanation, comparison and contrast, problem and solution):
1. State the thesis or purpose.
2. Explain the situation.
3. Follow an organizational pattern appropriate to the type of composition.
4. Offer persuasive evidence to validate arguments and conclusions as needed.
2.3 Write research reports:
1. Pose relevant questions with a scope narrow enough to be thoroughly covered.
2. Support the main idea or ideas with facts, details, examples, and explanations from multiple authoritative sources (e.g., speakers, periodicals, online information searches).
3. Include a bibliography.
2.4 Write responses to literature:
1. Develop an interpretation exhibiting careful reading, understanding, and insight.
2. Organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images.
3. Develop and justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.
2.5 Write persuasive compositions:
1. State a clear position on a proposition or proposal.
2. Support the position with organized and relevant evidence.
3. Anticipate and address reader concerns and counterarguments.
English Language Arts/6/Written and Oral English Language Conventions 1.5 Spell frequently misspelled words correctly (e.g., their, they're, there).
Physical Education/6/Standards 4.7 Compile and analyze a log noting the food intake/calories consumed and energy expended through physical activity.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
Fit for Learning is a K-6 program developed by the Santa Clara County Office of Education emphasizing healthy living activities which can be taught as part of the regular classroom curriculum. It is California Standards based in the areas of Math, Science, English-Language Arts, History-Social Studies and Physical Education.
For each month of the school year there is a guide for each grade level. Each months guide emphasizes a particular area of healthy living.
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