Students write and speak using conventional grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling. Students apply thinking skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing. Students read to locate, select, and make use of relevant information from a variety of media, reference, and technological sources. Students read, recognize, and appreciate literature as a record of human experience. Students read to judge merit of information.
Students writing reflects fluency, expression of ideas, effective organization, and voice.
Students use writing as a process that involves the stages of drafting, revision, editing, and publishing. Tier 1 Mathematics All students will demonstrate mathematical competency by applying a variety of mathematical principles to real life problems. Students develop number sense and use numbers and number relationships in problem-solving situations and communicate the reasoning used in solving these problems. Students use algebraic methods to explore, model, and describe patterns and functions involving numbers, shapes, data, and graphs in problem-solving situations and communicate the reasoning used in solving these problems. Students use data collection and analysis, statistics, and probability in problem-solving situations and communicate the reasoning used in solving these problems.