New Jersey State Standards for Language Arts: Grade 5

NJ.3.1. Reading: All students will understand and apply the knowledge of sounds, letters, and words in written English to become independent and fluent readers, and will read a variety of materials and texts with fluency and comprehension.

3.1.A.1. Concepts About Print/Text: Use a text index and glossary appropriately. 13
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3.1.A.2. Concepts About Print/Text: Survey and explain text features that contribute to comprehension (e.g., headings, introductory and concluding paragraphs). 13
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3.1.C.1. Decoding and Word Recognition: Use the pronunciation key of a dictionary to decode new words. 6
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3.1.C.2. Decoding and Word Recognition: Use context clues or knowledge of phonics, syllabication, prefixes, and suffixes to decode new words. 12
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3.1.C.3. Decoding and Word Recognition: Interpret new words correctly in context. 5
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3.1.C.4. Decoding and Word Recognition: Apply spelling and syllabication rules that aid in decoding and word recognition. 4
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3.1.D.1. Fluency: Adjust reading speed appropriately for different purposes and audiences. 8
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3.1.D.2. Fluency: Apply knowledge of letter-sound associations, language structures, and context to recognize words. 6
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3.1.D.3. Fluency: Read aloud in ways that reflect understanding of proper phrasing and intonation. 8
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3.1.D.4. Fluency: Read silently for the purpose of increasing speed, accuracy, and reading fluency. 26
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3.1.D.5. Fluency: Apply self-correcting strategies to decode and gain meaning from print both, orally and silently. 26
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3.1.E.1. Reading Strategies: Activate prior knowledge and anticipate what will be read or heard. 2
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3.1.E.2. Reading Strategies: Vary reading strategies according to their purpose for reading and the nature of the text. 21
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3.1.E.3. Reading Strategies: Reread to make sense of difficult paragraphs or sections of text. 21
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3.1.E.4. Reading Strategies: Make revisions to text predictions during and after reading. 21
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3.1.E.5. Reading Strategies: Apply graphic organizers to illustrate key concepts and relationships in a text. 5
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3.1.F.1. Vocabulary and Concept Development: Infer word meanings from learned roots, prefixes, and suffixes. 6
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3.1.F.2. Vocabulary and Concept Development: Infer specific word meanings in the context of reading passages. 6
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3.1.F.3. Vocabulary and Concept Development: Identify and correctly use antonyms, synonyms, homophones, and homographs. 21
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3.1.F.4. Vocabulary and Concept Development: Use a grade-level appropriate dictionary independently to define unknown words. 6
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3.1.F.5. Vocabulary and Concept Development: Use a thesaurus to identify alternative word choices and meanings. 2
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3.1.G.1. Comprehension Skills and Response to Text: Identify author's purpose, views, and beliefs. 15
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3.1.G.2. Comprehension Skills and Response to Text: Identify genre by their distinctive elements (e.g. tall tale-exaggeration). 163
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3.1.G.3. Comprehension Skills and Response to Text: Use cause and effect and sequence of events to gain meaning. 16
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3.1.G.4. Comprehension Skills and Response to Text: Anticipate and construct meaning from text by making conscious connections to self, an author, and others. 11
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3.1.G.5. Comprehension Skills and Response to Text: Recognize persuasive and propaganda techniques used to influence readers. 3
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3.1.G.6. Comprehension Skills and Response to Text: Recognize historical and cultural biases and different points of view. 13
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3.1.G.7. Comprehension Skills and Response to Text: Understand that theme refers to the central idea or meaning of a selection and recognize themes, whether implied or stated directly. 4
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3.1.G.8. Comprehension Skills and Response to Text: Distinguish between major and minor details. 34
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3.1.G.9. Comprehension Skills and Response to Text: Make inferences using textual information and provide supporting evidence. 9
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3.1.G.10. Comprehension Skills and Response to Text: Recognize common organizational patterns in text that support comprehension (e.g., headings, captions). 19
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3.1.G.11. Comprehension Skills and Response to Text: Identify and analyze text types, formats, and elements in nonfiction. 13
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3.1.G.12. Comprehension Skills and Response to Text: Recognize literary elements in stories, including setting, characters, plot, and mood. 11
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3.1.G.13. Comprehension Skills and Response to Text: Recognize figurative language in text (e.g. simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration). 18
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3.1.G.14. Comprehension Skills and Response to Text: Identify and respond to the elements of sound and structure in poetry. 14
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3.1.G.15. Comprehension Skills and Response to Text: Identify the structures in drama. 10
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3.1.G.16. Comprehension Skills and Response to Text: Read regularly in materials appropriate for their independent reading level. 8
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3.1.G.17. Comprehension Skills and Response to Text: Interpret idiomatic expressions. 4
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3.1.H.1. Inquiry and Research: Use library classification systems, print or electronic, to locate information. 5
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3.1.H.2. Inquiry and Research: Develop and revise questions for investigations prior to, during, and after reading. 6
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3.1.H.3. Inquiry and Research: Use multiple sources to locate information relevant to research questions. 9
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3.1.H.4. Inquiry and Research: Read independently and research topics using a variety of materials to satisfy personal, academic, and social needs, and produce evidence of reading. 9
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3.1.H.5. Inquiry and Research: Draw conclusions from information gathered from multiple sources. 18
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3.1.H.6. Inquiry and Research: Interpret and use graphic sources of information such as maps, graphs, timelines, or tables to address research questions. 3
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3.1.H.7. Inquiry and Research: Summarize and organize information by taking notes, outlining ideas, and/or making charts. 12
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3.1.H.8. Inquiry and Research: Produce projects and reports, using visuals, media, and/or technology to show learning and support the learning of an audience. 9
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NJ.3.2. Writing: All students will write in clear, concise, organized language that varies in content and form for different audiences and purposes.

3.2.A.1. Writing as a Process: Write stories with multiple paragraphs that develop a situation or plot, describe the setting, and include an ending. 19
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3.2.A.2. Writing as a Process: Write informational compositions with multiple paragraphs that present important ideas, provide details, and offer a concluding paragraph. 4
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3.2.A.3. Writing as a Process: Generate possible ideas for writing through listening, talking, recalling experiences, hearing stories, reading, discussing models of writing, asking questions, and brainstorming. 23
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3.2.A.4. Writing as a Process: Develop an awareness of form, structure, and author's voice in various genres. 23
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3.2.A.5. Writing as a Process: Use strategies such as graphic organizers and outlines to elaborate and organize ideas for writing. 5
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3.2.A.6. Writing as a Process: Draft writing in a selected genre with supporting structure according to the intended message, audience, and purpose for writing. 23
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3.2.A.7. Writing as a Process: Make decisions about the use of precise language, including adjectives, adverbs, verbs, and specific details, and justify the choices made. 21
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3.2.A.8. Writing as a Process: Revise drafts by rereading for meaning, narrowing focus, elaborating and deleting, as well as reworking organization, openings, closings, word choice, and consistency of voice. 23
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3.2.A.9. Writing as a Process: Review own writing with others to understand the reader's perspective and to consider and incorporate ideas for revision. 9
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3.2.A.10. Writing as a Process: Review and edit work for spelling, usage, clarity, organization, and fluency. 17
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3.2.A.11. Writing as a Process: Use a variety of reference materials to revise work. 11
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3.2.A.12. Writing as a Process: Use computer writing applications during the writing process. 2
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3.2.B.1. Writing as a Product: Expand knowledge of characteristics and structures of selected genres. 2
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3.2.B.2. Writing as a Product: Write a range of grade appropriate essays across curricula (e.g., persuasive, personal, descriptive, issue- based). 7
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3.2.B.3. Writing as a Product: Write grade appropriate, multi-paragraph, expository pieces across curricula (e.g., problem/solution, cause/effect, hypothesis/results, feature articles, critique, research reports). 14
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3.2.B.4. Writing as a Product: Write various types of prose, such as short stories, biography, autobiography, or memoir, that contain narrative elements. 10
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3.2.B.5. Writing as a Product: Support main idea, topic, or theme with facts, examples, or explanations, including information from multiple sources. 18
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3.2.B.6. Writing as a Product: Sharpen focus and improve coherence by considering the relevancy of included details and adding, deleting, and rearranging appropriately. 18
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3.2.B.7. Writing as a Product: Write sentences of varying length and complexity, using specific nouns, verbs, and descriptive words. 24
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3.2.B.8. Writing as a Product: Prepare a works consulted page for reports or research papers. 10
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3.2.B.9. Writing as a Product: Provide logical sequence throughout multi-paragraph works by refining organizational structure and developing transitions between ideas. 10
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3.2.B.10. Writing as a Product: Engage the reader from beginning to end with an interesting opening, logical sequence, and satisfying conclusion. 10
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3.2.C.1. Mechanics, Spelling, and Handwriting: Use Standard English conventions in all writing, such as sentence structure, grammar and usage, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and handwriting. 34
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3.2.C.2. Mechanics, Spelling, and Handwriting: Use increasingly complex sentence structure and syntax to express ideas. 20
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3.2.C.3. Mechanics, Spelling, and Handwriting: Use knowledge of English grammar and usage to express ideas effectively. 25
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3.2.C.4. Mechanics, Spelling, and Handwriting: Use correct capitalization and punctuation, including commas and colons, throughout writing. 23
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3.2.C.5. Mechanics, Spelling, and Handwriting: Use quotation marks and related punctuation correctly in passages of dialogue. 18
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3.2.C.6. Mechanics, Spelling, and Handwriting: Use knowledge of roots, prefixes, suffixes, and English spelling patterns to spell words correctly in writing. 14
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3.2.C.7. Mechanics, Spelling, and Handwriting: Study examples of narrative and expository writing to develop understanding of the reasons for and use of paragraphs and indentation. 4
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3.2.C.8. Mechanics, Spelling, and Handwriting: Edit writing for correct grammar usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. 3
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3.2.C.9. Mechanics, Spelling, and Handwriting: Use a variety of reference materials, such as a dictionary, grammar reference, and/or internet/software resources to edit written work. 11
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3.2.D.1. Writing Forms, Audiences, and Purposes: Write for different purposes (e.g., to express ideas, inform, entertain, respond to literature, persuade, question, reflect, clarify, share) and a variety of audiences (e.g., self, peers, community). 34
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3.2.D.2. Writing Forms, Audiences, and Purposes: Gather, select, and organize information appropriate to a topic, task, and audience. 25
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3.2.D.3. Writing Forms, Audiences, and Purposes: Develop and use knowledge of a variety of genres, including expository, narrative, persuasive, poetry, critiques, and everyday/ workplace writing. 14
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3.2.D.4. Writing Forms, Audiences, and Purposes: Organize a response that develops insight into literature by exploring personal reactions, connecting to personal experiences, and referring to the text through sustained use of examples. 8
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3.2.D.5. Writing Forms, Audiences, and Purposes: Use transitions between and within paragraphs. 12
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3.2.D.6. Writing Forms, Audiences, and Purposes: Organize paragraphs using topic sentences. 2
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3.2.D.7. Writing Forms, Audiences, and Purposes: Write narratives, establishing a plot or conflict, setting, characters, point of view, and resolution. 8
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3.2.D.8. Writing Forms, Audiences, and Purposes: Use narrative techniques (e.g., dialogue, specific actions of characters, sensory description, and expression of thoughts and feelings of characters). 8
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3.2.D.9. Writing Forms, Audiences, and Purposes: Write reports based on research with a scope narrow enough to be thoroughly covered, supporting the main ideas or topic with facts, examples, and explanations, and including a works consulted page. 26
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3.2.D.10. Writing Forms, Audiences, and Purposes: Write persuasive essays with clearly stated positions or opinions supported by organized and relevant evidence to validate arguments and conclusions, and sources cited when needed. 2
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3.2.D.11. Writing Forms, Audiences, and Purposes: Demonstrate the ability to write friendly/business letters in correct format and coherent style. 6
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3.2.D.12. Writing Forms, Audiences, and Purposes: Use a variety of strategies to organize writing, including sequence, chronology, cause/effect, problem/solution, and order of importance. 8
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3.2.D.13. Writing Forms, Audiences, and Purposes: Demonstrate higher-order thinking skills and writing clarity when answering open-ended and essay questions in content areas or as responses to literature. 3
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3.2.D.14. Writing Forms, Audiences, and Purposes: Use relevant graphics in writing (e.g., maps, charts, illustrations, graphs, photographs). 5
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3.2.D.15. Writing Forms, Audiences, and Purposes: Demonstrate the development of a personal style and voice in writing. 8
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NJ.3.3. Speaking: All students will speak in clear, concise, organized language that varies in content and form for different audiences and purposes.

3.3.A.1. Discussion: Use details, examples, and reasons to support central ideas or clarify a point of view. 5
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3.3.A.2. Discussion: Stay focused on a topic and ask relevant questions. 3
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3.3.A.3. Discussion: Accept others' opinions and respond appropriately. 9
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3.3.A.4. Discussion: Respond orally to literature. 17
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3.3.B.1. Questioning (Inquiry) and Contributing: Respond orally by adding questions and comments while integrating knowledge. 3
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3.3.B.2. Questioning (Inquiry) and Contributing: Use interview techniques to develop inquiry skills. 9
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3.3.B.3. Questioning (Inquiry) and Contributing: Explore concepts by describing, narrating, or explaining how and why things happen. 10
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3.3.B.4. Questioning (Inquiry) and Contributing: Discuss information heard, offer personal opinions, and ask for restatement or general explanation to clarify meaning. 8
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3.3.B.5. Questioning (Inquiry) and Contributing: Reflect and evaluate information learned as a result of the inquiry. 2
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3.3.B.6. Questioning (Inquiry) and Contributing: Solve a problem or understand a task through group cooperation. 7
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3.3.C.1. Word Choice: Use convincing dialogue to role-play short scenes involving familiar situations or emotions. 3
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3.3.C.2. Word Choice: Use varied word choice to clarify, illustrate, and elaborate. 3
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3.3.C.3. Word Choice: Use figurative language purposefully in speaking situations. 3
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3.3.C.4. Word Choice: Select and use suitable vocabulary to fit a range of audiences. 5
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3.3.D.1. Oral Presentation: Develop and deliver a formal presentation based on a central theme, including logical sequence, introduction, main ideas, supporting details, and concluding remarks to an audience of peers, younger students, and/or parents. 8
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3.3.D.2. Oral Presentation: Prepare, rehearse, and deliver a formal presentation in logical or sequential order, including an opening, supportive details, and a closing statement. 8
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3.3.D.3. Oral Presentation: Use clear, precise, organized language that reflects the conventions of spoken English. 11
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3.3.D.4. Oral Presentation: Use visuals such as charts or graphs when presenting for clarification. 6
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3.3.D.5. Oral Presentation: Use props effectively while speaking. 6
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3.3.D.6. Oral Presentation: Maintain audience interest during formal presentations, incorporating adequate volume, proper pacing, and clear enunciation. 5
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3.3.D.7. Oral Presentation: Use verbal and non verbal elements of delivery (e.g., eye contact, stance) to maintain audience focus. 5
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3.3.D.8. Oral Presentation: Read aloud with fluency. 11
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NJ.3.4. Listening: All students will listen actively to information from a variety of sources in a variety of situations.

3.4.A.2. Active Listening: Listen attentively and critically to a variety of speakers. 8
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3.4.A.3. Active Listening: Acknowledge the speaker through eye contact and use appropriate feedback and questions to clarify the speaker's message. 8
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3.4.A.4. Active Listening: Recognize and analyze persuasive techniques while listening. 8
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3.4.A.5. Active Listening: Recognize the rich and varied language of literature (e.g., listen to a recording of poetry or classic literature). 115
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3.4.B.1. Listening Comprehension: Demonstrate competence in active listening through responding to a story, interview, or oral report (e.g., summarizing, reacting, retelling). 12
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3.4.B.3. Listening Comprehension: Ask pertinent questions, take notes, and draw conclusions based on information presented. 5
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3.4.B.4. Listening Comprehension: Make inferences based on an oral report or presentation. 9
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3.4.B.5. Listening Comprehension: Follow three-and four-step oral directions. 5
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NJ.3.5. Viewing and Media Literacy: All students will access, view, evaluate, and respond to print, non print, and electronic texts and resources.

3.5.A.1. Constructing Meaning: Respond to and evaluate the use of illustrations to support text. 18
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3.5.A.2. Constructing Meaning: Use graphs, charts, and diagrams to report data. 5
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3.5.A.3. Constructing Meaning: Distinguish between factual and fictional visual representations (e.g. political cartoons).

3.5.A.4. Constructing Meaning: Identify the central theme in a movie, film, or illustration. 3
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3.5.A.5. Constructing Meaning: Identify the target audience for a particular program, story, or advertisement. 2
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3.5.A.6. Constructing Meaning: Demonstrate an awareness of different media forms (e.g. newspapers, internet, magazines) and how they contribute to communication. 2
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3.5.A.7. Constructing Meaning: Understand uses of persuasive text related to advertising in society. 2
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3.5.A.8. Constructing Meaning: Distinguish different points of view in media texts. 20
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3.5.B.1. Visual and Verbal Messages: Understand that creators of both print media and electronic media have a purpose and target audience for their work. 6
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3.5.B.2. Visual and Verbal Messages: Evaluate media messages for credibility. 6
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3.5.B.3. Visual and Verbal Messages: Explore and interpret various messages found in advertisements and other texts. 2
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3.5.B.4. Visual and Verbal Messages: Interpret verbal and nonverbal messages reflected in personal interactions with others. 2
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3.5.B.5. Visual and Verbal Messages: Discuss the emotional impact of a still image (e.g., photo, poster, painting) and how it aids understanding. 3
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3.5.B.6. Visual and Verbal Messages: Compare and contrast media sources, such as film and book versions of a story. 2
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3.5.B.7. Visual and Verbal Messages: Understand the uses of technology (e.g., the Internet for research). 20
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3.5.C.1. Living with Media: Express and justify preferences for media choices. 9
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3.5.C.2. Living with Media: Choose the most appropriate media for a presentation. 11
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3.5.C.4. Living with Media: Examine and evaluate effects of media on the family, home, and school. 6
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