Core Content Connectors by Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts-Speaking and Listening Standards Grades 3-5

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College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening

Comprehension and Collaboration

1. Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
2. Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
3. Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.

Speaking and Listening Standards for 3-5

Grade 3 students:	Grade 4 students:	Grade 5 students:
1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly. 1a. Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion. 1b. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion). 1c. Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link their comments to the remarks of others. 1d. Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.	1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly. 1a. Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion. 1b. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles. 1c. Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information, and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks of others. 1d. Review the key ideas expressed and explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.	1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly. 1a. Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion. 1b. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles. 1c. Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others. 1d. Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions in light of information and knowledge gained from the discussions.
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3.HD.i1 Provide evidence of being prepared for discussions on a topic, text, through appropriate statements made during discussion.	4.HD.i1 Provide evidence of being prepared for discussions on a topic or text through appropriate statements made during discussion.	5.HD.e1 Make appropriate comments that contribute to a collaborative discussion.
3.HD.i2 Ask questions to check understanding of information presented in collaborative discussions.	4.HD.i2 Ask questions to check understanding of information presented in collaborative discussions.	5.HD.e2 Review the key ideas expressed within a collaborative discussion.
3.HD.i3 Link personal ideas and comments to the ideas shared by others in collaborative discussions.	4.HD.i3 Make appropriate comments that contribute to a collaborative discussion.
3.HD.i4 Express ideas and understanding in light of collaborative discussions	4.HD.i4 Review the key ideas expressed within a collaborative discussion.

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2. Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.	2. Paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.	2. Summarize written a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
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3.RL.k2 Determine the central message, lesson, moral, and key details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.	4.RL.i5 Paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.	5.RL.f1 Determine the narrative point of view of a text read, read aloud or viewed.
3.RI.i2 Determine the main idea of text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.	4.RI.i5 Paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.	5.RI.c5 Summarize the text or a portion of the text read, read aloud, or presented in diverse media.
3.RI.i3 Identify supporting details of an informational text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

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3. Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.	3. Identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.	3. Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence.
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3.RI.k4 Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.	4.RL.k3 Identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.	5.RI.g3 Identify a speaker's points or claims.
	4.RI.k4 Identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.	5.RI.c6 Summarize the points a speaker makes.
		5.RI.g4 Identify reasons and evidence that a speaker provides to support points or claims.
		5.WP.a2 Explain how at least one claim in a discussion is supported by reasons and evidence.

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

4. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
5. Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
6. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.

Speaking and Listening Standards for 3-5

Grade 3 students:	Grade 4 students:	Grade 5 students:
4. Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.	4. Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.	4. Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
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3.WA.3 Report on a topic, story or claim using a logical sequence of ideas, appropriate facts, and relevant and descriptive details	4.WA.3 Report on a topic, story or claim using a logical sequence of ideas, appropriate facts, and relevant and descriptive details	5.WA.3 Report on a topic, story or claim using a logical sequence of ideas, appropriate facts, and relevant and descriptive details
3.WP.m2 Elaborate on each fact or opinion given in support of a claim with relevant details.	4.WP.m3 Elaborate on each fact or opinion given in support of a claim with relevant details.	5.WP.e2 Elaborate on each fact or opinion given in support of a claim with relevant details.

Grade 3 students:	Grade 4 students:	Grade 5 students:
5. Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems that demonstrate fluid reading at an understandable pace; add visual displays when appropriate to emphasize or enhance certain facts or details.	5. Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.	5. Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.
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3.WA.4 Add audio recordings and visual displays when appropriate to emphasize or enhance certain facts or details.	4.WA.4 Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.	5.WA.4 Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in presentation when appropriate to enhance the development of topic.
		5.WA.5 Use captioned pictures, labeled diagrams, tables, or other visual displays in presentations when appropriate to support the topic or theme.

Grade 3 students:	Grade 4 students:	Grade 5 students:
6. Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification. (See grade 3 Language standards 1 and 3 for specific expectations.)	6. Differentiate between contexts that call for formal English (e.g., presenting ideas) and situations where informal discourse is appropriate (e.g., small-group discussion); use formal English when appropriate to task and situation. (See grade 4 Language standards 1 and 3 for specific expectations.)	6. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, using formal English when appropriate to task and situation. (See grade 5 Language standards 1 and 3 for specific expectations.)
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