Standards

=**Standards**=

These standards reflect general education Florida's Grade Level Standards and are in addition to [|The State of Florida’s Framework for the K-12 Gifted Learners] and [|National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) and Performance Indicators for Students].

Social Studies
 * 1) Benchmark SS.B.1.2.1. The student: uses maps, globes, charts, graphs, and other geographic tools including map keys and symbols to gather and interpret data and to draw conclusions about physical patterns.


 * 1) Benchmark SS.B.1.2.2. The student: knows how regions are constructed according to physical criteria and human criteria.


 * 1) Benchmark SS.B.1.2.3. The student: locates and describes the physical and cultural features of major world political regions.


 * 1) Benchmark SS.B.1.2.4. The student: knows how changing transportation and communication technology have affected relationships between locations.


 * 1) Benchmark SS.B.1.2.5. The student: knows ways in which people view and relate to places and regions differently.

Reading
 * 1) Benchmark LA.A.1.2.1. The student: uses a table of contents, index, headings, captions, illustrations, and major words to anticipate or predict content and purpose of a reading selection.


 * 1) Benchmark LA.A.1.2.2. The student: selects from a variety of simple strategies, including the use of phonics, word structure, context clues, self-questioning, confirming simple predictions, retelling, and using visual cues, to identify words and construct meaning from various texts, illustrations, graphics, and charts.


 * 1) Benchmark LA.A.1.2.3. The student: uses simple strategies to determine meaning and increase vocabulary for reading, including the use of prefixes, suffixes, root words, multiple meanings, antonyms, synonyms, and word relationships.


 * 1) Benchmark LA.A.1.2.4. The student: clarifies understanding by rereading, self- correction, summarizing, checking other sources, and class or group discussion.

Benchmark LA.A.2.2.1. The student: reads text and determines the main idea or essential message, identifies relevant supporting details and facts, and arranges events in chronological order.

Benchmark LA.A.2.2.5. The student: reads and organizes information for a variety of purposes, including making a report, conducting interviews, taking a test, and performing an authentic task.


 * 1) Benchmark LA.A.2.2.7. The student: recognizes the use of comparison and contrast in a text.


 * 1) Benchmark LA.A.2.2.8. The student: selects and uses a variety of appropriate reference materials, including multiple representations of information, such as maps, charts and photos, to gather information for research projects.

Writing
 * 1) Benchmark LA.B.1.2.1. The student: prepares for writing by recording thoughts, focusing on a central idea, grouping related ideas, and identifying the purpose for writing.


 * 1) Benchmark LA.B.1.2.2. The student: drafts and revises writing in cursive that: focuses on the topic; has a logical organizational pattern, including a beginning, middle, conclusion, and transitional devices; has ample development of supporting ideas; demonstrates a sense of completeness or wholeness; demonstrates a command of language including precision in word choice; generally has correct subject/verb agreement; generally has correct verb and noun forms; with few exceptions, has sentences that are complete, except when fragments are used purposefully; uses a variety of sentence structures; and generally follows the conventions of punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.


 * 1) Benchmark LA.B.1.2.3. The student: produces final documents that have been edited for: correct spelling; correct use of punctuation, including commas in series, dates, and addresses, and beginning and ending quotation marks; correct capitalization of proper nouns; correct paragraph indentation; correct usage of subject/ verb agreement, verb and noun forms, and sentence structure; and correct formatting according to instructions.


 * 1) Benchmark LA.B.2.2.1. The student: writes notes, comments, and observations that reflect comprehension of content and experiences from a variety of media.


 * 1) Benchmark LA.B.2.2.2. The student: organizes information using alphabetical and numerical systems.


 * 1) Benchmark LA.B.2.2.3. The student: writes for a variety of occasions, audiences, and purposes.


 * 1) Benchmark LA.B.2.2.4. The student: uses electronic technology, including word- processing software and electronic encyclopedias, to create, revise, retrieve, and verify information.

Benchmark LA.B.2.2.6. The student: creates expository responses in which ideas and details follow an organizational pattern and are relevant to the purpose.

Listening Viewing and Speaking
 * 1) Benchmark LA.C.1.2.1. The student: listens and responds to a variety of oral presentations, such as stories, poems, skits, songs, personal accounts, and informational speeches.


 * 1) Benchmark LA.C.1.2.2. The student: identifies specific personal listening preferences regarding fiction, drama, literary nonfiction, and informational presentations.


 * 1) Benchmark LA.C.1.2.3. The student: carries on an extended conversation with a group of friends.


 * 1) Benchmark LA.C.1.2.4. The student: listens attentively to the speaker, including making eye contact and facing the speaker.


 * 1) Benchmark LA.C.1.2.5. The student: responds to speakers by asking questions, making contributions, and paraphrasing what is said.

Benchmark LA.C.2.2.1. The student: determines main concept and supporting details in a nonprint media message.


 * 1) Benchmark LA.C.3.2.1. The student: speaks clearly at an understandable rate and uses appropriate volume.


 * 1) Benchmark LA.C.3.2.2. The student: asks questions and makes comments and observations to clarify understanding of content, processes, and experiences.


 * 1) Benchmark LA.C.3.2.3. The student: speaks for specific occasions, audiences, and purposes, including conversations, discussions, projects, and informational or imaginative presentations.


 * 1) Benchmark LA.C.3.2.4. The student: uses eye contact and gestures that engage the audience.


 * 1) Benchmark LA.C.3.2.5. The student: participates as a contributor and occasionally acts as a leader in a group discussion.


 * 1) Benchmark LA.C.3.2.6. The student: organizes a speech using a basic beginning, middle, and ending.