General Outcome 4  

4.1 Enhance and Improve

Appraise own and others’ work

- share own oral, print and other media texts with others to identify strengths and ideas for improvement

Revise and edit

- combine and rearrange existing information to accommodate new ideas and information

- edit for complete and incomplete sentences

Enhance legibility

- print legibly, and begin to learn proper alignment, shape and slant of cursive writing

- space words and sentences consistently on a line and page

- use keyboarding skills to compose, revise and print text

- understand and use vocabulary associated with keyboarding and word processing

Expand knowledge of language

- explain relationships among words and concepts associated with topics of study

- experiment with words and word meanings to produce a variety of effects

Enhance artistry

- choose words, language patterns, illustrations or sounds to add detail and create desired effects in oral, print and other media texts

4.2 Attend to Conventions

Attend to grammar and usage

- identify a variety of sentence types, and use in own writing

- identify correct subject–verb agreement, and use in own writing

- use adjectives and adverbs to add interest and detail to own writing

- distinguish between complete and incomplete sentences

Attend to spelling

- use phonic knowledge and skills and visual memory, systematically, to spell phonically regular, three-syllable words in own writing

- identify generalizations that assist with the spelling of unfamiliar words, including irregular plurals in own writing

- identify frequently misspelled words, and develop strategies for learning to spell them correctly in own writing

Attend to capitalization and punctuation

- use capital letters appropriately in titles of books and stories

- use exclamation marks, appropriately, as end punctuation in own writing

- use apostrophes to form common contractions and to show possession in own writing

- identify commas, end punctuation, apostrophes and quotation marks when reading, and use them to assist comprehension

4.3 Present and Share

Present information

- present ideas and information on a topic, using a pre-established plan

Enhance presentation

- use print and nonprint aids to illustrate ideas and information in oral, print and other media texts

Use effective oral and visual communication

- speak or present oral readings with fluency, rhythm, pace, and with appropriate intonation to emphasize key ideas

Demonstrate attentive listening and viewing

-rephrase, restate and explain the meaning of oral and visual presentations

- identify and set purposes for listening and viewing