Achieving
Exceeding
An achieving student demonstrates solid success with the demands of the indicator. The student exhibits independence and requires little or no scaffolding.
An exceeding student demonstrates exemplary success with the demands of the indicator. The student exhibits a high level of independence. • Demonstrates strong ability to comprehend and analyze texts. • Articulates ideas about texts clearly and completely. • Regularly analyzes texts and asks clarifying questions to improve comprehension. • Regularly makes deep connections between texts and the real world. • Demonstrates exemplary speaking-and-listening skills in partner and whole-group discussions. • Shares during turn-and-talks; offers comments that enhance and deepen the conversation. • Responds to and builds on peers’ contributions. • Participates in group discussions and enriches the conversation with his or her contributions; draws in peers by asking them questions. • Demonstrates active listening skills by leaning in and showing interest; continues discussions with comments such as, “I want to build off your idea…” and “I want to go back to what you said…”. • Calibrates the balance of speaking and listening with a partner and in whole group; actively listens and deepens speakers’ ideas. • Shares ideas from reading-related discussions to foster growth of the community’s 7 Strengths.
• Consistently comprehends and analyzes texts.
• Consistently expresses ideas about texts. • Consistently asks clarifying questions to comprehend texts. • Consistently makes connections between texts and the real world. • Listens in partner and whole-group discussions. • Consistently shares during turn-and-talks. • Responds to and builds on peers’ contributions. • Participates in group discussions and enriches the conversation with his or her contributions. • Demonstrates active listening skills, such as showing interest in the topic and engaging in the discussion; reiterating what a partner expresses; perhaps using sentence starters such as, “I want to add on to what you are saying…”, “I appreciate what you are saying…”, and “I’m wondering about…”. • Calibrates the balance of listening and speaking with a partner and in whole group. • Shares ideas that help the community develop the 7 Strengths.
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