New York State Learning Standards for ELA
Standard 1: Language for Information and Understanding
Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and
understanding.As listeners and readers, students will collect data, facts,
and ideas; discover relationships, concepts, and generalizations; and use
knowledge generated from oral, written, and electronically produced texts. As
speakers and writers, they will use oral and written language to acquire,
interpret, apply, and transmit information.
Key Idea 1 Listening and Reading:
Listening and reading to acquire information and understanding involves
collecting data, facts, and ideas; discovering relationships, concepts, and
generalizations; and using knowledge from oral, written, and electronic
sources.
Performance Indicators (Benchmarks):
1.interpret and analyze information from textbooks and nonfiction books for
young adults, as well as reference materials, audio and media presentations,
oral interviews, graphs, charts, diagrams, and electronic data bases intended
for a general audience
2.compare and synthesize information from different sources
use a wide variety of strategies for selecting organizing, and categorizing
information
3.distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information and between fact
and opinion
Key Idea 2 Speaking and Writing:
Speaking and writing to acquire and transmit information requires asking
probing and clarifying questions, interpreting information in one�s own
words, applying information from one context to another, and presenting the
information and interpretation clearly, concisely, and comprehensibly.
Performance Indicators (Benchmarks):
1.present information clearly in a variety of oral and written forms such as
summaries, paraphrases, brief reports, stories, posters, and charts
Standard 4: Language for Social Interaction
Students will read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction.
Students will use oral and written language for effective social
communication with a wide variety of people. As readers and listeners, they
will use the social communications of others to enrich their understanding of
people and their views.
Key Idea 1:Listening and Speaking:
Oral communication in formal and Informal settings requires the ability to
talk with people of different ages, genders, and cultures, to adapt
presentations to different audiences, and to reflect on how talk varies in
different situations.
Performance Indicators (Benchmarks):
1.listen attentively to others and build on others� ideas in conversations
with peers and adults
2. express ideas and concerns clearly and respectfully in conversations and
group discussions
New York State Learning Standards for Social Studies
Standard 2: World History
Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their
understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points
in world history and examine the broad sweep of history from a variety of
perspectives.
Key Idea 3:
Study of the major social, political, cultural, and religious developments in
world history involves learning about the important roles and contributions
of individuals and groups.
Performance Indicators (Benchmarks)
1.understand the roles and contributions of individuals and groups to social,
political, economic, cultural, scientific, technological, and religious
practices and activities
New York State Learning Standards for the Arts
Standard 1: Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts
Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and
performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and
participate in various roles in the arts.
Key Idea 1: Visual Arts
Students will make works of art that explore different kinds of subject
matter, topics, themes, and metaphors. Students will understand and use
sensory elements, organizational principles, and expressive images to
communicate their own ideas in works of art. Students will use a variety of
art materials, processes, mediums, and techniques, and use appropriate
technologies for creating and exhibiting visual art works.
Performance Indicators (Benchmarks)
1.identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles
and means for designing, producing, and exhibiting art works.
