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1st Grade - CA ELD Standard
Part II: Learning About How English Works
Connecting & Condensing Ideas
Condensing ideas

Condensing ideas within sentences using a variety of language resources.

| W.1.1 | W.1.2 | W.1.3 | W.1.5 | SL.1.4 | SL.1.6 | L.1.1 | L.1.6 |
EMERGING
1

Condense clauses in simple ways (e.g., changing: I like blue. I like red. I like purple -> I like blue, red, and purple) to create precise and detailed sentences in shared language activities guided by the teacher and sometimes independently.

EXPANDING
2

Condense clauses in a growing number of ways (e.g., through embedded clauses as in, She's a doctor. She saved the animals. -> She's the doctor who saved the animals) to create precise and detailed sentences in shared language activities guided by the teacher and with increasing independence.

BRIDGING
3

Condense clauses in a variety of ways (e.g., through embedded clauses and other condensing, for example, through embedded clauses as in She's a doctor. She's amazing. She saved the animals. -> She's the amazing doctor who saved the animals) to create precise and detailed sentences in shared language activities guided by the teacher and independently.