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4th 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.4.1 | W.4.2 | W.4.3 | W.4.5 | SL.4.4 | SL.4.6 | L.4.1 | L.4.3 | L.4.6 |
EMERGING
1

Condense clauses in simple ways (e.g., through simple embedded clauses, as in, The woman is a doctor. She helps children. ? The woman is a doctor who helps children) to create precise and detailed sentences.

EXPANDING
2

Condense clauses in an increasing variety of ways (e.g., through a growing number of embedded clauses and other condensing, as in, The dog ate quickly. The dog choked. ? The dog ate so quickly that it choked) to create precise and detailed sentences.

BRIDGING
3

Condense clauses in a variety of ways (e.g., through various types of embedded clauses and other ways of condensing as in, There was a Gold Rush. It began in the 1850s. It brought a lot of people to California. ? The Gold Rush that began in the 1850s brought a lot of people to California) to create precise and detailed sentences.