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Kindergarten - CA ELD Standard
Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Collaborative (engagement in dialogue with others) Speaking/Listening
Offering opinions

Offering and supporting opinions and negotiating with others in communicative exchanges.

| SL.K.1 | SL.K.6 | L.K.1 | L.K.6 |
EMERGING
1

Offer opinions and ideas in conversations using a small set of learned phrases (e.g., I think X.), as well as open responses.

EXPANDING
2

Offer opinions in conversations using an expanded set of learned phrases (e.g., I think/don’t think X. I agree with X.), as well as open responses, in order to gain and/or hold the floor.

BRIDGING
3

Offer opinions in conversations using an expanded set of learned phrases (e.g., I  think/don’t think X. I agree with X, but...), as well as open responses, in order to gain and/or hold the floor or add information to an idea.