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1st Grade - CA ELD Standard
Part II: Learning About How English Works
Structuring Cohesive Texts
Understanding text structure

Understanding text structure and organization based on purpose, text type, and discipline.

| RL.1.5 | RI.1.5 | W.1.1 | W.1.2 | W.1.3 | W.1.5 | SL.1.4 |
EMERGING
1

Apply understanding of how text types are organized (e.g., how a story is organized by a sequence of events) to comprehending texts and composing basic texts with substantial support (e.g., using drawings, through joint construction with a peer or teacher) to comprehending texts in shared language activities guided by the teacher, with peers, and sometimes independently.

EXPANDING
2

Apply understanding of how different text types are organized to express ideas (e.g., how a story is organized sequentially with predictable stages versus how an informative text is organized by topic and details) to comprehending texts and writing texts in shared language activities guided by the teacher and with increasing independence.

BRIDGING
3

Apply understanding of how different text types are organized predictably to express ideas (e.g., how a story is organized versus an informative/ explanatory text versus an opinion text) to comprehending texts and writing texts in shared language activities guided by the teacher and independently.