(2.1)(E) Student is expected to listen responsively to stories and other texts read aloud.

(2.10)(A) Student is expected to respond to stories and poems in ways that reflect understanding and interpretation in discussion.

Writing rubric used to evaluate student writing also includes:

(2.14)(A) The student is expected to record ideas and reflections.

(2.15)(C) The student is expected to use more complex capitalization and punctuation with increasing accuracy such as proper nouns, abbreviations, commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks.

(2.16)(C) The student in expected to write with more proficient spelling.

(2.17) The student composes meaningful texts applying knowledge of grammar and usage.