The GST Credit and Your Income Tax

Performance Indicators

• uses context cues and personal experience to gather meaning from the text

• scans to find simple information

• uses phonics and knowledge of word parts to decode more easily

• reads text made up of a number of short paragraphs

• text is familiar with personal and/or general relevance

• text has concrete information in familiar concrete wording

• follows simple written instructions

• skims to understand type of text, scans to find specific information

• uses various conventions of formal texts to locate and interpret information

• text is within the interest of the reader with personal and/or general relevance

• text is familiar with personal and/or general relevance

• conveys mainly concrete information about a familiar but complex subject

• makes judgments using evidence from the text

• uses appropriate mechanics (see The Level Descriptions, p 31)

• uses appropriate mechanics (see The Level Descriptions, p. 32)

The following Performance Indicators for Speaking and Listening will apply to class discussions of the GST Credit

• listens to others and contributes ideas appropriate to the topic of discussion; expresses ideas and opinions, and provides feedback to others in discussions about familiar topics

• uses a wide range of familiar vocabulary to organize, link, and clarify ideas when speaking

• presents ideas clearly in a coherent order

• uses a wider range of vocabulary

• makes a case to a familiar person

• speaks clearly in a focused and organized way

• listens to others and stays on topic in conversations on familiar and unfamiliar topics, responding with feedback to the ideas of others

• repairs misunderstandings in communication to keep discussion going

• uses increased understanding of how non-verbal communication cues affect communication