Language for Information and Understanding ELA
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Adult Goal 2 (continued): Learners will read and construct meaning from text using a variety of materials related to own purposes. READING

OBJECTIVES EXAMPLES
Objective B (continued): Learners will use a variety of strategies, when needed, to identify unfamiliar words and to construct meaning. NOTE: Readers of all levels will be able to use all of the above strategies. However, non-readers and beginning readers will also:
  • Build sight vocabulary of “survival” words for home, work, education, community, personal affairs, and pleasure.
  • Discriminate visually between upper and lower case letters.
  • Recite alphabet in proper sequence.
  • Recognize rhyme.
  • Segment and blend phonemes.
  • Use letter-sound relationships.
  • Recognize word patterns.
  • Dictate text to be used for reading (language experience approach).
Objective C: Learners will use critical thinking and decision-making skills when reading.
  • Select and analyze information.
  • Assess validity and accuracy of information given in text.
  • Judge authenticity of text.
  • Evaluate effectiveness of text.

“I didn’t stay in school because I couldn’t read as good as the kids in my class. I was always reading lower level books, and I felt left out and stupid.” --Daisy C.

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