Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking

Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking for Social Interaction 

Goal of the Standard Students read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction. Students use oral and written language that follows the accepted conventions of the English language for effective social communications with a wide variety of people. As readers and listeners, they use the communications of others to enrich their understanding of people and their views. 

We are guiding our middle schoolers to eventually master these language arts skills  

You know your middle schooler s proficiency and progress best. With your help, your middle schooler will move from basic to intermediate to advanced mastery in these skills. How will you recognize success in reading, writing, listening, and speaking for social interaction Consider these accomplishments. 

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As you will see in the language arts section of this book, reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills are covered in depth in this book as they apply to ... 

By the way, if the idea of standards bothers you, think of the standards presented here as goals for your middle schooler s mastery of reading, writing, listening, and speaking—and Go for the Goals ... 

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