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BPS District English Standards Book
ELA Strands
ELA includes five strands. Each strand is broken into sub-concepts called clusters, and each cluster comprises the standards.
(F)
Foundations of Literacy
(PC) Print Concepts
(PPA) Phonological and Phonemic Awareness
(PWS) Phonics and Word Study
(F) Fluency
(FW) Foundations of Writing
(C)
Communications
(PC) Presentational Communication
(C) Collaboration
(R)
Reading
(C) Comprehension
(TA) Text Analysis
(Wr)
Writing
(TTS) Text Types and Structure
(WPC) Writing Process and Craft
(LU) Language Usage
(IA)
Inquiry and Research
(S1) Select a Research Topic and Develop Research Question(s)
(S2) Locate and Select Information
(S3) Organize Research Results
(S4) Determining Credibility and Evaluating Sources
(S5) Citing Sources