(CP) Communication and Presentation

Listening

• Use effective interpersonal skills during conversations and discussion to build positive relationships with others and promote collaborative learning.
• Communicate interactively and effectively to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others using a range of contemporary tools, transmissions and processes.
• Listen effectively to decipher meaning, including knowledge, values, attitudes and intentions. Communicate ideas through the creation of authentic products using a combination of words, data, and visual representations to inform, persuade and entertain others.
• Communicate effectively in diverse environments (including multi-lingual). Show cultural understanding and global awareness when engaging with learners of other cultures.
• Deliver effective oral presentations to communicate the results of inquiry. Field questions to demonstrate conceptual understanding and knowledge, along with details about the inquiry process

• Clearly understands and summarizes the points a speaker makes and explains how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence.

"The Standard"

• Uses strategies to listen effectively: connects the information shared by the speaker to own background knowledge and experience, identifies the key points the speaker is trying to convey, and draws logical inferences that show adequate understanding.

• Is beginning to use strategies to listen effectively: connects the information shared by the speaker to own background knowledge and experience, but sometimes confuses the key points the speaker is trying to convey; draws inferences that show partial understanding.

• Is building a foundation to listen effectively: connects the information shared by the speaker to own background knowledge and experience, but often confuses the key points the speaker is trying to convey; draws inferences that show minimal understanding.