Instructional Areas ONTARIO LANGUAGE MATHEMATICS READING. Tests. Standards

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1 Instructional Areas ONTARIO LANGUAGE MATHEMATICS READING Tests Growth: Language 2-12 ON 2006 Growth: Math K-2 ON 2005 Growth: Math 2-5 ON 2005 Growth: Math 6+ ON 2005 Growth: Reading K-2 ON 2006 Growth: Reading 2-5 ON 2006 Growth: Reading 6+ ON 2006 Standards Ontario Curriculum Language Arts: 2006 Ontario Curriculum Mathematics: 2005 Instructional areas and sub-areas are derived from the structure of state academic standards. The general content areas that appear across grade levels in a set of standards become the instructional areas. Instructional areas are further divided into common instructional sub-areas. Content Specialists align items from the NWEA item bank to these standards. The MAP Growth assessments and associated reports for teachers and students are based upon this alignment and grouping of standards. NWEA All rights reserved.

2 LANGUAGE Growth: Language 2-12 ON Developing and Organizing Content a. Identifying Purpose and Audience b. Gathering and Generating Ideas c. Organizing and Formatting Ideas d. Supporting Ideas 2. Using Knowledge of Form and Style a. Word Choice; Voice; Point of View b. Sentence Fluency 3. Applying Knowledge of Language Conventions a. Spelling b. Punctuation and Capitalization c. Grammar: Parts of Speech, Agreement Page 2

3 MATHEMATICS Growth: Math K-2 ON 2005 a. Quantity Relationships and Counting b. Operational Sense a. Attributes, Units, Measurement Sense and Relationships 3. Geometry a. Geometric Properties and Relationships, Location a. Patterns and Relationships, Expressions and Equations a. Collection and Organization of Data and Data Relationships, Probability Growth: Math 2-5 ON 2005 a. Quantity Relationships and Counting b. Operational Sense and Proportional Relationships a. Attributes, Units, and Measurement Sense b. Measurement Relationships 3. Geometry and Spatial Sense a. Geometric Properties and Relationships b. Location and Movement a. Patterns and Relationships b. Variables, Expressions, and Equations a. Collection and Organization of Data and Data Relationships b. Probability Page 3

4 MATHEMATICS Growth: Math 6+ ON 2005 a. Quantity Relationships b. Operational Sense c. Proportional Relationships a. Attributes, Units, and Measurement Sense b. Measurement Relationships 3. Geometry and Spatial Sense a. Geometric Properties b. Geometric Relationships c. Location and Movement a. Patterns and Relationships b. Variables, Expressions, and Equations c. Model Relationships Graphically and Algebraically a. Collection and Organization of Data b. Data Relationships c. Probability Page 4

5 READING Growth: Reading K-2 ON Literacy Behaviours a. Book Conventions, Concepts of Print, Alphabet Knowledge b. Phonological Awareness 2. Reading and Listening a. Listening to Understand b. Reading for Meaning: Literary Text c. Reading for Meaning: Informational Text 3. Word Reading a. Reading Familiar Words, Reading Unfamiliar Words: Graphophonic Cues b. Reading Unfamiliar Words: Semantic and Syntactic Cues 4. Writing a. Organization, Form and Style b. Language Conventions: Punctuation and Spelling c. Language Conventions: Grammar Growth: Reading 2-5 ON Reading for Meaning a. Reading Literary Text for Meaning b. Reading Informational and Graphic Text and Media for Meaning 2. Understand Form and Style a. Understanding Form and Style in Literary Text b. Understanding Form and Style in Informational and Graphic Text and Media 3. Vocabulary a. Reading Familiar Words b. Reading Unfamiliar Words; Developing Vocabulary Growth: Reading 6+ ON Reading for Meaning a. Reading Literary Text for Meaning b. Reading Informational and Graphic Text and Media for Meaning 2. Understand Form and Style a. Understanding Form and Style in Literary Text b. Understanding Form and Style in Informational and Graphic Text and Media 3. Vocabulary a. Reading Familiar Words b. Reading Unfamiliar Words; Developing Vocabulary Page 5