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TEKS - Program: The Hero is Within YOU!


  • 110.11 - English Language Arts and Reading, Kindergarten, Beginning with School Year 2009-2010
    • K.21 - Listening and Speaking/Listening. Students use comprehension skills to listen attentively to others in formal and informal settings. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity.
      • A - listen attentively by facing speakers and asking questions to clarify information B - follow oral directions that involve a short related sequence of actions.
  • 110.12 - English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 1, Beginning with School Year 2009-2010.
    • 1.27 - Listening and Speaking/Listening. Students use comprehension skills to listen attentively to others in formal and informal settings. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity.
      • A - listen attentively to speakers and ask relevant questions to clarify information
  • 110.13 - English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 2, Beginning with School Year 2009-2010.
    • 2.28 - Listening and Speaking/Listening. Students use comprehension skills to listen attentively to others in formal and informal settings. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity.
      • A - listen attentively to speakers and ask relevant questions to clarify information
  • 110.14 - English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 3, Beginning with School Year 2009-2010.
    • 3.29 - Listening and Speaking/Listening. Students use comprehension skills to listen attentively to others in formal and informal settings. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity.
      • A - listen attentively to speakers, ask relevant questions, and make pertinent comments
  • 110.15 - English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 4, Beginning with School Year 2009-2010.
    • 4.27 - Listening and Speaking/Listening. Students use comprehension skills to listen attentively to others in formal and informal settings. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity.
      • A - listen attentively to speakers, ask relevant questions, and make pertinent comments
  • 110.16 - English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 5, Beginning with School Year 2009-2010.
    • 5.27 - Listening and Speaking/Listening. Students use comprehension skills to listen attentively to others in formal and informal settings. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity.
      • A - listen to and interpret a speaker's messages (both verbal and nonverbal) and ask questions to clarify the speaker's purpose or perspective
  • 113.12 - Social Studies, First Grade, Beginning with School Year 2011-2012.
    • 1.11 - Government. The student understands the purpose of rules and laws. The student is expected to:
      • B - identify rules and laws that establish order, provide security, and manage conflict.
    • 1.12 - Government. The student understands the role of authority figures, public officials, and citizens. The student is expected to:
      • A - identify the responsibilities of authority figures in the home, school, and community;
    • 1.13 - Citizenship. The student understands characteristics of good citizenship as exemplified by historical figures and other individuals. The student is expected to:
      • A - identify characteristics of good citizenship, including truthfulness, justice, equality, respect for oneself and others, responsibility in daily life, and participation in government by educating oneself about the issues, respectfully holding public officials to their word, and voting;
  • 113.13 - Social Studies, Second Grade, Beginning with School Year 2011-2012.
    • 2.13 - Citizenship. The student understands characteristics of good citizenship as exemplified by historical figures and other individuals. The student is expected to:
      • A - identify characteristics of good citizenship, including truthfulness, justice, equality, respect for oneself and others, responsibility in daily life, and participation in government by educating oneself about the issues, respectfully holding public officials to their word, and voting;
  • 113.14 - Social Studies, Third Grade, Beginning with School Year 2011-2012.
    • 3.11 - Citizenship. The student understands characteristics of good citizenship as exemplified by historical and contemporary figures. The student is expected to:
      • A - identify characteristics of good citizenship, including truthfulness, justice, equality, respect for oneself and others, responsibility in daily life, and participation in government by educating oneself about the issues, respectfully holding public officials to their word, and voting;
  • 113.15 - Social Studies, Fourth Grade, Beginning with School Year 2011-2012.
    • 4.21 - Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including electronic technology. The student is expected to:
      • D - identify different points of view about an issue, topic, historical event, or current event; and
    • 4.23 - Social studies skills. The student uses problem-solving and decision-making skills, working independently and with others, in a variety of settings. The student is expected to:
      • A - use a problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution; and
      • B - use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information, identify options, predict consequences, and take action to implement a decision.
  • 113.16 - Social Studies, Grade Five, Beginning with School Year 2011-2012.
    • 5.24 - Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including electronic technology. The student is expected to:
      • D - identify different points of view about an issue, topic, or current event; and
    • 5.26 - Social studies skills. The student uses problem-solving and decision-making skills, working independently and with others, in a variety of settings. The student is expected to:
      • A - use a problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution; and
      • B - use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information, identify options, predict consequences, and take action to implement a decision.
  • 117.4 - Theatre, Kindergarten.
    • K.5 - Response/evaluation. The student responds to and evaluates theatre and theatrical performances.
      • A - Begin to identify appropriate audience behavior.
      • B - Respond to dramatic activities.
      • D - Observe the performance of artists and identify theatrical vocations.
  • 117.7 - Theatre, Grade 1.
    • 1.1 - Perception. The student develops concepts about self, human relationships, and the environment, using elements of drama and conventions of theatre.
      • A - Develop confidence and self-awareness through dramatic play.
    • 1.5 - Response/evaluation. The student responds to and evaluates theatre and theatrical performances.
      • A - Identify appropriate audience behavior.
      • B - Respond to and begin to evaluate dramatic activities.
      • D - Observe the performance of artists and identify theatrical vocations.
  • 117.10 - Theatre, Grade 2.
    • 2.2 - Creative expression/performance. The student interprets characters, using the voice and body expressively, and creates dramatizations.
      • B - Role-play in real life and imaginative situations through narrative pantomime, dramatic play, and story dramatization.
    • 2.5 - Response/evaluation. The student responds to and evaluates theatre and theatrical performances.
      • A - Identify and apply appropriate audience behavior.
      • D - Observe the performance of artists and identify theatrical vocations.
  • 117.13 - Theatre, Grade 3.
    • 3.2 - Creative expression/performance. The student interprets characters, using the voice and body expressively, and creates dramatizations.
      • B - Participate in a variety of roles in real life and imaginative situations through narrative pantomime, dramatic play, and story dramatization.
    • 3.3 - Creative expression/performance. The student applies design, directing, and theatre production concepts and skills.
      • C - Plan dramatic play.
    • 3.5 - Response/evaluation. The student responds to and evaluates theatre and theatrical performances.
      • A - Evaluate and apply appropriate audience behavior consistently.
      • D - Observe the performance of amateur and professional artists and begin to compare vocations in theatre.
  • 117.16 - Theatre, Grade 4.
    • 4.3 - Creative expression/performance. The student applies design, directing, and theatre production concepts and skills.
      • D - Interact cooperatively with others in brief dramatizations.
    • 4.5 - Response/evaluation. The student responds to and evaluates theatre and theatrical performances.
      • A - Identify and apply appropriate audience behavior at performances.
  • 117.19 - Theatre, Grade 5.
    • 5.3 - Creative expression/performance. The student applies design, directing, and theatre production concepts and skills.
      • D - Interact cooperatively with others in brief dramatizations.
    • 5.5 - Response/evaluation. The student responds to and evaluates theatre and theatrical performances.
      • A - Analyze and apply appropriate audience behavior at a variety of performances.

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