An Introduction to the Grade Level Expectations
(GLEs)
by Vickie DickneitePPP Center
Show-Me Standards
Grade Level Expectations
Frameworks for Curriculum
Development
Show-Me Standards
Define what Missouri students should know and be able to do by the time they graduate from high school.
Serve as a blueprint for schools to write challenging curriculum to help all students achieve.
Frameworks for Curriculum
Development
Complement the Show-Me Standards.
Describe what kinds of content and skills schools should emphasize.
Provide sample learning activities.
Many of the Frameworks were developed using PPP’s Continuum of Development Chart.
For complete Missouri Frameworks for Curriculum Development, go tohttp://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/frameworks/preface.html
Sample of Frameworks
Please refer to
VI. Geometric and Spatial Sense
Handout (page 7)
Grade Level Expectations
Known as GLEs
Guide teachers’ lesson planning.
Better identify what is expected of students at each grade level.
GLEs in Communication Arts & Mathematics
Arranged byStrandBig IdeaConceptGrade Level
• Big Idea:
2=Compose well-developed text using standard English conventions
• Concept:
F=Sentence Construction
• Grade Level: (not chosen)
Why Involve Parents?
• Communication between home and school make our children better learners.
• Sharing curriculum & GLEs informs parents and adds value to your program.
• Lessons can be reinforced at home through every day activities.
R=Reading
2=Develop & apply skills . . .
B=Literary Devices
K=Kindergarten
If you think the GLE was:
“Respond to rhythm, rhyme and alliteration in oral reading of poetry and prose.”
YOU’RE RIGHT!