Summary Tables of Texas Adult Education Content Standards & Benchmarks

Created by M.J. Ochoa, Far West GREAT Center
July 2008 (revised January 2009)

ABE/ASE CONTENT STANDARDS
LEVEL 1 – BEGINNING ABE LITERACY

READ WITH UNDERSTANDING

• Determine the purpose for reading.
• Select reading strategies appropriate to the purpose.
• Monitor comprehension and adjust reading strategies.
• Analyze the information and reflect on its underlying meaning.
• Integrate new understanding with prior knowledge to address the reading purpose.

 CONVEY IDEAS IN WRITING

• Determine the purpose for communicating.
• Organize and present information to serve the purpose, context, and audience.
• Pay attention to conventions of English language usage, including grammar, spelling and sentence structure.
• Seek feedback and revise to enhance the effectiveness of the communication.

 USE MATH TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND COMMUNICATE

• Understand, interpret, and work with pictures, numbers and symbolic information.
• Define and select data to be used in solving the problem.
• Determine the degree of precision required by the situation.
• Apply knowledge of mathematical concepts and procedures to figure out how to answer a question, solve a problem.
• Make a prediction or carry out a task that has a mathematical dimension using appropriate quantitative procedures, and verify the results are reasonable.
• Communicate results using a variety of mathematical representations, including graphs, charts, tables, and algebraic models.

Determine Purpose
(R1.1) Read for simple, real-life purposes as directed.

Example: Reading a grocery list, words and prices in store ads, personal names and addresses.

Decode and Recognize Words
(R2.1) Decode words or word groups in simple text with assistance to:

• Distinguish, generate, and manipulate sounds (segment, blend, substitute, isolate, rhyme),
• Associate sounds with the symbols that represent them,
• Recognize words from letter shapes, symbols, sight picture clues, and common partners and
• Associate oral vocabulary with the written words.

Example: Blending sounds: what do you hear when I say these sounds /k/ /a/ /t/ - cat

Vocabulary Development
(R3.1) Demonstrate familiarity with concepts of print and common vocabulary.

Example: Gaining information from printed text: reading left to right, top to bottom, book title.

Locate Information
(R4.1) Locate information in short, simple text with guidance in response to questions or prompts.

Example: Who, what, when, where.

Build Comprehension
(R5.1) Monitor own accuracy of decoding and word recognition using simple strategies, such as rereading or asking for help.

Example: Read aloud.

Analyze and Organize Information
(R6.1) Recall information stated in simple lists and phrases.

Example: Shopping lists

 Determine Purpose
(W1.1) Write for a purpose as directed with minimal attention to audience.

Example: Plan grocery lists

Organize Information
(W2.1) Follow a highly structured, externally developed plan to:

• Use a text model and
• Organize information (e.g., lists or responses to prompts for everyday information).

Example: Fill out a check.

Present Information
(W3.1) Convey information by writing all letters of the alphabet and numbers by:

• Appropriately using simple, everyday, highly familiar words (names, signatures, addresses) and
• Appropriately using numbers (dates, phone numbers, addresses, prices).

Example: Filling out a job application.

Revise Writing
(W4.1) Make a few simple content changes to writing such as words and phrases that could be added to make thoughts clearer, or more expressive based on feedback from teachers, peers, and others.

Edit Writing
(W5.1) Make simple edits of handwriting, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.

 Recognize and Compare Numbers
(M1.1) Count and read whole numbers between 0 and 10.

Example: Label days of the week with numbers.

Mathematical Symbols
(M2.1) Identify and use mathematical symbols (+,-,=) and words that represent those symbols.

Example: Use mathematical symbols to represent three plus five.

Number Line and Grids
(M3.1) Plot natural numbers on a horizontal number line.

Example: Plot the first five days of the week using the number line.

Application of Mathematical Operations
(M4.1) Model and apply meanings of addition (such as counting or combining) and subtraction (such as taking away or separating inverse operations) of one-digit whole numbers.

Example: Add the ages of two 3-year olds and one 2-year old.

Currency
(M5.1) Identify U.S. currency and coins.

Example: Sort coins in like piles, and then determine the value of each pile.

Measurements
(M6.1) Identify common units of measurement: length, volume, time, and temperature.

Example: Read a school calendar.

Area, Perimeters, and Angles
(M7.1) Recognize and identify simple two- and three- dimensional shapes.

Example: Identify the shape of the classroom.

Using Ratios, Proportions, and Percents
(M8.1) Concept introduced at Level 3.

Probabilities
(M9.1) Concept introduced at Level 4.

Graphs and Charts
(M10.1) Identify key features of simple everyday graphs and charts.

Example: Interpret a simple graph (e.g. in a child’s height and weight chart).

Averages
(M11.1) Concept introduced at Level 4.

Order of Operations and Linear Equations
(M12.1) Concept introduced at Level 2.

Patterns and Sequences
(M13.1) Recognize patterns and sequences using colors, shapes, and numbers.

Example: 2, 4, 6, __, 10, 12 …

Rounding and Estimation
(M14.1) Round to the nearest 10.

Example: Is 6 closer to 1 or 10?