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The following sections include correlations for Georgia Performance Standards in English, Language Arts, and Social Studies -- as well as Quality Core Curriculum correlations for the Fine Arts (including Music, Band, Chorus, and Music Appreciation).

For more information about the new social studies standards, visit https://www.georgiastandards.org/Standards/Pages/BrowseStandards/SocialStudiesStandards.aspx

Georgia Performance Standard Correlations

ELA4R3 The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly in reading and writing. The student
a. Reads a variety of texts and incorporates new words into oral and written language.
b. Determines the meaning of unknown words using their context.
c. Identifies the meaning of common root words to determine the meaning of
unfamiliar words.
d. Determines meanings of words and alternate word choices using a dictionary
or thesaurus.
e. Identifies the meaning of common prefixes (e.g., un-, re-, dis-).
f. Identifies the meaning of common idioms and figurative phrases.
g. Identifies playful uses of language (e.g., puns, jokes, palindromes).
h. Recognizes and uses words with multiple meanings (e.g., sentence, school,
hard) and determines which meaning is intended from the context of the sentence.
i.    Identifies and applies the meaning of the terms antonym, synonym, and homophone.

ELA4R4 The student reads aloud, accurately (in the range of 95%), familiar
material in a variety of genres, in a way that makes meaning clear to listeners.
The student
a. Uses letter-sound knowledge to decode written English and uses a range of
cueing systems (e.g., phonics and context clues) to determine pronunciation
and meaning.
b. Uses self-correction when subsequent reading indicates an earlier miscue (self-
monitoring and self-correcting strategies).
c. Reads with a rhythm, flow, and meter that sounds like everyday speech (prosody).

ELA5R3 The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it
correctly in reading and writing. The student
a. Reads a variety of texts and incorporates new words into oral and written language.
b. Determines the meaning of unfamiliar words using context clues (e.g., definition,
example).
c. Determines the meaning of unfamiliar words using knowledge of common
roots, suffixes, and prefixes.
d. Determines pronunciations, meanings, alternate word choices, and parts of
speech of words using dictionaries and thesauruses.
e. Identifies the meaning of common prefixes (e.g., un-, re-, dis-).
f. Identifies the meaning of common idioms and figurative phrases.
g. Identifies playful uses of language (e.g., puns, jokes, palindromes).
h. Recognizes and uses words with multiple meanings (e.g., sentence, school, hard)
and determines which meaning is intended from the context of the sentence.
i. Identifies and applies the meaning of the terms antonym, synonym, and homophone.

ELA5R4 The student reads aloud, accurately (in the range of 95%), familiar
material in a variety of genres, in a way that makes meaning clear to listeners.
The student
a. Uses letter-sound knowledge to decode written English and uses a range of
cueing systems (e.g., phonics and context clues) to determine pronunciation
and meaning.
b. Uses self-correction when subsequent reading indicates an earlier miscue (self-
monitoring and self-correcting strategies).
c. Reads with a rhythm, flow, and meter that sounds like everyday speech (prosody).

ELA6R2 The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly in reading and writing. The student
a. Determines the meaning of unfamiliar words by using word, sentence, and
paragraph clues.
b. Uses knowledge of Greek and Latin affixes to understand unfamiliar vocabulary.
c. Identifies and interprets words with multiple meanings.
d. Uses reference skills to determine pronunciations, meanings, alternate word
choices, and parts of speech of words.

ELA6R3 The student reads aloud, accurately (in the range of 95%), familiar
material in a variety of genres, in a way that makes meaning clear to listeners.
The student
a. Uses letter-sound knowledge to decode written English and uses a range of
cueing systems (e.g., phonics and context clues) to determine pronunciation
and meaning.
b. Uses self-correction when subsequent reading indicates an earlier miscue
(self-monitoring and self-correcting strategies).
c. Reads with a rhythm, flow, and meter that sounds like everyday speech
(prosody).

ELA7R2 The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it
correctly in reading and writing. The student
a. Determines the meaning of unfamiliar words using context clues (e.g., contrast,
cause and effect, etc.).
b. Uses knowledge of Greek, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon roots and affixes to determine
the meaning of unfamiliar words.
c. Identifies and explains idioms and analogies in prose and poetry.
d. Determines word meanings through the use of definition, example, restatement,
or contrast.

ELA7R3 The student reads aloud, accurately (in the range of 95%), familiar
material in a variety of genres, in a way that makes meaning clear to listeners.
The student
a. Uses letter-sound knowledge to decode written English and uses a range of
cueing systems (e.g., phonics and context clues) to determine pronunciation
and meaning.
b. Uses self-correction when subsequent reading indicates an earlier miscue
(selfmonitoring and self-correcting strategies).
c. Reads with a rhythm, flow, and meter that sounds like everyday speech
(prosody).

ELA7RC3 The student acquires new vocabulary in each content area and uses
it correctly. The student
a. Demonstrates an understanding of contextual vocabulary in various subjects.
b. Uses content vocabulary in writing and speaking.
c. Explores understanding of new words found in subject area texts.

ELA7RC4 The student establishes a context for information acquired by reading
across subject areas. The student
a. Explores life experiences related to subject area content.
b. Discusses in both writing and speaking how certain words and concepts relate
to multiple subjects.
c. Determines strategies for finding content and contextual meaning for unfamiliar
words or concepts.

ELA8R2 The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it
correctly in reading and writing. The student
a. Determines pronunciations, meanings, alternate word choices, parts of speech,
or etymologies of words.
b. Determines the meaning of unfamiliar words in content and context specific
to reading and writing.
c. Demonstrates an initial understanding of the history of the English Language.

ELA8R3. The student reads aloud, accurately (in the range of 95%), familiar
material in a variety of genres, in a way that makes meaning clear to listeners.
The student
a. Uses letter-sound knowledge to decode written English and uses a range of
cueing systems (e.g., phonics and context clues) to determine pronunciation
and meaning.
b. Uses self-correction when subsequent reading indicates an earlier miscue
(self-monitoring and self-correcting strategies).
c. Reads with a rhythm, flow, and meter that sounds like everyday speech
(prosody).

ELA8RC3 The student acquires new vocabulary in each content area and uses
it correctly. The student
a. Demonstrates an understanding of contextual vocabulary in various subjects.
b. Uses content vocabulary in writing and speaking.
c. Explores understanding of new words found in subject area texts.
    

ELA8RC4 The student establishes a context for information acquired by reading
across subject areas. The student
a. Explores life experiences related to subject area content.
b. Discusses in both writing and speaking how certain words and concepts relate
to multiple subjects.
c. Determines strategies for finding content and contextual meaning for unfamiliar
words or concepts.

ELA9RC3 The student acquires new vocabulary in each content area and uses it correctly. The student
a. Demonstrates an understanding of contextual vocabulary in various subjects.
b. Uses content vocabulary in writing and speaking.
c. Explores understanding of new words found in subject area texts.

ELA9RC4 The student establishes a context for information acquired by reading across subject areas. The student
a. Explores life experiences related to subject area content.
b. Discusses in both writing and speaking how certain words and concepts relate to multiple subjects.
c. Determines strategies for finding content and contextual meaning for unfamiliar words or concepts.

ELA10RC3 The student acquires new vocabulary in each content area and uses it correctly. The student
a. Demonstrates an understanding of contextual vocabulary in various subjects.
b. Uses content vocabulary in writing and speaking.
c. Explores understanding of new words found in subject area texts.

ELA10RC4 The student establishes a context for information acquired by reading across subject areas. The student
a. Explores life experiences related to subject area content.
b. Discusses in both writing and speaking how certain words and concepts relate to multiple subjects.
c. Determines strategies for finding content and contextual meaning for unfamiliar words or concepts.

ELA11C1 The student demonstrates understanding and control of the rules of the English language, realizing that usage involves the appropriate application of conventions and grammar in both written and spoken formats. The student
a. Demonstrates an understanding of proper English usage and control of grammar, sentence and paragraph structure, diction, and syntax.
b. Correctly uses clauses (i.e., main and subordinate), phrases (i.e., gerund, infinitive, and participial), and mechanics of punctuation (i.e., end marks, commas, semicolons, quotations marks, colons, ellipses, hyphens).
c. Demonstrates an understanding of sentence construction (i.e., subordination, proper placement of modifiers, parallel structure) and proper English usage (i.e., consistency of verb tenses, agreement).

ELA12C1 The student demonstrates understanding and control of the rules of the English language, realizing that usage involves the appropriate application of conventions and grammar in both written and spoken formats. The student
a. Demonstrates an understanding of proper English usage and control of grammar, sentence and paragraph structure, diction, and syntax.
b. Correctly uses clauses (i.e., main and subordinate), phrases (i.e., gerund, infinitive, and participial), and mechanics of punctuation (i.e., end marks, commas, semicolons, quotation marks, colons, ellipses, hyphens).
c. Demonstrates an understanding of sentence construction (i.e., subordination, proper placement of modifiers, parallel structure) and proper English usage (i.e., consistency of verb tense, agreement).

SSKH3 The student will correctly use words and phrases related to chronology and time to explain how things change.

a. Now, long ago
b. Before, after
c. Morning, afternoon, night
d. Today, tomorrow, yesterday
e. First, last, next
f. Day, week, month, year
g. Past, present, future

SSKCG2 The student will retell stories that illustrate positive character traits and will explain how the people in the stories show the qualities of honesty, patriotism, loyalty, courtesy, respect, truth, pride, self-control, moderation, and accomplishment.

SSKE1 The student will describe the work that people do (police officer, fire fighter, soldier, mail carrier, baker, farmer, doctor, and teacher). SSKE2 The student will explain that people earn income by exchanging their human resources (physical or mental work) for wages or salaries.

SSKE4 The student will explain that people must make choices because they cannot have everything they want.

SSUSH16 The student will identify key developments in the aftermath of WW I.
a. Explain how rising communism and socialism in the United States led to the Red Scare and immigrant restriction.
b. Identify Henry Ford, mass production, and the automobile.
c. Describe the impact of radio and the movies.
d. Describe modern forms of cultural expression; include Louis Armstrong and the origins of jazz, Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance, Irving Berlin, and Tin Pan Alley.

Quality Core Curriculum Correlations

Subject: Fine Art
Grade: Kindergarten
Strand: General Music
QCC 16: Historical and Cultural Context
Participates in musical activities representing a variety of cultures


Subject: Fine Art
Grade: 1
Strand: General Music
QCC 18: Historical and Cultural Context
Participates in musical activities representing a variety of cultures, focusing on stylistic concepts.


Subject: Fine Art
Grade: 2
Strand: General Music
QCC 15: Historical and Cultural Context
Participates in musical activities representing a variety of cultures, focusing on stylistic concepts.


Subject: Fine Art
Grade: 3
Strand: General Music
QCC 19: Historical and Cultural Context
Participates in musical activities representing a variety of cultures, focusing on stylistic concepts.


Subject: Fine Art
Grade: 4
Strand: Band
QCC 22: Historical and Cultural Context
Demonstrates knowledge of composers of selected music repertoire and the historical/cultural context of works being performed.


Subject: Fine Art
Grade: 4
Strand: Choral Music
QCC 23: Historical and Cultural Context
Demonstrates knowledge of composers of selected music repertoire and the historical/cultural context of works being performed.


Subject: Fine Art
Grade: 4
Strand: General Music
QCC 28: Historical and Cultural Context
Expands knowledge of selected famous composers.


Subject: Fine Art
Grade: 5
Strand: Band
QCC 22: Historical and Cultural Context
Demonstrates knowledge of composers of selected music repertoire and the historical/cultural context of works being performed.


Subject: Fine Art
Grade: 5
Strand: Choral Music
QCC 23: Historical and Cultural Context
Demonstrates knowledge of composers of selected music repertoire and the historical/cultural context of works being performed.


Subject: Fine Art
Grade: 6
Strand: Band
QCC 22: Historical and Cultural Context
Demonstrates knowledge of composers of selected music repertoire and the historical/cultural context of works being performed.


Subject: Fine Art
Grade: 6
Strand: Choral Music
QCC 23: Historical and Cultural Context
Demonstrates knowledge of composers of selected music repertoire and the historical/cultural context of works being performed.



Subject: Fine Art
Grade: 6
Strand: Music appreciation, history, and literature
QCC 6: Historical and Cultural Context
Demonstrates knowledge of the historical and cultural context of Baroque, classical and 20th-century music.


Subject: Fine Art
Grade: 6
Strand: Music appreciation, history, and literature
QCC 7: Historical and Cultural Context
Recognizes the various roles of music in society.


Subject: Fine Art
Grade: 7
Strand: Band
QCC 22: Historical and Cultural Context
Demonstrates knowledge of composers of selected music repertoire and the historical/cultural context of works being performed.


Subject: Fine Art
Grade: 7
Strand: Choral Music
QCC 23: Historical and Cultural Context
Demonstrates knowledge of composers of selected music repertoire and the historical/cultural context of works being performed.


Subject: Fine Art
Grade: 7
Strand: Music appreciation, history, and literature
QCC 6: Historical and Cultural Context
Demonstrates knowledge of the historical and cultural context of Baroque, classical and 20th-century music.


Subject: Fine Art
Grade: 7
Strand: Music appreciation, history, and literature
QCC 7: Historical and Cultural Context
Recognizes the various roles of music in society.


Subject: Fine Art
Grade: 8
Strand: Band
QCC 22: Historical and Cultural Context
Demonstrates knowledge of composers of selected music repertoire and the historical/cultural context of works being performed.


Subject: Fine Art
Grade: 8
Strand: Choral Music
QCC 23: Historical and Cultural Context
Demonstrates knowledge of composers of selected music repertoire and the historical/cultural context of works being performed.


Subject: Fine Art
Grade: 8
Strand: Music appreciation, history, and literature
QCC 6: Historical and Cultural Context
Demonstrates knowledge of the historical and cultural context of Baroque, classical and 20th-century music.


Subject: Fine Art
Grade: 8
Strand: Music appreciation, history, and literature
QCC 7: Historical and Cultural Context
Recognizes the various roles of music in society.