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Competency A: Find and Use Information

Task Group A1: Read continuous text

Level: 2

At this level, learners: Read texts to locate and connect ideas and information

Performance Descriptors

The learner:
•    Makes connections between sentences and between paragraphs in a single text
•    Scans text to locate information
•    Locates multiple pieces of information in simple texts
•    Reads more complex texts to locate a single piece of information
•    Makes low-level inferences
•    Follows the main events of descriptive, narrative, and informational texts
•    Obtains information from detailed reading
•    Begins to identify sources and evaluate information

Task Descriptors

•    Scope of task is clearly defined
•    Involves one text
•    Is one paragraph or longer
•    May include unfamiliar elements (e.g. vocabulary, context, topic)

Text types:
instructional, descriptive, narrative, and informational texts

Examples:     

• Letters
• Emails
• Notices

ESKARGO:
Embedded Skills, Knowledge and Attitudes Reference Guide for Ontario - A1.2

Competency A: Find and Use Information
Task Group A2: Interpret documents
Level: 2
At this level, learners: Interpret simple documents to locate and connect information

Performance Descriptors
The learner:

• Performs limited searches using one or two search criteria
• Extracts information from tables and forms
• Locates information in simple graphs and maps
• Uses layout to locate information
• Makes connections between parts of documents
• Makes low-level inferences
• Begins to identify sources and evaluate information

Task Descriptors

• Scope of task is clearly defined
• Involves one document
• Uses a simple format
• Displays a limited amount of information
• Is typically up to one page in length
• May include unfamiliar elements (e.g. vocabulary, context, topic)
• Documents at this level may contain a paragraph or more of text

Examples:

• Forms
• Tables
• Simple graphs
• Street maps
• Simple flow charts
• Floor plans

ESKARGO:
Embedded Skills, Knowledge and Attitudes Reference Guide for Ontario – A2.2

Competency C: Understand and Use Numbers
Task Group C2: Manage time
Level: 1
At this level, learners: Measure time and make simple comparisons and calculations

Performance Descriptors
The learner:

• Adds, subtracts, multiplies, and divides whole numbers and decimals
• Recognizes values in number and word format
• Understands chronological order
• Understands and uses common date formats
• Reads time on analog and digital clocks
• Identifies and performs required operation
• Represents dates and times using standard conventions
• Measures time using common instruments, such as clocks, timers, and stopwatches
• Chooses appropriate units of measurement (e.g. hours, minutes, seconds)
• Interprets and represents time using whole numbers, decimals (e.g. .25, .5), and simple, common fractions (e.g. ½, ¼ hour)
• Follows apparent steps to reach solutions
• Rounds to nearest minute or hour
• Uses strategies to check accuracy (e.g. estimating, using a calculator, repeating a calculation, using the reverse operation)

Task Descriptors

• Scope of task is limited
• Has a concrete and familiar context
• May require one operation; operation is apparent
• May require the same operation to be performed more than once
• Requires up to a few steps to complete
• Has a set procedure
• May involve one simple document (e.g. product label, appointment card)
• Has a highly explicit purpose
• Uses whole numbers and/or simple common fractions or decimals

ESKARGO:
Embedded Skills, Knowledge and Attitudes Reference Guide for Ontario – C2.1