An Introduction to the
Grade Level Expectations
(GLEs)
by Vickie
Dickneite
PPP Center
Show-Me
Standards
Frameworks for
Curriculum
Development
Grade Level Expectations
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.
Sample of Frameworks
Please refer to
VI. Geometric and
Spatial Sense
Handout (page 7)
For complete Missouri Frameworks for Curriculum Development, go to
http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/frameworks/preface.html
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 by
Strand
Big Idea
Concept
Grade Level
Communication Arts
W2F
• Strand:
W=Writing
• 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.
Let’s try it!
Kindergarten Lesson 6Outer Space
Communication Arts
R2BK
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!
Here’s to Good People
May we KNOW them.
May we BE them.
May we RAISE them!