Use oral language to initiate and sustain a conversation with a number of exchanges, interact with others, exchange ideas on a topic, and engage in play.

Select and use task-relevant before, during, and after strategies when speaking to communicate meaning.

Understand and apply the appropriate cues and conventions (pragmatic, textual, syntactical, semantic/lexical/morphological, graphophonic, and other) to construct and communicate meaning when speaking.

Recount experiences, stories (including contemporary and traditional First Nations and Métis stories), or current events, in a logical sequence and with necessary details.

Report on a topic with facts and details, drawing from several sources of information.

Deliver brief recitations (e.g., recite poems, rhymes, verses, and finger plays), participate in choral readings, and give oral presentations about familiar experiences or interests, organized around a coherent focus.

Give directions to help or explain.

Make relevant contributions to class discussions and take turns.

Dramatize a scene from a folktale or traditional First Nations or Métis narrative.

Explain how new ideas and information have added to understanding.