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3rd Grade

No Category Listed

  • Develop comprehension skills by reading a variety of self-selected and assigned print and non-print informational texts, including electronic media (1)

    • Read use, and identify the characteristics of non-fiction materials such as textbooks, appropriate reference materials, personal narratives, diaries, and journals, biographies, newspapers, letters, articles, websites, and other online materials, other appropriate content- specific texts to gain information and content knowledge. (1)

  • Identify and use text features to facilitate understanding of informational texts (1)

    • Use print features such as large bold print, font size/type, italics, colored print, quotation marks, and underlining (1)
    • Use informational aids such as introductions and overviews, materials lists, timelines, captions, glossed words, labels, numbered steps, pronunciation key, transition words, boxed text (3)
    • Use organizational aids such as titles, chapter titles, headings, subheadings, tables of contents, numbered steps, glossaries, indices, transition words (4)
    • Use online features such as URLs, hypertext links, sidebars, drop down menus, home pages (5)
    • Identify and explain the contributions of text features to meaning (6)

  • Develop knowledge of organizational structure of informational text to understand what is read (3)

    • Identify and analyze the organization of texts such as sequential and/or chronological order, main idea and supporting details, cause/effect, and problem solution (1)
    • Identify and use words and phrases associated with common organizational patterns such as words that show chronology (first, second, third), description (above, beneath, next to, beside), cause and effect (because, as a result), sequence (next, then, finally) (2)

  • Determine important ideas and messages in informational texts (4)

    • Identify and explain the author's/text's purpose and intended audience (1)
    • Identify and explain the author's opinion (2)
    • State and support main ideas and messages (3)
    • Summarize or paraphrase (4)
    • Identify and explain information not related to the main idea (5)
    • Identify and explain relationships between and among ideas such as comparison/contrast, cause/effect, sequence/chronology (6)
    • Draw conclusions and inferences and make generalizations and predictions from text (7)
    • Distinguish between a fact and an opinion (8)
    • Identify and explain how someone might use the text (9)
    • Connect the text to prior knowledge or experience (10)

  • Identify and explain the author's use of language (5)

    • Identify and explain specific words or phrases that contribute to the meaning of a text (1)
    • Identify and explain specific words and punctuation that create tone (2)
    • Identify and explain the effect of repetition of words and phrases (3)

4th Grade

No Category Listed

  • Develop comprehension skills by reading a variety of self-selected and assigned print and non-print informational texts, including electronic media (1)

    • Read, use, and identify the characteristics of nonfiction materials such as textbooks, appropriate reference materials, personal narratives, diaries, and journals, biographies, newspapers, letters, articles, web sites and other online materials, other appropriate content-specific texts to gain information and content knowledge (1)
    • Read, use, and identify the characteristics of functional documents such as sets of directions, science investigations, atlases, posters, flyers, forms, instructional manuals, menus, pamphlets, rules, invitations, recipes, advertisements, other functional documents (2)
    • Select and read to gain information from personal interest materials such as brochures, books, magazines, cookbooks, catalogs, and web sites (3)

  • Identify and use text features to facilitate understanding (2)

    • Use print features such as large bold print, font size/type, italics, colored print, quotation marks, underlining, and other print features encountered in informational texts (1)
    • Use graphic aids such as illustrations and pictures, photographs, drawings, sketches, cartoons, maps (key, scale, legend, graphs, charts/tables, and diagrams, other graphic aids encountered in informational texts (2)
    • Use informational aids such as introductions and overviews, materials lists, timelines, captions, glossed words, labels, numbered steps, bulleted lists, footnoted words, pronunciation key, transition words, boxed text (3)
    • Use organizational aids such as titles, chapter titles, headings, subheadings, tables of contents, numbered steps, glossaries, indices, transition words (4)
    • Use online features such as URLs, hypertext links, sidebars, drop down menus, home pages, site maps (5)
    • Identify and explain the contributions of text features to meaning (6)

  • Develop knowledge of organizational structure of informational text to understand what is read (3)

    • Identify and analyze the organizational patterns of texts such as sequential and/or chronological order, similarities/differences, main idea and supporting details, cause/effect, and problem/solution (1)
    • Identify and use words and phrases associated with common organizational patterns such as words that show chronology (first, second, third), description (above, beneath, next to, beside), cause and effect (because, as a result), sequence (next, then, finally) (2)

  • Determine important ideas and messages in informational texts (4)

    • Identify and explain the author's/text's purpose and intended audience (1)
    • Identify and explain the author's opinion (2)
    • State and support main ideas and messages (3)
    • Summarize or paraphrase (4)
    • Identify and explain information not related to the main idea (5)
    • Identify and explain relationships between and among ideas such as comparison/contrast, cause/effect, sequence/chronology (6)
    • Draw conclusions and inferences and make generalizations and predictions from text (7)
    • Distinguish between a fact and an opinion (8)
    • Identify and explain how someone might use the text (9)
    • Connect the text to prior knowledge or experience (10)

  • Identify and explain the author's use of language (5)

    • Identify and explain specific words or phrases that contribute to the meaning of a text (1)
    • Identify and explain specific words and punctuation that create tone (2)
    • Identify and explain the effect of repetition of words and phrases (3)

  • Read critically to evaluate informational text (6)

    • Explain whether the text fulfills the reading purpose (1)
    • Identify and explain additions or changes to format or text features that would make the text easier to understand (2)
    • Identify and explain what makes the text a reliable source of information (3)
    • Explain whether or not the author's opinion is presented fairly (4)
    • Identify and explain information not included in the text (5)
    • Identify and explain words and other techniques that affect the reader's feelings (6)

5th Grade

No Category Listed

  • Develop and apply comprehension skills by reading a variety of self-selected and assigned print and non-print informational texts, including electronic media (1)

    • Read, use, and identify the characteristics of nonfiction materials such as textbooks, appropriate reference materials, research and historical documents, personal narratives, diaries, and journals, biographies, newspapers, letters, articles, web sites and other online materials, other appropriate content-specific texts to gain information and content knowledge (1)
    • Read, use, and identify the characteristics of functional documents such as sets of directions, science investigations, atlases, posters, flyers, forms, instructional manuals, menus, pamphlets, rules, invitations, recipes, advertisements, other functional documents (2)
    • Select and read to gain information from personal interest materials such as brochures, books, magazines, cookbooks, catalogs, and web sites (3)

  • Identify and use text features to facilitate understanding of informational texts (2)

    • Use print features such as large bold print, font size/type, italics, colored print, quotation marks, underlining, and other appropriate content-specific texts (1)
    • Use graphic aids such as illustrations and pictures, photographs, drawings, sketches, cartoons, maps (key, scale, legend, graphs, charts/tables, and diagrams, other graphic aids encountered in informational texts (2)
    • Use informational aids such as introductions and overviews, materials lists, timelines, captions, glossed words, labels, numbered steps, bulleted lists, footnoted words, pronunciation key, transition words, other informational aids encountered in informational texts (3)
    • Use organizational aids such as titles, chapter titles, headings, subheadings, tables of contents, numbered steps, glossaries, indices, transition words, other organizational aids encountered in organizational texts (4)
    • Use online features such as URLs, hypertext links, sidebars, drop down menus, home pages, site maps, other features characteristic of online texts (5)
    • Identify and explain the contributions of text features to meaning (6)

  • Develop and apply knowledge of organizational structure of informational text to understand what is read (3)

    • Identify and analyze the organizational patterns of texts such as sequential and/or chronological order, cause/effect, problem/solution, similarities/differences, description, main idea and supporting details (1)
    • Identify and use words and phrases associated with common organizational patterns such as words that show chronology (first, second, third), description (above, beneath, next to, beside), cause and effect (because, as a result), sequence (next, then, finally) (2)

  • Determine and analyze important ideas and messages in informational texts (4)

    • Identify and explain the author's/text's purpose and intended audience (1)
    • Identify and explain the author's opinion (2)
    • State and support main ideas and messages (3)
    • Summarize or paraphrase (4)
    • Identify and explain information not related to the main idea (5)
    • Identify and explain relationships between and among ideas such as comparison/contrast, cause/effect, sequence/chronology (6)
    • Draw conclusions and inferences and make generalizations and predictions from text (7)
    • Distinguish between a fact and an opinion (8)
    • Identify and explain how someone might use the text (9)
    • Connect the text to prior knowledge or experience (10)

  • Identify and explain the author's use of language (5)

    • Identify and explain specific words or phrases that contribute to the meaning of a text (1)
    • Identify and explain specific words and punctuation that create tone (2)
    • Identify and explain the effect of repetition of words and phrases (3)

  • Read critically to evaluate informational text (6)

    • Explain whether the text fulfills the reading purpose (1)
    • Identify and explain additions or changes to format or text features that would make the text easier to understand (2)
    • Identify and explain what makes the text a reliable source of information (3)
    • Explain whether or not the author's opinion is presented fairly (4)
    • Identify and explain information not included in the text (5)
    • Identify and explain words and other techniques the author uses to appeal to emotion (6)

6th Grade

No Category Listed

  • Develop and apply comprehension skills by reading a variety of self-selected and assigned print and non-print informational texts, including electronic media (1)

    • Read, use, and identify the characteristics of nonfiction materials such as textbooks, appropriate reference materials, research and historical documents, personal narratives, diaries, and journals, biographies, newspapers, letters, articles, web sites and other online materials, other appropriate content-specific texts to gain information and content knowledge (1)
    • Read, use, and identify the characteristics of functional documents such as sets of directions, science investigations, atlases, posters, flyers, forms, instructional manuals, menus, pamphlets, rules, invitations, recipes, advertisements, other functional documents (2)
    • Select and read to gain information from personal interest materials such as brochures, books, magazines, cookbooks, catalogs, and web sites (3)

  • Identify and use text features to facilitate understanding of informational texts (2)

    • Use print features such as large bold print, font size/type, italics, colored print, quotation marks, underlining, and other appropriate content-specific texts (1)
    • Use graphic aids such as illustrations and pictures, photographs, drawings, sketches, cartoons, maps (key, scale, legend, graphs, charts/tables, and diagrams, other graphic aids encountered in informational texts (2)
    • Use informational aids such as introductions and overviews, materials lists, timelines, captions, glossed words, labels, numbered steps, bulleted lists, footnoted words, pronunciation key, transition words, end notes, works cited, other informational aids encountered in informational texts (3)
    • Use organizational aids such as titles, chapter titles, headings, subheadings, tables of contents, numbered steps, glossaries, indices, transition words, other organizational aids encountered in organizational texts (4)
    • Use online features such as URLs, hypertext links, sidebars, drop down menus, home pages, site maps, other features characteristic of online texts (5)
    • Identify and explain the contributions of text features to support the main idea of the text (6)

  • Develop and apply knowledge of organizational structure of informational texts to facilitate understanding (3)

    • Identify and analyze the organizational patterns of texts such as sequential and/or chronological order, cause/effect, problem/solution, similarities/differences, description, main idea and supporting details, transition or signal words and phrases that indicate the organizational pattern (1)
    • Explain how the organizational pattern clarifies and reinforces meaning and supports the author's/text's purpose (2)

  • Determine and analyze important ideas and messages in informational texts (4)

    • Identify and explain the author's/text's purpose and intended audience (1)
    • Identify and explain the author's opinion (2)
    • State and support main ideas and messages (3)
    • Summarize or paraphrase (4)
    • Identify and explain information not related to the main idea (5)
    • Explain relationships between and among ideas such as comparison/contrast, cause/effect, sequence/chronology (6)
    • Synthesize ideas from text (7)
    • Distinguish between a fact and an opinion (8)
    • Explain how someone might use the text (9)
    • Connect the text to prior knowledge or experience (10)

  • Analyze purposeful use of language (5)

    • Analyze specific words or phrases that contribute to the meaning of a text (1)
    • Analyze specific language choices that create tone (2)
    • Analyze the effect of repetition of words and phrases on meaning (3)

  • Read critically to evaluate informational text (6)

    • Explain whether the text fulfills the reading purpose (1)
    • Analyze changes or additions to the structure and text features that would make the text easier to understand (2)
    • Analyze the text and its information for reliability (3)
    • Determine and explain whether or not the author's argument or position is presented fairly (4)
    • Identify and explain information not included in the text (5)
    • Identify and explain language and other techniques intended to persuade the reader (6)

7th Grade

No Category Listed

  • Apply comprehension skills by selecting, reading, and interpreting a variety of print and non-print informational texts, including electronic media (1)

    • Read, use, and identify the characteristics of primary and secondary sources of academic information such as textbooks, trade books, reference and research materials, periodicals, editorials, speeches, interviews, articles, non-print materials, and online materials, other appropriate content-specific texts (1)
    • Read, use, and identify the characteristics of workplace and other real-world documents such as sets of directions, science investigations, atlases, posters, flyers, forms, instructional manuals, menus, pamphlets, rules, invitations, recipes, advertisements, other functional documents (2)
    • Select and read to gain information from personal interest materials such as books, magazines, cookbooks, catalogs, web sites, and other online materials (3)

  • Analyze text features to facilitate understanding of informational texts (2)

    • Analyze print features that contribute to meaning (1)
    • Analyze graphic aids that contribute to meaning (2)
    • Analyze informational aids that contribute to meaning (3)
    • Analyze organizational aids that contribute to meaning (4)
    • Analyze online features that contribute to meaning (5)
    • Analyze the relationship between the text features and the content of the text as a whole (6)

  • Apply knowledge of organizational patterns of informational text to facilitate understanding (3)

    • Analyze the organizational patterns of texts such as sequential and/or chronological order, cause/effect, problem/solution, similarities/differences, description, main idea and supporting details, order of importance, transition or signal words and phrases that indicate the organizational pattern (1)
    • Analyze the contribution of the organizational pattern to clarify or reinforce meaning and support the author's purpose and/or argument (2)
    • Use organizational structure to locate specific information (3)

  • Analyze important ideas and messages in informational texts (4)

    • Identify and explain the author's/text's purpose and intended audience (1)
    • Identify and explain the author's argument, viewpoint, or perspective (2)
    • State and support main ideas and messages (3)
    • Summarize or paraphrase (4)
    • Identify and explain information or ideas peripheral to the main idea or message (5)
    • Explain relationships between and among ideas (6)
    • Synthesize ideas from text (7)
    • Distinguish between a fact and an opinion (8)
    • Explain how someone might use the text (9)
    • Connect the text to prior knowledge or experience (10)

  • Analyze purposeful use of language (5)

    • Analyze specific word choice that contributes to the meaning and/or creates style (1)
    • Analyze specific language choices to determine tone (2)
    • Analyze repetition and variation of specific words and phrases that contribute to meaning (3)

  • Read critically to evaluate informational text (6)

    • Analyze the extent to which the text fulfills the reading purpose (1)
    • Analyze the extent to which the structure and text features clarify the purpose and the information (2)
    • Analyze the text and its information for reliability (3)
    • Analyze the author's argument or position for clarity and/or bias (4)
    • Analyze additional information that would clarify or strengthen the author's argument or viewpoint (5)
    • Analyze language and other techniques intended to persuade the reader (6)

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