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Curriculum STANDARD 3: READING
COMPREHENSION
Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret,
evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions
with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their
word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features (e.g.,
sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).
Interpreting and evaluating texts is a key element in helping readers
explore their own responses, feelings, and values. This takes time and experience with a
variety of texts. Students draw on prior knowledge
and recognize strategies and conventions that guide them toward comprehension · Use graphic, phonological, syntactic, and semantic cues · Form expectations and make predictions about a text · Build on previous reading and life experiences · Create meaning from the text · Change strategies when moving from one genre or
context to another · Question, summarize, restate the text · Reflect on textual meaning from personal
perspective · Evaluate text elements such as purpose or
emotional appeal · Explore personal responses, feelings, and
values to ideas presented Suggestions for Assessment of Standard 3: Art Project Group Projects Written Evaluation
Debates / Oral
Presentations Interview with Teacher Writing Domains
Discussion
Journals / Written Response
Dramatic
Presentation
Multiple Measures Tools Graphic Organizers(e.g. Story Map) Teacher Observation KINDERGARTEN 1. Demonstrate understanding of concepts about print and
book handling skills 2.
Recognize and name upper and lower case letters 3. Relate
speech to sounds to letters (letters represent sounds) 4. Track
auditorily each word in a sentence (1 to 1 correspondence) 5. Indicate that print has meaning 6. Recognize environmental print (e.g., boys, girls, exit,
stop) 7. Introduce high frequency, sight words, names, and high
interest words 8. Read
some names and high interest words 9. Use pictures and context to make predictions about
story 10. Identify
characters, setting, and main events 11. Retell a story that has been read aloud 12. Make predictions about words and story events 13. Respond to text connecting it to personal
experience 14. Classify,
sort, graph, and discuss a variety of information 15. Discuss a
topic recognizing specific vocabulary 16. Identify and sort picture-word cards from within
basic categories (e.g., color, shape, names, foods) FIRST GRADE 1. Use reading strategies: meaning, structure,
sound/symbol, context, rereading to clarify 2. Read consonant, long and short vowel sounds to
decode 3. Use 1:1 correspondence (finger pointing) 4. Read fluently using phrasing (punctuation) 5. Use analogies to read unfamiliar words: word
families, roots, endings (-s, - 6. Read and spell at least 50 common, irregular sight
words (e.g., the, have, said, come) 7. Work with word structures: digraphs, r-controlled
vowels, compound words, contractions,
singular/plural nouns, possessives 8. Blend or segment phonemes in single-syllable words 9. Distinguish initial, medial, and final sounds in
single syllable words 10. Add,
delete, or change target sounds to change words (e.g.,
cow to how, 11. Recognize
main idea and relevant details in informational material 12. Retell text including beginning, middle, and
ending of a story 13. Identify main characters, setting, plot, and
theme 14. Make
predictions about words and story events and have opportunity to 15. Respond to
text connecting it to personal experience 16. Distinguish
between real and make believe SECOND GRADE 1.
Identify
parts of book including title page, author’s name, and table of contents 2. Read words with consonant clusters and special
vowel spellings to decode 3. Read to understand using prediction, phonics,
structure, and meaning 4. Read aloud fluently with good expression; self
correct errors 5. Retell stories in a sequential order 6. Describe story elements
(characters, plot, setting, theme, and point of view) 7. Study common antonyms, synonyms, and homonyms to
understand word meaning 8. Restate facts and details of informational text 9. Interpret information from diagrams, charts, and
graphs 10. Read and
follow two-step directions 11. Identify the main idea, stated and unstated 12. Identify
cause and effect 13. Summarize text 14. Draw conclusions from the text 15. Give book
talks 16. Respond to
text and relate to personal experience THIRD GRADE 1.
Read
and follow multiple-step directions 2. Demonstrate fluency when reading orally 3. Expand use of reading strategies: phonics,
content, illustrations, word structures (e.g., suffixes, prefixes, contractions,
abbreviations, syllables, compound words), word meanings (e.g., antonyms, synonyms, and
homophones) 4. Make and confirm predictions 5. Use parts of the book: table of contents,
glossary, title page, index, chapter headings 6. Expand vocabulary; word recognition and meaning 7. Identify the point of view in a selection 8. Summarize the plot of a story and identify problem
and solution in the story 9. Respond to text and relate to personal experience 10. Use sentence and word context to find meaning of unknown words
FOURTH GRADE 1. Expand sight vocabulary both in word recognition
and meaning (synonyms, antonyms and homonyms) 2. Use root words and origins to determine word
meaning 3. Interpret and summarize what has been read 4. Use background knowledge to make predictions; use text to confirm predictions 5. Use
skimming, scanning, and other strategies to find information to support ideas 6. Identify and
use text and graphic features such as titles, topic sentences, key words, diagrams,
illustrations, charts, and maps to predict and to gain meaning 7. Ask
questions regarding the text and respond appropriately 8. Support judgments through references to the text
and prior knowledge 9. Read and
follow multi-step directions 10. Respond to text and relate to personal experience 11. Distinguish and interpret multiple-meaning words 12. Evaluate
role of media in focusing attention and in forming opinions on FIFTH GRADE 1. Identify and correctly use common synonyms,
antonyms, and homonyms 2. Draw inferences, conclusions, or generalizations
(main idea) about text; support with textual evidence and experience 3. Use word origins, roots, and affixes to determine
meaning of unknown words 4. Use sentence and word context to find meaning of
unknown words 5. Identify and evaluate main ideas and concepts
presented in texts 6. Identify and use common expository organizational
structures (e.g., compare and contrast, cause and effect, chronological order) to gain
meaning from the text 7. Respond to literature that connects the reader to
the text and related works 8. Explore and discuss alternative meanings to text 9. Recognize the writer’s purpose 10. Read
fluently using reading cueing systems such as word usage, meaning, and phonetic analysis 11. Adjust
speed of reading e.g., skimming and rereading to suit purpose and difficulty of material 12. Read and
follow written directions 13. Distinguish among fact, supported inference, and
opinion 14. Understand
how graphic text features make information accessible SIXTH GRADE 1. Support opinion with evidence from text
(author’s opinion or reader’s 2. Recognize
origins and meanings of frequently used foreign words in English 3. Interpret figurative language (e.g., simile,
metaphor, personification, idioms, and multiple-meaning words) 4. Clarify and connect main ideas to related themes
(e.g., friendship and loyalty) 5. Use
strategies to clarify meaning (e.g., rereading, note taking, outlining, summarizing and
“think-pair-share“ 6. Understand plot, characters, setting, and theme of
a story 7. Use word, sentence, and paragraph clues to
determine meaning of unknown words 8. Identify the antecedent of a pronoun 9. Read
narrative and expository text fluently 10. Draw conclusions about the feelings and attitudes
of a character 11. Note examples of unsupported inferences,
fallacies, persuasion, and propaganda 12. Respond to text and relate to personal experience SEVENTH GRADE 1. Use knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and affixes to
understand content area vocabulary 2. Clarify word meanings through the use of definition,
example, restatement, or contrast 3. Analyze a range of responses to a literary work and
determine the extent to which the literary elements in the work shaped those responses 4. Recognize the origin and meanings of frequently used
foreign words in English and use these words accurately in speaking and writing 5. Use reading strategies: context clues, rereading,
self-correction, reading with others, predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing 6. Understand plot, characters, setting, and theme of a
story 7. Answer literal questions accurately 8. Retell the main events of a text in sequence 9. Draw conclusions about the feelings and attitudes of a
character 10. Differentiate between fact and opinion 11. Analyze text which uses cause and effect patterns EIGHTH GRADE 1. Understand the most important points in the history of
English language and use common word origins to determine the historical influences on
English word meanings 2. Use word meanings within appropriate context and show
ability to verify those meanings by definition, restatement, example, comparison, or
contrast 3. Compare original text to a summary to determine
whether the summary accurately captures the main ideas, includes critical details, and
conveys the underlying meaning 4. Read for content information 5. Understand plot, characters, setting, and theme of a
story 6. Answer literal questions accurately 7. Evaluate unity, logic, and consistency of text 8. Retell the main events of a text in sequence 9. Draw conclusions about the feelings and attitudes of a
character 10. Differentiate between fact and opinion NINTH/TENTH GRADE 1. Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words, and understand word derivation 2. Distinguish between the denotative and connotative meanings of words, and interpret the connotative power of words 3. Identify and use knowledge of the origins of Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology to understand the meaning of new words (e.g., the word “narcissistic” drawn from the myth of Narcissus and Echo) 4. Analyze both (1) the structure and format of functional workplace documents, including format, graphics, and headers and (2) how authors use the features to achieve their purposes 5. Determine characters’ traits by what they say about themselves in narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue, soliloquy 6.
Compare works that express a universal theme, and provide evidence to
support the ideas expressed in each work ELEVENTH/TWELFTH GRADE 1. Trace the etymology of significant terms used in political science, history, and literature 2. Apply knowledge of Greek, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon roots and affixes to draw inferences concerning the meaning of words 3.
Discern the meaning and relationship between pairs of words encountered in
analogical statements (e.g., synonyms/antonyms, connotation/denotation) 4. Analyze how clarity is affected by the patterns of organization, hierarchical structures, repetition of key ideas, syntax, and word choice in text 5. Verify and clarify facts presented in other types of expository texts by using a variety of consumer, workplace, and public documents |
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