Students read to comprehend, interpret, analyze, evaluate, and appreciate literary and expository texts by using a variety of strategies. They connect essential ideas, evaluate arguments, and analyze the various perspectives and ideas presented in a variety of literary and expository texts.

• A1 Interconnected Elements: Comprehension, Vocabulary, Alphabetics, Fluency

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  Students read and draw conclusions from texts, within a grade appropriate span of text complexity, by applying their knowledge and strategies of comprehension, vocabulary, alphabetics, and fluency.

  1. Use a range of strategies as they read including constant monitoring, searching, connecting, and inferring to deepen their understanding of text (s).
  2. Demonstrate ownership of appropriate vocabulary by effectively using a word in different contexts and for different purposes.
  3. Determine the meaning of unknown words by using a variety of strategies including using the context of the text, word connections, and a dictionary.
  4. Use phonics including syllable types, word parts, word families and common prefixes and suffixes to read fluently and build meaning as they read.
  5. Fluently and accurately read text, within a grade appropriate span of text complexity, using appropriate pacing, phrasing, intonation, and expression.
  6. Demonstrate comprehension of text(s) by stating connections or inferences made.

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• A2 Literary Texts

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  Students read fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry, within a grade appropriate span of text complexity.

  1. Identify and describe what characters are like based on what they say or do and by how the author or illustrator portrays them.
  2. Explain the basic plots of various texts (realistic fiction, historical fiction, classic fairy tales, myths, folktales, legends, or fables) by identifying the problem and solution in relation to the other story elements.
  3. Identify the speaker in a selection to aid comprehension.
  4. Identify and explain literary devices, including similes and exaggeration, to understand the text.
  5. Recognize theme(s) that are explicitly stated in text(s) to aid comprehension.
  6. Explain how poems are different from other kinds of fiction and demonstrate understanding by stating what a poem is about.
  7. Identify the main purpose of a passage or a particular part of a passage to aid comprehension.

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• A3 Informational Texts

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  Students read and summarize informational texts, within a grade appropriate span of text complexity, for different purposes.

  1. Generate questions, with support that can be answered using text features and information found within the text.
  2. Use organizational text features including titles, tables of contents, chapter headings, a glossaries, an index, illustrations, and maps to locate information or to aid comprehension.
  3. Identify answers in the text or important ideas to demonstrate understanding. 
  4. Make reasonable statements about text.
  5. Follow simple written instructions.
  6. Identify the main reason or purpose for a particular section of text to aid comprehension.

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• A4 Persuasive Texts

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  Although no performance indicators are stated, students are expected to have instructional experiences that help them to identify the purpose of a text, the main idea, and the supporting details and to explain that sometimes authors write to convince readers of something.

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