Phonemic Awareness, Word Recognition and Fluency
This standard is a K-3 standard. Therefore, there are no benchmarks beyond third grade.
Acquisition of Vocabulary
A. Use context clues and text structures to determine the meaning of new vocabulary.
B. Infer word meaning through identification and analysis of analogies and other word relationships.
C. Apply knowledge of connotation and denotation to learn the meanings of words.
D. Use knowledge of symbols, acronyms, word origins and derivations to determine the meanings of unknown words. E. Use knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meanings of complex words. F. Use multiple resources to enhance comprehension of vocabulary.
E. Use knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meanings of complex words.
F. Use multiple resources to enhance comprehension of vocabulary.
Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies
A. Determine a purpose for reading and use a range of reading comprehension strategies to better understand text.
B. Apply effective reading comprehension strategies, including summarizing and making predictions and comparisons, using information in text, between text and across subject areas.
C. Make meaning through asking and responding to a variety of questions related to text.
D. Apply self-monitoring strategies to clarify confusion about text and to monitor comprehension.
Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text
A. Use text features and graphics to organize, analyze and draw inferences from content and to gain additional information.
B. Recognize the difference between cause and effect and fact and opinion to analyze text.
C. Explain how main ideas connect to each other in a variety of sources.
D. Identify arguments and persuasive techniques used in informational text.
E. Explain the treatment, scope and organization of ideas from different texts to draw conclusions about a topic.
F. Determine the extent to which a summary accurately reflects the main idea, critical details and underlying meaning of original text.
Reading Applications: Literary Text
A. Describe and analyze the elements of character development.
B. Analyze the importance of setting.
C. Identify the elements of plot and establish a connection between an element and a future event.
D. Differentiate between the points of view in narrative text.
E. Demonstrate comprehension by inferring themes patterns and symbols.
F. Identify similarities and differences of various literary forms and genres.
G. Explain how figurative language expresses ideas and conveys mood.
