Kindergarten

K-1-1 Understands that print conveys meaning

K-1-2 Understands how print is organized and read (e.g., identifies front and back covers and follows words from top to bottom)

First Grade

1-1-1 Understands how print is organized and read (E.G., follows words from left to right and recognized the significance of spaces between words)

1-1-2 Uses picture clues and picture captions to aid comprehension and to make predictions about content

1-1-3 Decodes unknown words using basic elements of phonetic and structural analysis (e.g., common letter/sound relationships, syllables, basic prefixes, suffixes, root words)

Second Grade

2-1-1 Understands how print is organized and read

2-1-2 Decodes unknown words using basic elements of phonetic analysis and structural analysis (e.g., digraphs, vowel pairs, r-controlled vowels, basic prefixes, suffixes & root (base) words)

2-1-3 Uses self-correction strategies (e.g., searches for cues, identifies miscues, rereads)

2-1-4 Reads aloud familiar stories, poems, and passages with attention to fluency

Third Grade

3-1-1 Represents concrete information (e.g., persons, places, things, events) as explicit mental picture

3-1-2 Determines the meaning of unknown words using a glossary

3-1-3 Monitors own reading strategies and makes modifications as needed (e.g., recognizes when he or she is confused by a section of text, questions whether the text makes sense)

Fourth Grade

4-1-1 Makes, confirms, and revises simple predictions about what will be found in a text

4-1-2 Decodes words not recognized immediately by using phonetic and structural analysis techniques, the syntactic structure in which the word appears, and the semantic context surrounding the word (Context Clues)

4-1-3 Identifies the author's purpose (e.g., to persuade, to inform)

4-1-4 Determines the meaning of unknown words using a dictionary

4-1-5 Previews text (e.g., skims material; uses pictures, textual clues, and text format)

4-1-6 Monitors own reading strategies and makes modifications as needed (e.g., recognizes when he or she is confused by a section of text, questions whether the text makes sense)

Fifth Grade

5-1-1 Decodes unknown words using a variety of context clues (e.g., draws on earlier reading, reads ahead)

5-1-2 Determines the meaning of unknown words using a thesaurus

5-1-3 Monitors own reading strategies and makes modifications as needed (e.g., recognizes when he or she is confused by a section of text, questions whether the text makes sense)

Standard: 2 Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies for reading a variety of literary texts

Kindergarten

K-2-1 Identifies favorite books and stories

K-2-2 Demonstrates understanding of rhyming words

First Grade

1-2-1 Makes simple inferences regarding the order of events and possible outcomes

1-2-2 Relates to personal experiences

1-2-3 Applies reading skills and strategies to a variety of familiar literary passages and texts (e.g., fairy tales, folktales, fiction, nonfiction, legends, fables, myths, poems, picture books, predictable books)

Second Grade

2-2-1 Identifies setting, main characters, main events, and problems in stories

2-2-2 Identifies the main ideas or theme of a story

2-2-3 Applies reading skills and strategies to a variety of familiar literary passages and texts (e.g., fairy tales, folktales, fiction, nonfiction, legends, fables, myths, poems, picture books, predictable books)

Third Grade

3-2-1 Makes connections between characters or simple events in a literary work and people or events in his or her own life

3-2-2 Shares responses to literature with peers

3-2-3 Recognizes a variety of literary forms and genres (Including poems, autobiographies)

3-2-4 Demonstrates comprehension of a variety of literary passages and texts (poems, autobiographies)

3-2-5 Understands simple dialogues and how they relate to a story

3-2-6 Identifies recurring themes across literary works

Fourth Grade

4-2-1 Recognizes a variety of literary forms and genres (Including folktales, fiction, nonfiction, biographies)

4-2-2 Demonstrates comprehension of a variety of literary passages and texts (folktales, fables, biographies)

4-2-3 Selects reading material based on personal criteria (e.g., personal interest, knowledge of authors and genres, text difficulty, recommendations of others)

4-2-4 Understands simple dialogues and how they relate to a story

4-2-5 Identifies recurring themes across literary works

Fifth Grade

5-2-1 Understands the basic concept of plot

5-2-2 Identifies similarities and differences among similar literary works in terms of settings, characters, and events

5-2-3 Makes inferences regarding the qualities and motives of characters and consequences of their actions

5-2-4 Recognizes a variety of literary forms and genres (Including fiction and historical fiction)

5-2-5 Demonstrates comprehension of a variety of literary passages and texts (fiction, historical fiction)

5-2-6 Understands simple dialogues and how they relate to a story

5-2-7 Identifies recurring themes across literary works

Standard: 3 Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies for reading a variety of informational texts

Kindergarten

K-3-1 Relates information to prior knowledge and experience

First Grade

1-3-1 Applies reading skills and strategies to a variety of informational books

Second Grade

2-3-1 Understands the main idea of simple expository information

2-3-2 Summarizes information found in texts (e.g., retells in own words)

2-3-3 Applies reading skills and strategies to a variety of informational books

Third Grade

3-3-1 Understands and follows written directions

3-3-2 Identifies and uses the glossary to locate information

3-3-3 Uses text organizers (e.g., headings, topic and summary sentences, graphic features) to determine the main ideas and to locate information in a text

3-3-4 Demonstrates comprehension of a variety of informational texts

Fourth Grade

4-3-1 Knows the parts of friendly letters

4-3-2 Identifies and uses the table of contents to locate information

4-3-3 Demonstrates comprehension of a variety of informational texts

Fifth Grade

5-3-1 Knows the defining characteristics of textbooks

5-3-2 Identifies and uses index to locate information

5-3-3 Summarizes and paraphrases information in texts (e.g., identifies main ideas and supporting details)

5-3-4 Demonstrates comprehension of a variety of informational texts