Building Readers from the Ground Up
Build foundational reading skills with age-appropriate literary and informational passages. Standards focus on identifying characters, settings, key details, and text features.
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Grade K9 standards
Describe the main character(s), setting, and important events in a story.
Use titles, headings, and illustrations to predict and confirm the topic of texts.
Identify and explain descriptive words in text(s).
Identify the topic of and multiple details in a text.
Retell a text orally to enhance comprehension: a. Use main character(s), setting, and important events for a story. b. Use topic and details for an informational text.
Explain the roles of author and illustrator of a story.
Compare and contrast characters’ experiences in stories.
Identify rhyme in a poem.
Explain the difference between opinions and facts about a topic.
Grade 110 standards
Identify and describe the main story elements in a story.
Use text features including titles, headings, captions, graphs, maps, glossaries, and/or illustrations to demonstrate understanding of texts.
Identify and explain descriptive words and phrases in text(s).
Identify and explain the moral of a story.
Identify the topic of and relevant details in a text.
Retell a text in oral or written form to enhance comprehension. a. Use main story elements at the beginning, middle, and end for a literary text. b. Use topic and important details for an informational text.
Explain who is telling the story using context clues.
Explain similarities and differences between information provided in visuals and words in an informational text.
Identify stanzas and line breaks in poems.
Identify an author’s opinion(s) about the topic.
Grade 211 standards
Identify plot structure and describe main story elements in a literary text.
Explain how text features—including titles, headings, captions, graphs, maps, glossaries, and/or illustrations—contribute to the meaning of texts.
Identify and explain similes, idioms, and alliteration in text(s).
Identify and explain a theme of a literary text.
Identify the central idea and relevant details in a text.
Retell a text to enhance comprehension. a. Use main story elements in a logical sequence for a literary text. b. Use the central idea and relevant details for an informational text.
Identify different characters’ perspectives in a literary text.
Explain an author’s purpose in an informational text.
Compare and contrast important details presented by two texts on the same topic or theme.
Identify rhyme schemes in poems.
Explain an author’s opinion(s) and supporting evidence.