Benchmark Books and Indicators - Fourth Grade:FALL

Stone Fox
By John Reynolds Gardiner

Texts have a variety of characters (protagonist, antagonist, etc.)
Texts contain descriptive language for character development.
Texts are longer and read over many sessions.
Chapters link themes of the plot with the conclusion occurring at the end of the text.
Text contains story elements and structure (plot, main idea, main and supporting characters, setting, and point of view)
Themes are developed through inferences.
Texts can contain more than one form/feature.
Stories become more sophisticated through the use of idioms, similes, and metaphors, etc.
Stories can take reader into another time, place, or role.

Rereads and self-corrects regularly.
Reads with fluency, intonation, and phrasing.
Integrates cues from meaning, structure, and visual sources.
Monitors for meaning: checks to make sure what has been read makes sense, sounds right, and looks right.
Reading rate when silent reading is much higher than oral reading.
Begins to be able to quickly scan for information or to check meaning.
Able to comprehend and synthesize previously read material and apply to new reading.