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Teaching & Learning Curriculum Comprehensive Reading Program Grade Level Expectations - Fourth Grade
Teaching & Learning Curriculum Comprehensive Reading Program Grade Level Expectations - Fourth GradeGrade Level Reading Expectations - Fourth Grade
Making Meaning at Text Level
- Selects and integrates most appropriate strategies for reading a particular kind of text and can explain how meaning was gained and checked
- Uses and compares story elements and structure (plot, main idea, main and supporting characters, setting, point of view) when describing reaction to, retelling, or summarizing fiction in text
- Identifies and uses text structure, main ideas, supporting details, text organizers, and illustrative material when summarizing or referencing nonfiction material
- Identifies and explains similarities and differences in purpose and basic structure of different kinds of literacy and informational text, including stories, poems, articles, reports, and letters
- Chooses appropriate ways _ either positive or negative _ of responding to a variety of printed material
- Identifies features that indicate the author has considered the audience when presenting ideas and information
- Views the same text from different perspectives, including those of different cultures
- Considers the validity of information gained from text and illustration
- Applies information from reading to give a response and express insight, for example, entering imaginatively into another time, place, or role when absorbed in a text
- Revisits and analyzes text and illustrations for a specific purpose, including identifying story elements and literary devices
- Compares elements of two or more texts in the same genre or by the same author or on a similar theme
- Reads orally with increased understanding of phrasing, punctuation, content, form, and author's style
Making Meaning at Word Level
- Uses affixes, syllables, letter clusters, and knowledge of sound and letter patterns automatically
- Understands how words can be modified to have another function, such as adjectives and adverbs
- Identifies the expanded form of contractions and basic abbreviations
Making Meaning Using Context
- Understands some of the functions of word classes, including elements of tense, subject and object
- Uses dictionary, glossary, index, table of contents, and thesaurus to check spelling, meanings, and synonyms
- Uses appropriate vocabulary, including title, headings, paragraphs, chapter, index, and captions when referencing text
- Uses computer menus, searches and icons
- Understands how illustrations and graphics, including diagrams, graphs, photographs, line drawings, realistic and impressionist art, influence reading and the ideas or information gained
- Uses index, table of contents, catalogs, files, numbering, and alphabetical organization to locate and reference material, both in text and on computer software
Reading Attitudes and Behaviors
- Questions others about reaction to a book or to the questioner's writing or response to a text
- Considers author, topic, theme, or genre when selecting a book
- Sustains silent reading and pursues tasks for longer periods
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