Reading

Unit 1

• Identify main topic, idea, lesson, moral, or argument in grade-level text
• Show understanding of key details in a text
• Identify text evidence to support the author’s message or reader’s responses
• Retell stories, including tales from diverse cultures
• Describe characters in a story and how characters’ actions contribute to the plot

Unit 2

• Determine meanings of words or phrases as used in a text
• Describe effects and uses of words and phrases in passages
• Describe overall structure of a passage and its effect on the message
• Describe how parts of a story, poem, or drama build on other parts
• Use text features and search tools to locate relevant information

Unit 3

• Explain connections between events, ideas, concepts, or steps in a text
• Explain differences in points of view of characters, narrators, or writers
• Explain differences between an author’s point of view and their own
• Explain how visual images and graphics contribute to and clarify a text
• Compare and contrast themes, settings, plots, or ideas in two texts on the same topic or by the same author

Unit 4

• Use context clues to determine word and phrase meanings
• Use word structure clues to determine word meanings
• Read grade-level texts with purpose and understanding
• Orally read grade-level texts with accuracy, expression, and appropriate rate
• Confirm and self-correct words during oral reading