In reading a text closely, the
student works carefully to discern the author’s perspective and the particular
facts and details that support it. The student reads thoughtfully and
purposefully,constantly checking for understanding of the author’s intent and
meaning so that the interpretation will be sound.
ELA4R1
The student demonstrates
comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of
a variety of literary and informational texts. For literary
texts,
the student identifies the characteristics of various genres and produces
evidence of reading that:
Genres
http://www.ccsd.edu/link/lms/genre.htm
http://www.quia.com/jg/1160723list.html
http://www.quia.com/jg/1414010list.html
http://www.quia.com/jg/1379954list.html
http://www.quia.com/jg/1379953list.html
a. relates works of fiction to
personal experience.
b. Identifies and analyzes the
elements of plot, character, and setting in stories read, written, viewed, or
performed.
Story Map
http://www.tooter4kids.com/classroom/Making_a_story_map.htm
http://content.scholastic.com/content/collateral_resources/pdf/l/lessonplans_graphicorg_pdfs_storymap.pdf
Plot
http://www.geocities.com/fifth_grade_tpes/plot_activity.html
http://www.geocities.com/fifth_grade_tpes/problems.html
Conflict
http://dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/area/literature/Terms/conflict.html
Character
http://dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/area/literature/Terms/Character.html
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/charactersfeelingsl.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/charactersfeelingsp2.cfm
Setting
http://www.geocities.com/fifth_grade_tpes/setting.html
Elements of Narrative
Fiction
http://www.quia.com/mc/366837.html
Personification
http://www.geocities.com/fifth_grade_tpes/personification.html
Story Structure
http://www.quia.com/jg/1379956list.html
c. Identifies the speaker of a poem
or story.
Point of View
http://users.wirefire.com/tritt/tip9.html
http://www.learner.org/interactives/literature/read/pov2.html
http://www.bownet.org/bjozokos/point_of_view.htm
Free Verse
http://library.thinkquest.org/3721/poems/forms/free.html
http://dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/area/literature/Terms/FreeVerse.html
d. Identifies sensory details and
figurative language.
Poetry As We See It
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/index.html
http://www.frostfriends.org/figurative.html
http://www.readinglady.com/Comprehension/Sensory_Images/sheet1.pdf
http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/jacob_wismer/leahy/2006/flb/flb.htm
http://www.eighthfloor.org/academy/jkrehbiel/image-sound/simmet.htm
http://dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/area/literature/Terms/Imagery.html
Onomatopeia http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Onomatopoeia
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/omomatopoea.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/onomonopractice.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/onoclassics.html
http://www.sd35.bc.ca/lm/archive/div8poetonomatopoeia.htm
Alliteration
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/alliteration.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/alliterationpractice.html
http://www.eighthfloor.org/academy/jkrehbiel/image-sound/alliter.htm
http://www.buzzin.net/english/allit.htm
http://www.geocities.com/fifth_grade_tpes/Alliteration.html
Assonance
http://dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/area/literature/Terms/assonance.html
Repitition of vowel sounds
Poetry Quiz
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/Sites/Tutorial/cb_tutorial/cb_discover/finalquiz.html
http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/wiznpigs/wiznpigs.html
http://www.quia.com/jg/1379955list.html
e. Identifies and shows the
relevance of foreshadowing clues.
Flashbacks and
Foreshadowing
http://users.wirefire.com/tritt/tip11.html
f. Makes judgments and inferences
about setting, characters, and events and supports them with elaborating and
convincing evidence from the text.
Visualization
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/Resources/vis1.pdf
Making Inferences Tutorial
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/e/infer_files/frame.htm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/makinginferencep.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/inferencep.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/makinginferencel.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/makinginferencep.cfm
http://www.quia.com/rr/370426.html
g. Identifies similarities and
differences between the characters or events and theme in a literary work and
the actual experiences in an author’s life.
h. Identifies themes and lessons in
folktales, tall tales, and fables.
http://www.americanfolklore.net/
Folktales http://www.pitara.com/Talespin/folktales.asp
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-c/folk-tales/play.htm?f
http://www.eldrbarry.net/rabb/rvn/rvn.htm
http://www.marisamontes.com/folktale_stories.htm
Tall Tales http://library.thinkquest.org/J001156/forms%20of%20writing/sl_talltales.htm
http://www.americanfolklore.net/tt.html
http://www.paulbunyantrail.com/talltale.html
Aesop's Fables http://www.umass.edu/aesop/fables.php
http://aesopfables.com/aesopsel.html
http://www.4to40.com/fables/list.asp
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/fable/fable.htm
Fables, Fairy Tales,
Stories, and Nursery Rhymes
http://www.ivyjoy.com/fables/
http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/fairytale2/fairytale.htm
http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/Home/home.html
i. Identifies rhyme and rhythm,
repetition, similes, and sensory images in poems.
http://dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/area/literature/Poetry/poetry.html
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/quiz/mquiz.asp?filename=jwildepoetry
http://webtech.cherokee.k12.ga.us/rusk-ms/MaryMills/My%20Poetry%20Vocabulary%20(2).ppt
http://dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/area/literature/Terms/Rhyme.html
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
Types of Poetry
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/revision_bites/poetry1.shtml
http://dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/area/literature/Poetry/Patternpoetrymain.html
Features of Poetry
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/revision_bites/poetry2.shtml
Poetry Quiz
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/tests/poetry.shtml
Reading Assessment
Vocabulary
http://www.quia.com/jg/1488386list.html
For informational
texts, the student reads
and comprehends in order to develop understanding and expertise and produces
evidence of reading that:
a. Locates facts that answer the
reader’s questions.
http://howtoimprovereadingcomprehension.com/
http://www.quia.com/jg/1208380list.html
Locating Specific
Information Quizzes
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/literal1.htm
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/literal4.htm
Put It Together Questions
b. Identifies and uses knowledge of
common textual features (e.g., paragraphs, topic sentences, concluding
sentences, glossary).
http://www.geocities.com/fifth_grade_tpes/longfellow.html
http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/tips/paragrap/support.htm
http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/tips/paragrap/closing.htm
c. Identifies and uses knowledge of
common graphic features (e.g., charts, maps, diagram, illustrations).
Charts, Maps, Diagrams,
Illustrations
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade3/skill10/rock_roll.html
http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/~steuben/graph_reading.htm
d. Identifies and uses knowledge of
common organizational structures (e.g., chronological order, cause and
effect).
Patterns of Oranization
http://faculty.washington.edu/ezent/impo.htm
http://member.tokoha-u.ac.jp/~dixonfdm/Core%20Activities/academic_writing/chronological.htm
http://www.quia.com/rr/321552.html
Compare and Contrast
Tutorial
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/rcccon1.htm
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/rcccon2.htm
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/Resources/comparecontrast.pdf
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/comparingcontrasting4l.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/comparingcontrasting4p.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/impatica/comparecontrast2.html
e. Distinguishes cause from effect
in context.
Cause and Effect
http://www.geocities.com/fifth_grade_tpes/cause_effect.html
http://mrsdell.org/causeandeffect/
http://www.smccd.net/accounts/sevas/esl/gramcheck/8-7.html
http://www.howard.k12.md.us/mth/english_dept/adv-comp/eng_effect.html
f. Summarizes main ideas and
supporting details.
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/summaryl.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/storysummaryl.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/supportingdetailsl.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/suppoertingdetailsp2.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/storysummaryp2.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/storysummaryp3.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/mainideap2.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/mainideap3.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/summaryblankl.htm
http://dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/quizzes/readingcomp/mainidea1.htm
Main Idea Tutorial
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/rcmi1.htm
Main Idea Practice Page
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/mainideaprac.htm
http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/topic.html
http://cwabacon.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/seyler_ab/chapter4/deluxe.html
g. Makes perceptive and
well-developed connections.
Drawing Conclusions and
Making Predictions
http://teach.fcps.net/TALK/activities/sniffy_fluffy/MakingPredictions/activity1makingpredictions.htm
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity_collections_preview/predict_outcomes/3_predict.html
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/critical_thinking/predict/ver1/index.html
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/makingpredictionsl.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/makingpredictionsp.cfm
Making Inferences
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/inferencel.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/inferencep.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/makinginferencel.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/makinginferencep.cfm
Text to Self
http://www.teachertools.org/documents/textselfposter.doc
http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/index.htm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/connections4l.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/connections4p.cfm
Text to World
http://www.teachingheart.net/textworldposter.doc
Text to Text
http://www.teachingheart.net/texttextposter.doc
Author's Purpose
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcap1.htm
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/ps4gles2b1.htm
h. Distinguishes fact from opinion
or fiction.
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcfo1.htm
http://www.teachingandlearningresources.co.uk/factoropinion.shtml
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/factopinion4l.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/factopinion4p.cfm
ELA4R2
The student consistently reads
at least twenty-five books
or book equivalents (approximately 1,000,000 words) each year. The materials
should include traditional and contemporary literature (both fiction and
non-fiction) as well as magazines, newspapers, textbooks, and electronic
material. Such reading should represent a diverse collection of material from
at least three different literary forms and from at least five different
writers.
ELA4R3
The student understands and acquires
new vocabulary and uses
it correctly in reading and writing. The student
Word Study Skills
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/resources/rvocabindex.htm
Analogies
http://www.quia.com/rr/373930.html?AP_rand=1422660985
a. Reads a variety of texts and
incorporates new words into oral and written language.
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/vocab1.html
http://teacher.scholastic.com/LessonPlans/powerfulWords.pdf
R.I.P Dead Tired Words
http://jc-schools.net/write/deadwords.pdf
b. Determines the meaning of
unknown words using their context.
Context Clues
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/Resources/contextclues.pdf
Context Clues Quiz
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/SRW3dcc.htm
c. Identifies the meaning of common
root words to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/wordbuilding/rootwords/quiz.shtml
http://www.quia.com/rr/331686.html
Greek and Latin Root Words
http://www.awrsd.org/oak/Library/greek_and_latin_root_words.htm
http://www.quia.com/jg/1260945list.html
http://www.quia.com/jg/1260947list.html
http://www.quia.com/jg/1260948list.html
http://www.quia.com/jg/1260946list.html
d. Determines meanings of words and
alternate word choices using a dictionary or thesaurus.
Using a Dictionary
http://library.thinkquest.org/5585/dictionary.htm
Using a Thesaurus
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/english/worksheets/thesaurusws.htm
http://www.rhlschool.com/research.htm
e. Identifies the meaning of common
prefixes (e.g., un-, re-, dis-).
Word Parts - Prefixes and
Suffixes
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/wordstructures4l.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/wordstructures4p.cfm
http://www.awrsd.org/oak/Library/greek_and_latin_root_words.htm
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/suffix1.html
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/suffix2.html
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/suffix2ans.html
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/suffix3.html
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/suffix4B.html
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/suffix4Bans.html
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/suffix5.html
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/suffix5ans.html
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/suffix6.html
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/suffix6ans.html
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/suffix8.html
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/suffix8ans.html
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/suffix9.html
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/suffix9ans.html
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/prefix1.html
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/prefix2.html
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/prefix3.html
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/prefix4.htm
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/prefix5.htm
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/prefix6.html
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/prefix6ans.html
http://www.manythings.org/wbg/prefixes-jw.html
http://www.quia.com/jg/65963list.html
http://www.quia.com/jg/1502849list.html
http://www.quia.com/rr/310130.html
http://missspott.com/prefsufroot.html
f. Identifies the meaning of common
idioms and figurative phrases.
Figurative Language
http://www.geocities.com/fifth_grade_tpes/figurative.html
http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/resources/exp_lang/comparisons.html
http://www.geocities.com/fifth_grade_tpes/metaphors.ppt#1
Idioms
http://dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/area/literature/Terms/idiom.html
Metaphors
http://dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/area/literature/Terms/Metaphor.html
Hyperbole
http://dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/area/literature/Terms/hyperbole.html
g. Identifies playful uses of
language (e.g., puns, jokes, palindromes).
Puns
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/puns.htm
Palindromes
http://members.enchantedlearning.com/english/palindromes/index.shtml?p
h. Recognizes and uses words with
multiple meanings (e.g., sentence, school, hard) and determines which meaning
is intended from the context of the sentence.
Multiple Meaning Words
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/multiplemean.htm
http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?str=vocabulary&num=11&act=1
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcmul1.htm
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/ps4mm1.htm
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/Resources/multiplemean.htm
Frequently Confused Words
http://www2.actden.com/Writ_Den/Tips/sentence/confused.htm
i. Identifies and applies the
meaning of the terms antonym, synonym, and homophone.
Synonyms
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/ps4glesyn.htm
http://www.rhlschool.com/eng4n14.htm
http://www.rhlschool.com/eng3n17.htm
http://www.quia.com/mc/67661.html
Homophones
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/recognising/homophones/quiz.shtml
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/homophones1.htm
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/homophones2.htm
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/homophones3.htm
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/homophones4.htm
ELA4R4
The student reads
aloud, accurately (in the range of 95%),
familiar material in a variety of genres, in a way that makes meaning clear to
listeners. The student
a. Uses letter-sound knowledge to
decode written English and uses a range of cueing systems (e.g., phonics and
context clues) to determine pronunciation and meaning.
Decoding Tips!
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/Gr2Decodingtips1.htm
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/Gr2Decodingtips2.htm
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/Gr2Decodingtip3.htm
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/Resources/Gr2Decodingtips1.htm
b. Uses self-correction when
subsequent reading indicates an earlier miscue (self- monitoring and
self-correcting strategies).
Comparing Good Readers and
Poor Readers
http://www.pgjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/science/whitaker/goodreader.html
c. Reads with a rhythm, flow, and
meter that sounds like everyday speech (prosody).
