Fourth Grade Reading Expectations

2. The student understands the meaning of what is read.

2.1 Demonstrate evidence of reading comprehension.

2.1.1 Demonstrates basic comprehension of content of literary, informational, and task-oriented texts such as plays, newspaper articles, and instructions.

Apply comprehension strategies before, during, and after reading.

• Monitor for meaning by identifying where and why comprehension was lost, and use comprehension repair strategies to regain meaning.
• Generate and answer questions before, during and after reading.
• Use questioning strategies such as QAR/Reciprocal Teaching to comprehend text, with teacher assistance.
• Draw, write about, or verbally describe the mental imagery that occurs while reading.
• Select graphic organizers appropriate to the text and purpose of reading to organize information and to comprehend text.

2.1.2 Demonstrate comprehension of the main idea and supporting details; through summarizing in own words using evidence from the text.

Apply knowledge of main ideas and details.

• Restate the main idea of a passage and provide several text-based details that support it.

Understand and apply summarizing and paraphrasing in own words using text-based evidence.

• Summarize text using the main idea and key supporting details from the text.

2.1.3 Connect previous experiences and knowledge when reading to understand characters, events, and information.

Understand and apply the use of prior knowledge.

• Make connections between self and characters, events, and information occurring within a text or among multiple texts.

2.1.4 Make inferences and predictions based on the text.

Understand and apply prediction and inference.

• Predict text content using prior knowledge and text features (e.g., subheadings, table of contents, index).
• Use text and prior knowledge to make, confirm, or revise inferences and predictions before, during, and after reading.

2.2 Understand and apply knowledge of text components to comprehend text.

2.2.1 Use time, order, and/or sequence to accurately recall text.

Apply knowledge of sequence.

• Summarize text focusing on main ideas, problems, or events in sequential and chronological order.
• Recognize and explain text written out of sequence (e.g., flashbacks).

2.2.2 Understand organization structures of literary and informational text.

Understand and apply knowledge of text organizational structures.

• Recognize and use introductions, conclusions, sidebars, notes about the author to locate information and increase understanding of text.

2.2.3 Understand story elements (plot, characters, setting, point of view, problem, solution).

Understand and apply knowledge of story elements.

• Use knowledge of plot, characters, setting, point of view, problem, and solution to comprehend and respond to a variety of stories.

2.2.4 Locate and use text features (title, heading, table of contents, index, captions, alphabetizing, numbering, glossaries, etc.) to understand text.

Apply knowledge of text features to comprehend text.

• Identify and use grade level appropriate text features (e.g., examples from Text Forms and Features).
• Interpret information from graphic features (e.g., charts, maps, diagrams, illustrations, tables, timelines).

2.2.5 Recognize and use features of electronic information such as pull-down menus, key word searches, icons, etc.

Apply knowledge of electronic information features.

• Use icons, pull-down menus, key word searches.

2.3 Expand comprehension by analyzing, interpreting, and synthesizing information and ideas in literary and informational text.

2.3.1 Find similarities and differences in stories: understand relationship between parts of a text or between two texts.

Understand and analyze the relationship between and among texts.

• Compare and contrast information from two texts on similar topics written in different genres or forms (e.g., poem and a story).
• Recognize and explain cause and effect relationships in text.

2.3.2 Identify literary devices (figurative language and exaggeration).

Understand and apply knowledge of literary devices.

• Identify and explain the meaning of similes, personification, metaphors, idioms, and humor in literary passages.

2.3.3 Find, sort, and analyze information for a specific topic or purpose.

Understand how to locate specific information.

• Use multiple systems to locate information from reference and content area materials.
• Select appropriate resources for locating information on a specific topic or for a specific purpose.
• Sort information gathered from various sources by topic and judge the utility of the information for a specific purpose.

2.4 Think critically and analyze author's use of language, style, purpose, and perspective in literary and informational text.

2.4.1 Recognize the validity of what is read.

Understand the difference between fact and opinion.

• Identify facts and opinions and provide evidence from the text to support your choice.

2.4.2 Analyze author's purpose for and style of writing.

Apply knowledge of author's purpose to comprehend text.

• Determine the author's purpose (to inform, to persuade, or to entertain) and apply knowledge to comprehend the text.

Understand author's style of writing.

• Identify author's use of word choice, sentence structure and length, and/or literary devices in a variety of texts.

2.4.6 Apply information gained from reading to give a response, express insights, and draw conclusions.

Understand how to give a response with insight and draw conclusions.

• Give a personal response that demonstrates insight about text.
• Draw conclusions from text, citing text-based information to support the conclusion.

2.4.7 Make generalizations beyond the text to other texts, ideas, or situations.

Understand how to make generalizations from text.

• Make generalizations about life on the prairie after reading several fictional and non-fictional accounts of the migration west.
• Make generalizations about how different characters from different books react to similar situations and events.