Standard 3: Language Arts Literacy

Language Arts Literacy Cumulative Progress Indicators (CPIs) for the end of the designated grade span

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STANDARD 3.1 (READING) ALL STUDENTS WILL UNDERSTAND AND APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE OF SOUNDS, LETTERS, AND WORDS IN WRITTEN ENGLISH TO BECOME INDEPENDENT AND FLUENT READERS, AND WILL READ A VARIETY OF MATERIALS AND TEXTS WITH FLUENCY AND COMPREHENSION.
 

A.     Concepts About Print

  By the end of Kindergarten, students will:
 

 1.         Realize that speech can be recorded in words (e.g., his/her own name; words and symbols in the environment).

 

 2.         Distinguish letters from words.

 

 3.         Recognize that words are separated by spaces.

 

 4.         Follow words left to right and from top to bottom.

 

 5.         Recognize that print represents spoken language.

 

 6.         Demonstrate understanding of the function of a book and its parts, including front and back and title page.

  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 1, students will:
  1.         Match oral words to printed words (e.g., pointing to print as one reads).
  2.         Practice reading print in the environment at school and at home with assistance.
  3.         Locate and identify the title, author, and illustrator of a book or reading selection.
  4.         Interpret simple graphs, charts, and diagrams.
  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 2, students will:
  1.         Use titles, tables of contents, and chapter headings to locate information.
  2.         Recognize the purpose of a paragraph.
  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 3, students will:
 

1.         Recognize that printed materials provide specific information.

  2.         Recognize purposes for print conventions such as end-sentence punctuation, paragraphing, and bold print.
  3.         Use a glossary or index to locate information in a text.
  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 4, students will:
 

1.         Identify differences of various print formats, including newspapers, magazines, books, and reference resources.

  2.         Recognize purposes and uses for print conventions such as paragraphs, end-sentence punctuation, and bold print.
  3.         Identify and locate features that support text meaning (e.g., maps, charts, illustrations)
  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 5, students will:
  1.         Use a text index and glossary appropriately.
 

2.         Survey and explain text features that contribute to comprehension (e.g., headings, introductory and concluding paragraphs).

  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 6, students will:
  1.         Use a text index and glossary independently and appropriately.
 

2.         Survey and explain text features that contribute to comprehension (e.g., headings, introductory, concluding paragraphs).

  3.         Recognize and use common print formats to obtain information (e.g., newspapers, magazines, electronic sources).
  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 7, students will:
 

1.         Identify and use common textual features (e.g., paragraphs, topic, sentence, index, glossary, table of contents) and graphic features, (e.g., charts, maps, diagrams) to comprehend information.

 

2.         Develop an understanding of the organizational structure of printed material (e.g. chronological, sequential, procedural text).

  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 8, students will:
  1.         Identify and use organizational structures to comprehend information. (e.g., logical order, comparison/contrast, cause/effect, chronological, sequential, procedural text).
  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 12, students will:
  No additional indicators at this grade level