Standard 3: Language Arts Literacy

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

Place a "+" for an expectation that represents a strength & a "-" for a weakness

+ or -

 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.
 

D.    Fluency
  By the end of Kindergarten, students will:
  1.         Practice reading behaviors such as retelling, reenacting, or dramatizing stories.
 

 2.         Recognize when a simple text fails to make sense when listening to a story read aloud.
 

3.         Attempt to follow along in book while listening to a story read aloud.
 

 4.         Listen and respond attentively to literary texts (e.g., nursery rhymes) and functional texts (e.g., science books).
  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 1, students will:
  1.      Answer questions correctly that are posed about stories read.
  2.      Begin to read simple text with fluency.
  3.      Read with fluency both fiction and nonfiction that is grade-level appropriate.
  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 2, students will:
 

1.         Pause at appropriate end points (e.g., comma, period).
  2.         Use appropriate pace; "not choppy" or word-by-word.
  3.         Use appropriate inflection (e.g., dialogue, exclamations, questions).
  4.         Read silently without finger or lip movement.
  5.         Self-monitor when text does not make sense.
  6.         Employ learned strategies to determine if text makes sense without being prompted.
  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 3, students will:
 

1.         Recognize grade-level words accurately and with ease so that a text sounds like spoken language when read aloud.
 

2.         Read longer text and chapter books independently and silently.
  3.         Read aloud with proper phrasing, inflection, and intonation.
  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 4, students will:
  1.         Use appropriate rhythm, flow, meter, and pronunciation in demonstrating understanding of punctuation marks.
  2.         Read at different speeds using scanning, skimming, or careful reading as appropriate.
  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 5, students will:
  1.         Adjust reading speed appropriately for different purposes and audiences.
  2.         Apply knowledge of letter-sound associations, language structures, and context to recognize words.
  3.         Read aloud in ways that reflect understanding of proper phrasing and intonation.
 

4.        Read silently for the purpose of increasing speed, accuracy, and reading fluency.
  5.         Apply self-correcting strategies to decode and gain meaning from print both, orally and silently.
  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 6, students will:
 

1.         Adjust reading speed appropriately for different purposes and audiences.
  2.         Read aloud in ways that reflect understanding of proper phrasing and intonation.
  3.         Read silently for the purpose of increasing speed, accuracy, and reading fluency.
  4.         Apply self-correcting strategies to decode and gain meaning from print, both orally and silently.
  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 7, students will:
  1.         Read aloud in selected texts reflecting understanding of the text and engaging the listener.
  2.         Read increasingly difficult texts silently with comprehension and fluency.
  3.         Apply self-correcting strategies automatically to decode and gain meaning from print both orally and silently.
  4.         Reread informational text for clarity.
 

Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 8, students will:
  1.         Read grade-level text orally with high accuracy and appropriate pacing, intonation, and expression.
  2.         Read increasingly difficult texts silently with comprehension and fluency.
  3.         Apply self-correcting strategies automatically to decode and gain meaning from print both orally and silently.
  4.         Adjust reading rate in response to the type of text and level of difficulty (e.g. recreational reading vs. informational reading).
 

Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 12, students will:
  1.         Read developmentally appropriate materials at an independent level with accuracy and speed.
  2.         Use appropriate rhythm, flow, meter, and pronunciation when reading.
  3.         Read a variety of genres and types of text with fluency and comprehension.