Content Area: Language Arts Literacy

 

Index: 3.1G Grade 4 CPI 2

 

Standard: 3.1 Reading

 

Strand: G - Comprehension Skills & Response to Text

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 2 -  The student will distinguish cause and effect, fact and opinion, main idea and supporting details in nonfiction texts (e.g., science, social studies).

 

Grade: 4

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        Students in this intermediate class are using reading strategies, monitoring their comprehension, posing questions to clarify their developing thoughts, and relaying personal anecdotes triggered by their reading of the text. Working in pairs, the students read a portion of an assigned text and stop every so often to retell what was just read, discuss strategies they used for reading difficult portions, predict what might happen next, share an experience related to what was read, or pose questions they had while reading.

 

Vignettes:

·        From Research to Oral Presentation

·        Developing Critical Listening, Speaking, and Writing Skills through a Study of Endangered Animals 

·        Developing Critical Reading and Notetaking Skills through Researching a Famous African American