Content Area: Language Arts Literacy

 

Index: 3.1G Grade 4 CPI 7

 

Standard: 3.1 Reading

 

Strand: G - Comprehension Skills & Response to Text

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 7 - The student will identify and summarize central ideas in informational texts.

 

Grade: 4

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        Upon completion of a story or book, students demonstrate their ability to summarize main events in the plot through a storyboard. This activity may be an independent or group experience. On a large piece of construction paper folded to create six or eight boxes, students summarize and sequence the main events of the story through pictures, captions, or both. Storyboards may also be shared orally with the class.

 

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