Trimester 3 Standards
Reading Literature and Informational Text
CCSD 21 offers programs that provide instruction in English, Spanish & Russian. These standards apply to all languages of instruction.
PowerStandards
Use explicit text evidence to describe and draw inferences in order to explain how both contribute to an understanding of the text. (RL & RI 4.1, 4.7 & 4.4)
Interpret information presented visually, orally, or qualitatively and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the content. (RL & RI 4.5 & 4.7)
Year Long Standards
- Identify and understand different structures and purposes of various text genres -e.g., prose, poems, drama, fables, folk tales -verse, rhythm, meter -casts, settings, descriptions, dialogue, and stage directions -chronological, compare/contrast, cause/effect, and problem/solution.
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters/events found in mythology, history and current events.
- Determine the meaning of and use general academic and domain-specific words or phrases.
- Demonstrate understanding of a text using logical organization of inferential ideas, text evidence, and explanation (orally, written).
- Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Tri 3 Standards
- Compare/contrast similar themes in different texts.
- Make a logical inference and explain how the inference deepens understanding of content/information.
- Explain how a reader uses explicit text evidence to reach a logical conclusion/inference.
- Determine important information of content presented in various forms of text.
- Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to knowledgeably write or speak about the subject.
- Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors in context.
- Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
- Demonstrate understanding of figurative language.
Speaking and Listening
CCSD 21 offers programs that provide instruction in English, Spanish & Russian. These standards apply to all languages of instruction.
PowerStandards
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, teacher-led) with diverse partners, listening actively, building on others’ ideas, and expressing ideas clearly. (SL 4.1, 4.2, 4.3)
Report on a topic or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically, using appropriate facts and effective presentation skills. (SL 4.4, 4.5, 4.6)
Year Long Standards
- Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.
- Engage in collaborative discussions using academic language.
- Review the key ideas expressed and explain one’s own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.
- Link comments to others’ remarks.
- Restate and carry out a variety of oral instruction.
- Determine the purpose/category of listening.
- Listen for, identify, and locate important information from a text.
- Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information.
- Differentiate between contexts that call for formal English (e.g., presenting ideas) and situations where informal discourse is appropriate (e.g., small group discussion).
- Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely.
Tri 3 Standards
- In all verbal responses, speak clearly at an understandable pace.
- Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience:
- Organized structure with logical sequence
- Factual support/evidence, relevant/descriptive details to support main idea or theme
- Audio recordings and visual displays to enhance presentation.
- appropriate academic language.
- Speak with fluency, expression, volume, and rhythm
Writing
CCSD 21 offers programs that provide instruction in English, Spanish & Russian. These standards apply to all languages of instruction.
PowerStandards
Write opinion pieces on authentic topics supporting a single perspective with logical reasons supported by facts and details. (W 4.1, 4.1a & L 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5)
Year Long Standards
- Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
- In all types of writing:
- Plan, develop, and organize writing according to task, purpose, and audience.
- Draw evidence from various texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
- Use appropriate transition words and phrases to link ideas.
- Use precise and/or academic language and vocabulary specific to the topic.
- Apply conventions of the written language.
- Identify questions and strategies for improving drafts based on self-assessment and reflection in writing conferences with a teacher.
- Use technology to research, produce and publish writing, and to interact and collaborate with others.
- Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
- Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research
Tri 3 Standards
- Create or write an opinion/argument piece supporting claims with reasons and information.
- Include a clear introduction of an authentic topic that states an opinion, clearly defining a single perspective.
- Organize and support reasons, ideas, facts, and details.
- Provide evidence and reasons that are supported by facts and details.
- Link opinion and reasons using words/phrases.
- Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.
- Research:
- Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
- Take notes, categorize information, and provide a list of sources.
- Cite sources using bibliographic format.
- Grammar/Conventions:
- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
English Reading Foundations
PowerStandards
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills and use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and monitor understanding, rereading as necessary to support comprehension. (RF 4.3, 4.4)
Year Long Standards
- Read grade-level text fluently and show comprehension through voice, timing, and expression.
- Self-monitor comprehension of text read aloud and silently.
- Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
- Use common grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word.
- Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, endangered when discussing animal preservation).
- Spell grade-level appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
Tri 3 Standards
- Independently decode, read, and understand multi-syllabic words
- Recognize & Use:
- Recognize & Use:
- Latin roots to understand the meanings of words
- Greek roots to understand the meanings of words
- Base words to understand the meanings of words
- Derivations of words with the same base word or root word
- Recognize & Use:
- Word with literal and figurative meanings
- Similes
- Metaphors
- Understand:
- The relational origins of cognates between languages
- That English words are derived from different sources
- That the meaning of idioms differ from the meanings of their individual words
- The meanings of portmanteau words, clipped words and acronyms
Spanish Reading Foundations
PowerStandards
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills and use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and monitor understanding, rereading as necessary to support comprehension. (RF 4.3, 4.4)
Year Long Standards
- RF.4.4. Leen con suficiente precisión y fluidez para apoyar la comprensión.
- a. Leen textos a nivel de grado con propósito y comprensión.
- b. Leen oralmente prosa y poesía a nivel de grado con precisión, ritmo adecuado y expresión en lecturas sucesivas.
- c. Usan el contexto para confirmar o autocorregir el reconocimiento de las palabras y la comprensión, releyendo cuando sea necesario
Tri 3 Standards
- RF.4.3. Conocen y aplican la fonética y las destrezas de análisis de palabras a nivel de grado, en la decodificación de palabras.
- Usan el conocimiento combinado de todas las correlaciones entre grafemas y fonemas, patrones de división en sílabas y la morfología (ejemplo: raíces y afijos), para leer con precisión palabras desconocidas de sílabas múltiples, en contexto y fuera de contexto.
- Reconocen los cambios necesarios en la pronunciación y ortografía cuando se añade un afijo a la palabra (ejemplo: lento, lentamente; rápido, rapidísimo)
- Usan correctamente el acento escrito de acuerdo con el acento tónico en palabras apropiadas al nivel de grado aplicando un análisis sistemático:
- Escriben el acento ortográfico si es necesario.
- Justifican la acentuación de palabras de acuerdo a las reglas ortográficas.
- RF.4.4. Leen con suficiente precisión y fluidez para apoyar la comprensión.
- Leen textos a nivel de grado con propósito y comprensión.
- Leen oralmente prosa y poesía a nivel de grado con precisión, ritmo adecuado y expresión en lecturas sucesivas.
- Usan el contexto para confirmar o autocorregir el reconocimiento de las palabras y la comprensión, releyendo cuando sea necesario
Russian Reading Foundations
PowerStandards
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills and use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and monitor understanding, rereading as necessary to support comprehension. (RF 4.3, 4.4)
Year Long Standards
- Read grade-level text fluently and show comprehension through voice, timing, and expression.
- Self-monitor comprehension of text read aloud and silently.
- Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
- Use common grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word.
- Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, endangered when discussing animal preservation).
- Spell grade-level appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
Tri 3 Standards
- Independently decode, read, and understand multi-syllabic words
- Use knowledge of letter-sound correspondence to decode words
- Using knowledge of compound words, roots, prefixes, suffixes, and syllables
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