Reading Standards for Informational Text
Key Ideas and Details
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Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
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Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
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Craft and Structure
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Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
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Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
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Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic, describe the differences in focus and the information provided.
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Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
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Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
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Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular point in a text.
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Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowingly.
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Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
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By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end the range.
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Reading Standards for Literature
Craft and Structure
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Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.
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Writing Standards
Text Types and Purposes
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Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
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Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
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Production and Distribution of Writing
4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
5. With Guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
6. With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
7. Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
8. Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; take notes and categorize information, and provide a list of sources.
9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection and research.
Speaking and Listening
Comprehension and Collaboration
1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (on-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
2. Paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively and orally.
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
4. Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
5. Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.
