Reading+Course+of+Study+Objectives


 * Minimum Required Content**


 * Reading**
 * 1. Apply advanced phonetic analysis to multiple-syllable words, including consonants, short vowels, blends, long vowel markers, and //r//-controlled vowels.**


 * 2. Demonstrate reading vocabulary knowledge of compound words.**
 * Using structural analysis to develop meaning
 * Examples: prefixes, suffixes, root words
 * Drawing semantic maps
 * Recognizing new synonyms and antonyms
 * Spelling correctly compound words, phonetically regular words, contractions, and possessives, including using a dictionary to check spelling


 * 3. Use a wide range of strategies, including using context clues and predicting outcomes, to comprehend third-grade recreational reading materials in a variety of genres.**
 * Examples: stories, trade books, poems
 * Reading fluently 110-120 words per minute
 * Identifying literary elements and devices
 * Examples: characters, similes
 * Determining sequence of events
 * Distinguishing fiction from nonfiction
 * Using sentence structure to assist in comprehension
 * Drawing conclusions to determine authors’ intent
 * Using self-monitoring for text understanding, including rereading and adjusting rate and speed of reading
 * Using vocabulary knowledge to construct meaning
 * Relating main ideas to prior knowledge and specific life experiences
 * Previewing and predicting to anticipate content
 * Utilizing text features to gain meaning
 * Using prior knowledge and experience


 * 4. Use a wide range of strategies and skills, including retelling information, using context clues, and making inferences to identify main idea, to comprehend third-grade informational and functional reading materials.**
 * Using sentence structure to assist in comprehension
 * Distinguishing main idea from details
 * Summarizing passages to demonstrate understanding
 * Utilizing text features to gain meaning
 * Examples: titles, headings, glossary, boldface, index, table of contents, maps, charts, tables
 * Using vocabulary knowledge to enhance comprehension
 * Using self-monitoring for text understanding
 * Following simple written directions
 * Ordering by importance or chronology


 * Literature**
 * **5. Compare poetry, folktales, and fables in respect to their genre characteristics.**
 * **6. Recognize linguistic and cultural similarities and differences in multicultural literature.**
 * Examples: regional dialects, clothing, food, games
 * **7. Compare fictional characters and events to real-life experiences.**
 * Example: relating hardships faced by early settlers in literature to hardships faced by families today
 * **8. Use text features to guide interpretation of expository texts, including italics, headings, maps, and charts.**
 * Examples: social studies—locating physical features on a mapscience—interpreting weather data from charts and tables
 * Interpreting the author’s purpose or intent in a given text