Elementary English and Language Arts Unit Standards Overview
Common Core State Standard (CCSS) |
Reading Literature
RL 3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. RL 4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions). RL 3.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. RL 4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, summarizes the text. |
Reading Informational Text
RI 3.2 Determine and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. RI 4.2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text. RI 4.8 Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text. RL 4.9 Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably. |
Writing
W 3.8 Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories. W 4.8. 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. |
Learning Progressions Frameworks Progress Indicator |
E.RL.h Describing relationships among characters, setting, key events, and conflicts. E.RL.k Identifying central ideas and key details to derive author's purpose, message or theme E.RL.l Using supporting evidence to analyze character development and character traits (e.g. deeds, dialogue, description, motivation, interactions). E.RL.k Identifying central ideas and key details to derive author's purpose, message or theme. E. RI.i Identifying, paraphrasing, or summarizing central ideas and supporting details; determining importance of information E.RI.K Using supporting evidence to analyze or compare texts or parts of texts; author's purpose, points of view, key ideas/details, different accounts E.WL.i Using strategies (e.g., notes, graphic organizers, webbing, mentor texts) to develop and organize ideas (e.g., chronology, problem-solution)
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Instructional Family: Retelling Texts Using Details |
Reading Literary Text Core Content Connectors addressed:
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Instructional Family: Drawing Relationships |
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Instructional Family: Describing the Central Message / Theme |
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Instructional Family: Retelling Texts Using Details |
Reading Informational Text Core Content Connectors addressed
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Instructional Family: Describing the Main Idea |
Reading Informational Text Core Content Connectors addressed:
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Instructional Family: Distinguishing a Point of View |
Reading Informational Text Core Content Connectors addressed:
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Instructional Family: Using Multiple Texts |
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