• Know how to locate the name of the author, illustrator, the title page, table of contents, index and chapter headings  ELA1.E.LR1F.03.03

• Understand how language and illustrations are used to persuade in printed and filmed   advertisements and texts such as letters to the editor  ELA3.E.LR1B.03.01

     Reading for Information and Understanding

• Understand and follow directions, both written and oral ELA1.E.LR1A.03.02

• Use organizational features of texts (tables of contents, index, chapter headings or subheadings) to locate information ELA1.E.LR1A.03.03

• Know that biographies are written about a variety of well-known people (e.g., artists, authors, political figures, inventors)  ELA1.E.LR1A.03.04

• Know a variety of types of magazines, and their basic features  ELA1.E.LR1A.03.05

• Know that interviews generally involve asking a specific person to answer questions on a specific topic  ELA1.E.LR1A.03.06

• Know how to locate information in a text to solve a problem  ELA1.E.LR1B.03.01

• Know how to select books/reference materials independently to meet informational needs  ELA1.E.LR1B.03.03

• Read to identify a conclusion that summarizes the main idea ELA1.E.LR1C.03.02

• Understand how to relate data and facts from information to prior information and experience ELA1.E.LR1E.03.01

• Use a dictionary to look up the meaning, pronunciation, origin and spelling of a word ELA1.E.LR1E.03.07

• Read to analyze and evaluate information, ideas, and experiences from resources, such as children/s books, children's articles , editorials in student newspapers, advertisements, electronic resources ELA3.E.LR1A.03.01

• Read a variety of material to establish, maintain and enhance personal relationships (e.g., friendly letters, notes, cards, messages, published diaries and journals) ELA4.E.RW2C.03.01

     Genre

• Recognize the differences among the genres of stories, poems and plays  ELA2.E.LR1B.03.01

• Read and view imaginative texts and performances; such as stories, poems, songs, folktales, fables, plays, videos, and electronic books  ELA2.E.LR1A.03.03

     Decoding Strategies

• Use decoding strategies, such as sounding out words, comparing similar words, breaking words into smaller words, and looking for word parts (root words, prefixes and suffixes)  ELA1.E.LR1E.03.02

• Use self monitoring strategies, such as rereading and cross-checking ELA1.E.LR1E.03.03

     Comprehension Strategies

• Know how to determine the sequence of steps given orally ELA1.E.LR1C.03.03

• Know that generating questions before reading a text will help focus attention while reading ELA1.E.LR1D.03.01

• Use context clues, dictionaries and other classroom resources to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words ELA1.E.LR1E.03.05

• Understand that an inference extends ideas and information beyond what is explicitly stated in a text  ELA1.E.LR1F.03.01

• Know how to ask questions to clarify and interpret imaginative texts and performances  ELA2.E.SW2B.03.04

      Story Elements

• Read to identify main idea and supporting details in informational texts  ELA1.E.LR1C.03.01

• Understand how setting, plot, and characters in literature relate to own lives  ELA2.E.LR1C.03.01

• Use specific evidence from stories to identify themes; describe characters, their action and motivations; and relate sequences of events  ELA2.E.LR1C.03.03

• Use graphic organizers to record significant details about characters and events in stories  ELA2.E.LR1C.03.04

• Know that plot, theme, setting, characters, and events of a variety of literary works  ELA2.E.LR1C.03.09

• Know that different literary works can be compared based on a variety of story elements ELA2.E.LR1C.03.10

• Know how to make predictions, and draw conclusions and inferences about events and characters  ELA2.E.LR1D.03.01

• Know that inferences can be based on what characters say or do  ELA2.E.LR1D.03.02

• Know causes of change in characters ELA2.E.SW2A.03.07

• Identify changes in character's relationships ELA2.E.SW2A.03.08

• Know that one can make inferences about characters based on characters actions, thoughts, and speech; interaction with other characters; and other characters' thoughts, actions, and speech in relation to that character  ELA2.E.SW2B.03.02

• Use details from stories or informational texts to predict, explain, or show relationships between information and events in writing  ELA3.E.SW2A.03.05