Reading Standards 4-5 Writing Standards 4-5 Math Standards 4-5 Reading Standards 6-8 Writing Standards 6-8 Math Standards 6 - 8 Arizona State Language Arts Standards Essentials Grades 4 - 5 Standard 1: Reading R-E1. Use structural analysis skills such as identifying root words, prefixes, suffixes and word origins to decode words unfamiliar in print. PO 1. Identify root words PO 2. Infer meanings of words in a selection through knowledge of prefixes and suffixes PO 3. Confirm meaning of words using context clues R-E2. Use reading strategies such as making inferences and predictions, summarizing, parphrasing, differentiating fact from opinion, drawing conclusions, and determining the author's purpose and perspective to comprehend written selections PO 1. Identify the main ideas; critical and supporting details; and the author's purpose, feelings and point of view of the text PO 2. Distinguish fact from opinion PO 3. Summarize the text in own words PO 4. Compare and contrast the text (e.g., characters genre, cultural differences, fact, fiction) PO 5. Determine cause and effect relationships PO 6. Identify the text in chronological, sequential, or logical order PO 7. Make an inference using contextual clues R-E3. Analyze selections of fiction, nonfiction and poetry by identifying the plot line (i.e., beginning, conflict, rising action, climax and resolution); distinguishing the main character from minor ones; describing the relationships between and motivations of characters; and making inferences about the events, setting, style, tone, mood and meaning of the selection PO 1. Distinguish the main characters from the minor characters PO 2. Summarize the plot line to include cause and effect PO 3. Explain the interaction of major and minor characters in a selection PO 4. Draw defensible conclusions based on events and settings PO 5. Differentiate fiction, nonfiction and poetry based on their attributes R-E4. Identify author's purpose, position, bias and strategies in a persuasive selection PO 1. Identify the author's purpose and use of detail to support the purpose PO 2. Describe the author's use of strategies to convince or persuade: bandwagon, peer pressure, "loaded words" PO 3. Identify the author's bias R-E5. Evaluate an instructional manual, such as assembly directions or user's guide for clarity and completeness PO 1. Identify the components of an instructional manual (e.g., directions, tools required, parts needed, illustration, diagram sequence, bold face for relevant steps) PO 2. Incorporate information from the illustrations PO 3. Locate support help in manual or from manufacturer PO 4. Identify the sequence of activities needed to carry out a procedure PO 5. Identify information that is either extraneous or missing (e.g., directions, tools required, parts needed, illustration, diagram sequence, bold face for relevant steps) R-E6. Compare and contrast the historical and cultural perspectives of literary selections *NOTE: For instructional purposes - not for state assessment. PO 1. Compare one author's perspective of a historicalcharacter, setting , or event with another historical or contemporary literary selection (e.g., essays, autobiographies, fiction, nonfiction) PO 2. Compare the lives and experiences of characters in history to present-day individuals who have similar goals or face similar challenges PO 3. Compare versions of traditional or contemporary literature from different cultures for similarities and differences related to theme, plot character, setting and point of view Reading Standards 4-5 Writing Standards 4-5 Math Standards 4-5 Reading Standards 6-8 Writing Standards 6-8 Math Standards 6 - 8 [Back to the Classroom] [Back to the Site Index]