# Archived Information

# SECTION F: APPENDICES

1.  State Standards and Assessments Related to Reading

2.  List of Eligible Districts and Schools

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**STATE STANDARDS AND ASSESSMENTS OF READING**

**Browse Quality Core Curriculum Standards by standard**

**Grade K: Language Arts**

**Strand: Oral Communication**

**1 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Listens and speaks in informal conversations with peers and
adults.**

**2 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Listens to a variety of literary forms, including stories
and poems.**

**3 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Follows one- and two-part oral directions.**

**4 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

> **Standard: Repeats auditory sequences: letters, words, numbers, and
> rhythmic patterns.**

**5 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Recognizes rhyming words.**

**6 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Recites short poems, rhymes, songs, and stories with
repeated patterns.**

**7 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Participates in choral speaking and creative drama.**

**8 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

> **Standard: Increases vocabulary to reflect a growing range of
> interests and knowledge.**

**9 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

> **Standard: Communicates effectively when using descriptive language,
> relating experiences, and retelling stories.**

**10 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Begins to discriminate between spoken words and sentences.**

**11 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Blends sounds orally to make words.**

**Strand: Written Communication**

**12 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Recognizes own name in print.**

**13 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Recognizes words in familiar contexts.**

**14 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Recognizes common signs and logos.**

**15 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Holds print materials in correct position.**

**16 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Demonstrates left-to-right and top-to-bottom progression.**

**17 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Discriminates visual similarities and differences in
words.**

**18 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Distinguishes between written letters, words, and
sentences.**

**19 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Identifies upper- and lower-case letters of the alphabet out
of sequence.**

**20 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Associates sounds with letters.**

**21 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Verbalizes consonant sound when shown the consonant
letter.**

**22 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Recognizes rhyming words (e.g., CVC words, word families,
etc.).**

**23 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Reads selected sight words.**

**24 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Recalls orally a series of three visually presented items.**

**25 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Uses words that signal sequence relationships such as
> first, next, and last.**

**26 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Classifies by characteristics such as color, size, shape,
> structure, and function.**

**27 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Sequences pictures to tell a story.**

**28 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Interprets pictures to identify main idea, sequence of
> events, cause-effect, and prediction of logical outcomes.**

**29 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Demonstrates an understanding that print makes sense by
> reading and explaining own writings and drawings.**

**30 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Increases vocabulary to reflect a growing range of
> interests and knowledge.**

**31 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Recognizes simple word opposites.**

**32 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Dictates information for experience stories.**

**33 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Uses examples from literature to create individual and group
stories.**

**34 Topic: Writing**

> **Standard: Draws pictures and/or uses letters and phonetically
> spelled words to write about experiences, stories, people, objects, or
> events.**

**35 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Uses left-to-right pattern of writing.**

**36 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Prints name, self-selected words, and letters of the
alphabet.**

**37 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Copies simple shapes, designs, numerals, and letters.**

**38 Topic: Literature**

> **Standard: Experiences traditional and contemporary literature
> through a variety of media.**

**39 Topic: Literature**

> **Standard: Responds to literal, inferential, and evaluative questions
> about literature.**

**40 Topic: Literature**

**Standard: Recognizes cultural diversity represented in literature.**

**41 Topic: Reference/Study**

**Standard: Explores the uses of the media center, picture books,
audiovisual**

**resources, and available technology for reading and writing.**

**Grade 1 : Language Arts**

**Strand: Oral Communication**

**1 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

> **Standard: Adapts or changes oral language to fit the situation by
> following the rules of conversation with peers and adults.**

**2 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Listens to a variety of literary forms including stories and
poems.**

**3 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Follows two- and three-part oral directions.**

**4 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Recalls information presented orally.**

**5 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

> **Standard: Interprets the meaning of questions in order to give an
> appropriate response.**

**6 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

> **Standard: Increases vocabulary to reflect a growing range of
> interests and knowledge.**

**7 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

> **Standard: Communicates effectively when using descriptive language,
> relating experiences, and retelling stories read, heard, or viewed.**

**8 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Uses a variety of language patterns and sentence
structures.**

**9 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

> **Standard: Demonstrates an understanding of words and ideas when
> heard in [C]{.smallcaps}ontext.**

**10 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Blends sounds orally to make words.**

**11 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Divides words into syllables.**

**Strand: Written Communication**

**12 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Increases vocabulary to reflect a growing range of
> interests and knowledge.**

**13 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Distinguishes between letter/word, word/sentence,
left/right, and**

**beginning/ending of words and sentences.**

**14 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Classifies and categorizes words into sets and groups with
common**

**characteristics.**

**15 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Applies phonetic strategies to read by:**

**-Using initial consonant substitution in rhyming words and word
families;**

**-Using beginning, medial, and ending consonants to orally decode one
and two S Syllable words;**

> **-Using short, long, and \"r\" controlled vowel sounds to orally
> decode one and two**
>
> **syllable words;**

**-Using consonant blends and digraphs to orally decode one- and
two-syllable**

**words.**

**16 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Uses word order and sentence structure to read. (Syntax -
> \"Does it sound right?\")**

**17 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Demonstrates an understanding of semantic relationships by
> using pictures, context clues, word meanings, and prior knowledge in
> reading.**

**(Semantics - \"Does it make sense?\")**

**18 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Increases existing sight vocabulary (instant recognition).**

**19 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Integrates language structure (syntax), meaning clues
> (semantics), phonetic strategies, and sight vocabulary when reading
> orally and silently.**

**20 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Reads with fluency and expression.**

**21 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Recognizes EXPLICIT main ideas, details, sequence of
> events, and cause-effect relationships in fiction and nonfiction.**

**22 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Recognizes IMPLICIT main ideas, details, sequence of events,
and**

> **cause-effect relationships in fiction and nonfiction.**

**23 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Identifies the main characters.**

**24 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Identifies characters\' actions, motives, emotions, traits,
and feelings.**

**25 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Draws conclusions and makes predictions and comparisons.**

**26 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Reads for understanding and rereads as needed for
> clarification, self-correction, and further comprehension.**

**27 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Demonstrates comprehension when reading a variety of
> literary forms (e.g., fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama).**

**28 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Recognizes and reads compound words, contractions,
> possessives, and words containing the suffixes \"ing,\" \"ed,\" \"s,\"
> and \"es.\"**

**29 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Uses knowledge of root words, prefixes, and suffixes in
> word recognition.**

**30 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Recognizes simple word opposites.**

**31 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Uses examples from literature to create individual and group
stories.**

**32 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Uses correct spelling for frequently used sight
vocabulary.**

**33 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Uses learned phonetic strategies to spell correctly.**

**34 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Writes a minimum of three sentences about a topic.**

**35 Topic: Writing**

> **Standard: Writes about self-selected topics (e.g., personal
> experiences, book rewrites) using pictures, letter/sound associations,
> and known words.**

**36 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Communicates ideas by using the writing process:**

**PREWRITING**

**-Generates ideas**

**DRAFTING**

**-Focuses on topic**

**-Uses prewriting ideas to complete first draft**

**REVISING**

**-Expands use of descriptive words**

**EDITING**

**-Begins each sentence and proper noun with a capital letter.**

**-Uses correct spelling.**

**-Uses appropriate punctuation.**

**-Uses complete sentences.**

**PUBLISHING**

**-Shares writing with others.**

**37 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Uses available technology to assist in writing.**

**38 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Prints legibly**

**-Correctly forms letters and numbers.**

**-Correctly spaces words and sentences.**

**39 Topic: Literature**

> **Standard: Experiences traditional and contemporary literature
> through a variety of media.**

**40 Topic: Literature**

> **Standard: Responds to literal, inferential, and evaluative questions
> about literature.**

**41 Topic: Literature**

> **Standard: Demonstrates an interest in various types of self-selected
> literature through daily reading.**

**42 Topic: Literature**

**Standard: Identifies literary forms (e.g., fiction, nonfiction,
poetry, and drama).**

**43 Topic: Literature**

**Standard: Discriminates between realism and fantasy.**

**44 Topic: Literature**

**Standard: Recognizes cultural diversity represented in literature.**

**45 Topic: Reference/Study**

**Standard: Alphabetizes words to the first letter.**

**46 Topic: Reference/Study**

**Standard: Uses picture dictionaries as information sources.**

**47 Topic: Reference/Study**

> **Standard: Recognizes the organization of fiction and nonfiction
> books in the media center.**

**48 Topic: Reference/Study**

> **Standard: Recognizes the author, illustrator, and title as
> identifying items of information about a book.**

**49 Topic: Reference/Study**

**Standard: Recognizes the purpose of the title page and the table of
contents.**

**50 Topic: Reference/Study**

> **Standard: Uses easy fiction books, nonfiction books, various
> audiovisual resources, and software as information sources.**

**51 Topic: Reference/Study**

> **Standard: Uses the media center and available technology as sources
> of information and pleasure.**

**Grade 2 : Language Arts**

**Strand: Oral Communication**

**1 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

> **Standard: Adapts or changes oral language to fit the situation by
> following the rules of conversation with peers and adults.**

**2 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Listens to a variety of literary forms including stories and
poems.**

**3 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Follows three-part oral directions.**

**4 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Recalls and interprets information presented orally.**

**5 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

> **Standard: Uses oral language for different purposes: to inform, to
> persuade, and to entertain.**

**6 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Responds to questions on orally presented material.**

**7 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

> **Standard: Increases vocabulary to reflect a growing range of
> interests and knowledge.**

**8 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

> **Standard: Communicates effectively when using descriptive language,
> relating experiences, and retelling stories read, heard, or viewed.**

**9 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Uses a variety of language patterns and sentence
structures.**

**10 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Uses increasingly complex sentence structures in oral
communication.**

**11 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

> **Standard: Determines the meaning of a word based on how it is used
> in an orally**
>
> **presented sentence.**

**12 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Uses grade/age appropriate standard American English when**

**communicating orally.**

**13 Standard: Blends sounds orally to make words.**

**14 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Divides words into syllables.**

**Strand: Written Communication**

**15 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Increases vocabulary to reflect a growing range of
> interests and knowledge.**

**16 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Classifies and categorizes words into sets and groups with
common**

**characteristics.**

**17 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Follows written directions.**

**18 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Reads a variety of materials for information and pleasure.**

**19 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Applies phonetic strategies to read by**

**- Using initial consonant substitution in rhyming words and word
families;**

**- Using beginning, medial, and ending consonants to orally decode
words;**

**- Using short, long and \"r\" controlled vowel sounds to orally decode
words;**

**- Using consonant blends, digraphs, and diphthongs to orally decode
words.**

**20 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Uses word order and sentence structure to read. (Syntax -
> \"Does it sound right?\")**

**21 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Demonstrates an understanding of semantic relationships by
> using context clues, word meanings, and prior knowledge in reading.**

**(Semantics - \"Does it make sense?\")**

**22 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Increases existing sight vocabulary (instant recognition).**

**23 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Integrates language structure (syntax), meaning clues
> (semantics), phonetic strategies, and sight vocabulary when reading
> orally and silently.**

**24 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Reads with fluency and expression.**

**25 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Recognizes EXPLICIT main ideas, details, sequence of
> events, and cause-effect relationships in fiction and nonfiction.**

**26 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Recognizes IMPLICIT main ideas, details, sequence of
> events, and cause-effect relationships in fiction and nonfiction.**

**27 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Identifies the main characters.**

**28 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Identifies characters\' actions, motives, emotions, traits,
and feelings.**

**29 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Draws conclusions, makes predictions, and comparisons.**

**30 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Reads for understanding and rereads as needed for
> clarification, self-correction, and further comprehension.**

**31 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Demonstrates comprehension when reading a variety of
> literary forms (e.g., fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama).**

**32 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Recognizes and reads compound words, contractions,
> possessives, and words containing the suffixes \"ing,\" \"ed,\" \"s,\"
> and \"es.\"**

**33 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Uses knowledge of root words, prefixes, and suffixes in
> word recognition.**

**34 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Recognizes simple word opposites.**

**35 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Uses examples from literature to create individual and group
stories.**

**36 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Uses correct spelling for frequently used sight
vocabulary.**

**37 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Uses learned phonetic strategies to spell correctly.**

**38 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Prints legibly:**

**-Correctly forms letters and numbers;**

**-Correctly spaces words and sentences.**

**39 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Begins to recognize cursive letters.**

**40 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Writes a minimum of three sentences about a topic.**

**41 Topic: Writing**

> **Standard: Writes about self-selected topics (e.g., personal
> experiences, book rewrites) using pictures, letter/sound associations,
> and known words.**

**42 Topic: Writing**

> **Standard: Writes in a variety of genres to include correspondence
> (including writing letters and addressing envelopes).**

**43 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Applies correct principles of grammar:**

**-Writes complete sentences**

**-Uses correct capital letters**

**-Uses correct punctuation**

**-Applies correct rules of usage and expression.**

**44 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Communicates ideas by using the writing process:**

**PREWRITING**

**-Generates ideas**

**DRAFTING**

**-Focuses on topic**

**-Uses prewriting ideas to complete first draft**

**REVISING**

**-Expands use of descriptive words**

**-Improves sequence**

**-Adds variety of sentence types**

**-Organizes writing to include a clear beginning, middle and ending**

**EDITING**

**-Begins each sentence and proper noun with a capital letter**

**-Uses correct spelling**

**-Uses appropriate punctuation**

**-Uses complete sentences**

**PUBLISHING**

**-Shares writing with others.**

**45 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Uses available technology to assist in writing.**

**46 Topic: Literature**

> **Standard: Experiences traditional and contemporary literature
> through a variety**
>
> **of media.**

**47 Topic: Literature**

> **Standard: Responds to literal, inferential, and evaluative questions
> about literature.**

**48 Topic: Literature**

> **Standard: Demonstrates an interest in various types of self-selected
> literature through daily reading.**

**49 Topic: Literature**

**Standard: Identifies literary forms (e.g., fiction, nonfiction,
poetry, and drama).**

**50 Topic: Literature**

**Standard: Discriminates between realism and fantasy.**

**51 Topic: Literature**

**Standard: Recognizes cultural diversity represented in literature.**

**52 Topic: Reference/Study**

**Standard: Alphabetizes words to the second letter.**

**53 Topic: Reference/Study**

**Standard: Uses beginning dictionaries as information sources.**

**54 Topic: Reference/Study**

> **Standard: Uses guide words to locate words in dictionaries, and
> topics in encyclopedias.**

**55 Topic: Reference/Study**

> **Standard: Recognizes the organization of fiction and nonfiction
> books in the media center.**

**56 Topic: Research/Study**

**Standard: Uses book parts, including title page, table of contents,
and glossary as**

**information sources.**

**57 Topic: Reference/Study**

> **Standard: Uses easy fiction books, nonfiction books, audiovisual
> resources, software, and periodicals as information sources.**

**58 Topic: Reference/Study**

> **Standard: Uses the media center and available technology as sources
> of information and pleasure.**

**Grade 3 : Language Arts**

**Strand: Oral Communication**

**1 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Adapts or changes oral language to fit situation by
following the rules of**

**conversation with peers and adults.**

**2 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Listens and responds to a variety of literary forms.**

**3 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Follows multiple oral directions.**

**4 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Recalls, interprets, and summarizes information presented
orally.**

**5 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Uses oral language for different purposes: to inform, to
persuade, and to**

**entertain.**

**6 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

> **Standard: Responds appropriately to various types of questions on
> orally presented material.**

**7 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

> **Standard: Increases vocabulary to reflect a growing range of
> interests and knowledge.**

**8 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

> **Standard: Communicates effectively when using descriptive language,
> relating experiences, and retelling stories read, heard, or viewed.**

**9 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Uses increasingly complex sentence structures in oral
communication.**

**10 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

> **Standard: Determines the meaning of a word based on how it is used
> in an orally presented sentence.**

**11 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

> **Standard: Uses grade/age appropriate standard American English when
> communicating orally.**

**12 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Blends sounds orally to make words.**

**13 Topic: Listening/Speaking**

**Standard: Divides words into syllables.**

**Strand: Written Communication**

**14 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Increases vocabulary to reflect a growing range of
> interests and knowledge.**

**15 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Classifies and categorizes words into sets and groups with
common**

**characteristics.**

**16 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Follows written directions.**

**17 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Reads a variety of materials for information and pleasure.**

**18 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Reads for a variety of purposes in different kinds of
texts.**

**19 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Applies phonetic strategies to read by:**

**-Using initial consonant substitution in rhyming words and word
families;**

**-Using beginning, medial, and ending consonants to orally decode
words;**

**-Using short, long and \"r\" controlled vowel sounds to orally decode
words;**

**-Using consonant blends, digraphs and diphthongs to orally decode
words.**

**20 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Uses word order and sentence structure to read. (Syntax -
> \"Does it sound right?\")**

**21 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Demonstrates an understanding of semantic relationships by
> using context clues, word meanings, and prior knowledge in reading.**

**(Semantics - \"Does it make sense?\")**

**22 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Increases existing sight vocabulary (instant recognition).**

**23 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Integrates language structure (syntax), meaning clues
> (semantics), phonetic strategies, and sight vocabulary when reading
> orally and silently.**

**24 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Reads with fluency and expression.**

**25 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Recognizes EXPLICIT main idea, details, sequence of
> events, and cause-effect relationships in fiction and nonfiction.**

**26 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Recognizes IMPLICIT main ideas, details, sequence of
> events, and cause-effect relationships in fiction and nonfiction.**

**27 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Identifies the main characters.**

**28 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Identifies characters\' actions, motives, emotions, traits,
and feelings.**

**29 Topic: Reading**

**Standard: Draws conclusions, makes predictions, compares-contrasts,
and makes**

**generalizations.**

**30 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Reads for understanding and rereads as needed for
> clarification, self-correction, and further comprehension.**

**31 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Demonstrates comprehension when reading a variety of
> literary forms (e.g., fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama).**

**32 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Recognizes and reads compound words, contractions,
> possessives, and words containing the suffixes \"ing,\" \"ed,\" \"s,\"
> and \"es.\"**

**33 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Uses knowledge of root words, prefixes, and suffixes in
> word recognition.**

**34 Topic: Reading**

> **Standard: Uses knowledge of synonyms, antonyms, and homophones when
> reading.**

**35 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Uses examples from literature to create individual and group
stories.**

**36 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Uses correct spelling for frequently used sight
vocabulary.**

**37 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Uses learned phonetic strategies to spell correctly.**

**38 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Writes legibly:**

**-Correctly forms letters and numbers;**

**-Correctly spaces words and sentences.**

**39 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Writes a short paragraph about a topic.**

**40 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Writes about self-selected topics.**

**41 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Writes in a variety of genres to include:**

**-Personal narratives**

**-Imaginative stories**

**-Responses to literature**

**-Content area pieces**

**-Correspondence (including writing letters and addressing
envelopes).**

**42 Topic: Writing**

> **Standard: Applies correct principles of grammar, parts of speech,
> and usage and mechanics:**

**-Writes complete sentences;**

**-Uses correct capitalization and punctuation;**

**-Uses correct word structure;**

**-Identifies types of sentences according to purpose: declarative,
interrogative,**

> **imperative, exclamatory**

**-Identifies the parts of a sentence in various sentence patterns
(Simple subject and**

**predicate);**

**-Forms singular, plural, and possessive nouns; -Applies standard
conventions of**

> **American English in subject-verb agreement;**

**-Demonstrates knowledge of nouns, pronouns, verbs, and adjectives in
writing**

> **simple sentences.**

**43 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Communicates ideas by using the writing process:**

**PREWRITING**

**-Generates ideas**

**DRAFTING**

**-Focuses on topic**

**-Uses prewriting ideas to complete first draft**

**REVISING**

**-Expands use of descriptive words**

**-Improves sequence**

**-Adds variety of sentence types**

**-Organizes writing to include a clear beginning, middle and ending**

**EDITING**

**-Begins each sentence and proper noun with a capital letter**

**-Uses correct spelling**

**-Uses appropriate punctuation**

**-Uses complete sentences**

**PUBLISHING**

**-Shares writing with others**

**44 Topic: Writing**

**Standard: Uses available technology to assist in writing.**

**45 Topic: Literature**

> **Standard: Experiences traditional and contemporary literature
> through a variety of media.**

**46 Topic: Literature**

> **Standard: Responds to literal, inferential, and evaluative questions
> about literature.**

**47 Topic: Literature**

> **Standard: Demonstrates an interest in various types of self-selected
> literature through daily reading.**

**48 Topic: Literature**

**Standard: Identifies literary forms (e.g., fiction, nonfiction,
poetry, and drama).**

**49 Topic: Literature**

**Standard: Discriminates between realism and fantasy.**

**50 Topic: Literature**

**Standard: Recognizes cultural diversity represented in literature.**

**51 Topic: Reference/Study**

**Standard: Alphabetizes words to the third letter.**

**52 Topic: Reference/Study**

> **Standard: Uses abridged dictionaries to identify appropriate word
> meanings or correct spellings.**

**53 Topic: Reference/Study**

**Standard: Uses guide words in dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc., as
aids for finding**

**information.**

**54 Topic: Reference/Study**

> **Standard: Recognizes the organization of fiction and nonfiction
> books in the media center.**

**55 Topic: Reference/Study**

> **Standard: Uses book parts, including title page, table of contents,
> index, and glossary as information sources.**

**56 Topic: Reference/Study**

> **Standard: Uses various sources (e.g., periodicals, audiovisuals,
> software, encyclopedias) for information.**

**57 Topic: Reference/Study**

> **Standard: Begins the research process by selecting topic,
> formulating questions, and identifying key words about a chosen
> topic.**

**58 Topic: Reference/Study**

**Standard: Skims material to locate specific information.**

**59 Topic: Reference/Study**

> **Standard: Uses the media center and available technology as sources
> of information and pleasure.**