Kindergarten to Grade 8 College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards For Reading |
Kindergarten-Grade 8 Big Universe Best Practice Reading Support Features | |||||||||||||||
Variety of Genres (Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Folktales, etc.) | Variety of Content (Social Studies, Math, Science, etc.) | Variety of Publishers (Weekly Reader, Zoobooks, Teacher Created Materials, etc.) | Leveled Informational Books (Lexile, DRA, Fountas & Pinnell, Age-Appropriate, etc.) | Leveled Literary Books (Lexile, DRA, Fountas & Pinnell, Age-Appropriate, etc.) | High Interest Read Alouds (Friendship, Family, Sports, etc.) | Alphabet Books (Word Labels, Picture-Text Match, Sight Words, etc.) | Decodable Books (Word Families, Word Labels, Picture-Text Match, Sight Words, etc.) | Audiobooks (Dialogue, Highlighted Text, Interactive Illustrations, Mentor Texts, etc.) | Bilingual Books (Spanish, French, etc.) | Personalized Bookshelf Collection (Books, Journals, Written Response, Reading Log, etc.) | Reading Response Tools (Reading Log, Journal, etc.) | Modeled Reading (Mentor Texts, Teacher Bookshelf, etc.) | Shared Reading (Mentor Texts, Bookshelves, Online Grouping, etc.) | Independent Reading (Leveled Bookshelf, Reading Log, Quiz Option, etc.) | Reading Assessments (Standards Based, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Oral Retelling, etc.) | |
Key Ideas and Details | ||||||||||||||||
1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Craft and Structure | ||||||||||||||||
4. Intepret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
5. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
6. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text. | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas | ||||||||||||||||
7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence. | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
9. Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take. | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity | ||||||||||||||||
10. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |