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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 022 640 RE 001 383 SEQUENTIAL LEVELS OF READING SKILLS, PREKINDERGARTEN- -GRADE 12. New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, N.Y. Report No-CB-4 Pub Date 68 Note- 59p. Available from-Board of Education of the City of New York, Publications Sales Office, 110 Livingston St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11201 ($2.00). EDRS Price MF -$050 HC Not Available from EDRS. Descriptors-CONTENT READING, *CURRICULUM GUIDES, *ELEIvENTARY GRADES, FUNCTIONAL READING, *PRESCHOOL CHILDREN, READING COMPREHENSION, *READING SKILLS, *SECONDARY GRADES, SEQUENTIAL READING PROGRAMS, STUDY SKILLS, WORD STUDY SKILLS This guide is designed to help teachers, staff members responsible for teacher training, and reading supervisors provide better reading instruction. The skills that lead to mature reading are arranged on eight levels of developmental sequence. Level A is concerned with developing prereading skills. Levels B to D treat initiating and developing basic reading skills; levels E to H stress extending, refining, and applying reading skills. Within each level, these skills are grouped in relation to the development of word power, recognition and interpretation of meaning, and work-study skills. Arrangement by level of difficulty rather than by grade level should encourage individualized instruction. The application of each skill to practical reading experiences in various curriculum areas and in functional situations in and out of the classroom is emphasized. Skills that help the reader develop appreciation of literary excellence are not included. A short overview of the levels of reading skills is given, and specific suggestions for skill application are noted. (BS)

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DOCUMENT RESUME

ED 022 640 RE 001 383

SEQUENTIAL LEVELS OF READING SKILLS, PREKINDERGARTEN- -GRADE 12.New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, N.Y.Report No-CB-4Pub Date 68Note- 59p.Available from-Board of Education of the City of New York, Publications Sales Office, 110 Livingston St.,Brooklyn, N. Y. 11201 ($2.00).

EDRS Price MF -$050 HC Not Available from EDRS.Descriptors-CONTENT READING, *CURRICULUM GUIDES, *ELEIvENTARY GRADES, FUNCTIONAL READING,

*PRESCHOOL CHILDREN, READING COMPREHENSION, *READING SKILLS, *SECONDARY GRADES, SEQUENTIALREADING PROGRAMS, STUDY SKILLS, WORD STUDY SKILLS

This guide is designed to help teachers, staff members responsible for teachertraining, and reading supervisors provide better reading instruction. The skills that leadto mature reading are arranged on eight levels of developmental sequence. Level A isconcerned with developing prereading skills. Levels B to D treat initiating anddeveloping basic reading skills; levels E to H stress extending, refining, and applyingreading skills. Within each level, these skills are grouped in relation to the developmentof word power, recognition and interpretation of meaning, and work-study skills.Arrangement by level of difficulty rather than by grade level should encourageindividualized instruction. The application of each skill to practical reading experiencesin various curriculum areas and in functional situations in and out of the classroom isemphasized. Skills that help the reader develop appreciation of literary excellence arenot included. A short overview of the levels of reading skills is given, and specificsuggestions for skill application are noted. (BS)

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licat

bn f

or p

erm

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rep

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sec

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of th

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ial s

houl

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mad

e to

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ools

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ton

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et, B

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lyn,

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epri

nt o

f an

y se

ctio

n of

this

mat

eria

lsh

ould

car

ry th

e lin

e, "

Rep

rint

ed f

rom

(tit

le o

f pu

blic

atio

n) b

y pe

rmis

sion

of

the

Boa

rdof

Edu

catio

nof

the

City

of

New

Yor

k."

FOR

EW

OR

D

In o

rder

for

teac

hers

and

sup

ervi

sors

in N

ew Y

ork

City

sch

ools

to im

prov

e th

e re

adin

gac

hiev

emen

t

leve

l of

all p

upils

at a

ll gr

ade

leve

ls, a

com

mon

"yar

dstic

k" f

or d

eter

min

ing

sequ

entia

l gro

wth

inre

adin

g sk

ills

is n

eede

d. T

his

yard

stic

k is

pro

vide

din

the

publ

icat

ion

of S

eque

ntia

l Lev

els

ofR

eadi

ng

Skill

s, P

reki

nder

gart

en-G

rade

12.

The

new

bul

letin

is o

ne o

f si

x 19

67-1

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publ

icat

ions

mak

ing

up N

ew Y

ork

City

's R

eadi

ng A

ctio

nPa

ckag

e. T

his

"pac

kage

" is

esp

ecia

lly d

esig

ned

tohe

lp b

egin

ning

teac

hers

and

sup

ervi

sors

as

they

wor

k

to im

prov

e th

e re

adin

g le

vel o

f ev

ery

child

New

Yor

k C

ity's

pri

mar

y ob

ject

ive.

Oth

erpu

blic

atio

ns in

the

new

Rea

ding

Act

ion

Pack

age

are

asfo

llow

s:

A G

uide

for

Beg

inni

ng T

each

ers

of R

eadi

ng:

Gra

des

14

A G

uide

for

Beg

inni

ng T

each

ers

of R

eadi

ng:

Gra

des

5-8

A G

uide

for

Beg

inni

ng T

each

ers

of R

eadi

ng:

Gra

des

9-12

Supe

rvis

or's

Han

dboo

k in

Rea

ding

: Pre

kind

erga

rten

-Gra

de12

Beg

inne

rs in

Rea

ding

Ins

truc

tion:

Tea

cher

s an

dPu

pils

(G

rade

s 1

and

2)(M

anua

l to

acco

mpa

ny I

n-Se

rvic

e T

elev

isio

nW

orks

hop

for

Tea

cher

s, F

all,

1967

.)

In th

e pu

blic

atio

n Se

quen

tial L

evel

s of

Rea

ding

Ski

ll, th

e va

riou

s sk

ills

are

arra

nged

by le

vels

of

diff

icul

ty r

athe

r th

an b

y gr

ade

leve

l. T

his

"fre

edom

from

gra

de le

vel"

enc

oura

ges

the

teac

her

toid

entif

y th

e sk

ill n

eeds

of

a ch

ild a

nd to

indi

vidu

aliz

ein

stru

ctio

n. I

n ad

ditio

n, th

is s

kills

cha

rt e

nabl

esth

e te

ache

r to

det

erm

ine

the

part

icul

ar n

eeds

of

all c

hild

ren

in th

e cl

ass

and

to g

roup

pup

ils f

oref

fect

ive

inst

ruct

ion.

Thi

s 19

67 p

ublic

atio

n ha

s be

en r

evis

ed a

nd e

xten

ded

beyo

nd th

e E

xper

imen

tal E

ditio

n of

196

3 to

incl

ude

the

skill

s de

velo

ped

duri

ng th

e hi

gh s

choo

l yea

rsan

d be

yond

. The

for

mat

of

the

new

bro

chur

een

able

s th

e te

ache

r to

trac

e th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

a sk

illfr

om it

s in

itiat

ion

to it

s cu

lmin

atio

n at

mat

ure

read

ing

leve

ls. I

t giv

es h

im g

uide

post

s al

ong

the

road

to r

eadi

ng, i

ndic

atin

g no

t onl

y th

e sk

ills

inst

ruct

ion

whi

ch h

as p

rece

ded

and

that

whi

ch w

ill f

ollo

w b

ut, a

lso,

the

ultim

ate

goal

s of

rea

ding

ski

llsin

stru

ctio

n in

the

Prek

inde

rgar

ten-

Gra

de 1

2 pr

ogra

m.

The

app

licat

ion

of e

ach

skill

at e

ach

grow

th le

vel t

o pr

actic

al r

eadi

ngex

peri

ence

s in

var

ious

cur

ricu

-lu

m a

reas

is a

n ad

ditio

nal f

eatu

re o

f th

e pr

esen

t pub

licat

ion.

Thi

s in

form

atio

n sh

ould

hel

p bo

th th

ete

ache

r of

the

self

-con

tain

ed c

lass

room

at t

he e

lem

enta

ry le

vel a

nd th

ete

ache

rs o

f va

riou

s su

bjec

tsin

dep

artm

enta

lized

pro

gram

s at

any

sch

ool l

evel

.

It is

exp

ecte

d th

at S

eque

ntia

l Lev

els

will

be

used

in m

any

way

s to

mee

t tea

cher

s' n

eeds

.E

xper

ienc

edte

ache

rs w

ill, f

or e

xam

ple,

mak

e im

med

iate

and

eff

ectiv

e us

e of

this

pub

licat

ion

as th

ey p

lan

for

inst

ruct

ion.

Les

s ex

peri

ence

d te

ache

rs w

ill f

md

it va

luab

le to

dev

ote

time

todi

scus

sion

s of

the

cont

ent

with

sup

ervi

sors

, dis

tric

t rea

ding

con

sulta

nts,

or

mor

e ex

peri

ence

dco

lleag

ues

befo

re im

plem

entin

gsu

gges

tions

. Sup

ervi

sors

, too

, will

fm

d it

usef

ul a

s th

ey p

lan

with

thei

r st

aff

the

read

ing

prog

ram

for

asc

hool

or

dist

rict

and

as

they

eva

luat

e ch

ildre

n's

prog

ress

in th

is v

ital a

rea

ofle

arni

ng.

It is

the

hope

of

this

off

ice

that

the

"rea

ding

pac

kage

," o

f w

hich

this

pub

licat

ion

is o

ne d

ocum

ent,

will

be

a po

wer

ful w

eapo

n in

the

tota

l arm

amen

t of

mat

eria

ls,

expe

rim

enta

tion,

inst

itute

s, s

peci

alpr

ogra

ms,

in-s

ervi

ce c

ours

es, a

nd o

ther

ser

vice

sw

hich

the

New

Yor

k C

ity s

choo

ls h

ave

asse

mbl

ed in

thei

r at

tack

on

read

ing

prob

lem

s. N

ew Y

ork

City

is d

eter

min

ed th

at e

very

chi

ldsh

all r

ead

to h

ism

axim

um a

bilit

y. T

he p

ublic

atio

n Se

quen

tial L

evel

s of

Rea

ding

Ski

lls is

ano

ther

evid

ence

of

that

dete

rmin

atio

n.

Ber

nard

E. D

onov

anSu

peri

nten

dent

of

Scho

ols

Sept

embe

r 19

67

AC

KN

OW

LED

GM

EN

TS

Thi

s pu

blic

atio

n, p

repa

red

unde

r th

e su

perv

isio

n of

Act

ing

Dep

uty

Supe

rint

ende

nt H

elen

e M

. Llo

yd,

is a

n ou

tgro

wth

of

a pr

ior

publ

icat

ion

prep

ared

und

erM

rs. L

loyd

's d

irec

tion

by th

e fo

rmer

Div

isio

nof

7211

emen

tary

Sch

ools

. The

new

pub

licat

ion

build

s on

the

initi

al d

esig

n of

ski

lls, K

inde

rgar

ten

thro

ugh

Gra

de 6

, and

ext

ends

and

ref

ines

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f th

ose

skill

s th

roug

h G

rade

12.

A d

ebt o

f gr

atitu

de is

ack

now

ledg

ed to

the

man

y st

affm

embe

rs o

f th

e N

ew Y

ork

City

sch

ool s

yste

mfo

r co

oper

atio

n in

pre

pari

ng th

is p

ublic

atio

n. A

ppre

ciat

ion

is e

xpre

ssed

to m

embe

rs o

f th

e or

igin

alco

mm

ittee

: Lou

ise

Mat

teon

i and

Her

bert

Pot

ell o

f th

e B

urea

uof

Cur

ricu

lum

Dev

elop

men

t; H

arol

dZ

lotn

ik, t

hen

Act

ing

Dir

ecto

r of

the

Bur

eau

of E

nglis

h;R

osem

ary

E. W

agne

r, A

ctin

g A

ssis

tant

Dir

ecto

r of

that

Bur

eau;

Sue

Mos

kow

itz o

f th

e B

urea

u of

Edu

catio

nal R

esea

rch;

Will

iam

Sch

orko

pf o

fth

e O

ffic

e of

Jun

ior

Hig

h Sc

hool

s; a

nd to

She

lley

Um

ans,

then

Adm

inis

trat

ive

Dir

ecto

r of

the

Off

ice

ofIn

stru

ctio

n an

d C

urri

culu

m a

nd A

ssis

tant

Sup

erin

tend

ent

Llo

yd w

ho s

erve

d as

con

sulta

nts

to th

eC

omm

ittee

. Mar

guer

ite F

erre

rio

and

Gra

ce G

oode

ll (r

etir

ed)

of th

e O

ffic

e of

Jun

ior

Hig

h Sc

hool

s w

ere

asso

ciat

ed w

ith th

e pr

ojec

t in

its e

arly

sta

ge.

Spec

ial a

ppre

ciat

ion

is e

xpre

ssed

to th

e on

goin

g m

embe

rs o

f th

eC

omm

ittee

, Lou

ise

Mat

teon

i,H

erbe

rt P

otel

l, an

d R

osem

ary

E. W

agne

r, P

roje

ctC

oord

inat

or, w

ho c

arri

ed th

e re

visi

on th

roug

h to

publ

icat

ion.

In a

ckno

wle

dgin

g th

e m

any

peop

le w

ho c

ontr

ibut

ed to

the

revi

sion

, exp

ress

ion

of th

anks

mus

t be

mad

e to

the

teac

hers

and

sup

ervi

sors

of

New

Yor

kC

ity w

ho r

evie

wed

so

care

fully

the

expe

timen

tal

editi

on o

f 19

63 a

nd m

ade

revi

sion

sug

gest

ions

in th

e lig

htof

thei

r pr

actic

al e

xper

ienc

e w

ith it

. Am

aste

r co

py o

f th

eir

sugg

estio

ns, p

repa

red

by M

ary

Send

ek o

f th

e D

ivis

ion

of E

lem

enta

ry S

choo

ls, w

asm

ade

avai

labl

e to

the

Com

mitt

ee b

y M

rs. L

loyd

.

New

Yor

k C

ity r

eadi

ng s

peci

alis

ts, c

urri

culu

m a

ssis

tant

s,pr

inci

pals

, and

ass

ista

nt s

uper

inte

nden

tsal

so r

evie

wed

dra

fts

of th

e re

vise

d m

anus

crip

t and

sugg

este

d ch

ange

s. W

e ar

e gr

atef

ul to

:R

eadi

ng

Con

sulta

nts

Lou

ise

And

erso

n (D

istr

ict 2

), R

uth

Lav

in(D

istr

ict 2

8), K

athl

een

Am

aro

(Dis

tric

t30

);

Cur

ricu

lum

Ass

ista

nts

Mar

gare

t Bey

er (

Dis

tric

t 30)

, Agn

esC

lark

(D

istr

ict 1

4), A

ssis

tant

Dir

ecto

rof

Ear

ly C

hild

hood

Alic

e H

arw

ood;

Res

earc

h T

eclm

icia

n Sa

ul G

ottli

eb o

f th

e B

urea

u of

Cur

ricu

lum

Dev

elop

men

t; Pr

inci

pals

Han

nah

Kos

tiner

(P2

21Q

), M

arga

ret R

yan

(P11

9X),

Mar

tha

Froe

lich

(P12

9M),

Haz

el M

ittle

man

(P1

16M

); A

ssis

tant

Sup

erin

tend

ents

Max

Mey

ers

(Dis

tric

t 18)

, Edn

a C

row

ley

(Dis

tric

t14

), M

arga

ret B

ible

(D

istr

ict 2

8), M

ax R

uben

stei

n (D

istr

ict 2

9), I

rvin

g A

nker

(O

ffic

e of

Jun

ior

Hig

hSc

hool

); a

nd M

arga

ret B

. Lal

or, R

eadi

ng C

oord

inat

or w

ho s

erve

d as

rev

iaw

er f

or th

e O

ffic

e of

Juni

orH

igh

Scho

ols.

Oth

er N

ew Y

ork

City

sta

ff m

embe

rs to

who

m w

e ar

e gr

atef

ul f

or r

evie

win

g th

e se

vera

l dra

fts

ofth

ere

vise

d m

anus

crip

t and

mak

ing

sign

ific

ant s

ugge

stio

ns f

or r

evis

ion

are

Eth

el B

. Cut

ler,

Coo

rdin

ator

of

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

Ser

vice

s fo

r N

on-P

ublic

Sch

ools

(T

itle

I): M

ary

Send

ek, P

rogr

amm

edR

eadi

ngPr

ojec

t of

the

Off

ice

of E

lem

enta

ry S

choo

ls; a

nd E

lizab

eth

Ale

nick

, for

mer

ly R

eadi

ng C

oord

inat

or in

the

Div

isio

n of

Ele

men

tary

Sch

ools

.

A d

eep

debt

of

grat

itude

is a

ckno

wle

dged

to r

eadi

ng s

peci

alis

ts o

n un

iver

sity

sta

ffs

who

rea

d th

em

anus

crip

t and

mad

e de

taile

d su

gges

tions

for

rev

isio

n. O

ur th

anks

go

to P

rofe

ssor

Jos

ephi

ne P

ieka

rz-

Ives

and

Ass

ista

nt P

rofe

ssor

Len

ore

Rin

gler

, Sch

ool o

f E

duca

tion

of N

ew Y

ork

Uni

vers

ity; A

ssoc

iate

Prof

esso

r M

orto

n B

otel

, Uni

vers

ity o

f Pe

nnsy

lvan

ia; D

istin

guis

hed

Serv

ice

Prof

esso

r N

ila B

. Sm

ith,

Gla

ssbo

ro S

tate

Col

lege

; Ass

ista

nt P

rofe

ssor

Rut

h A

dam

s, C

ity C

olle

ge o

f N

ew Y

ork.

App

reci

atio

n is

als

o ex

pres

sed

to A

ssis

tant

Sup

erin

tend

ent J

. Way

ne W

righ

tsto

ne, B

urea

uof

Edu

ca-

tiona

l Res

earc

h, a

nd s

taff

mem

ber

Lou

ise

Schw

iete

rt f

or th

eir

cont

ribu

tions

to th

e br

ochu

re.

Will

iam

H. B

rist

ow, A

ssis

tant

Sup

erin

tend

ent,

Bur

eau

of C

urri

culu

m D

evel

opm

ent,

mad

eav

aila

ble

seve

ral m

embe

rs o

f hi

s st

aff

for

wor

k on

the

Com

mitt

ee, p

rovi

ded

the

faci

litie

s fo

r pr

epar

ing

ihe

man

u-sc

ript

, and

gav

e ge

nera

l sup

port

to th

e pr

ojec

t. M

anus

crip

ts w

ere

type

d by

Cyn

thia

Nie

pore

nt a

ndL

inda

Mor

riso

n.

Aar

on N

. Slo

tkin

, Edi

tor,

Bur

eau

of C

urri

culu

m D

evel

opm

ent,

was

res

pons

ible

for

publ

icat

ion

desi

gn a

nd s

uper

vise

d pr

oduc

tion.

Lill

ian

B. A

mdu

r ed

ited

the

man

uscr

ipt f

or p

ublic

atio

n an

d Si

mon

Shul

man

des

igne

d th

e co

ver

and

did

the

page

layo

uts.

TA

BL

E O

F C

ON

TE

NT

S

Page

Fore

wor

dIn

Ack

now

ledg

men

tsIn

trod

uctio

nU

sing

the

Sequ

entia

l Lev

els

2

Ove

rvie

w o

f L

evel

s of

Rea

ding

Ski

lls3

LE

VE

L A

DE

VE

LO

PIN

G P

RE

RE

AD

ING

SK

ILL

S4

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elop

ing

Wor

d Po

wer

4G

ettin

g an

d In

terp

retin

g M

eani

ng6

Dev

elop

ing

Wor

k-St

udy

Skill

s7

LE

VE

LS

BD

: IN

ITIA

TIN

G A

ND

DE

VE

LO

PIN

G B

ASI

CR

EA

DIN

G S

KIL

LS

8

LE

VE

LS

EH

: EX

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ND

ING

, RE

FIN

ING

, AN

D A

PPL

YIN

GR

EA

DIN

G S

KIL

LS

Page

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LS

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LS

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EL

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RD

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R8

9

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andi

ng O

ral V

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ular

y8

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ldin

g a

Rea

ding

Voc

abul

ary

89

Acq

uiri

ng S

ight

Voc

abul

ary

89

Usi

ng P

honi

c A

naly

sis

89

Usi

ng S

truc

tura

l Ana

lysi

s16

17

GE

TT

ING

AN

D I

NT

ER

PRE

TIN

G M

EA

NIN

G24

25

Get

ting

the

Mai

n T

houg

ht24

25

Find

ing

and

Rel

atin

g D

etai

ls26

27

Det

erm

inin

g Se

quen

ce28

29

Dra

win

g In

fere

nces

3031

ILL

UST

RA

TIO

N: C

ON

CO

MIT

AN

T D

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EL

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EN

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ge

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EN

SIO

N S

KIL

LS

3233

Cri

tical

Rea

ding

3435

Dis

tingu

ishi

ng B

etw

een

Fact

and

Opi

nion

3435

Usi

ng L

ogic

al R

easo

ning

to R

ecog

nize

Sal

esan

d Pr

opag

anda

Tec

hniq

ues

3637

DE

VE

LO

PIN

G W

OR

K-S

TU

DY

SK

ILL

S38

39Fo

llow

ing

Dir

ectio

ns38

39L

ocat

ing

Info

rmat

ion

4041

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ctin

g, E

valu

atin

g, R

ecal

ling

Info

rmat

ion

4243

Org

aniz

ing

Info

rmat

ion

4445

Usi

ng G

raph

ic R

epre

sent

atio

ns (

map

s, g

lobe

s,ch

arts

, dia

gram

s)46

47M

aste

ring

the

Mec

hani

cs o

f Si

lent

and

Ora

lR

eadi

ng48

49

SE

QU

EN

TIA

L LE

VE

LS O

F R

EA

DIN

G S

KIL

LS

Pre

kind

erga

rten

Gra

de 1

2

Thi

s pu

blic

atio

n ar

rang

es o

n ei

ght l

evel

s of

dev

elop

men

tal s

eque

nce

the

skill

s th

at le

ad g

radu

ally

to r

eadi

ng o

n a

mat

ure

leve

l. T

he le

vels

are

des

igna

ted

A to

H:

Lev

el A

Lev

els

B-D

Lev

els

E-H

Dev

elop

ing

Prer

eadi

ng S

kills

Initi

atin

g an

d D

evel

opin

g B

asic

Rea

ding

Ski

lls

Ext

endi

ng, R

efin

ing,

and

App

lyin

g R

eadi

ng S

kills

.

With

in e

ach

leve

l, re

adin

g sk

ills

are

grou

ped

in r

elat

ion

to D

evel

opin

g W

ord

Pow

er, G

ettin

g an

d In

terp

retin

g th

e M

eani

ng, a

nd W

ork-

Stud

y Sk

ills.

It i

s im

por-

tant

to n

ote,

how

ever

, tha

t ski

lls in

all

thre

e gr

oups

are

taug

ht c

onco

mita

ntly

.T

he v

ertic

al a

rran

gem

ent i

s no

t int

ende

d to

sug

gest

that

one

ski

ll, e

.g.,

phon

ican

alys

is, i

s co

mpl

eted

at a

giv

en le

vel (

B, C

, etc

.) b

efor

e ot

her

skill

s at

the

leve

l,e.

g., s

truc

tura

l ana

lysi

s or

fin

ding

the

mai

n id

ea, a

re in

trod

uced

.

The

pub

licat

ion

is a

rev

isio

n an

d ex

tens

ion

of th

e E

xper

imen

tal E

ditio

nof

Seq

uent

ial L

evel

s of

Rea

ding

Gro

wth

.1 I

t dif

fers

fro

m th

at e

ditio

n in

the

follo

win

g ch

arac

teri

stic

s:

1. T

he le

vels

of

skill

s ex

tend

fro

m th

e pr

erea

ding

Lev

el A

to L

evel

H, w

hich

repr

esen

ts th

e sk

ill le

vel o

f st

uden

ts in

the

uppe

r ye

ars

of th

e se

cond

ary

scho

ol.

'Seq

uent

ial L

evel

s of

Rea

ding

Gro

wth

in th

e E

lem

enta

ry S

choo

l. D

ivis

ion

of E

lem

en-

tary

Sch

ools

, Boa

rd o

f E

duca

tion

of th

e C

ity o

f N

ew Y

ork,

196

3.

2. T

he r

eadi

ng s

kills

leve

ls a

re n

ot r

elat

ed to

inst

ruct

iona

l lev

els

as d

eter

-m

ined

thro

ugh

the

use

of a

gra

ded

read

ing

seri

es; e

.g.,

"Lev

el C

Rea

ders

12,

21,

and

22,

" as

was

don

e in

the

Exp

erim

enta

l Edi

tion.

3. E

xam

ples

of

all s

kills

iden

tifie

d un

der

"Get

ting

and

Inte

rpre

ting

Mea

ning

'.'an

d "W

ork-

Stud

y Sk

ills"

are

giv

en. T

hese

are

dra

wn

from

the

cont

ent

area

s, a

s sc

ienc

e, s

ocia

l stu

dies

, mat

hem

atic

s, a

s w

ell a

s fr

om th

e la

ngua

gear

ts a

reas

.

4. S

ugge

sted

met

hods

and

mat

eria

ls f

or te

achi

ng r

eadi

ng; e

.g.,

stat

emen

tsab

out "

Usi

ng B

asal

Rea

ders

," "

Tea

chin

g th

e A

lpha

bet,"

etc

., an

d th

ete

achi

ng s

ugge

stio

ns s

pelle

d ou

t for

eac

h sk

ills

leve

l in

the

firs

t pub

lica-

tion

are

not i

nclu

ded

in th

is e

ditio

n. T

hese

fea

ture

s of

the

read

ing

prog

ram

are

trea

ted

exte

nsiv

ely

in p

ublic

atio

ns e

ither

rec

ently

dis

trib

uted

to s

choo

lsor

exp

ecte

d fo

r di

stri

butio

n, S

prin

g,19

68.2

The

em

phas

is in

this

pub

licat

ion

is o

n th

ose

skill

s w

hich

ena

ble

the

read

erto

use

rea

ding

as

a to

ol f

or le

arni

ng in

all

curr

icul

um a

reas

and

in f

unct

iona

lsi

tuat

ions

in a

nd o

ut o

f th

e cl

assr

oom

. The

ski

lls th

at h

elp

the

read

er to

dev

elop

appr

ecia

tion

of li

tera

ry e

xcel

lenc

e ar

e no

t inc

lude

d in

this

doc

umen

t. (F

or th

ese

skill

s, s

ee s

ectio

ns o

n L

itera

ture

in R

efer

ence

s c,

d, a

nd e

.)

2a. b. C. d. e. f. g. h.

Get

ting

Star

ted

in th

e E

lem

enta

ry S

choo

l (Fa

ll, 1

966)

Get

ting

Star

ted

in th

e Se

cond

ary

Scho

ol (

Fall,

196

6)H

andb

ook

for

Lan

guag

e A

rts

- Pr

e-K

-Gra

de 2

(Fa

ll, 1

966)

Han

dboo

k fo

r L

angu

age

Art

s -

Gra

des

3-4

(Spr

ing,

196

8)R

eadi

ng: G

rade

s 5-

12 (

Spri

ng, 1

968)

Gui

de f

or B

egin

ning

Tea

cher

s of

Rea

ding

- G

rade

s 1-

4 (S

prin

g, 1

968)

Gui

de f

or B

egin

ning

Tea

cher

s of

Rea

ding

- G

rade

s 5-

8 (S

prin

g, 1

968)

Gui

de f

or B

egin

ning

Tea

cher

s of

Rea

ding

- G

rade

s 9-

12 (

Spri

ng, 1

968)

1

Usi

ng th

e Se

quen

tial L

evel

s

Tea

cher

s kn

ow th

at in

divi

dual

pup

ils f

unct

ion

at v

ario

us le

vels

in d

iffe

r-en

t rea

ding

ski

lls a

t the

sam

e tim

e. P

upils

fre

quen

tly s

how

irre

gula

r pa

ttern

s of

deve

lopm

ent,

som

e m

ovin

g ra

pidl

y th

roug

h th

e st

eps

in a

seq

uenc

e of

ski

lls,

with

oth

ers

taki

ng c

onsi

dera

bly

long

er to

mov

e th

roug

h th

e se

quen

ce. T

hete

ache

r is

, the

refo

re, f

aced

with

the

diff

icul

t pro

blem

of

mov

ing

forw

ard

in a

nor

derl

y an

d up

war

d pr

ogre

ssio

n pu

pils

who

lear

n at

dif

fere

nt r

ates

. She

is e

x-pe

cted

, als

o, to

be

awar

e of

the

read

ing

skill

s de

scri

bed

in c

urri

culu

m m

ate-

rial

s as

app

ropr

iate

or

"exp

ecte

d" a

t giv

en g

rade

leve

ls. S

he n

eeds

this

info

rma-

tion

so th

at s

he c

an s

tudy

pup

il pe

rfor

man

ce in

rel

atio

n to

sch

ool,

city

, or

na-

tiona

l nor

ms,

and

pla

n pr

ogra

ms

for

effe

ctiv

e gr

owth

.

Adh

erin

g pr

ecis

ely

to th

e se

quen

ce o

f sk

ills

deve

lope

d in

the

follo

win

gpa

ges

may

not

alw

ays

be p

ossi

ble.

Tea

cher

s m

ay b

e fo

llow

ing

a pa

rtic

ular

ap-

proa

ch to

rea

ding

whi

ch c

alls

for

a s

light

ly d

iffe

rent

seq

uenc

e or

, the

y m

ay, a

ttim

es, f

ind

it ne

cess

ary

to te

ach

child

ren

a w

ork-

stud

y sk

ill o

ut o

f se

quen

ce b

e-ca

use

child

ren

need

it to

han

dle

a gi

ven

text

. The

teac

her

may

fin

d it

nece

ssar

y,al

so, t

o ba

cktr

ack

on a

seq

uenc

e in

ord

er to

teac

h or

rei

nfor

ce a

ski

ll no

t tho

-ro

ughl

y le

arne

d in

pre

viou

s in

stru

ctio

nal a

ctiv

ities

. In

othe

r w

ords

, the

seq

uenc

esu

gges

ts th

e ap

prop

riat

e pl

ace

for

the

initi

al te

achi

ng o

f a

give

n sk

ill, a

lway

spr

esum

ing

that

teac

hers

pla

n co

ntin

uing

rev

iew

act

iviti

es a

s an

inhe

rent

par

tof

goo

d te

achi

ng.

The

inex

peri

ence

d te

ache

r w

ill f

ind

the

publ

icat

ion

usef

ul b

ecau

se it

will

enab

le h

er to

:

1. D

evel

op a

n un

ders

tand

ing

of th

e or

al la

ngua

ge s

kills

(L

evel

A)

whi

ch f

acil-

itate

the

child

's in

itial

rea

ding

exp

erie

nces

.

2. G

et a

n ov

ervi

ew o

f th

e sk

ills

invo

lved

in r

eadi

ng a

nd s

ome

unde

rsta

ndin

gof

thei

r se

quen

tial d

evel

opm

ent.

3. F

ind

the

prio

r le

vels

of

a pa

rtic

ular

ski

ll w

ith w

hich

a p

upil

is h

avin

g di

ffi-

culty

so

that

she

can

giv

e hi

m a

ppro

pria

te in

stru

ctio

n.

4. U

se th

e pu

blic

atio

n to

gui

de h

er in

dev

elop

ing

wor

k-st

udy

skill

s no

tsp

elle

d ou

t in

basa

l rea

ders

, ant

holo

gies

, and

oth

er m

ater

ials

.

The

exp

erie

nced

teac

her

in th

e ju

nior

and

sen

ior

high

sch

ool w

ho is

in-

expe

rien

ced

in r

eadi

ng in

stru

ctio

n ca

n us

e th

e pu

blic

atio

n to

hel

p he

r st

ruct

ure

a de

velo

pmen

tal p

rogr

am o

r, w

hen

nece

ssar

y, a

rem

edia

l pro

gram

.

The

exp

erie

nced

teac

her

of r

eadi

ng w

ill f

ind

the

publ

icat

ion

usef

ul b

e-ca

use

it w

ill e

nabl

e he

r to

:

1. U

se it

as

a gu

ide

in p

lann

ing

her

skill

s pr

ogra

m in

an

indi

vidu

aliz

ed a

p-pr

oach

to r

eadi

ng.

2. U

se it

as

a ch

eckl

ist a

gain

st w

hich

to e

valu

ate

the

skill

s pr

ogra

m o

f th

ere

adin

g m

ater

ial s

he is

usi

ng w

ith p

upils

.

3. D

evel

op a

seq

uent

ial p

rogr

am o

f w

ork-

stud

y sk

ills

with

app

licat

ion

to c

on-

tent

are

a m

ater

ials

.

4. P

inpo

int t

he s

kill(

s) w

ith w

hich

pup

ils a

re h

avin

g di

ffic

ulty

so

that

she

may

pla

n pr

ecis

ely

the

teac

hing

and

pra

ctic

e se

ssio

ns n

eede

d.

Staf

f m

embe

rs r

espo

nsib

le f

or te

ache

r tr

aini

ng w

ill f

md

the

publ

icat

ion

ofas

sist

ance

in p

rese

rvic

e an

d in

-ser

vice

cou

rses

in r

eadi

ng.

Supe

rvis

ors

will

fin

d th

e se

quen

tial d

evel

opm

ent o

f sk

ills

help

ful

as th

eypl

an, o

bser

ve, a

nd e

valu

ate

the

read

ing

prog

ram

ina

scho

ol o

r di

stri

ct. I

t pro

-vi

des

a co

ntin

uum

on

whi

ch to

bas

e pl

ans

and

judg

men

ts. I

t may

als

o be

use

d as

a ch

art t

o ex

plai

n th

e re

adin

g pr

ogra

m to

par

ent a

nd c

omm

unity

gro

ups.

Ove

rvie

w o

f Lev

els

of R

eadi

ng S

kills

LE

VE

L A

DE

VE

LO

PIN

G P

RE

RE

AD

ING

SK

ILL

S

The

pre

read

ing

stag

e in

the

inst

ruct

iona

l pro

gram

of

youn

g ch

ildre

n is

one

of c

halle

ngin

g ex

peri

ence

s an

d in

tens

ive

wor

k in

con

cept

ual a

nd p

erce

ptua

lde

velo

pmen

t, le

ft-t

o-ri

ght d

irec

tiona

l pro

gres

s, a

nd o

ral l

angu

age.

Thr

ough

act

i-vi

ties

in a

rt a

nd m

usic

, cre

ativ

e dr

amat

ics

and

liter

atur

e, g

ames

and

man

ipul

a-tiv

e ac

tiviti

es, t

he c

hild

exp

ands

his

voc

abul

ary

and

lang

uage

pat

tern

s an

d le

arns

to u

se la

ngua

ge to

thin

k ab

out h

is e

xper

ienc

es, d

evel

op c

once

pts

and

sim

ple

gen-

eral

izat

ions

, dev

elop

ski

lls o

f co

mpr

ehen

sion

and

inte

rpre

tatio

n, a

sk q

uest

ions

,an

d sh

are

his

thou

ghts

and

fee

lings

. Lea

rnin

g si

tuat

ions

are

pla

nned

to 'd

evel

opth

ose

skill

s w

hich

are

pre

requ

isite

s to

suc

cess

and

sat

isfa

ctio

n in

rea

ding

. Par

-tic

ular

str

ess

is g

iven

to li

sten

ing.

LE

VE

LS

B, C

, AN

D D

INIT

IAT

ING

AN

D D

EV

EL

OPI

NG

BA

SIC

RE

AD

DiG

SK

ILL

S

Lev

el B T

his

leve

l of

read

ing

grow

th m

arks

the

broa

deni

ng o

f th

e la

ngua

ge a

rts

pro-

gram

to in

clud

e di

rect

ed r

eadi

ngac

tiviti

es a

nd s

yste

mat

ic in

stru

ctio

n in

rea

ding

skill

s. C

hild

ren

who

hav

e be

en a

ctiv

ely

invo

lved

in th

e or

alla

ngua

ge p

rogr

am o

fL

evel

A a

re g

iven

mat

eria

ls, a

ctiv

ities

, and

inst

ruct

ion

to h

elp

them

bui

ld a

sig

htvo

cabu

lary

, int

rodu

ce th

em to

the

rudi

men

ts o

f ph

onic

s an

d w

ord

stru

ctur

e,he

lp th

em to

app

ly to

wri

tten

lang

uage

the

skill

s of

com

preh

ensi

on a

nd in

ter-

pret

atio

n in

itial

ly d

evel

oped

in o

ral l

angu

age

activ

ities

, and

beg

in to

dev

elop

an

awar

enes

s th

at r

eadi

ng is

a to

ol f

or g

aini

ng in

form

atio

n.

Lev

el C The

chi

ld a

t thi

s le

vel o

f gr

owth

in r

eadi

ng m

oves

fro

m th

e st

age

of a

begi

nnin

g re

ader

with

ver

y lim

ited

skill

s in

wor

d at

tack

and

com

preh

ensi

on to

ast

age

of g

row

ing

conf

iden

ce in

his

abi

lity

to r

ead.

His

sig

ht v

ocab

ular

y is

exp

andi

ng r

apid

ly. A

s a

resu

lt of

car

eful

and

sys

-te

mat

ic in

stru

ctio

n in

pho

nic

and

stru

ctur

alan

alys

is, h

e de

mon

stra

tes

the

abil-

ity to

dec

ode

man

y w

ords

inde

pend

ently

and

to u

se c

onte

xtcl

ues

to d

eter

min

eth

eir

mea

ning

. He

is a

ble

to p

artic

ipat

e in

pre

para

tory

disc

ussi

on o

f a

stor

y an

dth

en, g

uide

d by

pur

pose

ful q

uest

ions

, rea

d it

sile

ntly

. He

can

loca

te,i

n a

shor

tse

lect

ion,

and

rea

d or

ally

sen

tenc

es th

at a

nsw

er a

que

stio

nas

ked

or p

rove

or

dis-

prov

e a

stat

emen

tm

ade

or a

n an

swer

giv

en. H

e us

es w

orkb

ooks

and

teac

her-

mad

e pr

actic

e m

ater

ials

with

incr

easi

ng in

depe

nden

cean

d fa

cilit

y, a

nd h

e re

ads

dire

ctio

ns f

or c

arry

ing

out s

impl

e, in

depe

nden

tre

adin

g ac

tiviti

es.

Lev

el D T

he s

igns

of

read

ing

grow

th a

t thi

s le

vel a

re u

nmis

taka

ble.

The

chi

ld r

eads

flue

ntly

mat

eria

l on

his

inde

pend

ent r

eadi

ng le

vel a

nd s

how

s an

inte

rest

inva

ried

kin

ds o

f re

adin

g m

ater

ials

. He

is b

egin

ning

to r

ead

to le

arn.

He

find

s in

the

scho

ol a

nd p

ublic

libr

arie

s bo

oks

that

he

likes

and

take

s th

em h

ome

tore

ad.

He

enjo

ys W

ingi

ng b

ooks

and

oth

er p

rint

ed m

ater

ials

to s

choo

l to

shar

e in

clas

sroo

m a

ctiv

ities

.

The

chi

ld's

sig

ht v

ocab

ular

y is

fai

rly

exte

nsiv

e by

now

, and

he

tiles

the

wor

d-at

tack

ski

lls h

e ha

s ac

quir

ed to

unl

ock

long

er a

nd m

ore

diff

icul

t wor

ds.

He

has

mas

tere

d th

e es

sent

ial p

rinc

iple

s of

pho

nic

and

stru

ctur

al a

naly

sis.

At t

his

leve

l, th

e ch

ild c

ontin

ues

to d

evel

op m

any

wor

k-st

udy

skill

s w

hich

enab

le h

im to

wor

k on

pro

ject

s in

volv

ing

a se

arch

for

info

rmat

ion.

He

unde

r-st

ands

the

use

of th

e di

ctio

nary

for

wor

d m

eani

ng, i

s ab

le to

fol

low

dir

ectio

nsto

car

ry o

ut s

impl

e ex

peri

men

ts, a

nd to

fol

low

the

teac

her

as s

he r

eads

a m

apfo

r sp

ecif

ic in

form

atio

n. H

e is

beg

inni

ng to

var

y hi

s ra

te in

rea

ding

acc

ordi

ng to

his

purp

ose

and

to o

rgan

ize

the

info

rmat

ion

he a

cqui

res

for

shar

ing

with

oth

ers

or f

or in

tegr

atin

g w

ith h

is o

wn

stor

e of

kno

wle

dge.

LE

VE

LS

E, F

, G, H

EX

TE

ND

ING

, RE

FIN

ING

, AN

D A

PPL

YIN

GR

EA

DIN

G S

KIL

LS

Lev

el E W

hen

a ch

ild r

each

es L

evel

E, h

e ha

s al

read

y be

com

e fa

mili

ar w

ith r

eadi

ngsi

mpl

e, a

ttrac

tivel

y ill

ustr

ated

text

book

s an

d tr

adeb

ooks

in th

e va

riou

s co

nten

tar

eas.

He

has

begu

n to

dev

elop

def

mite

tast

es in

the

type

s of

boo

ks h

e se

lect

sfo

r in

depe

nden

t rea

ding

. As

he b

egin

s to

use

mor

e ad

vanc

ed e

ditio

ns o

f bo

oks,

the

child

fac

es th

e pr

oble

m o

f ac

quir

ing

not o

nly

addi

tiona

l wor

ds b

ut, a

lso,

new

mea

ning

s fo

r th

e w

ords

he

alre

ady

know

s. H

e co

ntin

ues

to n

eed

firs

than

d or

vica

riou

s ex

peri

ence

s to

dev

elop

con

cept

s an

d vo

cabu

lary

, as

wel

l as

syst

emat

icin

stru

ctio

n in

str

uctu

ral a

naly

sis,

in o

rder

to h

andl

e th

e vo

cabu

lary

dem

ands

mad

e up

on h

im b

y th

ese

mat

eria

ls.

-

At t

his

leve

l, th

e ch

ild e

xten

ds th

e co

mpr

ehen

sion

ski

lls le

arne

d at

pre

-vi

ous

leve

ls. H

e re

fmes

the

abili

ty to

loca

te s

peci

fic

info

rmat

ion

by s

kim

min

gra

pidl

y w

here

nec

essa

ry a

nd r

eadi

ng w

ith c

are

whe

n re

quir

ed. H

is u

nder

stan

ding

of th

e w

ritte

n m

ater

ial i

s ev

iden

ced

by h

is o

rgan

izat

ion

and

use

of in

form

atio

nin

wri

tten

repo

rts,

dra

mat

izat

ion,

and

boo

k re

view

s.

At t

his

leve

l, al

so, t

he c

hild

bec

omes

aw

are

of th

e va

riou

s m

echa

nica

l aid

sto

incr

ease

d co

mpr

ehen

sion

of

prin

ted

mat

eria

l. H

e le

arns

that

kno

wle

dge

of th

efo

rmat

of

a bo

ok o

r a

chap

ter

will

oft

en s

impl

ify

his

rese

arch

. He

lear

ns to

use

the

inde

x as

wel

l as

the

tabl

e of

con

tent

s. H

e re

aliz

es th

at c

hart

s an

d di

agra

ms

serv

e to

cla

rify

text

ual m

ater

ial.

Lev

el F A

t thi

s le

vel,

the

child

is r

eadi

ng e

xten

sive

ly. H

e is

fm

ding

and

exp

lori

ngne

w in

tere

sts.

He

is p

roje

ctin

g hi

mse

lf e

nthu

sias

tical

ly in

to h

is r

eadi

ng e

xpe-

rien

ces,

app

lyin

g al

l the

ski

lls h

e ha

s de

velo

ped.

He

is u

sing

rea

ding

incr

easi

ngly

as a

tool

for

gat

heri

ng a

nd o

rgan

izin

g in

form

atio

n in

his

tota

l sch

ool w

ork.

He

reco

gniz

es th

at th

e na

ture

of

the

mat

eria

l and

his

pur

pose

in r

eadi

ng it

det

er-

min

e th

e ra

te a

nd d

egre

e of

thou

ghtf

ulne

ss w

ith w

hich

he

read

s. H

e is

on

the

aler

t for

the

cont

extu

al m

eani

ng o

f w

ords

fam

iliar

to h

im in

oth

er s

ituat

ions

.H

e m

akes

incr

easi

ng u

se o

f th

e or

gani

zatio

n w

hich

text

book

s pr

ovid

e an

d st

ud-

ies

char

ts, g

raph

s, a

nd o

ther

illu

stra

tions

as

aids

to c

ompr

ehen

sion

.

Lev

el G A

t thi

s le

vel m

ore

of th

e st

uden

ts' r

eadi

ng ti

me

is s

pent

in in

form

atio

nal

and

stud

y ty

pe r

eadi

ng. H

is in

tere

sts

are

tend

ing

to b

ecom

e m

ore

spec

ializ

ed. H

ew

ants

his

rea

ding

to b

e m

eani

ngfu

l eith

er in

a u

tilita

rian

or

pers

onal

sen

se.

Muc

h of

his

sch

ool w

ork

now

dea

ls w

ith e

ffic

ient

util

izat

ion

of w

hat i

sre

ad. H

e se

es r

elat

ions

hips

and

org

aniz

es in

form

atio

n in

to p

atte

rns

usef

ul f

or

I. D

EV

EL

OPI

NG

WO

RD

PO

WE

R

A. B

uild

ing

Con

cept

s

stud

ying

and

rem

embe

ring

. He

lear

ns h

ow to

use

incr

easi

ngly

com

plex

res

earc

hm

ater

ials

and

tech

niqu

es to

gat

her

and

enri

ch in

form

atio

n. H

e ev

alua

tes

the

re-

liabi

lity

of s

ourc

es, a

nd b

egin

s to

que

stio

n th

e lo

gic

and

pres

enta

tion

of m

any

kind

s of

mat

eria

l. H

e le

arns

to r

eorg

aniz

e co

ncep

ts h

e ha

s al

read

y ;n

aste

red

inth

e su

bjec

t are

as to

mee

t new

or

emer

ging

nee

ds. H

e is

enc

oura

ged

to w

iden

and

exte

nd h

is in

tere

sts,

but

he

is a

lso

guid

ed to

del

ve m

ore

deep

ly in

to p

artic

ular

area

s.

Lev

el H A

t thi

s le

vel,

emph

asis

is p

lace

d on

a m

ore

adva

nced

type

of

read

ing

espe

cial

ly c

once

rned

with

the

prom

otio

n of

cri

tical

thin

king

. The

pup

il ne

eds

cont

inue

d in

stru

ctio

n in

this

impo

rtan

t are

a to

dev

elop

hab

its a

nd a

ttitu

des

ofca

refu

l rea

ding

of

mat

eria

ls s

o th

at h

e do

es n

ot f

all v

ictim

to p

ropa

gand

a of

var

-io

us ty

pes.

He

need

s to

be

incr

easi

ngly

con

scio

us o

f th

e im

port

ance

of

chal

leng

-in

g th

e re

liabi

lity

of v

iew

s he

rea

ds o

n th

e pr

inte

d pa

ge. I

t is

nece

ssar

y, m

ore-

over

, tha

t whe

n he

rea

ds m

ater

ial i

n po

litic

ally

and

em

otio

nally

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas,

he d

evel

op th

e ab

ility

to e

valu

ate

an a

utho

r's b

ackg

roun

d an

d th

e va

lidity

of

his

wor

k.

At t

his

stag

e, th

ere

shou

ld b

e in

crea

sing

ly c

lear

evi

denc

e of

the

pupi

l's b

e-co

min

g an

inde

pend

ent r

eade

r ca

pabl

e of

arr

ivin

g at

his

ow

n so

und

conc

lusi

ons

on th

e ba

sis

of e

valu

atio

n of

his

rea

ding

. He

begi

ns n

ow to

app

roxi

mat

e hi

s ro

leas

an

adul

t and

pra

ctic

es r

eadi

ng m

ore

diff

icul

t and

mor

e m

atur

e m

ater

ials

,m

any

mor

e of

whi

ch a

re o

utsi

de th

e ca

tego

ry o

f "s

choo

l" m

ater

ials

.

LE

VE

L A

DE

VE

LO

PIN

G P

RE

RE

AD

ING

SK

ILL

S

Bui

lds

assu

ranc

e an

d a

heal

thy

self

-con

cept

thro

ugh

succ

essf

ul a

ccom

-pl

ishm

ents

of

vari

ous

task

s fo

r w

hich

he

is r

eady

.

Dev

elop

s co

ncep

ts o

f hi

s w

orld

thro

ugh

sens

ory

expe

rien

ces

of to

uchi

ng,

liftin

g, ta

stin

g, s

mel

ling,

hea

ring

, and

see

ing;

com

pare

s ex

peri

ence

s an

d be

-gi

ns to

gen

eral

ize.

Dev

elop

s un

ders

tand

ing

of w

ords

thro

ugh

real

exp

erie

nces

, aud

io-v

isua

lai

ds, a

ssoc

iatin

g th

e pr

inte

d sy

mbo

ls o

n ex

peri

ence

cha

rts

and

sign

s w

ithw

ords

he

has

used

, and

wor

ds o

n la

bels

with

the

obje

cts

labe

led.

Lea

rns

that

he

can

com

mun

icat

e fr

eely

with

oth

ers

abou

t his

nee

ds a

ndex

peri

ence

s an

d th

at th

e co

rrec

t cho

ice

of w

ords

hel

ps to

mak

e co

mm

uni-

catio

n sa

tisfa

ctor

y.

B. D

evel

opin

g V

isua

l Per

cept

ion

iObs

erve

s lik

enes

ses

and

diff

eren

ces

amon

g ob

j ect

s, p

ictu

res,

and

for

ms.

Play

Per

ir t

Art

s an

d cr

afts

; man

ipul

ates

gam

es, t

oys,

and

blo

cks

to n

ote

diff

eren

ces

in s

ize,

sha

pe, c

olor

, kin

d, d

etai

ls.

Scie

nce:

Man

ipul

ates

obj

ects

that

rol

l, th

at a

re s

iigul

ar; r

eal m

ater

ials

sand

, wat

er, s

oil,

pebb

les.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: N

otes

det

ails

in p

ictu

res

asso

ciat

ed w

ith u

nit u

nder

stu

dy.

1.Sh

ows

unde

rsta

ndin

g by

res

pond

ing

to n

onve

rbal

stim

ulig

estu

res,

faci

al e

xpre

ssio

ns, d

emon

stra

tions

.

Mat

hem

atic

s: S

orts

obj

ects

acc

ordi

ng to

sim

ilari

ty o

f sh

ape.

Beg

ins

to r

ecog

nize

wor

ds a

t sig

ht.

Art

: Ide

ntif

ies

pain

ting

with

his

nam

e on

it.

Soci

al L

ivin

g: R

eads

sig

ns a

nd la

bels

, e.g

., ST

OP,

GO

, UP,

ON

E W

AY

,D

OW

N.

C. D

evel

opin

g A

udito

ry P

erce

ptio

n

IRec

ogni

zes

sim

ilari

ties

and

diff

eren

ces

amon

g so

unds

and

rhy

mes

.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Rec

ogni

zes

stor

y ch

arac

ters

by

teac

her's

voi

ce q

ualit

y;re

cogn

izes

rhy

thm

, qua

lity

of c

erta

in w

ords

.

Mus

ic: D

istin

guis

hes

high

not

e fr

om lo

w n

ote;

rec

ogni

zes

fam

iliar

tune

.

Phys

ical

Act

iviti

es: W

alks

, mar

ches

, run

s, a

ccor

ding

to th

e m

usic

.

[D

evel

ops

the

abili

ty to

dis

crim

inat

e so

und

char

acte

rist

ics.

1

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Use

s w

ords

suc

h as

loud

-sof

t, hi

gh-l

ow, l

ong-

shor

t to

desc

ribe

sou

nds.

Mus

ic: U

ses

rhyt

hm b

and

inst

rum

ents

acc

ordi

ng to

teac

her's

dir

ectio

ns,

e.g.

, pla

y th

e tr

iang

le s

oftly

, rhy

thm

stic

ks lo

udly

, etc

.

IDev

elop

s rh

yme

perc

eptio

n.I

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Sup

plie

s m

issi

ng r

hym

ing

wor

ds a

t the

end

of

nurs

ery

rhym

es.

Mus

ic: R

ecog

nize

s rh

ymin

g w

ords

in s

ongs

.

D. L

iste

ning

Lis

tens

to a

nd d

istin

guis

hes

qual

ity o

f vo

ice.

Lis

tens

to a

nd e

njoy

s rh

ymin

g an

d so

unds

of

wor

ds.

Lis

tens

to, i

sola

tes,

and

trie

s to

iden

tify

indi

vidu

al s

ound

s: in

the

stre

et,

in th

e ro

om, i

n st

orie

s.

Lis

tens

to r

ecor

ding

s an

d pa

rtic

ipat

es w

here

app

ropr

iate

.

Lis

tens

to u

nder

stan

d an

d en

joy

stor

y co

nten

t.

Lis

tens

for

mea

ning

whe

n an

othe

r ch

ild s

peak

s.

Lis

tens

to a

nd d

emon

stra

tes

unde

rsta

ndin

g by

fol

low

ing

dire

ctio

ns w

here

imm

edia

te r

espo

nse

is e

xpec

ted;

one

dir

ectio

n, tw

o re

late

d di

rect

ions

, ser

-ie

s of

sim

ple

cons

ecut

ive

dire

ctio

ns.

Supp

lies

wor

d m

issi

ng in

ora

l con

text

bec

ause

it m

akes

sen

se in

term

s of

his

own

expe

rien

ces,

e.g

., T

he p

ostm

an b

roug

ht a

from

Gra

ndm

a.

E.

Spea

king

Part

icip

ates

in a

ctiv

ities

in w

hich

he

can

appl

y ne

wly

acq

uire

d vo

cabu

lary

,e.

g., a

rtus

ing

wor

ds to

exp

ress

col

or, p

ropo

rtio

n, s

hape

; mus

ican

dda

nceu

sing

wor

ds to

exp

ress

mov

emen

t, to

ne, r

hyth

m; s

tory

telli

ngus

ing

wor

ds to

den

ote

emot

ion,

etc

.

Use

s na

mes

for

obj

ects

abo

ut th

e ro

om.

Use

s la

ngua

ge a

s a

tool

in s

ecur

ing

atte

ntio

n an

d m

akin

g re

ques

ts.

Bri

ngs

to s

choo

l and

talk

s ab

out t

reas

ures

, pos

sess

ions

, etc

.; us

es h

is f

ami-

liar

voca

bula

ry a

nd la

ngua

ge p

atte

rn.

Con

vers

es in

form

ally

with

cla

ssm

ates

and

with

adu

lts in

typi

cal s

choo

l and

out-

of-s

choo

l situ

atio

ns.

Tal

ks a

bout

vic

ario

us e

xper

ienc

es e

njoy

ed th

roug

h au

dio-

visu

al a

ids,

e.g

.,ra

dio,

TV

.

Ret

ells

a f

amili

ar s

tory

with

and

with

out t

he a

id o

f pi

ctur

es.

Use

s on

omat

opoe

ic w

ords

, e.g

., cr

eak,

clic

k, b

uzz.

5

Imita

tes

soun

ds.

Scie

nce:

Im

itate

s so

unds

of

mac

hine

s, a

nim

als,

cars

, etc

.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Im

itate

s st

ory

char

acte

r's m

anne

r of

spe

akin

gang

ry v

oice

,ha

ppy

voic

e.

II. G

ET

TIN

G A

ND

IN

TE

RPR

ET

ING

ME

AN

ING

A. G

ettin

g th

e M

ain

Idea

Dev

elop

s th

e ab

ility

to id

entif

y th

e m

ain

thou

ght i

n m

ater

ial

pres

ente

d or

ally

and

thro

ugh

pict

ures

.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Lis

tens

for

the

mai

n ev

ent i

n st

orie

s su

chas

The

Litt

leE

ngin

e T

hat C

ould

.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: R

ecog

nize

s th

at s

afe

exit

is m

ain

idea

in f

ire

drill

dir

ectio

ns.

Scie

nce:

Ide

ntif

ies

and

disc

usse

s th

e m

ain

idea

in a

ser

ies

of f

irst

hand

obse

rvat

ions

, e.g

., tr

ees

chan

ge w

ith th

ese

ason

.

B.

Find

ing

and

Rel

atin

g D

etai

ls

Sing

les

out d

etai

ls f

rom

a w

hole

exp

erie

nce.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Lea

rns

to te

ll so

me

deta

ils o

f an

exp

erie

nce

he is

sha

ring

;re

late

s de

tails

in s

tory

to o

utco

me

of s

tory

. Not

es d

etai

ls in

pic

ture

s.

Scie

nce:

Des

crib

es d

etai

ls o

f co

lor,

sha

pe, s

mel

l, te

xtur

e of

mat

eria

ls u

sed

in d

emon

stra

tion.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: L

earn

s to

per

ceiv

e de

tails

that

mak

e re

al o

r pi

ctur

edob

ject

s al

ike

or d

iffe

rent

, e.g

., fi

rem

an v

s. p

olic

emen

.

C.

Det

erm

inin

g Se

quen

ce

Is a

war

e of

seq

uenc

e in

list

enin

g to

and

telli

ng a

sto

ry.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Rel

ates

his

ow

n ex

peri

ence

s in

seq

uent

ial o

rder

, e.g

., I

wen

t hom

e. I

cha

nged

my

clot

hes.

I w

ent o

ut to

pla

y. N

arra

tes

stor

yto

ld in

ser

ies

of p

ictu

res.

Scie

nce:

Arr

ange

s ob

ject

s or

pic

ture

s in

seq

uent

ial o

rder

for

the

purp

ose

of ta

lkin

g ab

out t

hem

.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: A

rran

ges

inse

quen

ce p

ictu

res

that

are

rel

ated

to th

e un

itun

der

stud

y, e

.g.,

Our

Sch

ool D

ay.

D. D

raw

ing

Infe

renc

es a

nd P

redi

ctin

g O

utco

mes

Loo

ks f

or a

nd m

akes

ass

ocia

tions

not

dir

ectly

sta

ted.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Eva

luat

es p

ictu

re o

r st

ory

char

acte

rsas

"go

od"

or "

bad"

from

sto

ry b

ehav

ior;

gue

sses

wha

t will

hap

pen

next

on th

e ba

sis

of p

ast

inci

dent

s.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: S

tudi

es p

ictu

res

rela

ted

to S

afet

y in

the

Scho

ol a

ndan

-sw

ers

ques

tions

suc

h as

: Whi

ch c

hild

in th

is p

ictu

re is

mos

t hel

pful

? W

hat

time

of y

ear

do y

ou th

ink

it is

?

Scie

nce:

Ass

ocia

tes

sym

bols

on

clas

s w

eath

er c

hart

s (s

un, u

mbr

ella

) w

ithm

eani

ng.

E.

Cri

tical

Thi

nkin

g

Loo

ks a

t pic

ture

s an

d ev

alua

tes

actio

n of

cha

ract

ers;

rec

ogni

zes

the

absu

rd o

r lu

dicr

ous

in p

ictu

res

and

rhym

es.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Loo

ks a

t pic

ture

s sh

owin

g a

bull

in a

chi

na s

hop

and

answ

ers

ques

tions

suc

h as

: Wha

t mak

es th

is p

ictu

re f

unny

? W

hat d

o yo

uth

ink

may

hap

pen?

Lis

tens

to n

urse

ry r

hym

es Rub

-a-d

ub-d

ubT

hree

men

in a

tub.

The

re w

as a

n ol

d w

oman

who

live

d in

a s

hoe

and

unde

rsta

nds

them

to b

e no

nsen

se.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: A

fter

vie

win

g pi

ctur

e of

chi

ldre

n in

sch

ool i

n a

fara

way

coun

try,

res

pond

s to

que

stio

ns, W

here

do

you

thin

k th

ese

child

ren

are?

Wha

t do

you

thin

k th

ey a

re d

oing

? Is

thei

r sc

hool

the

sam

e as

our

s? H

owis

it d

iffe

rent

?

IlL

DE

VE

LO

PIN

G W

OR

K-S

TU

DY

SK

ILL

S

A. F

ollo

win

g D

irec

tions

Lis

tens

to a

nd f

ollo

ws

teac

her's

ora

l dir

ectio

ns.

Soci

al L

ivin

g: F

ollo

ws

dire

ctio

ns f

or c

lass

room

rou

tines

,e.

g., f

orm

ing

clas

s lin

es, m

ovin

g fr

om a

rea

to a

rea.

Art

s an

d C

raft

s: F

ollo

ws

dire

ctio

ns in

car

e an

d us

e of

pai

ntbr

ushe

s an

dcl

ay, w

eavi

ng m

ater

ials

.

Scie

nce:

Fol

low

s di

rect

ions

in c

olle

ctin

g an

d st

orin

g m

ater

ials

, e.g

., ob

-je

cts

that

rol

l, m

ater

ials

use

d in

fee

ding

fis

h, w

ater

ing

plan

ts.

Mat

hem

atic

s: F

ollo

ws

dire

ctio

ns f

or n

umbe

r ga

me

"Fin

ding

Thr

ee's

":Fi

nd 3

.Po

int t

o 3.

Find

2 th

ree'

s.Po

int t

o 2

thre

e's.

B.

Loc

atin

g In

form

atio

n (i

n pr

inte

d m

ater

ial)

Dev

elop

s th

e ab

ility

to u

se w

ritte

n sy

mbo

ls a

nd r

epre

sent

ativ

em

ater

ial a

s an

aid

in lo

catin

g in

form

atio

n.

Soci

al L

ivin

g: U

ses

sien

s on

doo

rs to

fm

d ou

t whe

re c

lass

has

gon

e.

Play

Per

iod:

Fin

ds a

ssig

ned

activ

ity b

y ch

ecki

ng n

ame

on w

ork-

play

act

iv-

ity c

hart

.

Art

: Use

s la

bels

as

an a

id to

loca

ting

supp

lies.

Scie

nce:

Ans

wer

s qu

estio

ns, u

sing

info

rmat

ion

give

n in

pic

tori

al f

orm

.

C.

Rec

allin

g an

d E

valu

atin

g In

form

atio

n

Use

s re

al e

xper

ienc

es a

s a

sour

ce o

f in

form

atio

n.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: S

elec

ts f

rom

pre

viou

s ex

peri

ence

s th

e ne

cess

ary

rule

s of

cond

uct f

or a

trin

wha

t the

rul

es a

re; w

hy th

ey a

re im

port

ant.

Scie

nce:

Aft

er r

epea

ted

actu

al e

xper

ienc

es, r

ecal

ls th

e w

ays

in w

hich

var

-io

us k

inds

of

lines

wer

e m

adec

ircl

e, s

trai

ght,

curv

ed, d

iago

nal,

etc.

D. O

rgan

izin

g In

form

atio

n

Org

aniz

es o

bjec

ts a

ccor

ding

to a

cer

tain

pla

n.

Scie

nce:

Put

s to

geth

er o

bjec

ts th

at r

oll,

that

are

sm

ooth

, etc

.

Art

: Gro

ups

obje

cts

or p

aint

ings

toge

ther

acc

ordi

ng to

col

or.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: G

roup

s to

geth

er a

ctua

l fru

its o

r ve

geta

bles

con

nect

ed w

itha

cert

ain

holid

ay, e

.g.,

Tha

nksg

ivin

g.

E.

Usi

ng G

raph

ic R

epre

sent

atio

n

Dev

elop

s re

adin

ess

for

map

and

glo

be s

tudy

; und

erst

ands

pur

pose

of c

hart

s.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: U

ses

bloc

ks to

rep

rese

nt la

nd a

nd w

ater

are

as; u

ses

sand

tabl

e an

d cl

ay to

con

stru

ct la

nd f

orm

s an

d w

ater

are

as.

Hea

lth: M

easu

res

him

self

aga

inst

hei

ght c

hart

; not

es g

row

th.

Mat

hem

atic

s: L

ooks

for

nam

e an

d ne

w a

ge o

n ch

art o

f "T

his

Wce

k's

Bir

thda

y C

hild

ren.

"

SKIL

L

Lev

els

B-D

: Ini

tiatin

g an

d D

evel

opin

g B

asic

Rea

ding

Ski

lls

LE

VE

L B

LE

VE

L C

LE

VE

L D

I. D

EV

EL

OPI

NG

WO

RD

PO

WE

R

A. E

xpan

ding

Ora

l Voc

abul

ary

B.

Bui

ldin

g a

Rea

ding

Voc

abul

ary

I. A

cqui

ring

a S

ight

Voc

abul

ary

2. U

sing

Pho

nic

Ana

lysi

sR

ecog

nizi

ng le

tters

of

the

alph

a-be

t by

nam

e

Rec

ogni

zing

sou

nd-s

ymbo

l rel

a-tio

nshi

ps o

f si

ngle

con

sona

nts

inin

itial

, med

ial,

and

fmal

pos

ition

s

Lea

rns

to 'u

se la

ngua

ge to

cla

rify

ex-

peri

ence

s; u

ses

new

wor

ds in

his

ow

nla

ngua

ge p

atte

rns.

Add

s to

voc

abul

ary

thro

ugh

liste

ning

tost

orie

s, r

etel

ling,

dra

mat

izin

g, e

tc.

Is a

war

e of

dif

fere

nces

bet

wee

n sc

hool

and

out-

of-s

choo

l lan

guag

e; u

ses

both

patte

rns.

Mak

es in

crea

sing

use

of

wor

ds h

eard

on

TV

and

rad

io.

Dev

elop

s in

tere

st in

wor

ds th

roug

h pi

c-C

ontin

ues

to a

dd w

ords

and

ref

me

mea

n-tu

re d

ictio

nary

.

Rec

ogni

zes

qual

ifyi

ng w

ords

(ad

ject

ives

and

adve

rbs)

as

addi

ng to

und

erst

andi

ngof

situ

atio

n.

Is a

war

e of

the

effe

ct o

f va

ried

into

natio

non

the

mea

ning

of

wor

d th

at is

hea

rd o

rsa

id.

Ass

ocia

tes

the

aura

l-or

al s

ymbo

ls w

ith th

ew

ritte

n re

pres

enta

tion

of w

ords

pre

sent

edin

exp

erie

nce

char

ts, s

igns

, lab

els,

etc

.

Use

s sh

ape

(con

figu

ratio

n) o

f w

ords

, pos

i-tio

n of

wor

ds in

fam

iliar

con

text

, and

pict

ures

to r

ecog

nize

wor

ds o

n si

ght.

Is a

ble

to id

entif

y le

tters

by

nam

e in

man

uscr

ipt o

r pr

int f

orm

s.

Bec

omes

aw

are

of s

ound

s fo

r si

ngle

cons

o-na

nts

in in

itial

and

fm

al p

ositi

on; s

elec

tsfr

om a

gro

up th

ose

wor

ds w

hich

beg

inor

end

with

the

sam

e co

nson

ant s

ound

s,e.

g.,

take

tall

have

; to

had

read

toad

cat.

ings

thro

ugh

pict

ure

dict

iona

ry.

Show

s in

crea

sing

inte

rest

in a

nd a

bilit

y to

use

scho

ol la

ngua

ge.

Beg

ins

to u

se te

chni

cal t

erm

s le

arne

d in

subj

ect a

reas

.

Rec

ogni

zes

that

som

e w

ords

(co

ncre

te)

can

be p

ictu

red;

oth

ers

(abs

trac

t) c

an-

not.

Mak

es in

crea

sing

use

of

qual

ifyi

ng w

ords

Ref

mes

cho

ice

of q

ualif

ying

wor

ds in

in o

wn

spee

ch.

com

pari

son

and

cont

rast

.

Atte

mpt

s to

use

var

ied

into

natio

n in

ow

nN

otes

use

of

vari

ed in

tona

tion

for

emph

a-sp

eech

.

Ass

ocia

tes

the

aura

l-or

al s

ymbo

ls w

ith th

ew

ritte

n re

pres

enta

tion

of w

ords

pre

sent

edin

boo

ks a

nd o

ther

pri

nted

mat

ter.

Use

s al

l rea

ding

exp

erie

nces

to a

dd to

num

ber

of w

ords

rec

ogni

zed

"on

sigh

t."

Mas

ters

sou

nds

of c

onso

nant

s in

initi

al,

med

ial,

and

fmal

pos

ition

.

sis.

Can

rea

dily

rec

ogni

ze a

t sig

ht th

e w

ords

in th

e D

olch

list

.

Is a

ble

to id

entif

y le

tters

by

nam

e in

man

uscr

ipt a

nd c

ursi

ve f

orm

s.

Rec

ogni

zes

that

the

fmal

sou

nd in

the

wor

d m

ay n

ot b

e th

e so

und

of th

e fm

alsy

mbo

l, e.

g., h

ate.

LE

VE

L E

Lev

els

E-H

: Ext

endi

ng, R

efin

ing,

and

App

lyin

g R

eadi

ng S

kills

LE

VE

L F

LE

VE

L G

LE

VE

L H

Sele

cts

wor

ds w

ith in

crea

sing

con

scio

us-

ness

; ref

ines

usa

ge p

atte

rns.

Lea

rns

spec

ializ

ed m

eani

ngs

for

fam

iliar

wor

ds a

s us

ed in

sub

ject

are

a co

ntex

ts.

Incr

ease

s un

ders

tand

ing

of w

ords

thro

ugh

use

of p

rim

ary-

type

dic

tiona

ry.

Use

s si

mile

s an

d m

etap

hors

with

incr

eas-

ing

freq

uenc

y bu

t with

out t

he te

rmin

-ol

ogy.

Not

es h

ow m

eani

ng is

aff

ecte

d w

ithch

ange

s in

into

natio

n.

Bec

omes

incr

easi

ngly

aw

are

of la

ngua

gean

d sp

eech

pat

tern

s of

"sp

eake

rs"

inau

dien

ce s

ituat

ions

.

Dev

elop

s ha

bit o

f in

terp

retin

g w

ords

inco

ntex

t onl

y.

Mak

es h

abitu

al u

se o

f di

ctio

nary

for

wor

dm

eani

ng a

nd f

or p

ronu

ncia

tion.

Und

erst

ands

dif

fere

nces

bet

wee

n sh

nile

and

met

apho

r; u

ses

term

inol

ogy.

Bec

omes

aw

are

of u

se o

f va

ried

into

natio

nas

a p

ropa

gand

a de

vice

.

Bec

omes

mor

e se

nsiti

ve to

nua

nces

of

lang

uage

, par

ticul

arly

in d

ialo

gue

situ

a-tio

ns.

Rec

ogni

zes

idio

mat

ic e

xpre

ssio

ns p

ecul

iar

to in

divi

dual

spe

aker

or

wri

ter.

Use

s di

ctio

nary

and

oth

er w

ord

refe

renc

ebo

oks.

Rec

ogni

zes

othe

r fi

gure

s of

spe

ech

and

begi

ns to

use

them

con

scio

usly

.

Dis

tingu

ishe

s on

sig

ht w

ords

ver

y si

mila

rR

ecog

nize

s as

sig

ht w

ords

som

e of

the

Con

tinue

s to

add

wor

ds to

sig

ht v

ocab

u-

in a

ppea

ranc

e, e

.g.,

then

them

,m

ore

freq

uent

ly u

sed

tech

nica

l wor

dsla

ry th

roug

h va

riet

y of

rea

ding

exp

eri-

foun

d in

oth

er c

urri

culu

m a

reas

.en

ces.

Rec

ogni

zes

liter

ary

use

of d

iale

ct a

ppro

-pr

iate

to c

hara

cter

s in

sto

ry o

r pl

ay.

Col

lect

s id

iom

atic

exp

ress

ions

and

rel

ates

them

to f

orei

gn la

ngua

ges

with

whi

ch h

em

ay b

e fa

mili

ar.

Use

s w

ord

refe

renc

e bo

oks

to in

terp

ret

lang

uage

of

sour

ce d

ocum

ents

in s

ubje

ctar

eas.

Rel

ates

the

stud

y of

idio

mat

ic e

xpre

ssio

nsto

the

stud

y of

met

apho

rs a

nd o

ther

figu

res

of s

peec

h.

SKIL

LL

EV

EL

BL

EV

EL

CL

EV

EL

D

Usi

ng P

honi

c A

naly

sis

( co

ntin

ued)

Rec

ogni

zing

sou

nd-s

ymbo

l rel

a-tio

nshi

ps o

f vo

wel

s

Rec

ogni

zing

sou

nd-s

ymbo

l rel

a-tio

nshi

ps o

f co

nson

ant b

lend

s

Rec

opiz

ing

soun

d-sy

mbo

l rel

a-tio

nshi

ps o

f di

grap

hs *

Rec

ogliz

ing

soun

d-sy

mbo

l rel

a-tio

nshi

ps o

f di

phth

ongs

*

Subs

titut

ing

one

phon

ic e

lem

ent

for

anot

her

Ass

ocia

tes

long

and

sho

rt s

ound

s w

ithvo

wel

sym

bols

, in

oral

rea

ding

.St

udie

s lo

ng a

nd s

hort

sou

nds

for

vow

elsy

mbo

ls, e

.g.,

prep

ares

pic

ture

s fo

r w

all

char

ts il

lust

ratin

g vo

wel

sou

nds.

Bec

omes

aw

are

of s

ymbo

ls a

nd a

ssoc

iate

sso

unds

of

blen

ds in

wor

ds n

ow p

art o

fsi

ght v

ocab

ular

y, e

.g.,

st, s

l, sp

, sm

, sn;

br,

cr, d

r, g

r, p

r, tr

; bl,

cl, f

l, gl

, pl,

as in

: ste

psn

ow g

reen

pre

tty b

lack

pla

y.

Bec

omes

aw

are

of s

ound

s of

dig

raph

s in

fam

iliar

wor

ds, e

.g.,

ch, w

h, th

, sh,

as

in:

child

wha

t the

she

.

Dev

elop

s au

dito

ry a

nd v

isua

l rea

dine

ss f

ordi

phth

ongs

.

Beg

ins

to d

evel

op th

e ab

ility

to s

ubst

itute

initi

al a

nd f

mal

con

sona

nts

to m

ake

new

wor

ds-

bat c

at s

at. g

et je

t- c

at c

an c

ab;

man

fan

.

Ass

ocia

tes

long

and

sho

rt s

ound

s w

ithvo

wel

sym

bols

in o

ral r

eadi

ng.

Stud

ies

long

and

sho

rt s

ound

s fo

r vo

wel

sym

bols

,e.

g., s

elec

ts f

rom

gro

up th

ose

wor

ds w

hich

cont

ain

a pa

rtic

ular

vow

el e

lem

ent,

e.g.

,lo

ng o

in n

ot c

ap r

ope

met

.

Ass

ocia

tes

soun

ds o

f m

ore

diff

icul

t ble

nds

in in

itial

and

fm

al p

ositi

ons,

e.g

., sc

, sk,

sw; s

tr, s

pr, s

pl, s

cr, s

t; nd

as

in: s

win

gfo

und

best

spr

ing.

Bec

omes

aw

are

of m

ore

diff

icul

t dig

raph

s in

unfa

mili

ar w

ords

, e.g

., ng

; ck;

ai,

ea, e

e, o

a,oe

, oo,

ay

as in

: pea

nut q

ueen

kno

w a

long

.

Bec

omes

aw

are

of s

ound

s of

dip

htho

ngs

in w

ords

, e.g

., oi

oy, o

uow

, ey,

ew

as

in: n

oise

mou

se th

ey.

Ext

ends

the

abili

ty to

sub

stitu

te b

lend

sin

kno

wn

wor

ds to

for

m n

ew w

ords

:pl

ay c

lay

slay

sta

y.

Has

fac

ility

in a

ssoc

iatin

g bo

th lo

ng a

ndsh

ort s

ound

s w

ith s

ymbo

ls.

Gai

ns f

acili

ty in

ass

ocia

ting

soun

ds o

f co

n-so

nant

ble

nds

with

thei

r sy

mbo

ls in

all

posi

tions

, e.g

., qu

, dw

, sch

, thr

, squ

, shr

,nk

, tw

, pl a

s in

:tw

enty

exp

lain

ent

ranc

es s

crat

ched

.

Add

s di

grap

hs f

ound

in w

ords

of

incr

eas-

ing

diff

icul

ty, e

.g.,

ph, g

h, tc

h, q

u, e

i, as

in: t

echn

iaue

.

App

lies

know

ledg

e of

sou

nds

of d

iph-

thon

gs to

unf

amili

ar w

ords

.

Ref

ines

ski

ll to

incl

ude

subs

titut

ion

ofbl

ends

for

sin

gle

fina

l con

sona

nt:

road

roas

t.

*Not

e: F

or th

e pu

rpos

es o

f th

is b

ulle

tina

digr

aph

is a

gro

up o

f tw

o su

cces

sive

lette

rs r

epre

sent

ing

a si

ngle

sou

nd; a

dip

htho

ng is

a b

lend

of

two

succ

essi

ve v

owel

sre

pres

entin

g a

sing

le s

peec

h so

und.

LE

VE

L E

LE

VE

L F

LE

VE

L G

LE

VE

L H

Mas

ters

ski

ll of

ass

ocia

ting

corr

ect s

ound

sw

ith a

ll vo

wel

sym

bols

.

Mab

ters

ski

ll of

ass

ocia

ting

corr

ect s

ound

sw

ith a

ll co

nson

ant b

lend

s.

Mas

ters

sou

nds

of a

ll di

grap

hs.

Mas

ters

sou

nds

of a

ll di

phth

ongs

.

Mas

ters

the

abili

tyto

sub

stitu

te o

neph

onic

ele

men

t for

ano

ther

.

SKIL

LL

EV

EL

BL

EV

EL

CL

EV

EL

D

Usi

ng P

honi

c A

naly

sis

( co

ntin

ued)

Rec

ogni

zing

var

iant

sou

nds

Hea

ring

and

iden

tifyi

ng c

omm

onw

ord

part

s

Rec

ogni

zing

the

role

of

sile

ntco

nson

ants

Rec

ogni

zing

that

dif

fere

nt le

tters

may

rep

rese

nt th

e sa

me

soun

d

Bec

omes

aw

are

of v

aria

nt s

ound

s of

y. a

sD

istin

guis

hes

vari

ant s

ound

s of

lette

rs,

in:

e.g.

, c in

city

cen

t car

cat;

of e

ll in

you

baby

man

y ya

rd.

help

ed s

tart

ed w

alke

d he

ated

.

Rec

ogni

zes

com

mon

wor

d pa

rts

in:

ball

tall;

say

may

.

Lea

rns,

as

sigh

t wor

ds, w

ords

con

tain

ing

sile

nt le

tters

.

Ext

ends

ski

ll to

incl

ude

wor

ds w

ith d

iph-

thon

gs: n

ow c

ow; r

ound

fou

nd.

Dev

elop

s au

dito

ry a

nd v

isua

l rea

dine

ss f

orB

egin

s to

rec

ogni

ze, i

n co

ntex

t, w

ords

with

vari

ant s

ound

s fo

r sa

me

lette

r,di

ffer

ent l

ette

rs r

epre

sent

ing

the

sam

eso

und

as in

fat

Phi

lip c

ough

.

Dis

tingu

ishe

s va

rian

t sou

nds

of le

tters

,e.

g., g

in g

iraf

fe g

ood

gian

t gay

; of

th in

__

_th

at T

hink

; of

s in

say

wis

e.

Ext

ends

ski

ll to

incl

ude

irre

gula

rly

spel

led

wor

ds: n

ight

hei

ght.

Rec

ogni

zes

that

sym

bols

for

sou

nds

ofin

itial

or

fina

l con

sona

nts

may

be

a co

m-

bina

tion

of le

tters

, one

of

whi

ch is

sile

nt,

e.g.

, cru

mb

knoc

k.

Pron

ounc

esco

rrec

tlyw

ords

such

aspr

ey m

ate

rein

pai

nt g

reat

way

._

Rec

ogni

zes

the

sh s

ound

whe

n sp

elle

d tio

nci

al, e

.g.,

natio

n fa

cial

.R

ecog

nize

s th

eel

emen

t us

whe

n sp

elle

d ou

s, u

ss a

s in

fam

ous

disc

uss.

LE

VE

L E

LE

VE

L F

LE

VE

L G

LE

VE

L H

Ext

ends

the

reco

gniti

on o

f va

rian

t sou

nds

to in

clud

e gh

in g

host

cou

gh; q

ue a

s in

quee

rqu

est

antiq

ue, e

tc; z

as

in z

ooaz

ure;

h a

s in

hou

se h

onor

._

_M

EM

O

Mas

ters

the

abili

ty to

hea

r an

d id

entif

yco

mm

on w

ord

part

s.

Ext

ends

ski

lls to

arr

ive

at g

ener

aliz

atio

n:in

itial

g b

efor

e n

and

initi

al w

bef

ore

r ar

eus

ually

sile

nt a

s in

gna

w w

ring

.

Kno

ws

that

initi

al p

bef

ore

s is

usu

ally

sile

nt, e

.g.,

psyc

holo

gyps

ycho

tic; a

lso

that

g b

efor

e n

is s

omet

imes

sile

nt, e

.g.,

sign

impu

gn f

eign

for

eign

; 1 b

efor

e rn

,e.

g., c

alm

; ini

tial p

bef

ore

t as

in p

tarm

igan

ptom

aine

.

13

SKIL

LL

EV

EL

BL

EV

EL

CL

EV

EL

D

Usi

ng P

honi

c A

naly

sis

( co

ntin

ued)

Dis

tingu

ishi

ng th

e so

und

of a

sing

le v

owel

whe

n fo

llow

ed b

yr,

w, 1

Und

erst

andi

ng th

e ef

fect

of

pri

mar

y ac

cent

on

the

pron

unci

a-tio

n of

wor

ds

Und

erst

andi

ng d

iacr

itica

l mar

k-in

gs o

f vo

wel

s as

use

d in

the

pro-

nunc

iatio

n ke

y in

the

dict

iona

ryto

sou

nd o

ut th

e ph

onic

ele

men

tsof

unf

amili

ar w

ords

Obs

erve

s th

at a

fol

low

ed b

y r

is f

requ

ently

Rec

ogni

zes

that

a is

infl

uenc

ed b

y w

and

Not

es e

ffec

t of

cons

onan

t upo

n vo

wel

soun

ded

as in

car

par

k ba

rn, e

tc.;

that

e1

in a

lway

s an

d pa

w.

soun

d im

med

iate

ly p

rece

ding

, e.g

., ba

llfo

llow

ed b

y r

is f

requ

ently

sou

nded

as

inba

tcar

; few

fed.

her.

Dev

elop

s re

adin

ess

for

reco

gniz

ing

effe

ctR

ecog

nize

s st

ress

ed s

ylla

bles

in m

ultis

yl-

of p

rim

ary

acce

nt.

labl

e w

ords

.

Lea

rns

to r

ecog

nize

dia

criti

cal m

arks

for

Use

s di

acri

tical

mar

ks to

iden

tify

vow

ello

ng a

nd s

hort

vow

el s

ound

son

boa

rd,

soun

ds o

n te

ache

r-pr

epar

ed m

ater

ial.

char

ts, e

tc.

LE

VE

L E

LE

VE

L F

LE

VE

L G

LE

VE

L H

Mas

ters

ski

ll.

Plac

es a

ccen

t on

corr

ect s

ylla

ble

in s

peec

han

d or

al r

eadi

ng:

1. T

he o

bjec

t was

odd

in s

hape

and

colo

r.2.

I o

bjec

t' to

you

r us

e of

my

book

s.

Beg

ins

to u

nder

stan

d an

d us

e pr

onun

cia-

tion

key

in a

giv

eh d

ictio

nary

.

Use

s an

d id

entif

ies

the

appr

opri

ate

pitc

hco

ntou

r to

iden

tify

noun

s an

d ve

rbs,

e.g

.,1.

The

War

of

the

Ros

es w

as a

con

flic

tth

at r

aged

for

a h

undr

ed y

ears

.D

oes

your

den

tal a

ppoi

ntm

ent c

on-

flic

t with

the

ball

gam

e?2.

The

wor

kers

will

sig

n a

new

con

trac

tfo

r th

e co

min

g tw

o ye

ars.

Obj

ects

con

trac

t/ in

the

cold

and

expa

nd in

the

heat

.

Use

s a

dict

iona

ry e

ffec

tivel

y in

look

ing

upw

ords

for

mea

ning

and

pro

nunc

iatio

n.U

ses: a. d

iacr

itica

l mar

ksb.

pro

nunc

iatio

n ke

yc.

pho

netic

spe

lling

Use

s th

e ap

prop

riat

e pi

tch

cont

our

toid

entif

y:N

ouns

and

Ver

b-A

dver

b G

roup

s1.

Do

you

care

for

the

gene

ral s

etup

of th

e ex

hibi

tion?

Plea

se s

et u

ic th

e pi

ns in

the

bow

ling

alle

y.2.

The

sci

entis

ts w

ho c

reat

ed th

e A

- /bo

mb

achi

eved

a m

ajor

bre

ak-

thro

ugh.

You

will

bre

ak th

roug

h th

e ic

e if

you

are

not c

aref

ul.

Com

poun

d N

ouns

and

Nou

n G

roup

s1.

Flo

wer

s m

ay g

row

out

of

seas

on in

agr

eenh

ouse

.W

e ar

e co

min

g to

the

gree

n ho

use

that

is f

or s

ale.

2. D

on't

wri

te o

n th

e bl

ackb

oard

unt

ilI

tell

you

to d

o so

.H

e ha

nded

the

boy

a bl

ack

boar

d to

be u

sed

as a

bas

e fo

r th

e ca

bine

t.

Find

s pr

efer

red

pron

unci

atio

n in

a d

ictio

n-ar

y.

15

SKIL

LL

EV

EL

BL

EV

EL

CL

EV

EL

D

Usi

ng P

honi

c A

naly

sis

( co

ntin

ued)

Gen

eral

izin

g on

the

basi

s of

phon

icpr

inci

ples

prev

ious

lyle

arne

d.

3. U

sing

Str

uctu

ral A

naly

sis

Infl

ectio

nal E

ndin

gs

Com

poun

d W

ords

Lea

rns

that

the

sile

nt e

at t

he e

nd o

f a

one-

sylla

ble

wor

d us

ually

mak

es th

e si

ngle

vow

el in

the

one-

sylla

ble

wor

d "s

ay it

sna

me"

as

in c

ute

cane

tube

, etc

. (D

oes

not i

dent

ify

as lo

ng v

owel

sou

nd.)

Bec

omes

aw

are

of e

ndin

gs a

nd th

eir

func

tion:

s,'s

, d, e

d, in

g, in

kno

wn

wor

ds, e

.g.,

dogs

hop

ed w

alke

d lo

okin

g.

Lea

rns

to id

entif

y th

e tw

o se

para

te w

ords

in a

com

poun

d w

ord,

e.g

., sn

owm

anto

day.

*Dur

ing

initi

al in

stru

ctio

n, e

xpos

e ch

ildre

n to

wor

ds th

at f

ollo

w th

e ge

nera

lizat

ion.

16

Rei

nfor

ces

lear

ning

by

mor

e te

chni

cal

appr

oach

, e.g

., w

hen

a on

e-sy

llabl

e w

ord

cont

ains

two

vow

els,

one

of

whi

ch is

the

fina

le, t

he f

irst

vow

el is

usu

ally

long

and

the

fmal

e is

sile

nt, e

.g.,

late

hoz

kite

cute

,* e

tc.

Jo-

Rec

ogni

zes

com

poun

d w

ord

form

ed w

ithkn

own

and

unkn

own

wor

d w

hen

thes

ew

ords

for

m p

art o

f th

e or

al v

ocab

ular

y,e.

g., p

layg

roun

d.

Rec

ogni

zes

that

whe

n th

ere

is o

ne v

owel

lette

r in

a w

ord,

the

vow

el u

sual

ly h

as th

esh

ort s

ound

unl

ess

it is

at t

he e

nd o

f th

ew

ord,

e.g

., bu

t spe

nt p

eat;

we

go m

y.

Kno

ws

that

whe

n tw

o vo

wel

s ap

pear

toge

ther

, the

fir

st is

usu

ally

long

and

the

seco

nd s

ilent

,e.

g., c

orre

ctly

iden

tifie

svo

wel

sou

nds

in f

eel

wai

t oak

pail.

Ext

ends

the

unde

rsta

ndin

g th

at v

owel

soun

ds a

re in

flue

nced

by

cert

ain

follo

w-

ing

cons

onan

ts.

Rec

ogni

zes

com

poun

d w

ord

form

ed w

itha

know

n w

ord

and

an u

nkno

wn

wor

dw

hen

th.;;

new

wor

d m

ay n

ot b

e in

the

oral

voc

abul

ary,

e.g

., do

wnc

ast.

LE

VE

L E

LE

VE

L F

LE

VE

L G

LE

VE

L H

App

lies

phon

ic p

rinc

iple

to p

ositi

on o

fvo

wel

in s

ylla

ble

as w

ell a

s in

who

le w

ord.

17

SKIL

LL

EV

EL

BL

EV

EL

CL

EV

EL

D

1 2

Stru

ctur

al A

naly

sis

( co

ntin

ued)

Wor

d R

oots

Aff

ixes

a. P

refi

xes

b. S

uffi

xes

Con

trac

tions

Rec

ogni

zes

root

s in

suc

h w

ords

as

play

spl

ayed

pla

ying

, etc

.

Rec

ogni

zes

the

rela

tions

hip

of u

nhap

pyto

hap

py a

nd d

isco

ver

to c

over

. Und

er-

stan

ds th

at a

n ad

ditio

n to

a w

ord

fre-

quen

tly a

lters

its

mea

ning

.

Use

s or

ally

and

rea

ds c

ontr

actio

ns w

ithou

tco

ncer

n fo

r or

igin

.

Ext

ends

the

abili

ty to

reco

gniz

e w

ord

part

sw

ord

(roo

t) p

lus

an e

ndin

g th

atsh

ows

mor

e th

anon

e, p

ast t

ime,

ow

ner-

ship

, or

a sh

ort (

cont

ract

ed)

form

of

the

wor

d, e

.g.,

plan

ted

cros

ses

teac

her's

didn

't.

Rec

ogni

zes

chan

ges

in r

oot f

orm

s: f

mal

yis

cha

nged

to i

befo

re e

st, l

y, e

d,e.

g.,

happ

iest

eas

ily; f

mal

e is

dro

pped

whe

nad

ding

y, i

ng, e

r, e

.g.,

usin

g gi

ver.

ofr.

Rec

ogni

zes

chan

ges

in r

oot f

orm

:f

chan

ged

to v

bef

ore

es is

add

ed, e

.g.,

wol

fw

olve

slif

eliv

es.

Iden

tifie

s pr

efix

es a

nd r

ecog

nize

s th

eir

func

tions

, e.g

., re

dodo

aga

inun

kind

not k

ind.

Iden

tifie

s su

ffix

es a

nd r

ecog

nize

s th

eir

func

tion,

e.g

., ba

ker

one

who

bak

es;

beau

tiful

full

of b

eaut

y; te

nder

lyin

a m

anne

r or

way

that

is te

nder

; fis

hing

the

actio

n of

fis

hing

.

Rec

ogni

zes

orig

inal

roo

ts in

con

trac

tions

:I'M

I'll

don

't ca

n't l

et's

, etc

.*

*Cal

l spe

cial

atte

ntio

n to

the

root

of

won

't.

LE

VE

L E

LE

VE

L F

LE

VE

L G

LE

VE

L H

Rec

ogni

zes

the

root

for

m w

hen

in d

iffe

r-en

t pos

ition

s, i.

e., s

elf

self

ish

unse

lfis

hhi

mse

lf.

Ext

ends

rec

ogni

tion

of p

refi

xes,

e.g

.,di

sabl

edno

t abl

ein

activ

eno

t act

ive.

Iden

tifie

s su

ffix

es a

nd r

ecog

nize

s th

eir

func

tion,

e.g

., ta

llish

som

ewha

t tal

l;ch

ildle

ssw

ithou

t a c

hild

; dar

knes

sco

nditi

on o

f be

ing

dark

; cre

sted

havi

nga

cres

t.

Gai

ns f

acili

ty in

arr

ivin

g at

roo

t for

m b

yid

entif

ying

mor

e co

mm

on p

refi

xes

and

suff

ixes

.

Ext

ends

rec

ogni

tion

of p

refi

xes

to in

clud

e,

abno

rmal

away

fro

m n

orm

albe

side

la th

e si

dede

part

to g

o aw

ay f

rom

indo

ors

in th

e ho

use

prep

aid

paid

bef

ore.

Ext

ends

rec

ogni

tion

of s

uffi

xes

to in

clud

eva

rian

t mea

ning

s:le

akag

eth

e ac

tion

of le

akin

gm

ileag

eth

e nu

mbe

r of

mile

spo

stag

eth

e am

ount

cha

rged

for

mai

ling

orph

anm

the

hom

e of

orp

hans

free

dom

the

stat

e of

bei

ng f

ree

offi

cial

dom

all w

ho a

re o

ffic

ials

.

Gai

ns f

acili

ty in

arr

ivin

g at

roo

t wor

ds b

yid

entif

ying

mor

e di

ffic

ult p

refi

xes

and

suff

ixes

.

Ext

ends

rec

ogni

tion

of p

refi

xes

to in

clud

e:ad

here

to s

tick

toci

rcum

navi

gate

sail

arou

ndex

port

send

out

subm

arin

eun

der

wat

ersu

perf

ine

mor

e th

an f

me.

Bec

omes

aw

are

of th

e ch

ange

s in

fun

ctio

nof

som

e w

ords

as

suff

ixes

are

add

ed to

them

:T

he v

erb

stop

bec

omes

a n

ouns

top-

page

.T

he v

erb

brea

k be

com

es a

n ad

ject

ive

brea

kabl

e.T

he a

djec

tive

happ

y be

com

es a

n ad

verb

happ

ily.

Bec

omes

aw

are

of th

e m

eani

ng a

nd f

orce

of th

ese

wor

d el

emen

ts in

soc

ial s

tudi

es,

scie

nce,

and

mat

hem

atic

s te

xts.

Exa

mpl

es: c

onve

rse

inve

rse

fiss

iona

ble

Indu

stri

al R

evol

utio

n.

Aim

s fo

r kn

owle

dge

of s

uch

wor

d el

e-m

ents

, hav

ing

fair

ly f

ixed

unv

aryi

ng m

ean-

ings

, as

un,

im, i

r; e

n; a

ble,

(ibl

e); f

ul; o

us, o

se; s

crib

, (sc

ript

);ce

d, (

cess

, cee

d); c

ur, (

curr

, cou

rs, c

urs)

;sp

ec, (

spec

t); h

ydro

; pho

bia;

sco

pe; e

qui;

omni

, cen

tr.

Doe

s w

ord-

stud

y ex

erci

ses

invo

lvin

g w

ords

with

com

pone

nt p

arts

that

are

use

d ill

us-

trat

ivel

y in

con

text

.

Doe

s re

sear

ch, b

oth

pers

onal

and

ste

m-

min

g fr

om a

ssig

nmen

ts, i

n di

ctio

nari

es.

SKIL

LL

EV

EL

BL

EV

EL

CL

EV

EL

D

Stru

ctur

al A

naly

sis

(con

tinue

d)

Sylla

bica

tion

Use

s sy

llabl

es u

ncon

scio

usly

in o

ral r

ead-

Dev

elop

s au

dito

ry r

ecog

nitio

n of

num

bers

Hea

rs th

e nu

mbe

r of

syl

labl

es in

a w

ord

ing,

e.g

., be

for

e, a

f te

r.of

syl

labl

es (

part

s) in

wor

ds.

(mon

osyl

labi

c be

fore

pol

ysyl

labi

c) a

ndbe

com

es a

war

e th

at e

ach

sylla

ble

has

avo

wel

sou

ndra

b/bi

t, pa

/per

.

Beg

ins

to b

ecom

e aw

are

of p

oint

s of

div

i-si

on.

LE

VE

L E

LE

VE

L F

LE

VE

L G

LE

VE

L H

Und

erst

ands

that

eac

h sy

llabl

e ha

sa

vow

elso

und

and

that

a w

ord

has

asm

any

syl-

labl

es a

s it

has

vow

el s

ound

s.

Rec

ogni

zes

the

sylla

bles

in m

ultis

ylla

bic

wor

ds.

Rec

ogni

zes

com

mon

pre

fixe

s (u

n, r

e, d

is)

and

com

mon

suf

fixe

s (l

ess,

ful

, nes

s)as

sepa

rate

syl

labl

es, a

nd k

now

s an

d us

es th

em

eani

ng o

f th

ese

sylla

bles

to u

nloc

kne

ww

ords

.

Lea

rns

that

ed

is a

sep

arat

e sy

llabl

e w

hen

it is

add

ed to

wor

ds e

ndin

g in

d o

r t.

Lea

rns

that

two

vow

els

com

ing

toge

ther

ofte

n se

para

te to

for

m d

iffe

rent

syl

labl

esin

whi

ch e

ach

vow

el m

ay h

ave

its o

wn

long

soun

d, e

.g.,

pi o

nee

r.

Lea

rns

that

con

sona

nt b

lend

s an

d di

-gr

aphs

are

not

sep

arat

ed in

syl

labi

catio

n(i

n st

ruct

; an

gry)

and

that

the

blen

dus

ually

join

s th

e fo

llow

ing

vow

el to

mak

ea

sylla

ble

(a c

ross

).

Lea

rns

that

ck

usua

lly jo

ins

the

prec

edin

gvo

wel

to f

orm

a s

ylla

ble,

e.g

., pi

ck le

.

Lea

rns

that

in o

pen

sylla

bles

the

vow

elis

usu

ally

long

, whi

le in

clo

sed

sylla

bles

itis

usu

ally

sho

rt, e

.g.,

po ta

to (

open

)pi

s to

n (c

lose

d).

Mas

ters

pri

ncip

les

of s

ylla

bica

tion

asa

mea

ns o

f de

codi

ng n

ew w

ords

:

A w

ord

usua

lly h

as a

sm

any

sylla

bles

as it

has

vow

el s

ound

s:po

ta to

din

ic.

Com

poun

d w

ords

are

div

ided

bet

wee

nth

e ro

ot w

ords

:do

wn

tow

nsk

y sc

rape

r.A

wor

d is

usu

ally

div

ided

bet

wee

n th

epr

efix

and

the

root

:un

tie

dis

appo

int.

A w

ord

is u

sual

ly d

ivid

ed b

etw

een

the

root

and

the

suff

ix:

help

less

hope

ful

.W

hen

two

cons

onan

ts c

ome

betw

een

two

soun

ded

vow

els,

the

wor

d is

usua

lly d

ivid

ed b

etw

een

the

two

cons

o-na

nts: bu

t ter

mon

soo

ndi

t to

der

by.

Whe

n on

e co

nson

ant c

omes

bet

wee

ntw

o so

unde

d vo

wel

s, th

e w

ord

isus

ually

div

ided

just

bef

ore

the

cons

o-na

nt:

ho te

lde

duc

t.W

hen

a w

ord

ends

in le

, it i

s us

ually

divi

ded

just

bef

ore

the

prec

edin

g co

nso-

nant

, e.g

., cy

cle

, tur

tle

(exc

eptio

n:pi

ck le

; see

leve

l E).

Om

.

21

SKIL

LL

EV

EL

BL

EV

EL

CL

EV

EL

D

1,

Usi

ng C

onte

xt C

lues

Lea

rns

to r

ead

the

entir

e se

nten

ce to

get

the

clue

to th

e un

know

n w

ord;

uses

con

-te

xt to

get

cor

rect

mea

ning

of

wor

ds o

fm

ultip

le m

eani

ng.

Supp

lies

unkn

own

wor

d in

sen

tenc

e w

here

all o

ther

wor

dsar

e kn

own,

e.g

., Sa

mfl

ewaw

ay in

a b

ig a

irpl

ane.

Dis

tingu

ishe

s co

rrec

t mea

ning

of

wor

dsw

ith m

ultip

le m

eani

ngs,

e.g.

, han

dI.

Han

d it

to m

e.2.

He

cut h

is h

and.

Beg

ins

to u

se c

ontr

ast a

nd c

ompa

riso

nas

con

text

clu

es.

Iden

tifie

s w

ord

beca

use

it is

evi

dent

inco

ntra

st o

r co

mpa

riso

n to

prec

edin

gw

ords

, e.g

.,T

o th

e w

eem

ouse

, the

ele

phan

t was

hug

e.

He

was

as

busy

as

a be

e.

Rec

ogni

zes

defm

ition

s of

unk

now

n w

ords

inpa

ssag

e an

d us

e of

com

mas

to s

etth

ese

apar

t.

Arr

ives

at m

eani

ng o

f w

ord

by lo

okin

gfo

r de

fmiti

on in

sen

tenc

e,e.

g.,

The

y ar

e ca

lled

nom

ads,

whi

ch m

eans

wan

deri

ng h

erds

men

.

LE

VE

L E

LE

VE

L F

LE

VE

L G

LE

VE

L H

Add

s to

abi

lity

to u

se c

onte

xt to

det

er-

min

e m

eani

ngs

of w

ords

of

mul

tiple

mea

ning

; use

s ai

ds a

s cl

ues

to w

ord

iden

-tif

icat

ion.

Is a

ble

to e

xpla

in m

eani

ng o

f th

e fo

llow

-in

g se

nten

ces:

He

felt

blue

bec

ause

his

team

lost

the

gam

e.T

he b

lue

of th

e sk

y w

as b

roke

n by

aw

hite

clo

ud.

Rec

ogni

zes

wor

ds in

par

enth

eses

as

def-

initi

ons

for

unkn

own

wor

ds, e

.g.,

The

mili

tia (

a bo

dy o

f so

ldie

rs)

atta

cked

the

outp

ost.

Rec

ogni

zes

wor

ds in

par

enth

eses

as

syn-

onym

s fo

r un

know

n w

ords

, e.g

.,T

he in

dom

itabl

e (u

ncon

quer

able

) so

ldie

rre

fuse

d to

ben

d to

his

cap

tors

.

Rec

ogni

zes

pare

nthe

tical

exp

ress

ion

set

off

by c

omm

as a

s a

syno

nym

for

un-

know

n w

ord,

e.

The

ste

ppes

, Eis

of

gras

slan

ds, a

re in

Asi

a.

Ext

ends

abi

lity

to u

se p

unct

uatio

n an

dve

rbal

clu

es to

wor

d m

eani

ng:

Punc

tuat

ion

Clu

esW

hen

a na

me

is id

entif

ied

by c

om-

mas

:H

e sa

w N

efer

titi,

his

cat,

play

ing

with

the

stri

ng.

Whe

n m

eani

ng is

sepa

rate

d by

dash

es:

He

saw

the

ruby

a re

d pr

ecio

usst

oneg

leam

ing

in th

e cr

own.

Ver

bal C

lues

Whe

n th

e m

eani

ng a

nd th

e w

ord

are

linke

d by

is c

alle

d: A

ric

hbl

ood

red

is c

alle

d cr

imso

n.

Whe

n an

opp

osite

mea

ning

is in

di-

cate

d by

inst

ead

of, n

ot, b

ut, e

tc.:

He

is n

ot a

gen

tlem

an, b

ut a

boo

r.

Use

s ty

pogr

aphi

cal c

lues

whe

n fo

otno

ted

defi

nitio

n or

exp

lana

tion

is m

arke

d by

aste

risk

s or

num

bers

, as

The

sul

tan*

was

just

.*s

ulta

nthe

rul

ing

sove

reig

n of

a M

oham

-m

edan

sta

te.

Rec

ogyl

izes

moo

d or

situ

atio

n cl

ues;

un-

know

n w

ord

fits

situ

atio

n or

moo

d al

read

yes

tabl

ishe

d.

Eve

ryth

ing

seem

ed h

appy

to h

im.

The

flo

wer

s sm

iled.

The

bir

ds s

ang.

He

was

ecs

tatic

.

Dow

ncas

t, du

ll, a

nd d

rear

y, h

e w

asth

e pi

ctur

e of

des

pond

ency

.

Rea

ds a

nd u

nder

stan

ds m

etap

hors

and

sim

iles. H

e is

a s

ly f

ox.

She

is a

per

fect

pic

ture

.

He

is a

s st

rong

as

a lio

n.

His

sto

mac

h sh

ook

like

abo

wl f

ull o

f je

lly.

Ext

ends

the

abili

ty to

use

con

text

clu

esin

all

cont

ent a

reas

.a.

Use

s th

e lit

erat

ure

bein

g st

udie

dan

d di

rect

s hi

s at

tent

ion

to u

nfa-

mili

ar w

ords

who

se m

eani

ng m

aybe

infe

rred

fro

m o

ne o

f th

e co

n-te

xt c

lues

men

tione

d.

b. C.

Bec

omes

ski

llful

in p

inpo

intin

g th

ena

ture

of

the

cont

ext c

lue

and,

ther

efor

e, is

able

to u

nloc

k th

em

eani

ng o

f co

untle

ss w

ords

hith

er-

to u

nfam

iliar

to h

im.

Sele

cts

a va

riet

y of

mat

eria

ls f

rom

soci

al s

tudi

es, s

cien

ce, a

nd li

tera

-tu

re te

xtbo

oks

that

illu

stra

te th

eus

e of

spe

cifi

c ty

pogr

aphi

cal d

e-vi

ces

and

dem

onst

rate

s an

und

er-

stan

ding

of

the

reas

ons

for

thei

rus

e.

d.Se

izes

opp

ortu

nitie

s in

stu

dyin

g lit

-er

atur

e to

ana

lyze

the

effe

ct o

nm

eani

ng o

f ita

lics

and

quot

atio

nm

arks

for

spe

cial

em

phas

is.

e.U

ses

typo

grap

hica

l dev

ices

as

an a

idto

sum

mar

izin

g an

d ou

tlini

ng in

prep

arat

ion

for

exam

inat

ions

and

perf

orm

ance

of

assi

gnm

ents

.

f.D

educ

es th

e de

fini

tions

of

unfa

-m

iliar

wor

ds f

rom

sen

tenc

es in

whi

ch k

ey a

bbre

viat

ions

pro

vide

the

clue

s to

the

mea

ning

,E

xam

ple:

i.e.

, e.g

., vi

z.

SKIL

LL

EV

EL

BL

EV

EL

CL

EV

EL

D

II. G

ET

TIN

G A

ND

IN

TE

RPR

ET

ING

ME

AN

ING

24

A. G

ettin

g th

e M

ain

Tho

ught

Dev

elop

s th

e un

ders

tand

ing

that

ase

ries

of

conn

ecte

d se

nten

ces

are

rela

ted

to a

sin

gle

mai

n th

ough

t.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Exp

ress

esth

ough

t of

a st

ory

read

intr

ade

book

, etc

.,in

ans

wer

er's

que

stio

n.

the

mai

na

read

er,

to te

ach-

Soci

al S

tudi

es: S

elec

ts a

title

whi

ch b

est

expr

esse

s th

e m

ain

idea

of

an e

xper

ienc

ech

art.

(Titl

e)

Pare

nts

wor

k in

man

y w

ays

to m

ake

mon

ey.

Mar

k's

fath

er d

rive

s a

truc

k.C

arm

en's

mot

her

is a

sal

esla

dy.

Bet

ty's

fat

her

is a

wat

chm

an.

Joe'

s m

othe

r is

a te

ache

r.

Scie

nce:

Dra

ws

a lin

e un

der

the

mai

nth

ough

t, e.

g.,

Ele

ctri

city

wor

ks f

or u

s.It

giv

es u

s lig

ht a

t hom

e.It

rin

gs th

e be

ll at

sch

ool.

It h

elps

trai

ns to

run

.

Dev

elop

s th

e un

ders

tand

ing

that

the

mai

n id

ea o

f a

para

grap

h is

usu

ally

expr

esse

d in

the

firs

t sen

tenc

e (i

nm

ater

ials

rea

d at

this

leve

l).

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Rec

ogni

zes

and

unde

r-lin

es th

e m

ain

thou

ght i

n th

e fi

rst

sen-

tenc

e of

teac

her-

prep

ared

mat

eria

l.

Scie

nce:

Iden

tifie

s th

e m

ain

thou

ght i

nth

e fi

rst s

ente

nce

of s

cien

ce te

xts,

e.g.

,Sh

adow

s ch

ange

in s

ize

duri

ng th

eda

y. I

n th

e m

orni

ng y

our

shad

owm

ay b

elo

ng. A

t noo

n, h

owev

er, i

t is

very

sho

rt.

Tow

ard

even

ing

it ge

ts b

igge

r ag

ain.

Soci

al S

tudi

es:

Find

s th

e m

ain

idea

inte

ache

r-or

cla

ss-p

repa

red

mat

erill

,e.

g.,

Com

mun

ity H

elpe

rsM

any

peop

le w

ork

to h

elp

us. T

hem

ailm

an b

ring

s ou

r m

ail.

The

pol

icem

anhe

lps

us c

ross

the

stre

et. T

he f

irem

anpu

ts o

ut f

ires

.

Dev

elop

s th

e un

ders

tand

ing

that

the

mai

n id

ea m

ay a

ppea

r at

the

be-

ginn

ing,

mid

dle,

or

end

of a

para

-gr

aph.

Lan

guag

e A

rts-

Soci

al S

tudi

es:

Elic

its a

nd u

nder

lines

the

mai

n id

ea in

para

grap

hs s

uch

as:

The

chi

ldre

n w

ent i

nto

the

barn

. The

stal

ls f

or th

e co

ws

wer

eve

ry c

lean

. The

milk

ing

mac

hine

s w

ere

shin

y. T

he f

ar-

mer

sai

d th

at c

ows

mus

t be

kept

cle

anan

d he

alth

y.

Mat

hem

atic

s:Fi

nds

the

prob

lem

sta

te-

men

t whe

n it

appe

ars

at th

e be

ginn

ing

oren

d, e

.g.,

Find

how

muc

h m

oney

Tom

and

Jac

kw

ill n

eed

to b

uild

thei

r cl

ubho

use

ifpa

int c

osts

$1.

79, w

ood

$.53

, and

nai

ls$.

17; o

rT

om a

nd J

ack

wan

t to

build

a cl

ub-

hous

e. P

aint

cos

ts $

1.79

, woo

d $.

53,

and

nails

$.1

7. H

ow m

uch

mon

ey w

illth

ey n

eed?

LE

VE

L E

LE

VE

L F

LE

VE

L G

LE

VE

L H

Ext

ends

the

skill

to p

rint

ed m

ate-

rial

in w

hich

the

mai

n th

ough

t is

not c

lear

ly s

tate

d or

sta

ted

over

seve

ral p

arag

raph

s.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: E

licits

the

mai

n id

ea (

e.g.

,ex

plan

atio

n of

dry

far

min

g) w

hen

it is

expr

esse

d in

two

or th

ree

para

grap

hs.

I ha

ve d

isco

vere

d th

at I

can

rai

se c

er-

tain

cro

ps b

y fo

llow

ing

the

dry-

farm

ing

met

hod.

The

se c

rops

mus

t be

the

kind

that

req

uire

littl

e ra

in. W

heat

is a

goo

dex

ampl

e.

Firs

t I d

ivid

e th

e la

nd in

to tw

o eq

ual

part

s. I

sow

hal

f in

whe

at a

nd le

t the

othe

r ha

lf li

efa

llow

. Tha

t hal

f re

sts.

I pl

ow a

nd c

ultiv

ate

the

fallo

w la

nddu

ring

the

sum

mer

. I p

low

aro

und

the

hills

. Thi

s is

cal

led

cont

our

plow

ing.

It

help

s th

e so

il ab

sorb

the

rain

wat

er. N

ext

year

, I w

ill p

lant

whe

at in

the

fallo

w la

nd.

Is a

ble

to m

ake

gene

raliz

atio

nson

the

basi

s of

the

eval

uatio

n of

mai

nid

eas

from

sev

eral

sou

rces

.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: R

eads

acc

ount

s of

cau

ses

of th

e A

mer

ican

Rev

olut

ion

(or

the

War

betw

een

the

Stat

es o

r W

orld

War

s I

and

II)

and

gene

raliz

esas

to th

e pr

obab

leca

uses

of

war

s in

the

past

.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Rea

ds a

nd e

valu

ates

ess

ays

and

artic

les

on o

ne s

peci

fic

topi

c an

dar

rive

s at

a g

ener

aliz

atio

n.

Ext

ends

the

abili

ty to

mak

ege

n-er

aliz

atio

ns a

nd to

arr

ive

atcr

ea-

tive

deci

sion

s as

a r

esul

t of

eval

ua-

tion

of m

ain

thou

ghts

fro

m s

ever

also

urce

s.

Soci

al S

tudi

es:

Aft

erre

adin

gse

vera

lso

urce

s, s

ees

the

rela

tions

hips

bet

wee

n th

eN

egro

's s

lave

sta

tus

befo

re th

e C

ivil

War

and

his

diff

icul

ties

in s

triv

ing

for

equa

l-ity

aft

er r

econ

stru

ctio

n. A

pplie

s th

isge

n-er

aliz

atio

n to

the

stru

ggle

of

toda

y's

Neg

rofo

r eq

ualit

y of

opp

ortu

nity

.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Rea

ds tw

o re

view

s of

am

otio

n pi

ctur

e; c

ompa

res

the

mai

n id

eas

expr

esse

d in

eac

h an

d m

akes

a d

ecis

ion

tose

e or

not

to s

ee th

e pi

ctur

e.

Bec

omes

ski

llful

in g

ettin

g th

e m

ain

thou

ght-

of

sent

ence

s, p

arag

raph

s,an

d lo

nger

sel

ectio

ns.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Ide

ntif

ies

vari

ous

orga

n-iz

atio

nal s

truc

ture

s of

par

agra

phs

as c

lues

to m

ain

idea

; enu

mer

atio

n of

det

ails

,ex

ampl

es, c

ause

and

eff

ect,

chro

nolo

gy,

and

spac

e or

der.

Dev

elop

s aw

aren

ess

in in

terp

retin

gpa

ra-

grap

hs in

whi

ch n

o sp

ecif

ic to

pic

sent

ence

is a

ppar

ent.

Ana

lyze

s th

e su

bord

inat

ion

and

coor

dina

-tio

n of

idea

s in

a p

arag

raph

as a

ids

to g

et-

ting

the

mea

ning

.

Judg

es u

nity

, coh

eren

ce, a

nd e

mph

asis

inpa

ragr

aphs

as

an a

id to

pin

poin

ting

the

mea

ning

.

Scie

nce:

Obs

erve

s th

e ba

sic

stru

ctur

e of

para

grap

hs in

sci

ence

text

book

s w

itha

view

to f

orm

ulat

ing

a gu

ide

to im

prov

edco

mpr

ehen

sion

.

App

lies

his

know

ledg

e of

sci

entif

ic m

eth-

od to

the

patte

rn o

f pa

ragr

aph

stru

ctur

eshe

dea

ls w

ith in

sci

ence

text

book

s.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: U

ses

his

know

ledg

e of

para

grap

h st

ruct

ures

to h

elp

in o

utlin

ing

and

sum

mar

izin

g sa

lient

mat

eria

l in

read

-in

g as

sign

men

ts.

Mat

hem

atic

s:Pr

actic

es v

erba

lizin

g th

eth

ough

t ker

nel o

f pr

oble

ms.

Vis

ualiz

es th

e sp

ace

rela

tions

hips

cal

led

for

in th

e so

lutio

n of

spe

cifi

c pr

oble

ms.

SKIL

LL

EV

EL

BL

EV

EL

CL

EV

EL

D

26

B. F

indi

ng a

nd R

elat

ing

Det

ails

Dev

elop

s th

e un

ders

tand

ing

that

ase

ries

of

conn

ecte

d se

nten

ces

(spo

-ke

n or

wri

tten

on th

is le

vel o

f ma-

turi

ty a

nd u

nder

stan

ding

) co

ntai

nde

tails

whi

ch a

re r

elat

ed to

eac

hot

her

and

to th

e m

ain

thou

ght.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Lea

rns

to f

ind

spec

ific

deta

ils in

sim

ple

read

ing

mat

eria

l by

find

-in

g an

swer

s to

que

stio

ns,

e.g.

, Wha

t did

the

child

ren

brin

g to

the

part

y?

Scie

nce:

Pic

ks o

ut, f

rom

an e

xper

ienc

ech

art,

deta

ils r

elat

ed to

the

mai

n id

ea,

e.g.

, Wha

t wer

e so

me

of th

e th

ings

our

mag

net c

ould

pic

k up

?

Soci

al S

tudi

es: R

eads

sim

ple

text

for

an-

swer

s to

que

stio

ns, e

.g.,

In w

hat w

ay d

oes

the

polic

eman

hel

p us

?

Dev

elop

s th

e co

ncep

t tha

t det

ails

fill

out,

exte

nd, m

ake

spec

ific

,ex

-em

plif

y, c

lari

fy, a

nd d

ocum

ent t

hem

ain

idea

.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Rea

ds v

ivid

pas

sage

s,re

calls

deta

ils, a

nd d

escr

ibes

or d

raw

ssi

mpl

e pi

ctur

es in

clud

ing

deta

ils.

Scie

nce:

Rea

ds a

nd f

ollo

ws

deta

iled

step

-by

-ste

p di

rect

ions

in o

rder

to p

erfo

rma

sim

ple

expe

rim

ent,

e.g.

,

Plan

ts N

eed

Wat

erM

ater

ials

:2

four

-inc

h po

ts2

sim

ilar

plan

tsso

ilw

ater

Dir

ectio

ns:

1.Pl

ace

soil

in e

ach

pot.

2.Pl

ace

plan

ts in

soi

l.3.

Eve

ry d

ay, w

ater

one

pot

onl

y.Q

uest

ion:

Wha

t did

the

plan

ts lo

ok li

keon

the

firs

t day

?af

ter

a w

eek?

afte

r 2

wee

ks?

Soci

al S

tudi

es: A

nsw

ers

ques

tions

bas

edon

mat

eria

l rea

d, e

.g.,

We

all k

now

that

diff

eren

t mat

eria

ls a

re u

sed

in c

onst

ruct

-in

g bu

ildin

gs. I

n w

hat w

ays

are

thes

em

ater

ials

use

d?

Dev

elop

s th

e ab

ility

to u

se d

etai

lsin

pre

pari

ng m

ater

ial f

or o

ral

orw

ritte

n pr

esen

tatio

n; d

evel

ops

the

abili

ty to

use

det

ails

in m

akin

ga

poin

t.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Ans

wer

s qu

estio

ns (

take

nfr

om m

ater

ial r

ead)

ask

ing

for

deta

ilsw

ho, w

hat,

whe

re, w

hen,

how

big

, wha

tco

lor.

Scie

nce:

Use

s de

tails

fro

m p

rint

edm

ate-

rial

s to

pro

ve o

r re

fute

a po

int,

e.g.

, whe

els

mov

e th

ings

mor

e ea

sily

.

Soci

al S

tudi

es:

Supp

lies

deta

ils f

rom

mat

eria

l rea

d un

der

a st

ated

mai

n id

ea,

e.g.

, In d

iffe

rent

cul

ture

s ar

ound

the

wor

ld,

som

e ty

pes

of w

orke

rs a

re a

lway

s ne

eded

:1.

Wor

kers

to g

et f

ood.

2. W

orke

rs to

mak

e cl

othi

ng.

3. W

orke

rs to

bui

ld h

omes

.

LE

VE

L E

LE

VE

L F

LE

VE

L G

LE

VE

L H

Rel

ates

det

ails

to e

ach

othe

r ac

cord

-in

g to

pur

pose

, e.g

., tim

e se

ciue

nce,

cate

gori

es, e

tc.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Rec

ogni

zes

rela

ted

idea

sin

sev

eral

sen

tenc

es a

r4 c

ombi

nes

thes

ein

to o

ne s

ente

nce.

Scie

nce:

Sel

ects

fro

m b

iogr

aphi

cal m

ate-

rial

the

sign

ific

ant d

etai

ls th

at le

d a

scie

ntis

t to

mak

e an

impo

rtan

t dis

cove

ry,

e.g.

, Far

aday

-cir

cuits

; use

sde

tails

in F

ara-

day'

s ex

peri

men

ts to

exp

lain

how

a s

cien

-tis

t car

ried

out

his

wor

k.

Soci

al S

tudi

es:

Rel

ates

det

ails

to e

ach

othe

r un

der

vari

ous

sim

ple

outli

ne f

orm

:C

ount

ryPo

rtug

alH

olla

ndFr

ance

type

s of

hea

ding

s in

Exp

lore

rC

abra

lH

udso

nC

artie

r

Is a

wah

; of

clif

feri

ng r

elat

ions

hips

amon

g id

eas

and

thin

gs.

Gro

ups

re-

late

d id

eas

unde

r a

mai

n th

ough

tex

pres

sed

as a

gen

eral

izat

ion.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: R

eads

abo

ut V

enic

e an

dSt

ockh

olm

, not

ing

poin

ts o

f si

mila

rity

.L

ists

poi

nts

of s

imila

rity

and

giv

es h

islis

t a ti

tle th

at in

dica

tes

that

he

reco

g-ni

zes

the

gene

raliz

atio

n th

at th

ey a

resi

mila

r, e

.g.,

Sist

er C

ities

: Sto

ckho

lm a

nd V

enic

eB

uilt

on is

land

sSe

a or

ient

ed in

thei

r th

inki

ngH

ave

cana

lsC

omm

erci

al c

ente

rs

Sim

ilarl

y re

ads

abou

t Nor

way

and

Sw

e-de

n an

d no

tes

thei

r di

ffer

ence

s in

the

follo

win

g ou

tline

:

Unl

ike

Nei

ghbo

rs

Irre

gula

r co

astli

ne o

f N

orw

ayR

egul

ar c

oast

line

of S

wed

enN

orw

ay o

n th

e A

tlant

icSw

eden

on

the

Bal

tic S

eaN

orw

ay's

fm

anci

al d

iffi

culti

esSw

eden

's th

rivi

ng e

cono

my

Is a

ble

to r

ecal

l man

y de

tails

by

orga

nizi

ng th

em in

to m

eani

ngfu

l re-

latio

nshi

ps w

ith e

ach

othe

r an

d w

ithla

rger

idea

s.

Soci

al S

tudi

es:

Iden

tifie

s pr

oduc

ts b

yre

latin

g th

em in

his

min

d to

the

topo

g-ra

phy

of th

e ar

ea w

hich

pro

duce

d th

emor

to th

e ne

eds

ofth

e ar

ea w

hich

re-

ceiv

es th

em.

Scie

nce:

Ide

ntif

ies

reac

tant

s by

gro

upin

gth

ose

with

sim

ilar

actio

ns a

nd r

esul

ts.

Ref

ines

the

use

of c

lue

wor

ds to

sign

al a

noth

er f

act,

anot

her

time,

a sp

ecif

ic in

stan

ce, a

conc

lusi

on.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: "

Han

d cr

aft w

as th

e tr

adi-

tiona

l mod

e of

mak

ing

thin

gs f

or c

entu

ries

,bu

t the

Ind

ustr

ial R

evol

utio

n ch

ange

dal

l

that

." W

hat i

s th

e re

latio

nshi

p of

the

clau

se b

egin

ning

with

"bu

t" to

wha

t has

prec

eded

?

Szie

nce:

"Fi

rst,

fuel

is b

urne

d to

mak

est

eam

. The

n th

e st

eam

turn

s a

turb

ine

whi

ch, i

n tu

rn, t

urns

a g

ener

ator

.T

hege

nera

tor

prod

uces

ele

ctri

city

." W

hat a

reth

e ne

cess

ary

step

s in

mak

ing

elec

tric

ity?

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Iden

tifie

s w

ords

suc

h as

also

, in

addi

tion,

mor

eove

r, f

urth

er,

still

,

yet,

likew

ise,

as

sign

als

tofu

rthe

r de

tails

in p

lot d

evel

opm

ent.

Und

erst

ands

ful

ly th

e im

port

ance

of d

etai

ls to

fill

out

the

bare

ske

le-

ton

of m

ain

idea

.

Lan

guag

e A

rts

and

Soci

al S

tudi

es:

Und

er-

stan

ds th

e di

ffer

ence

bet

wee

n de

tails

and

the

mai

n id

ea o

f se

nten

ces,

par

agra

phs,

and

long

er s

elec

tions

and

see

s th

ere

la-

tions

hip

amon

g th

em.

Judg

es th

e re

leva

nce

of s

peci

fic

de-

tails

to th

e m

ain

idea

of

sele

ctio

ns.

Scie

nce:

Follo

ws

sign

ific

ant d

etai

ls o

fex

peri

men

ts a

nd s

peci

fic

dire

ctio

nsfo

rpe

rfor

min

g th

em.

Indu

stri

al A

rts:

Rel

ates

the

impo

rtan

tde

tails

of

a jo

b sp

ecif

icat

ion

toth

efi

nish

ed p

rodu

ct.

Lan

guag

e A

rts

and

Soci

al S

tudi

es:

Use

s

his

own

wri

tings

(co

mpo

sitio

ns)

as m

a-te

rial

s fo

r te

stin

g re

leva

ncy

or ir

rele

vanc

y.

Use

s th

e m

ater

ials

he

is c

urre

ntly

read

-

ing

as a

sou

rce

of e

xam

ples

of d

etai

ls,

rele

vant

or

irre

leva

nt, t

o an

aut

hor's

inte

n-tio

n.

Mat

hem

atic

s: D

istin

guis

hes

betw

een

rele

-va

nt a

nd ir

rele

vant

num

eric

al a

ndve

rbal

deta

ils.

27

SKIL

LL

EV

EL

BL

EV

EL

CL

EV

EL

D

C.

Det

erm

inin

g Se

quen

ce

28

Dev

elop

s th

e un

ders

tand

ing

that

ase

ries

of

even

ts o

ccur

ring

with

in o

neep

isod

e m

ay b

e or

dere

d se

quen

tially

.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Lis

tens

to a

sim

ple

stor

yan

d is

gui

ded

to d

evel

op a

n un

ders

tand

ing

of s

eque

nce

by a

nsw

erin

g su

ch q

uest

ions

as: W

hat h

appe

ned

firs

t? W

hat h

appe

ned

next

?

Soci

al S

tudi

es:

Plac

es p

ictu

res

in s

e-qu

entia

l ord

er to

dev

elop

a s

impl

e tim

elin

e.

Scie

nce:

Part

icip

ates

in th

e w

ritin

g of

el:p

erie

nce

char

ts b

ased

on

firs

than

d ob

-se

rvat

ions

:H

ow lo

ng is

a d

ay in

fal

l,w

inte

r, a

nd s

prin

g?

Rec

ogni

zes

the

rela

tions

hip

of s

e-qu

ence

to m

eani

ng.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Rep

rodu

ces

stor

y he

ard

or r

ead

by d

raw

ing

seve

ral c

onse

cutiv

epi

ctur

es o

f ev

ents

in s

eque

ntia

l ord

er.

Scie

nce:

Plan

s an

d lis

ts (

in p

rope

r se

-qu

ence

) st

eps

.nee

ded

to _

carr

y ou

t asc

ienc

e ex

peri

men

t.

Soci

al S

tudi

es:

Rea

ds s

ever

al s

ente

nces

desc

ribi

ng a

n ev

ent c

onne

cted

with

the

unit

unde

r st

udy;

arr

ange

s th

ese

in c

or-

rect

ord

er, e

.g.,

Whe

n pe

ople

nee

ded

to tr

avel

,th

ey u

sed

stag

ecoa

ches

dra

wn

byon

e or

two

hors

es.

The

firs

tE

urop

ean

settl

ers

trav

eled

fro

m p

lace

to p

lace

on

foot

, on

hors

ebac

k, o

r in

wag

ons

draw

n by

hor

ses.

Whe

n th

e In

dian

s liv

ed in

New

Yor

k, th

ey tr

avel

ed o

n fo

ot.

Lat

er, p

eopl

e tr

avel

ed lo

ng d

is-

tanc

es o

n tr

ains

dra

wn

by s

team

engi

nes

inst

ead

of h

orse

s.

Use

s se

quen

tial o

rder

to m

ake

inte

r-pr

etat

ions

and

pre

dict

ions

; rec

og-

nize

s ke

y w

ords

as

clue

s to

se-

quen

tial d

evel

opm

ent.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Pre

dict

s ou

tcom

e of

sto

ryst

emm

ing

from

logi

cal s

eque

nce

of e

vent

s;pi

cks

out k

ey w

ords

or

phra

ses

whi

chhi

ghlig

ht s

eque

nce,

e.g

., no

w, t

hen,

aft

era

whi

le, t

oday

, yes

terd

ay, t

omor

row

, in

the

firs

t pla

ce, i

n th

e se

cond

pla

ce, e

tc.

Scie

nce:

Is a

ble

to r

enum

ber

or r

ewri

tein

seq

uent

ial o

rder

fac

ts ta

ken

from

text

.

Soci

al S

tudi

es.

Stud

ies

two

pict

ures

of

rela

ted

even

ts in

gro

wth

of

tow

ns, c

ities

,or

nat

ions

to d

eter

min

e tim

e sp

an a

nd s

e-qu

ence

of

even

ts b

etw

een

them

.

Phys

ical

Act

iviti

es:

Giv

es f

acts

seq

uen-

tially

whe

n ex

plai

ning

how

to p

lay

aga

me.

LE

VE

L E

LE

VE

L F

LE

VE

L G

LE

VE

L H

Ext

ends

the

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

se-

quen

ce o

f tim

e, p

lace

, and

thou

ght

in m

ore

com

plex

mat

eria

l.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Dev

elop

s th

e ab

ility

toor

der

even

ts in

seq

uenc

e of

tim

e, p

lace

,an

d th

ough

t in

mat

eria

l rea

d in

depe

nd-

ently

for

rec

reat

ion

or in

form

atio

n.

Scie

nce:

Bec

omes

aw

are

of th

e im

por-

tanc

e of

seq

uent

ial o

rder

in a

naly

zing

caus

e-ef

fect

rel

atio

nshi

p in

text

s de

alin

gw

ith th

e ef

fect

s of

air

pre

ssur

e, e

ffec

ts o

fse

ed d

ispe

rsal

, etc

.

Soci

al S

tudi

es:

Dev

elop

s th

e ab

ility

tore

ad a

nd c

onst

ruct

tim

e lin

es b

ased

on

mat

eria

l pre

sent

ed in

one

or

mor

e te

xts.

Iden

tifie

s se

quen

ce a

nd r

ecor

ds d

e-ta

ils a

ccor

ding

ly.

In a

ll su

bjec

t are

as:

Perf

orm

ing

an e

xper

imen

t in

scie

nce

Follo

win

g di

rect

ions

in a

sho

pFo

llow

ing

a re

cipe

in c

ooki

ngFo

llow

ing

a pa

ttern

in s

ewin

gSo

lvin

g m

ath

prob

lem

sL

earn

ing

a ne

w s

port

tech

niqu

eFo

llow

ing

the

plot

of

a st

ory

Follo

win

g th

e re

ason

ing

in a

nar

gum

ent o

r a

disc

ussi

onFo

llow

ing

the

auth

or's

org

aniz

a-tio

n of

seq

uenc

e in

a te

xtbo

okch

apte

r.

Det

erm

ines

seq

uenc

e w

hen

itis

stat

ed a

nd id

entif

ies

the

type

of

rela

tions

hip,

i.e.

, spa

tial,

chro

nolo

g-ic

al, l

ogic

al, t

opol

ogic

al, o

n w

hich

the

sequ

ence

is b

ased

.

Soci

al S

tudi

es:

Rea

ds a

tim

e lin

e th

atsh

ows

a te

mpo

ral r

elat

ions

hip

amon

gev

ents

, cur

rent

or

hist

oric

al.

Est

ablis

hes

a tim

e lin

e or

clo

ck f

ace

list-

ing

preh

isto

ric

deve

lopm

ent o

f m

an.

Det

erm

ines

seq

uenc

e w

hen

it is

not

spec

ific

ally

sta

ted,

usi

ng lo

gica

l rea

-so

ning

and

pla

cing

det

ails

in p

aral

lel

orde

r.

Soci

al S

tudi

es:

Iden

tifie

s se

quen

ce o

fev

ents

or

para

llels

occ

urre

nces

rel

ated

toon

e an

othe

r: F

renc

h R

evol

utio

nAm

er-

ican

Rev

olut

ion.

Scie

nce:

Rea

ds a

des

crip

tion

of th

e or

i-gi

n of

Mar

s an

d id

entif

ies

the

spat

ial r

e-la

tions

hips

impl

icit

in th

e te

xt.

Our

sola

rsy

stem

is a

n in

fmite

si-

man

y sm

all b

it of

the

univ

erse

ext

rem

ely

isol

ated

in s

pace

. Sun

light

, whi

ch tr

avel

sat

the

spee

d of

mor

e th

an 1

86,0

00 m

iles

a se

cond

, tak

es 8

min

utes

to r

each

the

eart

h an

d 5%

hou

rs to

rea

ch P

luto

, the

oute

rmos

t pla

net.

Yet

it ta

kes

this

sam

elig

ht, t

rave

ling

at th

e sa

me

spee

d, o

ver

4ye

ars

to r

each

the

near

est s

tar!

We

are

inde

ed w

idel

y se

para

ted

from

our

nei

gh-

bors

; but

ast

rono

mer

s te

ll us

that

all

star

s ha

ve m

uch

in c

omm

on a

nd th

at th

eypr

obab

ly a

ll ha

d th

e sa

me

orig

in.1

1 Mar

s: P

lane

t Num

ber

Four

by

Fran

klyn

M. B

ran

ley.

Det

erm

ines

the

prop

er s

eque

nce

ofde

tails

.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

App

lies

his

unde

rsta

nd-

ing

of s

eque

nce

to p

lann

ing

sing

le-

and

mul

tipar

agra

ph w

ritin

g.

Rep

rodu

ces

the

sequ

ence

of

even

ts in

ast

ory

or p

lay

that

exp

lain

s th

e ac

tions

or

deci

sion

s of

spe

cifi

c ch

arac

ters

.

Ana

lyze

s th

e se

quen

tial o

rder

of

idea

sth

at le

ads

to a

n au

thor

's p

artic

ular

con

-cl

usio

ns.

Judg

es th

e ad

equa

cy o

f th

e se

quen

tial

orde

r of

idea

s; f

rom

gen

eral

to s

peci

fic;

from

kno

wn

to u

nkno

wn;

fro

m c

ause

toef

fect

; fro

m le

ast i

mpo

rtan

t to

mos

t im

-po

rtan

t, et

e.

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stri

al A

rts:

Ana

lyze

s se

quen

ce o

fst

eps

in a

con

stru

ctio

n pr

ojec

t to

dete

r-m

ine

the

mos

t eco

nom

ic p

roce

dure

s.

Eva

luat

es th

e se

quen

ce o

f st

eps

to d

eter

-m

ine

clar

ity a

nd v

alid

ity in

rel

atio

n to

proj

ect,.

Scie

nce:

Eva

luat

es th

e se

quen

ce o

f st

eps

in a

n ex

peri

men

t as

a pr

edic

tor

of th

e ou

t-co

me.

Con

stru

cts

flow

cha

rt o

f an

exp

ek-i

-m

ent o

n th

e ba

sis

of th

e se

quen

ce o

fgi

ven

step

s.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: D

emon

stra

tes

unde

rsta

nd-

ing

of ti

me

sequ

ence

or

date

line

in r

ead-

ing

abou

t a p

artic

ular

eve

nt.

Iden

tifie

s sp

ecif

ic d

etai

ls in

cha

rts

orgr

aphs

as

they

rel

ate

to p

ortio

ns o

fas

sign

ed te

xts.

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LL

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D

D. D

raw

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Infe

renc

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evel

ops

the

abili

ty to

pre

dict

out

-co

mes

of

even

ts a

nd a

ctio

ns o

fch

arac

ters

.

lang

uage

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s:R

eads

a s

impl

e st

ory

inth

e re

ader

and

dev

elop

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e ab

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his

ow

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ding

by

draw

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api

ctur

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evel

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the

abili

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nder

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gui

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even

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dict

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disc

ussi

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ory;

dev

elop

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path

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e st

ory

char

acte

rs.

Scie

nce:

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ds e

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e ch

arts

or

sim

ple

text

s ab

out m

agne

ts f

rom

whi

chhe

may

pre

dict

whi

ch o

f a

seri

es o

f ob

-je

cts

the

mag

net w

ill p

ick

up.

Soci

al S

tudi

es:

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icts

out

com

es b

yvi

ewin

g fi

lmst

rips

and

gue

ssin

g w

hat t

hene

xt f

ram

e w

ill s

how

.

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ogni

zes

caus

e an

d ef

fect

rel

a-tio

nshi

ps; d

evel

ops

the

abili

ty to

pick

mos

t log

ical

of

seve

ral g

iven

reas

ons

to p

redi

ct o

utco

mes

.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Use

s st

ory

and

pict

ure

cont

ent t

o in

terp

ret t

he m

otiv

es a

nd r

ea-

sons

for

the

feel

ings

of

stor

y ch

arac

ters

.

Scie

nce:

Atte

mpt

s to

pre

dict

the

effe

ctof

lack

of

wat

er o

n pl

ants

by

sele

ctin

gm

ost l

ogic

al a

mon

g se

vera

l rea

sons

giv

en.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: R

elat

es th

e qu

antit

y an

dva

riet

y of

foo

d in

mar

kets

and

sto

res

toth

e ea

se o

f tr

ansp

orta

tion.

Exp

ands

the

liter

al m

eani

ng o

f se

n-te

nces

to in

clud

e th

e im

plic

atio

ns.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Rea

ds f

or c

lues

that

tell

how

cha

ract

ers

look

, fee

l, ta

lk; r

ealiz

esth

e im

pact

of

actio

n w

ords

(su

ch a

s hu

r-ri

ed, d

ashe

d, c

rept

) an

d be

gins

to u

nder

-st

and

how

thes

e an

d ot

her

vivi

d w

ords

serv

e as

clu

es in

pre

dict

ing

even

ts.

Soci

al S

tudi

es:

Is g

uide

d by

thou

ght-

prov

okin

g qu

estio

ns to

mak

e in

fere

nces

abou

t the

val

ues

of p

eopl

e liv

ing

in d

if-

fere

nt c

ultu

res

arou

nd th

e w

orld

.

LE

VE

L E

LE

VE

L F

LE

VE

L G

LE

VE

L H

Con

tinue

sto

exp

and

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liter

alm

eani

ng o

f m

ater

ial r

ead

to in

-cl

ude

impl

icat

ions

and

ram

ific

a-tio

ns.

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guag

e A

rts:

Int

erpr

ets

figu

rativ

e la

n-gu

age

and

shad

es o

f hu

mor

in s

tori

es a

ndpo

ems,

e.g

., "T

he W

alru

s an

d th

e C

arpe

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y L

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roll;

dem

onst

rate

s un

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stan

ding

of

char

acte

r tr

aits

by

port

rayi

ngch

arac

ter

in d

ram

atiz

atio

n, e

.g.,

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jam

inFr

ankl

in.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: E

xpan

ds li

tera

l mea

ning

of s

ever

al s

ente

nces

to in

clud

e in

tend

edim

plic

atio

ns w

hen

read

ing

biog

raph

ies

offa

mou

s pe

ople

, e.g

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is v

isio

n w

as m

agni

fice

nt, h

is e

ffec

tw

as f

ar-r

each

ing,

he

was

a m

anab

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all

men

.Y

et, n

one

coul

d ca

ll hi

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roud

.N

one

coul

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ll hi

m s

elf-

seek

ing.

All

coul

d ca

ll hi

m f

rien

d.

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rs th

e m

eani

ng o

f a

sim

ple

prov

-er

b or

max

im a

nd r

elat

es it

to h

isow

n ac

tiviti

es.

Lan

guag

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rts:

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elop

s si

mpl

e pr

ov-

erbs

or

max

ims

from

cla

ssro

om a

ctiv

i-tie

s re

latin

g th

em to

wha

t he

has

read

.In

fers

the

mea

ning

of

"a s

titch

in ti

me

save

s ni

ne"

and

appl

ies

it to

doi

ng h

ome-

wor

k an

d pr

epar

ing

for

test

s.

In c

arry

ing

out c

lass

room

rou

tines

, fm

dsth

at it

is im

prac

tical

to h

ave

too

man

ype

ople

wor

king

at o

ne ta

sk a

nd m

ay s

ay:

"Too

man

y co

oks

spoi

l the

bro

th."

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you

wou

ld h

ave

som

ethi

ng d

one

wel

l, do

it y

ours

elf.

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al S

tudi

es: S

ees

appl

icat

ions

in o

ut-

of-s

choo

l situ

atio

ns o

f pr

over

bs a

nd m

ax-

ims

lear

ned

in th

e cl

assr

oom

. May

de-

scri

be h

uman

rel

atio

ns w

ith:

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unto

oth

ers"

; "T

urn

abou

t is

fair

play

"; "

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r th

e go

ose

is s

auce

for

the

gand

er."

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rsre

latio

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tst

ated

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otes

cau

se a

nd e

ffec

t rel

atio

nshi

ps,

draw

s co

nclu

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al S

tudi

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of

a sh

ippi

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trik

ein

Eng

land

and

infe

rs p

roba

ble

effe

cts

rel-

ativ

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trav

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trad

e, g

over

nmen

t,an

d th

e la

bor

mov

emen

t.

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hem

atic

s: I

nfer

s re

latio

nshi

ps f

rom

agi

ven

prob

lem

.

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lem

: The

per

imet

er: o

f a

squa

re is

4tim

es th

e le

ngth

of

its s

ides

. Wha

t is

true

of th

e sq

uare

and

its

rela

tions

hip

to th

esi

des? 1.

Quo

tient

of

the

peri

met

er d

ivid

edby

one

of

its s

ides

is a

con

stan

t (4)

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Len

gth

of a

sid

e is

alw

ays

1/4

the

leng

th o

f its

per

imet

er.

Dev

elop

s in

fere

ntia

l ski

lls to

new

leve

l of

refm

emen

t with

incr

eas-

ingl

y co

mpl

ex m

ater

ial.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Infe

rs r

elat

ions

hip

be-

twee

n pe

ople

fro

m s

tate

men

t suc

h as

:Sh

e re

ceiv

ed h

im w

ith a

cur

t gre

et-

ing.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: D

raw

s co

rrec

t inf

eren

cefr

om u

se o

f m

etap

hori

cal e

xpre

ssio

ns in

com

mon

usa

ge:

Exa

mpl

e: "

the

Col

d W

ar,"

"th

e Ir

on C

ur-

tain

," "

The

cra

dle

of c

ivili

zatio

n."

Rec

ogni

zes

logi

cal f

alla

cies

.

Lan

guag

e A

rts

and

Soci

al S

tudi

es: I

dent

i-fi

es in

spe

eche

s, p

oliti

cal c

omm

enta

ries

,an

d th

e lik

e, th

e fo

llow

ing

area

s in

whi

chlo

gica

l fal

laci

es f

requ

ently

occ

ur:

caus

e an

d ef

fect

: If

B o

ccur

s af

ter

A, t

hen

A m

ust h

ave

caus

ed B

.A

stro

logy

, hum

an a

nd a

nim

al s

acri

fice

,m

any

adve

rtis

ing

clai

ms

have

bee

nba

sed

on th

is f

alla

cy. (

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e th

at A

and

B m

ay b

e re

late

d ca

usal

ly to

an

exte

nt.)

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e an

alog

ies:

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gger

atin

g si

mila

ritie

san

d ig

nori

ng o

r pl

ayin

g do

wn

diff

er-

ence

s be

twee

n th

ings

. "W

hat g

ood

ispu

tting

up

a lin

e L

,f r

adar

sta

tions

arou

nd th

e co

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elop

s th

e un

ders

tand

ing

that

ase

ries

of

conn

ecte

d se

nten

ces

(apa

ragr

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con

tain

s a

sing

le m

ain

thou

ght

whi

ch(a

tth

isle

vel)

gene

rally

app

ears

at t

he b

egin

ning

of

a pa

ragr

aph.

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com

itant

Dev

elop

men

t of

the

Com

preh

ensi

on S

kills

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fol

low

ing

illus

trat

ions

are

des

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sho

w th

e co

ncom

itant

dev

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men

tof

the

com

preh

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kills

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com

preh

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kills

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tails

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quen

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nfer

ence

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lope

d in

depe

nden

tly o

f on

e an

othe

r in

this

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stra

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ll, h

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ay b

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velo

ped

in r

elat

ion

to th

e sa

me

para

grap

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hete

ache

r m

ay u

se th

e sa

me

mat

eria

l to

deve

lop

any

one

of th

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rev

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all o

f th

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fir

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xam

ple,

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sed

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hart

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truc

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r is

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lady

.

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s m

othe

r is

a te

ache

r.

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Dev

elop

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e un

ders

tand

ing

that

ase

ries

of

conn

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d se

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(apa

ragr

aph)

con

tain

s de

tails

whi

char

e re

late

d to

one

oth

er a

nd to

the

mai

n th

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t.

1

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o be

yond

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liter

alco

mpr

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sion

of

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lect

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ad b

etw

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the

lines

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thou

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may

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this

leve

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at t

he b

egin

ning

, mid

dle,

end

of a

par

agra

ph.

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t is

the

mai

n th

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whe

re is

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In r

_.:le

r to

ans

wer

this

que

stio

n, th

ere

ader

mus

t

Con

com

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Dev

elop

men

t of

the

Com

preh

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on S

kills

LE

VE

L F

The

noi

se o

f bu

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nstr

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n is

oft

en d

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.T

he f

umes

of

auto

mob

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haus

ts a

re s

uffo

catin

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row

ded

subw

ays

and

stor

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rebo

ne-c

rush

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in

all,

livin

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the

city

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man

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sadv

anta

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akes

ace

rtai

n ty

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a c

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and

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ries

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ragr

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tain

s de

tails

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char

e re

late

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ano

ther

and

toth

e m

ain

thou

ght.

Whi

ch d

etai

ls in

this

par

agra

ph a

re r

elat

edto

the

mai

n th

ough

t? W

hich

are

not

?

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d th

roug

h th

e de

tails

of

the

para

grap

hre

latin

g th

em to

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ano

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ativ

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e un

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ing

that

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neep

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e m

aybe

ord

ered

seq

uent

ially

.

In w

hat o

rder

are

the

deta

ils w

hich

sup

port

the

mai

n id

ea s

tate

d?

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e th

e se

quen

ce o

f pr

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fac

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toth

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nclu

sion

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ain

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.

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elop

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e un

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tand

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preh

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ere

ader

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o be

yond

the

liter

alco

mpr

ehen

sion

of

a se

lect

ion

and

to're

ad b

etw

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the

lines

.'

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t kin

d of

per

son

does

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live

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big

city

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Yor

k?

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the

caus

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at le

ad u

p to

the

effe

ct (

mai

n th

ough

t).

Dis

tingu

ish

be-

twee

n re

leva

nt a

nd ir

rele

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ails

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SKIL

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or b

y th

e te

ache

r.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Aft

er li

sten

ing

to s

tori

es,

answ

ers

such

que

stio

ns a

s:W

hy d

o yo

u th

ink

I re

ad th

is s

tory

?D

o yo

u th

ink

it w

as f

air

for

?

Wha

t did

the

boy

do?

Wha

t do

you

thin

k th

e bo

y sh

ould

hav

edo

ne?

Soci

al S

tudi

es: A

fter

rea

crtn

g ex

peri

ence

char

ts c

onne

cted

with

topi

c, W

orke

rs in

Our

Com

mun

ity, a

nsw

ers

such

que

stio

nsas

:W

hich

wor

ker

wou

ld y

ou w

ant t

o be

?W

hy?

Whi

ch jo

b co

uld

you

do b

est a

fter

read

ing

this

sto

ry?

Rec

ogni

zes

diff

eren

cebe

twee

n"t

hink

ing"

and

"kn

owin

g."

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Aft

er r

eadi

ng s

tory

abo

utan

air

plan

e, d

eter

min

es w

heth

er it

giv

esfa

ctua

l inf

orm

atio

n on

tran

spor

tatio

n.

Mat

hem

atic

s: S

how

s tw

o ca

ndy

bars

;as

ks f

or o

pini

on a

s to

cos

t of

bar.

Has

pupi

ls r

ead

cand

y w

rapp

er w

hich

giv

espr

ice.

Scie

nce:

Chi

ld te

lls w

hat h

e th

inks

are

the

eatin

g ha

bits

of

the

beav

er. R

eads

sim

ple

fact

ual m

ater

ial o

n th

e be

aver

. Com

pare

sw

hat h

e th

ough

t with

wha

t he

has

just

read

.

Eva

luat

es m

ater

ial r

ead

to d

istin

-gu

ish

betw

een

fact

and

opi

nion

and

toar

rive

at lo

gica

lco

nclu

sion

s.

Scie

nce:

Rec

ogni

zes

wor

ds th

at im

ply

opin

ion

as d

istin

guis

hed

from

fac

t, e.

g.,

It is

bel

ieve

d th

at m

an m

ay li

ve o

n th

em

oon

in y

ears

to c

ome.

(op

inio

n)vs

.M

an is

pra

ctic

ing

to s

urvi

ve in

spa

cew

ith th

e m

oon

as h

is f

utur

e de

stin

atio

n.(f

act)

Soci

al S

tudi

es: A

fter

rea

ding

abo

ut d

if-

fere

nt c

ultu

res

from

a v

arie

ty o

f so

urce

s,ev

alua

tes

the

valid

ity o

f in

form

atio

n an

dco

mes

to th

e co

nclu

sion

that

in m

any

re-

spec

ts p

eopl

e ar

e th

e sa

me

in th

ese

cul-

ture

s, e

.g.,

all h

ave

scho

ols

of o

ne ty

pe o

ran

othe

r w

hich

are

sim

ilar

in s

ome

resp

ects

(suc

h as

. ..)

and

dif

fere

nt in

oth

ers

(suc

has

...)

.

LE

VE

L E

LE

VE

L F

LE

VE

L G

LE

VE

L H

Dev

elop

s th

e ab

ility

to e

valu

ate

mat

eria

l cri

tical

ly f

or a

utho

r's p

oint

ofvi

ew,

purp

ose;

dist

ingu

ishe

sbe

twee

n th

e re

leva

nt a

nd th

e ir

rel-

evan

t.

Scie

nce:

Dis

cuss

es a

utho

r's p

urpo

se in

wri

ting

a bo

ok. I

s he

dis

tort

ing

the

fact

s in

ord

er to

ent

erta

in o

r ar

e th

esc

ient

ific

fac

ts c

orre

ct?

Mat

hem

atic

s:Se

lect

s re

leva

nt f

acts

in a

prob

lem

, e.g

. Joe

, who

is 8

yea

rs o

ld, h

itth

e ta

rget

13

times

. Saa

, who

is 1

2, h

it th

eta

rget

27

times

. How

man

y tim

es w

as th

eta

rget

hit?

Use

s cl

ue w

ords

to f

ind

sour

ces

of in

form

atio

n in

new

s re

port

s,ed

itori

als,

pam

phle

ts, e

tc.

Eva

luat

es s

ourc

es to

det

erm

ine

prob

-ab

le p

oint

of

view

.

Eva

luat

es s

ourc

es f

or v

alid

ity a

ndre

liabi

lity.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: R

eads

the

new

spap

ers

and

activ

ely

note

s th

e cl

ue w

ords

that

som

e-tim

es g

ive

an in

dica

tion

of s

ourc

es, o

rdi

ffer

entia

tes

betw

een

fact

and

opi

nion

.L

ooks

for

exp

ress

ions

suc

h as

:In

my

opin

ion

An

auth

orita

tive

sour

ce s

tate

sA

usu

ally

rel

iabl

e so

urce

sta

tes

The

Sta

te D

epar

tmen

t sta

tes

The

Uni

ted

Pres

s st

ates

Scie

nce:

Loo

ks f

or th

e so

urce

s of

sci

en-

tific

sta

tem

ents

in a

dver

tisin

g:Sc

ient

ific

test

s sh

ow th

at X

toot

hpas

te p

reve

nts

cavi

ties.

(B

utw

hich

test

s?)

Peop

le w

ho k

now

cof

fee

know

that

X b

rand

buy

s ra

re b

eans

.

Eva

luat

esso

urce

sto

dete

rmin

epr

obab

le p

oint

of

view

.

Soci

al S

tudi

es:

Bec

omes

aw

are

of a

ndev

alua

tes

effe

ct o

f sl

ant d

ue to

:pr

evai

ling

view

s of

tim

e pe

riod

in w

hich

the

sele

ctio

n w

as w

rit!

'npr

evai

ling

loca

l or

regi

onal

vie

ws

of th

ear

ea in

whi

ch th

e au

thor

live

dph

iloso

phic

al v

iew

s an

d co

nvic

tions

of

the

auth

or

Scie

nce:

Exa

min

es c

onfl

ictin

g st

atem

ents

on, f

or e

xam

ple,

flu

orid

atio

n an

d tr

ies

tode

term

ine

rela

tive

cons

iste

ncy

of id

eas

ofa

part

icul

ar s

ourc

e.

Wat

ches

for

uni

dent

ifie

d so

urce

san

d va

gue

gene

raliz

atio

ns.

Lan

guag

e A

rts

and

Soci

al S

tudi

es: L

earn

sto

rec

ogni

ze a

nd in

terp

ret s

tock

exp

res-

sion

s, s

uch

as "

The

y sa

y th

at."

or

"It's

know

n th

at ..

.", w

hich

fre

quen

tly s

igna

lop

inio

n ra

ther

than

fac

t.

Che

cks

to s

ee w

heth

er c

oncl

usio

ns o

r ge

n-er

aliz

atio

ns a

re s

uppo

rted

by

adeq

uate

evid

ence

.

Rec

ogni

zes

shor

tcom

ings

of

stat

emen

tsth

at c

anno

t be

veri

fied

.

Que

stio

ns g

ener

aliz

atio

ns, e

spec

ially

thos

eth

at a

re th

e re

sult

of f

aulty

logi

c.

Rec

ogni

zes

the

devi

ces

to s

lant

sta

te-

men

ts. (

See

Rec

ogni

zing

Pro

paga

nda

Tec

h-ni

ques

.)

Soci

al S

tudi

es: E

xam

ines

pas

sage

s E

som

new

spap

ers,

per

iodi

cals

, and

text

book

san

d an

alyz

es w

heth

er th

ey a

re s

tate

-m

ents

of

fact

or

opin

ion.

Dev

elop

s ob

ject

ive

crite

ria

for

judg

ing

whe

ther

a s

tate

men

t is

fact

or

opin

ion

ortr

ue o

r un

true

(un

prov

ed).

See

ks a

utho

ri-

tativ

e so

urce

s of

info

rmat

ion.

Scie

nce:

Con

duct

s ex

peri

men

ts a

nd a

naly

-ze

s to

sep

arat

e th

e fa

cts

from

mer

e ex

-pr

essi

ons.

Per

form

s tim

ed e

xper

imen

t in

orga

nizi

ng a

nd c

lass

ifyi

ng s

imila

r to

the

one

desc

ribe

d on

pag

e 47

of

Rea

ding

inth

e Su

bjec

t Are

as: G

rade

s 7,

8, 9

.

SKIL

LL

EV

EL

BL

EV

EL

CL

EV

EL

D

Cri

tical

Rea

ding

( c

ontin

ued)

2.U

sing

Log

ical

Rea

soni

ngto

Rec

ogni

ze S

ales

and

Prop

agan

da T

echn

ique

,

Beg

ins

to r

ecog

nize

"sa

les"

tech

-ni

ques

.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Lis

tens

to a

nd r

eads

TV

com

mer

cial

s; c

ompa

res

clai

ms

with

ac-

tual

item

whe

n re

ceiv

ed.

Hea

lth E

duca

tion:

Rec

ogni

zes

diff

eren

cebe

twee

n cl

aim

rea

d on

cer

eal b

ox a

ndac

tual

eff

ect o

f ce

real

.

Ext

ends

reco

gniti

onof

"sal

es"

tech

niqu

es to

oth

er r

eadi

ng m

a-te

rial

s.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Rea

ds a

dver

tisem

ent a

ndco

mpa

res

clai

ms

with

ow

n ex

peri

ence

,e.

g., B

oys

run

fast

er w

hen

they

wea

r. .

.sn

eake

rs.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: R

eads

adv

ertis

emen

t for

fam

iliar

map

gam

e. C

ompa

res

clai

med

prog

ress

in s

tudy

ski

lls w

ith a

ctua

l gai

nex

peri

ence

d.

LE

VE

L E

LE

VE

L F

LE

VE

L G

LE

VE

L H

Con

tinue

s to

be

aler

t to

the

"ban

d-w

agon

" ap

proa

ch.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Rea

ds tr

avel

fol

ders

and

ad s

ectio

n of

new

spap

er. A

naly

zes

such

stat

emen

ts a

s: I

f yo

u're

the

only

one

inyo

ur g

roup

who

has

n't b

een

to .

.. ,

you

mus

t pla

n to

go

now

. Eve

ry s

choo

l gir

lne

eds

a.

.. p

enfo

r be

tter

wri

ting.

Do

you

have

one

?

Soci

al S

tudi

es: R

eads

art

icle

s in

mag

a-zi

nes

and

new

spap

ers

whi

ch u

rge

or c

on-

done

spe

cifi

c be

havi

or, e

.g.,

exag

gera

ted

clai

ms

of in

jury

in a

n ac

cide

nt, o

n th

eba

sis

of "

com

mon

pra

ctic

e."

Scie

nce

and

Hea

lth: R

eads

dif

fere

nt p

oint

sof

vie

w o

n to

pics

suc

h as

air

pol

lutio

n,fl

uori

de in

dri

nkin

g w

ater

. Rec

ogni

zes

use

of s

uch

wor

ds a

s pe

ople

bel

ieve

, eve

ryon

ekn

ows

to s

uppo

rt o

ppos

ite p

oint

s of

view

.

Is a

ble

to r

ecog

nize

sla

nt, b

ias,

and

prop

agan

da.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: R

ecog

nize

s th

e us

e of

the

polit

ical

slo

gan

"Van

, Van

is a

use

d up

man

.""D

FVa

tired

old

man

."

Rec

ogni

zes

the

use

of p

atri

otic

slo

gans

"Rem

embe

r th

e A

lam

o."

Hea

lth E

duca

tion:

Rec

ogni

zes

card

sta

ck-

ing:

Bru

shle

ss to

othp

aste

tast

es b

ette

r an

d re

-su

lts in

few

er c

aviti

es. (

Tas

tes

bette

r th

an.

.. .

wha

t?)

Res

ults

in f

ewer

cav

ities

. (T

han

wha

t?)

Rec

ogni

zes

slan

ting

and

load

edw

ords

.

Soci

al S

tudi

esC

urre

nt E

vent

s: C

olle

cts

and

exam

ines

edi

tori

als

on th

e sa

me

topi

cfr

om p

ublic

atio

ns o

f op

posi

ng v

iew

s.

Com

pare

s th

e pr

o an

d co

n le

tters

re-

ceiv

ed b

y ne

wsp

aper

s an

d m

agaz

ines

on

curr

ent i

ssue

s an

d ha

ppen

ings

.

Com

pare

s hi

s ow

n im

pres

sion

s of

an

even

t with

a s

ubse

quen

t new

spap

er a

c-co

unt o

f it.

Det

ects

sla

nt in

man

y fo

rms

of c

om-

mun

icat

ion:

In R

epor

ting:

quot

atio

ns g

iven

out

of

cont

ext

fact

s si

fted

and

onl

y th

ose

whi

chsu

ppor

t a p

artic

ular

vie

w a

re u

sed

mis

lead

ing

head

lines

col

or a

sub

sequ

ent

stor

yun

veri

fied

sta

tem

ents

mad

e w

ith th

ose

that

are

ver

ifie

d

In E

dito

rial

s:in

valid

use

of

stat

istic

s, s

tudi

es, p

olls

unw

arra

nted

aut

hori

ty in

vest

ed in

sour

ces

(It m

ust b

e tr

ue; i

t's in

the

Con

gres

sion

al R

ecor

d)es

tabl

ishi

ng g

uilt

by a

ssoc

iatio

n or

innu

endo

Scie

nce:

Mak

esju

dgm

ents

such

as"a

tom

ic te

stin

g ha

s ha

d lit

tle o

r no

eff

ect

on th

e w

eath

er."

Who

is b

est q

ualif

ied

to m

ake

this

judg

-m

ent?

You

, or

a.a

dire

ctor

of

the

wea

ther

bur

eau

b.pr

esid

ent o

f a

bird

wat

cher

clu

bc.

prof

esso

r of

Am

eric

an g

over

nmen

t?

Exp

ands

and

ref

ines

the

abili

ty to

reco

gniz

e sl

antin

g an

d us

e of

load

-ed

wor

ds; w

eigh

s ev

iden

cepr

e-se

nted

.

Lan

guag

e A

rts

and

Soci

al S

tudi

es: R

ecog

-ni

zes,

iden

tifie

s, a

nd c

olle

cts

mul

tiple

ex-

ampl

es o

f pr

opag

anda

of

the

follo

win

gty

pes:

nam

e ca

lling

:"w

ell-

mea

ning

inco

mpe

-te

nt";

"do

-goo

der"

glitt

erin

g ge

nera

lity:

"O

urs

is th

e pa

rty

of th

e pe

ople

."un

supp

orte

d st

atem

ent:

"It i

s w

ell k

now

nth

at ..

.." "

Scie

ntis

ts a

gree

...."

test

imon

ial:

"Geo

rge

Was

hing

ton

slep

the

re."

plai

n fo

lks:

"I'm

one

of

you

folk

s, b

orn

and

rais

ed in

thes

e m

ount

ains

."th

e bi

g lie

: Nor

th K

orea

, whi

le in

vadi

ngSo

uth

Kor

ea, s

ays,

"So

uth

Kor

ea is

atta

ckin

g us

."in

com

plet

e tr

uth:

"T

he r

evie

w s

aid

that

it's

deva

stat

ing.

"(C

ompl

ete

trut

h:"d

evas

tatin

g in

its

dulln

ess"

)un

veri

fied

sta

tem

ent:

"Nin

e :n

it of

ten

teen

ager

s ex

pres

s ap

prov

al."

faul

ty in

terp

reta

tion:

"Is

n't i

t app

allin

gth

at h

alf

the

stud

ents

in th

e U

nite

dSt

ates

are

bel

nw a

vera

ge o

n st

anda

rd-

ized

rea

ding

test

s?"

(By

defi

nitio

n, th

em

edia

n is

the

poin

t at w

hich

hal

f ar

eab

ove

and

half

are

bel

ow.)

37

SKIL

LL

EV

EL

BL

EV

EL

CL

EV

EL

D

Ill.

DE

VE

LO

PIN

G W

OR

K-S

TU

DY

SK

ILL

S

A. F

ollo

win

g D

irec

tions

Follo

ws

oral

dire

ctio

ns g

iven

inun

inte

rrup

ted

sequ

ence

;fo

llow

ssi

mpl

e di

rect

ions

inde

pend

ently

.

Gai

ns in

depe

nden

ce in

fol

low

ing

sim

ple

prin

ted

dire

ctio

ns in

pra

c-tic

e m

ater

ials

.

Art

: Fol

low

s di

rect

ions

on

char

t, e.

g.,

Mat

hem

atic

s: U

ses

dire

ctio

ns in

ord

er to

Mak

ing

Lea

f Pi

ctur

es1.

Col

lect

leav

es.

2. P

aste

leav

es o

n pa

per.

3. A

dd li

nes

in c

rayo

n.4.

Wri

te a

title

.

Scie

nce:

Fol

low

s or

al d

irec

tions

and

/or

expe

rien

ce c

hart

s in

not

ing

effe

cts

ofex

trem

e co

ld o

n w

ater

.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Rea

ds d

irec

tions

to c

om-

plet

e ac

tiviti

es s

uch

as: D

raw

a b

ox. P

uta

ball

on it

. Col

or th

e ba

ll gr

een.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: R

eads

dir

ectio

ns o

n ch

art

of C

lass

room

Hel

pers

in o

rder

to c

arry

out a

task

.

carr

y ou

t pro

cess

req

uire

d,e.

g.,

add,

subt

ract

, fin

d th

e ne

xt n

umbe

r.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Rea

ds a

nd f

ollo

ws

dire

c-tio

ns c

onne

cted

with

inde

pend

ent a

ctiv

i-tie

s in

wor

kboo

ks, e

.g.,

draw

a li

ne f

rom

to; d

raw

a c

ircl

e ar

ound

; etc

.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: R

eads

and

fol

low

s di

fec-

tions

in o

rder

to ta

ke a

trip

by

subw

ay to

a N

ew Y

ork

City

poi

nt o

f in

tere

st.

Dev

elop

s th

e ab

ility

to o

bser

ve a

spec

ific

pat

tern

in f

ollo

win

g di

rec-

tions

; rea

ds e

ntir

e pr

oble

m f

or g

en-

eral

idea

, rer

eads

to n

ote

spec

ific

step

s to

be

take

n, c

arri

es o

ut s

teps

,re

ads

prob

lem

aga

in to

insu

re a

llst

eps

wer

e fu

lly c

arri

ed o

ut.

Mat

hem

atic

s: A

pplie

s ab

ove

skill

to e

x-er

cise

req

uiri

ng p

robl

em s

olvi

ng r

athe

rth

an s

impl

e co

mpu

tatio

n.

Scie

nce:

Fol

low

s ab

ove

step

s in

car

ryin

gou

t or

prep

arin

g an

exp

erim

ent,

e.g.

,H

ow to

Mak

e B

ottle

Whi

stle

s.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: O

bser

ves

abov

e st

eps

inco

nstr

uctin

g m

aps

or e

xhib

its in

con

nec-

tion

with

cul

min

atin

g ac

tivity

for

Cul

-tu

res

Aro

und

the

Wor

ld.

LE

VE

L E

Ext

ends

the

abili

ty to

fol

low

in-

depe

nden

tly p

reci

se, w

ritte

n di

rec-

tions

.

Scie

nce:

Wor

ks o

n in

depe

nden

t pro

ject

san

d ex

peri

men

ts, e

.g.,

prep

arin

g te

mpe

ra-

ture

cha

rt.

Mat

hem

atic

s: W

orks

out

pro

blem

s in

volv

-in

g m

ore

than

one

pro

cess

, e.g

., T

om a

ndC

arlo

s ar

e co

llect

ing

bottl

e ca

ps. O

n th

efi

rst d

ay th

ey e

acn

colle

ct 5

. On

the

seco

nd d

ay, T

om g

ets

2 an

d C

arlo

s ge

tstw

ice

as m

any.

How

man

y ca

ps d

o th

eyha

ve?

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Rea

ds a

nd c

ompl

etes

teac

her-

cons

truc

ted

puzz

les

and

fmds

the

corr

ect s

olut

ion.

Fills

out

for

ms

such

as

head

ing

in s

tand

-ar

dize

d te

st f

orm

, ope

ning

a b

ank

acco

unt,

etc.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: F

ollo

ws

wri

ting

dire

ctio

nsfo

r co

nstr

uctin

g a

time

line,

e.g

., M

anW

ho M

ade

Am

eric

a G

row

.

EV

EL

FL

EV

EL

GL

EV

EL

H

Mas

ters

the

art o

f fo

llow

ing

dire

c-tio

ns b

y re

fmin

g th

e us

e of

a g

uide

,su

ch a

s th

e fo

llow

ing:

Rea

d th

e tit

le.

Rea

d al

l the

dir

ectio

ns.

Cir

cle

the

key

wor

ds a

nd s

peci

fic

step

s.Fo

llow

ste

p by

ste

p.R

erea

d di

rect

ions

and

che

ck f

orac

cura

cy.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: F

ills

in q

uest

ionn

aire

for

mfo

r cl

assm

ate'

s su

rvey

of

opin

ion,

fol

low

-in

g pr

inte

d di

rect

ions

.

Scie

nce:

Rea

ds e

ntir

e se

lect

ion

prep

ara-

tory

to p

erfo

rmin

g an

exp

erim

ent.

Enc

ir-

cles

key

wor

ds a

nd p

hras

es; g

athe

rs n

ec-

essa

ry m

ater

ials

; det

erm

ines

exa

ct s

e-qu

ence

of

step

s, n

umbe

ring

it in

text

, and

then

doe

s ex

peri

men

t. Fi

nally

che

cks

re-

sults

aga

inst

sta

ted

aim

s or

pur

pose

.

Follo

ws

com

plex

dir

ectio

ns:

Rea

d th

e tit

le.

Rea

d al

l the

dir

ectio

ns a

nd d

ia-

gram

s ca

refu

lly f

or th

e ov

eral

lpi

ctur

e.L

ook

up u

nkno

wn

wor

ds.

Follo

w th

e st

eps

one

by o

ne a

ndre

late

eac

h st

ep to

the

fina

lgo

al.

Che

ck.

Indu

stri

al A

rts:

Fol

low

s di

rect

ions

for

mak

ing

a m

odel

whe

re h

e ne

eds

to g

ofr

om d

iagr

am to

pri

nted

dir

ectio

ns a

ndvi

ce v

ersa

fre

quen

tly f

or m

ore

expl

icit

info

rmat

ion

and

as a

che

ck a

gain

st h

im-

self

thro

ugho

ut.

Gui

danc

e: F

ollo

ws

dire

ctio

ns f

or f

illin

gou

t an

appl

icat

ion

for

a po

sitio

n; f

ollo

ws

dire

ctio

ns f

or w

ritin

g a

lette

r re

ques

ting

a le

tter

of r

ecom

men

datio

n.

Ext

ends

the

abili

ty to

fol

low

dir

ec-

tions

to s

ituat

ions

that

ref

lect

Lea

lne

eds

in th

e ou

tsid

e w

orld

.

Voc

atio

nal a

nd C

aree

r G

uida

nce:

Prep

ares

com

plic

ated

app

licat

ions

and

form

s (f

or c

olle

ge a

dmis

sion

and

em

ploy

-m

ent)

in w

hich

he

aim

s fo

r co

mpl

ete

accu

racy

and

rel

evan

ce o

f in

form

atio

n.

Mat

hem

atic

s: A

pplie

s kn

owle

dge

of th

eo-

rem

s an

d po

stul

ates

to g

iven

dat

a fo

r th

epu

rpos

e of

wor

king

out

alte

rnat

e so

lu-

tions

to a

pro

blem

.

Scie

nce:

Fol

low

s di

rect

ions

for

mak

ing

a ho

me

com

pass

with

the

use

of w

rist

wat

ch a

nd a

nsw

ers

prac

tical

que

stio

ns r

e-ga

rdin

g co

mpa

ss d

irec

tions

acc

urat

ely.

39

SKIL

LL

EV

EL

BL

EV

EL

CL

EV

EL

D

B. L

ocat

ing

Info

rmat

ion

Not

e:In

this

bul

letin

loca

ting

info

rmat

ion

is c

onfm

ed to

info

r-m

atio

n in

pri

nted

mat

eria

ls. T

hete

ache

r sh

ould

be

awar

e of

and

use

othe

r so

urce

s, s

uch

as a

udio

-vi

sual

, fir

stha

nd e

xper

ienc

es, e

tc.

Bec

omes

aw

are

of v

ario

us s

ourc

esof

info

rmat

ion;

und

erst

ands

the

use

of th

e ta

ble

of c

onte

nts;

use

s al

pha-

betic

al s

eque

nce

in lo

catin

g in

for-

mat

ion.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Use

s kn

owle

dge

of a

lpha

-be

tical

seq

uenc

e an

d re

latio

nshi

p be

twee

nca

pita

l and

sm

all l

ette

rs to

loca

te w

ords

in p

ictu

re d

ictio

nary

, e.g

., M

othe

r, c

arry

,ho

t, C

hris

tmas

, etc

.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: D

evel

ops

expe

rien

ce c

hart

with

teac

her.

How

We

Will

Fin

d O

utW

e w

ill a

sk o

ur p

aren

ts.

We

will

look

1-b

r pi

ctur

es.

We

will

look

for

boo

ks.

We

will

wat

ch T

V.

Scie

nce:

Use

s ta

ble

of c

onte

nts

unde

rte

ache

r di

rect

ion

to lo

cate

spe

cifi

c tit

lean

d pa

ge o

n w

hich

a s

tory

sta

rts,

e.g

.,"A

Win

dy D

ay."

Gen

eral

: Bec

omes

aw

are

of v

ario

us ty

pes

of b

ooks

, i.e

., re

ader

s, s

cien

ce b

ooks

, pic

-tu

re d

ictio

nari

es, c

onte

nt a

rea

pict

ure

b oo

ks.

Mas

ters

cor

rect

seq

uenc

e of

the

alph

abet

and

alp

habe

tical

ord

er b

yse

cond

lette

r; b

egin

s to

use

libr

ary

as a

sou

rce

of in

form

atio

n; u

ses

tabl

e of

con

tent

s in

depe

nden

tly.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Use

s sp

ellin

g lis

t and

pict

ure

dict

iona

ry a

s a

refe

renc

e fo

r th

eco

rrec

t spe

lling

of

wor

ds; a

rran

ges

wor

dsin

alp

habe

tical

ord

er b

y th

e fi

rst t

wo

lette

rs.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: U

ses

tabl

e of

con

tent

sin

depe

nden

tly to

loca

te s

tori

es, p

ages

on

Wor

kers

in O

ur C

ity.

Scie

nce:

Bri

ngs

to c

lass

boo

ks f

rom

the

loca

l lib

rary

con

nect

ed w

ith th

e to

pic.

Tim

my

and

the

Tin

-Can

Tel

epho

neSo

unds

Al I

Aro

und

Tru

e B

ook

of S

ound

s W

e H

ear

Bec

omes

aw

are

that

info

rmat

ion

may

be

foun

d in

man

y ty

pes

ofpr

inte

d m

ater

ials

; beg

ins

to d

evel

opsk

ill in

dec

idin

g w

hich

ref

eren

ce to

use

to f

ind

spec

ific

info

rmat

ion;

ex-

tend

s di

ctio

nary

ski

lls.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Use

s kn

owle

dge

of a

lpha

-be

tical

seq

uenc

e to

det

erm

ine

the

righ

tse

ctio

n of

the

dict

iona

ry f

or lo

catin

gw

ords

; beg

ins

to u

se th

e di

ctio

nary

for

ref

-er

ence

and

is a

war

e th

at o

ne w

ord

may

have

sev

eral

mea

ning

s, e

.g.,

note

to s

ee,

nota

tion

on th

e st

aff,

sho

rt le

tter.

Scie

nce:

Use

s th

e gu

ide

wor

ds a

t the

top

of th

e pa

ge in

dic

tiona

ry to

fin

d a

spec

ific

wor

d re

late

d to

the

topi

c un

der

stud

y.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: E

valu

ates

var

ious

sou

rces

read

er, t

rade

boo

k, te

xtbo

ok, d

ictio

nary

as s

ourc

es o

f in

form

atio

n on

topi

c un

der

stud

y.

LE

VE

L E

LE

VE

L F

LE

VE

L G

LE

VE

L H

Und

erst

ands

the

plac

e of

and

the

use

of ta

ble

of c

onte

nts,

inde

x,an

d gl

ossa

ry in

var

ious

type

s of

book

s; e

xten

ds k

now

ledg

e an

d us

eof

the

dict

iona

ry; s

how

s lim

ited

use

of e

ncyc

lope

dia;

bec

omes

aw

are

ofth

e fu

nctio

n of

cha

pter

and

par

a-gr

aph

head

ings

in b

ooks

; ext

ends

the

abili

ty to

ski

m.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: G

oes

to o

ther

sou

rct.s

for

info

rmat

ion

abou

t top

icra

dio,

tele

visi

on,

adve

rtis

emen

ts, s

peci

al r

esou

rce

pers

onne

l;un

ders

tand

s th

e di

ffer

ence

bet

wee

n a

tabl

e of

con

tent

s an

d an

inde

x in

loca

ting

info

rmat

ion.

Scie

nce:

Use

s th

e al

phab

etic

al g

uide

lette

rsan

d in

dex

in lo

catin

g a

topi

c in

the

ency

clop

edia

; use

s ch

apte

r an

d pa

ragr

aph

head

ings

whe

n lo

okin

g fo

r in

form

atio

n on

elec

tric

ity.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Use

s th

e di

ctio

nary

for

pron

unci

atio

n as

wel

l as

mea

ning

of

un-

know

n w

ord;

ski

ms

text

s to

fin

d ch

arac

-te

r cl

ues,

fav

orite

pas

sage

s.

Inte

rpre

ts r

esea

rch

ques

tions

eff

ec-

tivel

y an

d se

lect

s ke

y w

ords

to a

idin

loca

tion

of m

ater

ials

.R

ephr

ases

que

stio

ns to

sha

rpen

the

dire

ctio

n to

res

earc

h.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: D

urin

g a

"stu

dy in

dep

th"

of p

rodu

cts

of o

ur n

atio

n th

e qu

estio

nm

ay a

rise

: In

wha

t sta

tes

are

the

mos

tor

ange

s an

d pe

ache

s gr

own?

The

stu

-de

nt p

foce

eds

from

: ora

nges

and

pea

ches

to f

ruit

to U

nite

d St

ates

, fru

it pr

oduc

tion

to li

sts

of f

ruits

by

stat

es.

Scie

nce:

Res

earc

h to

pic:

Wha

t eff

ect h

ave

the

was

te m

ater

ials

fro

m o

ur m

anuf

actu

r-in

g pl

ants

had

on

our

rive

rs a

s so

urce

s of

drin

king

wat

er?

The

stu

dent

rep

hras

es th

e qu

estio

n in

his

min

d an

d th

inks

of

wat

er p

ollu

tion

orco

nser

vatio

n of

wat

er. H

e al

so c

onsi

ders

such

topi

cs a

s th

e in

dust

rial

gro

wth

nea

rri

vers

, etc

.

Loc

ates

app

ropr

iate

sour

ces;

ap-

prai

ses

usef

ulne

ss. U

tiliz

es g

ener

also

urce

s to

obt

ain

a br

oad

pict

ure

befo

re g

oing

to s

peci

fics

.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: R

esea

rch

topi

c: H

ow a

reth

e ne

w c

ount

ries

of

Afr

ica

deve

lopi

ngth

eir

natu

ral r

esou

rces

? Fi

rst s

ourc

e m

ight

be th

e A

lman

ac to

get

the

date

s of

inde

-pe

nden

ce a

nd to

fm

d ou

t whi

ch a

re th

e"n

ew"

coun

trie

s. T

he s

tude

nt th

en c

on-

sults

eac

h co

untr

y's

listin

g in

an

ency

clo-

pedi

a to

fin

d ou

t abo

ut it

s re

sour

ces.

Scie

nce:

Gen

eral

res

earc

h to

pic:

Wha

tty

pes

of c

limat

e ar

e fo

und

on o

ur e

arth

?So

urce

s: g

loss

ary

of a

text

book

; map

show

ing

clim

atic

con

ditio

ns o

n th

e ea

rth

as r

elat

ed to

latit

ude;

sci

ence

enc

yclo

-pe

dia

or g

eoga

phy

text

for

a d

etai

led

desc

ript

ion

of v

ario

us ty

pes

of c

limat

e.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

App

lies

crite

ria

such

as

the

follo

win

g in

judg

ing

dict

iona

ries

:1.

Are

the

defi

nitio

ns o

f w

ords

cle

arin

them

selv

es w

ithou

t ref

eren

ce to

othe

r de

fini

tions

?2.

Is

the

pron

unci

atio

n ke

y re

adily

unde

rsta

ndab

le?

3. H

ow u

p-to

-dat

e is

the

info

rmat

ion

in th

e bo

ok?

4. T

o w

hat e

xten

t is

its c

over

age

com

-pl

ete

or a

dequ

ate?

All

curr

icul

um a

reas

: Use

s th

e co

pyri

ght

date

and

the

late

st p

ublis

hing

dat

e w

here

mat

eria

l mus

t be

up-t

o-da

te o

r m

ust b

e of

a pe

riod

.In

terp

rets

gra

phic

mat

eria

l and

inte

grat

esit

in h

is r

epor

ts a

nd p

aper

s.U

ses

part

s of

a b

ook

for

a qu

ick

over

view

or a

det

aile

d in

vest

igat

ion.

Ref

mes

and

ext

ends

res

earc

h te

ch-

niqu

es; a

ppra

ises

sou

rces

.

Soci

al S

tudi

es, S

cien

ce, I

ndus

tria

l Art

s:U

ses

a va

riet

y of

text

book

s to

bec

ome

fam

iliar

with

the

loca

tion

and

func

tion

of e

ach

of th

e fo

llow

ing:

title

pag

e, c

opyr

ight

pag

e, ta

ble

of c

on-

tent

s, in

dex,

glo

ssar

y, a

ppen

dix,

fro

ntis

-pi

ece,

jack

et, l

ist o

f m

aps.

Car

ries

out

spe

cifi

c as

sign

men

ts in

volv

ing

use

of li

brar

y ex

hibi

ts, m

icro

film

s, r

ecor

d-in

gs, p

ictu

rQ f

ile, a

nd v

ertic

al f

ile.

Lea

rns

the

impo

rtan

ce a

nd s

peci

fic

uses

of f

ootn

otes

.

Und

erst

ands

the

func

tion

of a

bib

liog-

raph

y an

d ac

quir

es r

espe

ct f

or s

chol

ar-

ship

of

the

auth

or.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Bec

omes

fam

iliar

with

the

cont

ents

and

arr

ange

men

t of

the

un-

abri

dged

dic

tiona

ry. U

ses

the

thes

auru

san

d di

ctio

nary

of

syno

nym

s an

d an

to-

nym

s. P

erfo

rms

assi

gnm

ents

that

giv

ehi

m k

now

ledg

e of

the

cont

ents

and

fun

c-tio

ns o

f w

orks

suc

h as

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wer

's D

ictio

n-(a

y of

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ase

and

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e, B

enet

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heR

eade

r's E

ncyc

lope

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tlett'

s Fa

mil-

iar

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tatio

ns, G

rang

er's

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ex to

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rty

and

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itatio

ns.

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omes

aw

are

of th

e ex

iste

nce

of o

ther

spec

ializ

ed r

efer

ence

boo

ks a

nd th

eir

uses

: Who

's W

ho, W

ho's

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in A

mer

ica,

Dic

tiona

ry o

f A

mer

ican

Bio

grap

hy, I

nfor

-m

atio

n Pl

ease

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the

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sel

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seve

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the

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that

bes

tan

swer

s th

e qu

estio

n po

sed;

rec

alls

mai

n in

cide

nts

in m

ater

ial r

ead.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

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er r

eadi

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sto

ry, s

e-le

cts

the

resp

onse

in te

ache

r-pr

epar

ed o

rw

orkb

ook

mat

eria

l tha

t bes

t ans

wer

s th

equ

estio

n.

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nce:

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alls

mai

n in

cide

nts

in e

xper

-ie

nce

char

t dev

elop

ed, f

ollo

win

g an

act

ual

expe

rien

ce, s

uch

as a

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d w

alk.

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ins

co d

evel

op th

e ab

ility

to li

s-te

n to

a s

peak

er a

nd to

rec

all f

acts

give

n; e

valu

ates

sev

eral

res

pons

esan

d se

lect

s th

e m

ost s

uita

ble.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: L

iste

ns to

spe

aker

s re

pre-

sent

ing

vari

ous

ethn

ic g

roup

speo

ple

inN

ew Y

ork

City

; rec

alls

mat

eria

l pre

sent

ed,Z

o w

rite

an

expe

rien

ce s

tory

with

the

tea-

cher

.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Aft

er r

eadi

ng a

sel

ectio

n,se

lect

s th

e be

st r

espo

nse

to c

ompl

ete

ast

atem

ent,

e.g.

,L

ittle

Bea

r ra

n in

to th

e ca

ve to

hide

fro

m th

e hu

nter

.ta

ke h

is w

inte

r na

p.lo

ok f

or h

oney

.

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elop

s th

e ab

ility

to r

ead

for

info

rmat

ion

in c

onte

nt a

rea

text

-an

d tr

ade

book

s; s

how

s ab

ility

tore

tain

and

rec

all w

hat h

as b

een

read

; dev

elop

s th

,.. a

bilit

y to

gar

ner

fact

s fr

om s

hort

talk

s or

fro

m a

nin

form

ativ

e se

lect

ion

read

by

the

teac

her.

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al S

tudi

es: L

iste

ns to

res

ourc

e pe

r-so

n de

scri

be li

fe o

n a

kibb

utz

in I

srae

l; re

-la

tes

this

mat

eria

l to

mat

eria

l rea

d in

so-

cial

stu

dies

text

.

Mat

hem

atic

s: R

eads

pro

blem

, sel

ects

, and

eval

uate

s fa

cts

in th

e lig

ht o

f th

e qu

estio

nas

ked.

Scie

nce:

Fol

low

s ta

lk b

y ol

der

child

at

Scie

nce

Fair

,rec

alls

fac

ts a

nd in

form

atio

nup

on r

epor

ting

to c

lass

.

LE

VE

L E

Con

tinue

s to

dev

elop

the

abili

tyto

liste

n to

a s

peak

er w

ith s

usta

ined

atte

ntio

n; r

ecal

ls p

ertin

ent f

acts

, re-

stat

es th

m c

lear

ly; o

rgan

izes

fac

tsga

ther

ed f

rom

mor

e th

an o

neso

urce

.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Lis

tens

to ta

lk b

y sc

hool

libra

rian

on

the

use

of th

e lib

rary

as a

sour

ce o

f re

sear

ch m

ater

ial,

reca

lls th

efa

cts,

and

res

tate

s th

em in

the

form

of a

char

t "G

uide

to M

ater

ial i

n th

e L

ibra

ry."

Soci

al S

tudi

es: U

ses

vari

ous

sour

ces

tolo

cate

info

rmat

ion

on R

ober

t Ful

ton

biog

raph

ical

ske

tche

s, e

ncyc

lope

dia,

text

s,an

d tr

ade

book

s; o

rgan

izes

:act

s in

toa

repo

rt to

be

pres

ente

d or

ally

or

in w

ritin

g.

Scie

nce:

Ref

ers

to v

ario

us m

ater

ials

new

spap

ers,

per

iodi

cals

, tex

ts to

sup

port

info

rmat

ion

on th

e ap

pear

ance

, siz

e, a

ndap

pare

nt m

ovem

ent o

f th

e m

oon.

LE

VE

L F

LE

VE

L G

LE

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L I

f

App

rais

es s

ourc

es f

or p

roba

ble

re-

liabi

lity.

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curr

icul

um a

reas

:

Cho

oses

fro

m a

com

pila

tion

of in

form

a-tio

n th

e fa

cts

pert

inen

t to

his

repo

rt, t

ohi

s po

int o

f vi

ew in

a d

iscu

ssio

nor

a d

e-ba

te, o

r to

mak

ing

soun

d ju

dgm

ent.

Inte

grat

es k

now

ledg

e ga

ined

fro

mm

any

sour

ces

into

wel

l-or

gani

zed,

cle

ar, a

ccu-

rate

and

con

cise

talk

s or

pap

ers.

Beg

ins

to d

evel

op m

ore

orga

nize

dm

etho

ds f

or r

ecal

ling

info

rmat

ion

read

.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: I

n re

view

ing

a ch

apte

rre

ad in

pre

para

tion

for

an e

xam

inat

ion,

uses

a s

tudy

for

mul

a su

ch a

s SQ

3R, e

.g.,

Ssu

rvey

s th

e ch

apte

r tit

le, t

opic

and

subt

opic

hea

ding

s to

pic

k up

the

mai

n id

eas

of th

e ch

apte

rQ

turn

s ea

ch to

pic

into

a q

uest

ion

to g

ive

dire

ctio

n to

his

rea

ding

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pidl

y re

ads

the

mat

eria

l to

an-

swer

que

stio

ns a

nd f

ill in

info

r-m

atio

nR

reci

tes

or r

ecal

ls th

e an

swer

s to

ques

tions

pre

viou

sly

pose

d or

toqu

estio

ns a

t the

end

of

the

chap

ter

Rre

view

s th

e m

ater

ial b

y co

nstr

uct-

ing

an o

utlin

e fo

r fu

rthe

r st

udy

or b

y w

ritin

g a

sum

mar

y.

Ref

ines

org

aniz

atio

nal m

etho

ds f

orre

calli

ng in

form

atio

n.

Mas

ters

abili

tyto

stud

yef

fect

ivel

yth

roug

h us

e of

SQ

3R o

r so

me

pers

onal

lyde

velo

ped

met

hod.

Dev

elop

s a

syst

em f

or m

emor

izin

g bl

ocks

of in

form

atio

n th

roug

h co

ncur

rent

not

e-ta

king

or

inte

rlin

ear

com

men

ts.

Tak

es p

art i

n di

scus

sion

gro

ups

form

edfo

r th

e pu

rpos

e of

rev

iew

ing

mat

eria

lsre

ad to

pre

pare

for

a te

st o

r re

port

to th

ecl

ass

or la

rger

gro

up.

App

rais

es v

alid

ity o

f so

urce

ma-

teri

als

Lan

guag

e A

rts

and

Soci

al S

tudi

es:

Wor

ks o

ut a

nd a

pplie

s in

res

earc

h pr

oj-

ects

cri

teri

a fo

r ev

alua

tion

sim

ilar

to th

efo

llow

ing:

Doe

s th

e au

thor

mai

ntai

nan

obj

ectiv

eto

ne th

roug

hout

?W

hat e

vide

nce

is th

ere

that

the

auth

oris

sch

olar

ly a

nd k

now

s in

timat

ely

wha

the

is w

ritin

g ab

out?

To

wha

t ext

ent d

oes

the

wri

ter

avoi

dth

e us

e of

sla

nted

or

emot

iona

llych

arge

d w

ords

?Is

the

orga

niza

tion

logi

cal a

nd c

lear

lyde

velo

ped?

Are

the

conc

lusi

ons

draw

n by

the

wri

ter

rela

ted

logi

cally

to th

e fa

cts

and

supp

ortin

g de

tails

pre

sent

ed?

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D. O

rgan

izin

g In

form

atio

n

Beg

ins

to u

se w

ord

clas

sifi

catio

ns.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Cla

ssif

ies

wor

ds a

sH

appy

Wor

dsSa

d W

ords

Scie

nce:

Con

stru

cts

char

ts b

ased

on a

ctu-

al e

xper

ienc

es, e

.g.,

Will

a M

agne

t Pic

k U

pY

esN

oa

penc

il?a

nail?

a cr

ayon

?a

pin?

Org

aniz

es m

ater

ials

in s

impl

e ch

art

or s

tory

for

m.

Soci

al S

tudi

es:

Coo

pera

tivel

y de

velo

psch

art f

ollo

win

g w

ork

on to

pic.

Fun

in N

ew Y

ork

1. 2. 3. 4.

Scie

nce:

Aft

er a

ctua

l exp

erie

nce

and

ref-

eren

ce to

text

s an

d pi

ctur

es, w

rite

s ex

-pe

rien

ce c

hart

.

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ting

a L

emon

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dC

aryl

bro

ught

som

e le

mon

see

ds to

scho

ol. W

e w

ashe

d th

e ju

ice

off

them

.W

e pu

t fou

r in

a p

ot w

ith s

ome

soil

init.

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our

lem

on p

lant

now

.

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ares

mat

eria

l acc

ordi

ng to

pre

-de

term

ined

for

mat

; dev

elop

s un

der-

stan

ding

of

outli

ne te

chni

que.

Scie

nce:

Fol

low

s fo

rmat

in p

rese

ntin

gsc

ienc

e ex

peri

men

t.

Feel

ing

Soun

d V

ibra

tions

Wha

t I w

ant t

o fi

nd o

ut:

Wha

t I n

eed:

Wha

t I d

id:

Wha

t I d

isco

vere

d:

LE

VE

L E

LE

VE

L F

LE

VE

L G

LE

VE

L H

Wri

tes

sim

ple

sum

mar

y of

fac

ts.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: F

ollo

ws

sim

ple

outli

nefo

rm in

sum

mar

izin

g fa

cts,

e.g

., Pe

ople

Who

Dev

elop

ed M

odem

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ence

and

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stry

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nspo

rtat

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ght B

roth

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dber

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e Fo

rest

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stry

and

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ance

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ller

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nnin

i

Dev

elop

s sk

ill in

sel

ectin

g si

gnif

i-ca

nt f

acts

whe

n pr

epar

ing

a su

m-

mar

y of

som

ethi

ng th

at h

e ha

s re

ad.

Lis

ts m

ain

and

subo

rdin

ate

idea

s in

app

ro-

pria

te s

eque

nce

and

rela

tions

hip.

Use

s m

ain

thou

ghts

and

maj

or d

etai

lsto

for

m a

sim

ple

sent

ence

out

line,

a to

pic

outli

ne.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Mak

es a

topi

c ou

tline

from

not

es ta

ken

on a

vis

it to

the

mu-

seum

.Dec

ides

on

mai

n to

pics

acc

ordi

ng to

purp

ose

of v

isit,

e.g

.,I.

The

hab

itat o

f w

ildlif

eA

.B

.C

.II

. Typ

es o

f tr

ees

A.

B.

C.

Scie

nce:

Rea

ds a

bout

the

Cur

ies

and

lists

the

mai

n ev

ents

whi

ch le

d up

to th

e di

s-co

very

of

radi

um. N

otes

the

rela

tions

hip

betw

een

thei

r w

ork

and

that

of

othe

rsc

ient

ists

and

mat

hem

atic

ians

of

thei

rda

y.

Org

aniz

es id

eas

in a

pat

tern

whi

chis

app

ropr

iate

and

spe

cifi

c to

the

use

for

whi

ch th

ey a

re in

tend

ed.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Lis

ts s

tory

book

cha

rac-

ters

acc

ordi

ng to

thei

r ou

tsta

ndin

g ch

ar-

acte

rist

ics:

sol

dier

s, te

enag

ers,

boy

s.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: G

roup

s pr

oduc

ts b

y ar

eas

from

whi

ch th

ey c

ome,

by

the

area

tow

hich

they

are

sen

t, m

atch

ed w

ith th

eir

com

plem

ent f

or e

xcha

nge.

Scie

nce:

Gro

ups

food

s by

the

nutr

ient

sco

ntai

ned,

by

the

rela

tive

cost

, by

ease

of

prep

arat

ion,

for

use

a ba

lanc

ed d

iet.

Dev

elop

s th

eab

ility

to o

utlin

e pa

ra-

grap

hs a

nd lo

nger

sel

ectio

ns u

sing

Har

vard

outli

ne f

orm

.I.

A.

B.

1. 2. 3. 1. 2.

Dev

elop

s th

e sp

ecif

ic p

urpo

ses

for

mak

ing

sum

mar

ies.

Lan

guag

e A

rts

and

Soci

al S

tudi

es:

Prac

tices

ext

ract

ing

the

mai

n id

ea o

f ca

re-

fully

sel

ecte

d pa

ssag

es.

Lea

rns

a va

riet

y of

use

s fo

r su

mm

arie

s of

mat

eria

ls r

ead.

Sets

wor

d lim

its o

n su

mm

arie

s th

at h

ew

rite

s to

obt

ain

max

imum

com

pres

sion

or c

onde

nsat

ion

of c

onte

nt.

Subm

its s

umm

arie

s he

has

wri

tten

to th

ecl

ass

for

criti

cism

of

accu

racy

, com

plet

e-ne

ss, a

nd a

void

ance

of

redu

ndan

cy.

Dev

elop

s co

mpe

tenc

e in

taki

ng n

otes

.T

ests

rel

iabi

lity

of n

ote-

taki

ng s

yste

m in

prep

arat

ion

for

exam

inat

ions

, ora

l re-

port

s, a

nd th

e hl

e.

Lan

guag

e A

rts

and

All

Oth

er S

ubje

ctA

reas

:D

evel

ops

and

prac

tices

a s

yste

m o

f no

te-

taki

ng s

imila

r to

the

follo

win

g fo

r re

ad-

ing

or le

ctur

es:

a. W

rite

s do

wn

the

mai

n po

ints

bri

efly

stat

ed.

b. r

ifts

thes

e m

ain

poin

ts, e

limin

ates

dupl

icat

ion,

and

gro

ups

them

und

erco

mm

onhe

adin

gs,

ifpo

ssib

le.

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ves

spac

e fo

r m

akin

g la

ter

addi

-tio

ns.

c. R

erea

ds th

e se

lect

ion

or c

hapt

erra

pidl

y to

add

any

om

itted

poi

nts

or e

ssen

tial d

etai

ls.

Mas

ters

the

abili

ty to

out

line

long

er s

elec

-tio

ns, c

hapt

ers,

etc

., us

ing

both

maj

or a

ndm

inor

det

ails

.

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EV

EL

D

46

E. U

sing

Gra

phic

Rep

rese

ntat

ions

(map

s, g

lobe

s, c

hart

s, d

iap-

ms)

Dev

elop

s th

e ab

ility

to lo

cate

pla

ces

on s

impl

e m

aps;

con

tinue

s us

e of

char

ts.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: M

akes

larg

e pl

an to

repr

e-se

nt c

lass

room

, sch

ool b

lock

; loc

ates

far

mar

eas

on m

ap o

f th

e U

nite

d St

ates

.

Scie

nce:

Fol

low

s si

mpl

e m

ap o

f th

eco

mm

unity

in lo

okin

g fo

r A

nim

als

inO

ur N

eigh

borh

ood;

con

stru

cts

and

read

sch

art d

evel

oped

as

a re

sult

of th

isex

per-

ienc

e, e

.g.,

Ani

mal

Whe

re W

e Sa

w I

t

Hea

lth: U

nder

stan

ds th

e pu

rpos

es o

f an

dhe

lps

in d

evel

opin

g ch

arts

rel

ated

tohe

alth

lear

ning

s, e

.g.,

We

Hav

e V

isite

d th

e D

entis

tN

ame

Dat

e

Bec

omes

aw

are

of th

e gl

obe

as a

repr

esen

tatio

n of

the

wor

ld; b

e-co

mes

aw

are

of d

irec

tions

; und

er-

stan

ds th

at s

mal

l thi

ngs

on a

map

stan

d fo

r bi

g th

ings

in r

ealit

y.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: L

ocat

es N

ew Y

ork

City

on a

map

; com

pare

s m

ap lo

catio

n to

glob

e lo

catio

n; u

ses

map

of

New

Yor

kC

ity to

loca

te w

ater

are

as, b

ridg

es, t

un-

nels

, poi

nts

of in

tere

st; u

ses

lege

nd to

unde

rsta

nd s

ymbo

ls; c

ompa

res

size

of

sim

ple

larg

e sc

ale

map

s of

the

clas

sroo

m,

neig

hbor

hood

, and

com

mun

ity to

the

thin

gs th

ey r

epre

sent

.

Beg

ins

to u

se c

ompa

ss r

ose;

und

er-

stan

ds p

hysi

cal a

nd p

oliti

cal f

ea-

ture

s; d

evel

ops

geog

raph

ic v

ocab

u-la

ry; d

evel

ops

the

abili

ty to

rea

dan

d fo

llow

dia

gram

s an

d ch

arts

.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: U

ses

com

pass

ros

e to

fin

ddi

rect

ion

whe

n lo

catin

g A

rgen

tina

(Cul

-tu

res

Aro

und

the

Wor

ld);

pic

ks o

ut c

oun-

trie

s on

the

map

by

thei

r di

stin

guis

hing

colo

r; u

ses

wor

ds s

uch

as d

irec

tion,

rou

te,

rive

r, o

cean

, lak

e, c

ount

ry, s

tate

, city

,m

ount

ain,

pla

in.

Scie

nce:

Fol

low

s di

agra

m to

mak

e a

sim

-pl

e ho

mem

ade

anem

omet

er.

Mus

ic: F

ollo

ws

note

s on

sta

ff to

sig

ht-

read

mus

ic.

LE

VE

L E

LE

VE

L F

LE

VE

L G

LE

VE

L H

Ext

ends

kno

wle

dge

of m

ap s

ym-

bols

; int

erpr

ets

sim

ple

pict

oria

l, ci

r-cl

e, b

ar g

raph

s.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: L

ocat

es c

ities

and

cap

itals

by s

ymbo

ls w

he d

iscu

ssin

g bi

rthp

lace

s of

grea

t Am

eric

ans.

Scie

nce:

Rea

ds a

nd in

terp

rets

bar

gra

ph,

show

ing

hour

s of

day

light

.

Mat

hem

atic

s: R

eads

cir

cle

grap

h in

ord

erto

sol

ve a

pro

blem

, e.g

..

The

abo

ve c

ircl

e in

dica

tes

how

Joh

n sp

ent

his

dolla

r. W

hat p

erce

nt d

id h

e sp

end

onca

ndy?

On

toys

? O

n a

com

ic b

ook?

Ext

ends

his

abi

lity

to d

eriv

e m

ean-

ing

or in

form

atio

n fr

om b

ar a

ndlin

e gr

aphs

, dif

fere

nt ty

pes

of m

appr

ojec

tions

, and

mor

e co

mpl

ex d

ia-

gram

s re

late

d to

his

rea

ding

in th

eco

nten

t are

as.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: U

ses

a C

ivil

War

map

tofo

llow

the

prog

ress

of

both

Uni

on a

ndC

onfe

dera

te a

rmie

s.

Mat

hem

atic

s: M

akes

and

app

lies

a lin

egr

aph

as h

e fo

llow

s di

rect

ions

for

a s

pe-

cifi

c pr

oble

m. S

ees

the

rela

tions

hip

of a

brs

grap

h to

a li

ne g

raph

dea

ling

with

sim

ilar

stat

istic

s or

fig

ures

.

Scie

nce:

Con

vert

s a

bar

grap

h to

a li

negr

aph

show

ing

amou

nt o

f ra

infa

ll in

an

area

.

Bec

omes

ade

pt in

util

izin

g sk

ills

ofre

adin

g co

mpl

ex s

ymbo

lic r

epre

sen-

tatio

ns o

f va

riou

s pa

ttern

s of

rel

a-tio

nshi

p.

Mus

ic: R

eads

and

fol

low

s a

mus

ic c

hart

in tw

o-pa

rt o

r gr

oup

sing

ing.

Hea

lth E

duca

tion:

Fol

low

s pr

ogre

ssio

n of

step

s in

a c

hart

that

teac

hes

the

step

s of

ada

nce.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Cha

rts

risi

ng a

nd f

allin

gac

tion

in a

pla

y or

nov

el to

sho

w d

evel

op-

men

t, cl

imax

, and

den

ouem

ent o

f pl

ot.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: L

earn

s si

gnif

ican

t dif

fer-

ence

s am

ong

vari

ous

type

s of

map

pro

jec-

tions

.

Mas

ters

use

of

all t

ypes

of

char

ts,

map

s, g

raph

s, a

nd o

ther

sym

bolic

repr

esen

tatio

ns.

Use

s m

ore

com

plex

mat

eria

ls in

all

sub-

ject

are

as.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Rel

ates

a s

ymbo

lic v

iew

of D

ante

's I

nfer

no to

the

spec

ific

pas

sage

sin

a tr

ansl

atio

n of

The

Div

ine

Com

edy.

Che

mis

try:

Int

erpr

ets

chem

ical

equ

atio

nsan

d re

late

s th

em to

app

ropr

iate

cha

rts

ofat

omic

wei

ghts

and

val

ence

s.

Prep

ares

and

inte

rpre

ts s

truc

tura

l cha

rts

of e

lem

ents

and

che

mic

al c

ompo

unds

tote

xt d

escr

iptio

ns o

f sa

me.

SKIL

LL

EV

EL

BL

EV

EL

CL

EV

EL

D

F. M

aste

ring

the

Mec

hani

csof

Sile

nt a

nd O

ral R

eadi

ngM

aste

rsle

ft-t

o-ri

ght

prog

ress

ion;

hand

les

book

pro

perl

y; r

eads

si-

lent

ly w

ith c

ompr

ehen

sion

; beg

ins

skim

min

g un

der

teac

her

dire

ctio

n.*

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Con

sist

ently

rea

dsfr

omle

ft to

rig

ht m

ater

ials

on e

xper

ienc

e ch

arts

and

in b

ooks

; loo

ks a

t wor

ds f

rom

left

tori

ght,

avoi

ding

con

fusi

on b

etw

een

saw

-w

as; s

kim

s m

ater

ial i

ndic

ated

by

teac

her

to lo

cate

per

son,

col

or, n

umbe

r, o

bjec

t,e.

g., "

On

page

17,

fin

d th

e pa

rt th

at te

llsus

who

cam

e to

vis

it U

ncle

Ned

." H

olds

book

com

fort

ably

, tur

nspa

ge f

rom

top

with

two

fmge

rs o

f ri

ght h

and.

Mas

ters

retu

rnsw

eep;

deve

lops

abili

ty to

rea

d al

oud

with

prop

erem

phas

is a

nd c

lear

pro

nunc

iatio

n;ex

tend

s ab

ility

to s

can

for

deta

ilsto

incl

ude

long

er s

elec

tions

.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

In

resp

onse

to te

ache

r'squ

estio

n, r

eads

ora

lly s

elec

tion

from

pre

vi-

ousl

y re

ad m

ater

ial w

ith u

nder

stan

ding

;sc

ans

an e

ntir

e st

ory

to f

ind

requ

ired

in-

form

atio

n, e

.g.,

"Whe

re d

oes

it te

llus

why

the

boys

did

n't w

ant

to g

o to

scho

ol?"

Soci

al S

tudi

es: H

asno

dif

ficl

ay w

ith r

e-tu

rn s

wee

p w

hen

read

ing

mat

eria

l of i

n-cr

easi

ng c

ompl

exity

.

*NO

TE

: In

this

pub

licat

ion

the

term

sca

nnin

g is

use

d to

ref

er to

rap

idre

adin

g w

hen

look

ing

for

spec

ific

det

ails

, the

ans

wer

toa

ques

tion,

etc

. The

term

ski

mm

ing

is u

sed

to d

escr

ibe

the

act o

fra

pid

read

ing

for

mai

n id

eas

and

gene

ral i

mpr

essi

on.

Bec

omes

aw

are

of d

iffe

rent

rat

es in

read

ing;

con

tinue

s pr

actic

e of

scan

-ni

ng a

nd f

ollo

ws

sequ

ence

in c

hora

lsp

eaki

ng a

nd d

ram

atic

rea

ding

s.

Mat

hem

atic

s: D

emno

nstr

ates

car

eful

de-

taile

d re

adin

g of

pro

blem

s.

Scie

nce:

Sca

ns a

nar

rativ

e in

ord

erto

find

mat

eria

ls n

eces

sary

topr

epar

e an

ex-

hibi

t on

the

daily

cyc

le o

f ni

ght a

ndda

y.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: S

kim

s th

roug

h m

ater

ial i

nor

der

to f

ind

the

sect

ion

deal

ing

with

occu

patio

ns o

f pe

ople

in th

e pl

ains

of

Arg

entin

a; r

eads

this

sec

tion

ata

slow

erra

te.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Pre

pare

s ch

oral

rea

ding

sele

ctio

n an

d fo

llow

sse

quen

ce o

f pa

rts,

shar

es r

eadi

ng o

f sh

ort p

lays

with

oth

erch

ildre

n.

LE

VE

L E

LE

VE

L F

LE

VE

L G

LE

VE

L H

Rea

ds s

ilent

ly m

ore

rapi

dly

than

oral

ly; a

djus

ts r

ate

to s

uit p

urpo

se;

deve

lops

ski

ll of

eff

ectiv

e de

liver

yin

ora

l rea

ding

.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: S

how

s ev

iden

ce o

f ra

pid

sile

nt r

eadi

ng w

hen

read

ing

biog

raph

y of

Ben

jam

in F

rank

lin f

or g

ener

al in

form

a-tio

n co

mpa

red

to s

low

er r

ate

whe

n ga

ther

-in

g fa

ctua

l dat

a fr

om s

ourc

e m

ater

ial.

Scie

nce:

Rea

ds s

cien

ce f

ictio

n m

ater

ial

with

less

atte

ntio

n to

det

ail t

han

a bo

oksu

ch a

s A

tom

s at

Wor

k.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Rea

ds to

cla

ss p

revi

ousl

ypr

epar

edm

ater

ial

with

em

phas

is o

nen

unci

atio

n, th

ough

t uni

ts, p

itch.

Var

ies

his

rate

of

read

ing

acco

rdin

gto

his

pur

pose

and

the

natu

re o

fth

e m

ater

ial.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Ski

ms

a sh

ort s

tory

inor

der

tofi

nda

suita

ble

port

ion

for

dram

atiz

atio

n. S

tops

and

rea

ds c

aref

ully

the

port

ion

chos

en to

judg

e su

itabi

lity

for

dram

atic

act

ion.

Scan

s m

ater

ial t

o lo

cate

the

spec

ific

answ

erto

aqu

estio

nor

part

icul

arin

form

atio

n ne

eded

.

Skim

s fo

r di

ffer

ent p

urpo

ses:

to g

et a

gen

eral

impr

essi

onto

get

mai

n id

eas

to d

eter

min

e su

itabi

lity

ofm

ater

ial t

o hi

s ne

eds

to g

et c

lues

to th

e de

velo

pmen

tof

a p

lot.

Soci

al S

tudi

es: S

kim

s a

new

s ar

ticle

to g

eta

gene

ral i

mpr

essi

on o

f its

sco

pe: D

oes

the

artic

le p

rovi

de b

ackg

roun

d fo

r th

eto

pic?

Doe

s it

pred

ict e

vent

s to

com

e?

Beg

ins

to u

se v

arie

ty o

f ap

proa

ches

in r

eadi

ng, d

eter

min

ing

rate

and

dept

h ac

cord

ing

to th

e pu

rpos

e fo

rw

hich

he

is r

eadi

ng, t

he n

atur

e of

mat

eria

l, an

d th

e am

ount

of

time

he h

as f

or it

.

Lan

guag

e A

rts:

Ref

ines

abi

lity

to p

artic

i-pa

te in

cho

ral s

peak

ing

activ

ities

, asi

ng a

poem

suc

h as

Ben

et's

"W

este

rn S

tar"

whi

ch d

eman

ds m

odul

atio

n, e

mot

iona

lov

erto

nes,

and

dra

mat

ic e

ffec

ts o

f vo

ice.

Is a

ble

to c

onve

y ef

fect

ivel

y th

e im

pres

-si

on h

e w

ishe

s to

mak

e th

roug

h em

phas

is,

voic

e, e

tc.,

in o

ral r

eadi

ng.

Is a

ble

to d

iffe

rent

iate

type

s of

rea

ding

mat

eria

ls a

nd a

djus

ts r

ate

acco

rdin

gly:

read

ing

for

info

rmat

ion

read

ing

for

enjo

ymen

tse

lect

ive

read

ing

(sca

nnin

gan

d sk

imm

ing)

Hom

e E

cono

mic

s: S

cans

a r

ecip

e to

see

if it

will

ful

fill

the

requ

irem

ents

of

a su

g-ge

sted

rec

omm

ende

d di

et, n

otin

g th

e nu

m-

ber

of e

ggs

requ

ired

or

the

amou

nt o

fsu

gar

invo

lved

in r

elat

ion

to th

e re

com

-m

enda

tions

of

the

diet

.

Ext

ends

the

abili

ty to

adj

ust r

ead-

ing

rate

to p

urpo

se a

nd ty

pe o

fm

ater

ial r

ead.

Lan

guag

e A

rts,

Soc

ial S

tudi

es, S

cien

ce:

Lea

rns

that

the

slow

est r

eadi

ng r

ate

isus

ed in

rea

ding

dir

ectio

ns, l

earn

ing

thin

gsve

rbat

im, a

scer

tain

ing

indi

cate

or

com

-pl

ex r

elat

ions

hips

, und

erst

andi

ng a

nd s

olv-

ing

prob

lem

s, g

aini

ng in

sigh

t int

o de

pth

of m

eani

ng, r

eadi

ng te

chni

cal m

atte

r, a

ndor

al r

eadi

ng.

Use

s sl

ow r

ate

of r

eadi

ng to

com

preh

end

read

ing

assi

gnm

ents

thor

ough

ly, t

o re

adcr

itica

lly, t

o st

udy

for

clas

s te

sts

or r

ecita

-tio

ns.

Use

s an

ave

rage

rat

e of

rea

ding

to e

njoy

ast

ory,

to s

atis

fy h

is c

urio

sity

abo

ut a

topi

c, a

nd to

gai

n su

rfac

e co

mpr

ehen

sion

.

Use

s a

rapi

d ra

te o

f re

adin

g to

sca

n fo

rsp

ecif

ic p

urpo

se; t

o fi

nd a

spe

cifi

c ite

mof

info

rmat

ion,

to g

et a

Qen

eral

impr

es-

sion

of

cont

ent,

to f

ind

the

prop

er p

lace

tost

art s

low

er r

eadi

ng, a

nd to

judg

ew

heth

er m

ater

ial i

s su

itabl

e fo

r sl

ower

read

ing.

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