School Improvement in Maryland
Reading for Literary Experience: Grades K - 3

Students will demonstrate their ability to read for literary experience by examining, constructing, and extending meaning from stories, plays, poems, and other works of fiction.

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Summarize the text          
Identify the elements of plot, character, and setting in literary works          
Extract appropriate and significant information from text, including problems and solutions, major points, and central ideas from text          

Distinguish between cause and effect, fact and opinion

          

Explain the connections between illustrations and text and how illustrations support text

          

Compare and contrast different versions of the same stories reflecting different cultures

          

Identify basic plots of folk tales, legends, and fables from around the world and connect them to prior experience or the experiences of others

          

Identify and relate themes in fictional works to prior experience or the experience of others

          

Relate prior knowledge and experience to literal and inferential information found in text

          

Identify the various techniques used by the author to influence the reader’s feelings and attitudes

          

Evaluate the appropriateness of a title