School Improvement in Maryland
Reading to Be Informed: Grades K – 3

Students will demonstrate their ability to read for information by examining, constructing, and extending meaning from articles, editorials, content texts, and other expository materials related to the content areas.

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Summarize the text

         

Determine the author’s purpose

         

State a purpose for reading

         

Recall major points in text

         

Interpret information from diagrams, charts, and graphs

         

Compare and contrast information in different texts

         

Use common text features, including headings, key words, illustrations, maps, charts, and captions to gain meaning from text

         

Reorganize information from the text into different forms (charts, drawings, or graphic organizers)

         
Distinguish between cause and effect and fact and opinion          
Relate prior knowledge and experience to literal and inferential information found in text          
Relate and identify central ideas in non-fictional works to prior experience or the experience of others          
Evaluate common text features