School Improvement in Maryland
Reading to Perform a Task: Grades K – 3

Students will demonstrate their ability to read to perform a task by examining, constructing, and extending meaning from investigations or other sets of directions.

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State a purpose for reading

         

Determine the author’s purpose

          

Identify the central idea in the text

          

Identify who would use the text

          

Reorganize information from text into a different form (charts, drawings, graphic organizers)

          

Interpret information from diagrams, charts, and graphs

          

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

          

Describe the importance of specific steps in a set of directions.

          

Compare and contrast information in different texts

          

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

          

Identify additional information needed to perform the task

          

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

          

Compare and contrast information in text with prior knowledge.

          

Evaluate directions for clarity

          

Evaluate common text features