Standard 1:
Gather, Analyze &
Apply Information & Ideas
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Online Resources
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Knowledge
Benchmark Statement:
1.
Read, view and evaluate written communications (CA
2-3) |
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Performance Benchmark:
a
Demonstrate understanding
of print conventions (1.5, 1.6)
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Direct
Definition Context Clues
More
Direct Definition Context Clues
Inferential
Context Clues
Words
in Context Game
Figuring
Out Tough Words |
Performance Benchmark:
b
Use pictures, titles, contexts,
structures of texts, patterns of language and personal experiences to make
predictions and comprehend texts. (1.5; 1.6) |
Listen
& Write
Imaginative
Texts
Difference
Between Stories & Plays
Logical
& Structured Writing
Dig
it! |
Performance Benchmark:
d
Recognize the differences
between real and make-believe (1.7) |
Real
Or Make-Believe
Kids'
Lab: Fact or Fiction Activities & Quizzes |
Performance Benchmark:
f
Read for specific purposes.
(cause & effect, sequence of events) (1.5, 1.6) |
Creative
Cause & Effect
Cause
& Effect
Cause
& Effect Lesson
Cause
& Effect Contraption
Cause
& Effect Inventions
So
That's the Reason! |
Performance Benchmark:
g
Read and recognize a variety
of literary genres (1.6, 1.9) |
MysteryNet's
Kids Mysteries |
Performance Benchmark:
i
Recognize and understand
figurative language (such as personification, simile and metaphor) (1.5,
1.9) |
Serendipitious
Similes
Personification
Game
Personify
a Personal Possession
Figurative
Language Sites |
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Knowledge
Benchmark Statement:
2.
Locate and gather information and ideas.
(CA 2-7) |
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Performance Benchmark:
a
Ask relevant questions to
collect information (1.2, 1.4) |
Put
It Together Questions
Multi-Step
Questions |
Performance Benchmark:
d
Use key words for locating
information (1.2, 1.4) |
Locating
Specific Information |
Performance Benchmark:
g
Find information on a topic
by examining tables of contents and indexes (1.2, 1.4) |
Predicting
Text Content |
Performance Benchmark:
h
Gather information using
pictures, dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, trade books and subject-specific
resources (1.2, 1.4) |
Rhyming
Dictionary
Visual
Thesaurus
WordCentral
InfoPlease:
Almanac
Online
Encyclopedias |
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Knowledge
Benchmark Statement:
3.
Process, organize and evaluate information and ideas.
(CA 2-7) |
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Performance Benchmark:
a
Recognize similarities and
differences in words, stories, and ideas (1.6, 1.10) |
Comparing
Activities
A
Fishy Tale |
Performance Benchmark:
b
Use story elements (such
as characters, setting, problem, events and ending) to predict and recall
events (1.6, 1.10) |
Memory
Bag |
Performance Benchmark:
c
Ask questions to clarify
understanding (1.1, 1.2) |
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Performance Benchmark:
d
Use drawing, writing and
speaking to clarify understanding (1.8, 1.10) |
Biography
Book Project (Notetaking: Benchmark: f) |
Performance Benchmark:
e
Interpret and follow brief
written directions (such as those in recipes, games, safety guidelines,
or the daily list of activities) (1.5, 1.6) |
Betty
Crocker
A
Fruit & Vegetable Man:
How
to Make a Fruit Salad Activity |
Performance Benchmark:
f
Take brief notes (1.6,1.8) |
Biography
Book Project Notetaking Sheet (Benchmark:d ) |
Performance Benchmark:
g
Summarize information and
ideas (1.6,1.8) |
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Performance Benchmark:
h
Organize information and
ideas in meaningful ways (1.6, 1.8) |
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Performance Benchmark:
i
Determine which data best
fit a designated purpose (1.7, 1.8) |
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Knowledge
Benchmark Statement:
4.
Relate literature and other texts to prior experiences
(CA 1-7) |
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Performance Benchmark:
b
Demonstrate understanding
of texts by writing or drawing (1.6, 2.1) |
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Performance Benchmark:
c
Make connections between
print and nonprint texts and people, events and experiences that are part
of their daily lives. (1.9, 1.10) |
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Performance Benchmark:
d
Offer opinions and perceptions
about literature based on their experiences (1.5, 1.9) |
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Performance Benchmark:
e
Compare and contrast current
and past reading. (1.6, 1.10) |
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Performance Benchmark:
f
Interpret texts by writing
or drawing. (1.6, 2.1) |
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Performance Benchmark:
g
Recall and relate prior
experiences to texts. (1.6, 1.10) |
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Knowledge
Benchmark Statement:
5.
Analyze and evaluate how language and communications influence and reflect
the cultures or eras in which they are created.
(CA 7) |
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Performance Benchmark:
a
Read and respond to culturally
diverse literature (such as fairy tales, folktales, contemporary stories
and nonfiction). (1.5, 1.9) |
An
African Folktale Lesson
Myths
From Around The World
Folktales
on the Web
Comparing
Myths & Legends
Story
Time
Houghton
Mifflin: Oink! Oink! Oink! Activities |
Performance Benchmark:
b
Make connections between
concepts and ideas in texts and their own experiences. (1.9, 1.10) |
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Performance Benchmark:
c
Read and respond to culturally
and historically diverse texts (such as myths, tall tales, contemporary
and historical fiction and nonfiction). (1.5, 1.9) |
Author
of Historical Fiction: Deborah Hopkinson
Houghton-Mifflin
Disasters Theme: Activities
by
Julie Thompson |
Performance Benchmark:
d
Explore and explain culturally
and historically diverse texts in a variety of ways (such as drawing and
writing). (1.8, 1.9) |
Readers'
Theatre |
Performance Benchmark:
e
Identify words and phrases
(such as idioms, jargon and local expressions) that reflect the cultures
or eras in which they are used. (1.5, 1.9) |
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Knowledge
Benchmark Statement:
6.
Apply information, ideas, processes and skills learned in the study of
communication arts to new situations and tasks.
(CA 1-7) |
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Performance Benchmark:
a
Apply knowledge of language
conventions (such as story structure, letter-sound relationships, capital
letters and periods) to aid in interpreting communications. (1.5, 1.10) |
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Performance Benchmark:
d
Identify familiar words
in new contexts (1.6, 1.10)
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Performance Benchmark:
e
Use language for a variety
of purposes ( such as establishing social relationships, displaying knowledge,
gaining and giving informaiton and influencing others). (1.8, 1.10) |
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Performance Benchmark:
f
Apply comprehension strategies
to written and visual texts. (1.5, 1.10) |
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Performance Benchmark:
g
Apply prior knowledge to
predict sequences and logical events. (1.5, 1.8) |
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Performance Benchmark:
h
Identify a new or unfamiliar
viewpoint in a text. (1.5, 1.6) |
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