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The student uses a variety of strategies to comprehend grade level text.
Standard 7 : Reading ComprehensionArchived
Cluster Standards

This cluster includes the following benchmarks.

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  • LA.5.1.7.1 : The student will explain the purpose of text features (e.g., format, graphics, diagrams, illustrations, charts, maps), use prior knowledge to make and confirm predictions, and establish a purpose for reading;
  • LA.5.1.7.2 : The student will identify the authors purpose (e.g., to persuade, inform, entertain, explain) and how an authors perspective influences text;
  • LA.5.1.7.3 : The student will determine the main idea or essential message in grade-level text through inferring, paraphrasing, summarizing, and identifying relevant details;
  • LA.5.1.7.4 : The student will identify cause-and-effect relationships in text;
  • LA.5.1.7.5 : The student will identify the text structure an author uses (e.g., comparison/contrast, cause/effect, sequence of events) and explain how it impacts meaning in text;
  • LA.5.1.7.6 : The student will identify themes or topics across a variety of fiction and nonfiction selections;
  • LA.5.1.7.7 : The student will compare and contrast elements in multiple texts; and
  • LA.5.1.7.8 : The student will use strategies to repair comprehension of grade-appropriate text when self-monitoring indicates confusion, including but not limited to rereading, checking context clues, predicting, note-making, summarizing, using graphic and semantic organizers, questioning, and clarifying by checking other sources.
Cluster Information
Number:
LA.5.1.7
Title:
Reading Comprehension
Type:
Standard
Subject:
X-Reading/Language Arts (former standards - 2008) - Archived
Grade:
5
Strand
Reading Process
Cluster Access Points

This cluster includes the following Access Points.

  • LA.5.1.7.In.a : Preview text features (e.g., illustrations, title, headings, captions)and use prior knowledge to make predictions of content and purpose of text.
  • LA.5.1.7.In.b : Identify the author’s purpose (e.g., to tell a story, give information, entertain) using key words, phrases, and graphics in text;
  • LA.5.1.7.In.c : Identify explicit information in text, including but not limited to main idea what, where, when, how, why), and sequence of events.
  • LA.5.1.7.In.d : Identify cause and effect relationships in stories and informational text.
  • LA.5.1.7.In.e : Identify text structures (e.g., similarities and differences, sequence of events, explicit cause/effect) in stories and informational text.
  • LA.5.1.7.In.f : Identify the essential message or topic in text.
  • LA.5.1.7.In.g : Identify similarities and differences in elements (e.g., characters, objects, actions) within a text.
  • LA.5.1.7.In.h : Use strategies to repair comprehension, including but not limited to rereading, checking context clues, predicting, using simple graphic organizers, connecting to life experiences, and checking own understanding when reminded.
  • LA.5.1.7.Su.a : Preview text features (e.g., illustrations, title) and use prior knowledge to make predictions of content of stories and informational text.
  • LA.5.1.7.Su.b : Sort familiar books into categories reflecting personal uses (e.g., make me laugh, tell a story, show me how to do something).
  • LA.5.1.7.Su.c : Identify explicit ideas and information in text, including but not limited to main idea or topic , supporting details (e.g., who, what, where, when), and sequence of events in readaloud stories and informational text.
  • LA.5.1.7.Su.d : Identify explicit cause/effect relationships in readaloud stories and informational text.
  • LA.5.1.7.Su.e : Identify statements of the main idea or topic in readaloud text.
  • LA.5.1.7.Su.f : Identify differences in characters, actions, and objects in text.
  • LA.5.1.7.Su.g : Use strategies to repair comprehension, including but not limited to rereading, checking context clues, predicting, using simple graphic organizers, connecting to life experiences, and checking own understanding when reminded.
  • LA.5.1.7.Pa.a : Identify illustrations of characters or objects in readaloud stories or informational text.
  • LA.5.1.7.Pa.b : Respond to feelings expressed in readaloud stories and informational text.
  • LA.5.1.7.Pa.c : Respond accurately and consistently to pictures or symbols paired with words in familiar readaloud stories and informational text.
  • LA.5.1.7.Pa.d : Use pictures or symbols paired with words to respond to predictable cause/effect events in daily classroom activities.
  • LA.5.1.7.Pa.e : Use a resource when necessary to clarify meaning of pictures, symbols, or words in classroom activities.