Reading

End of Year Goals

Draw inferences from fiction and nonfiction text
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text
Summarize fiction and nonfiction text
Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in a text
Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fit together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem
Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details
Integrate information from several texts on the same topic
Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary
Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression

World Book Kids
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Britannica School
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Smithsonian Tween Tribune
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Storyline Online
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