Standard 1:  Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of the reading process

Interval Benchmark 1: Uses the skills and strategies of the print-sound code when reading grade appropriate text

a:

Knows the names of the letters of the alphabet and can identify them by name in any context (letter recognition)

b:

Knows the correspondences between speech sounds and the letters or letter combinations that represent these sounds (phonemic awareness)

c:

Converts written word to spoken word (reads words)

Interval Benchmark 2: Demonstrates accuracy and fluency when reading grade appropriate text

a:

Knows by sight a minimum of 20 high-frequency words

b:

Reads grade appropriate books--Level B (that they have not seen before, but have been previewed for them, attending to each word in sequence and getting most of them correct)

c:

Reads "emergently" ("rereads" a favorite story, recreating the words of the text with fluent intonation and phrasing and showing through verbal statements or occasional pointing that they understand the print on the page controls what is said)

Interval Benchmark 3: Uses the skills and strategies of a cueing system when reading grade appropriate text

a:

Understands the basic concepts of print (e.g., word, sentence)

b:

Knows the basic conventions of reading (e.g., purpose, parts, elements, and procedures)

Interval Benchmark 4: Uses a variety of comprehension processes

a:

Retells stories or parts of stories (orally and through pictures)

b:

Uses pictures in familiar text to talk about the content

c:

Uses self-monitoring and self-correcting strategies

d:

Responds to stories in a variety of ways (oral, written, kinesthetic) to show comprehension

e:

Makes and supports predictions

Interval Benchmark 5: Uses the structural features of a variety of text

a:

Knows the parts of a book

	Standard 2:  Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies for comprehending a variety of literary texts

Interval Benchmark 1: Uses reading strategies to understand a variety of fiction and nonfiction texts

a:

Responds to literature using oral, written, visual, and/or kinesthetic means

b:

Monitors whether the story is making sense to them when listening to stories read aloud

c:

Self-monitors and self-corrects when reareading a familiar book

Interval Benchmark 2: Knows sequence, setting, characters, main events, and problems and solutions in literary texts

a:

Visualizes the story

b:

Makes simple predictions

c:

Compares one story to another

d:

Recalls information from a story by sequencing pictures and events

e:

Answers literal questions about orally read texts

f:

Retells story in own words

g:

Learns new vocabulary

Interval Benchmark 3: Understands the main ideas or themes in literary texts

a:

Knows the difference between fiction and nonfiction

b:

Understands the difference between fantasy and realistic fiction

c:

Knows stories have characters, a setting, and important events

d:

Knows stories have a problem and a solution

e:

Understands that patterns exist in a variety of literary texts

f:

Understands story events follow a sequence

g:

Recognizes a variety of literary texts

	Standard 3:  Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies for comprehending a variety of informational texts

Interval Benchmark 1: Uses reading strategies to understand a variety of informational texts

a:

Responds to text using oral, written, visual, and/or kinesthetic means

b:

Monitors whether the text is making sense when listening to text read aloud

c:

Self-monitors and self-corrects when rereading a familiar book

Interval Benchmark 2: Understands the main idea and relevant facts in informational texts

a:

Visualizes the topic of the text

b:

Makes simple predictions based on picture clues and prior knowledge about the topic or concept

c:

Compares books about the same topic or concept

d:

Recalls information from the text

e:

Answers literal questions about orally read text

f:

States and supports with details a main idea about topic or concept

g:

Uses new vocabulary learned from text in oral discussions about the topic or concept

Interval Benchmark 3: Summarizes and paraphrases information found in informational texts

a:

Knows the difference between fiction and informational text

b:

Uses pictures and labels to gain meaning from text

c:

Recognizes a variety of informational text such as magazines, newspapers, dictionaries, and topic specific text

d:

Knows the purpose of informational text is to inform