Reading

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

			Interval Benchmark 9-12 Utilizes a variety of reading strategies to determine meaning of informational text

			Grade 12

To understand this Interval Benchmark, a twelfth grade student: • Uses structural features of text to locate relevant information within a text • Uses graphic organizers to document key ideas and supporting details • Knows the defining characteristics and uses of a variety of informational texts • Determines the literal meaning of a specific word or phrase • Locates factual information to support literal understanding • Uses organizational structures of informational text to make meaning Instructional Resources   Supporting Knowledge Vocabulary, Information, Skills   Instructional Strategies Best Practices, Strategies, Discovery General Resources   Curriculum Planning Create Grade 12 planning worksheets Select supporting knowledge to: Examine key vocabulary, terms, and phrases unique to the content area that students should know Determine what information student should understand (Declarative Knowledge) Determine what skills student are able to do (Procedural Knowledge)   Learning requires students to know declarative knowledge (vocabulary and information). Using or applying information (declarative knowledge) results in procedural knowledge, referred to as skills.   Select instructional strategies to: Examine research-based best practices or links to other web-sites and resources Identify appropriate strategies matched to student needs Discover ongoing compilation of teacher-developed strategies

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