Reading

SECOND GRADE

The reading and writing report card indicators are based on end-of-year standards from the Common Core.  It is common for students to still be “Developing” toward those standards midyear.  Unmarked indicators have not yet been assessed.  

Foundational Skills: 

  • Reading Habits: Reads independently with stamina and engagement

  • Phonics: Decodes by applying grade level phonics and word analysis 

  • Sight Words: Reads grade-appropriate high frequency words by sight 

  • Fluency: Reads texts with accuracy and fluency at grade level 

  • Comprehension: Comprehends texts at grade level 

Narrative Reading:

  • Summarize: Retells major events of a story in sequence 

  • Compare and Contrast: Identifies similarities and differences between texts that go together 

  • Infer: Uses evidence from the text to support ideas about characters 

Informational Reading: 

  • Summarize: Identifies the main topic and supporting details

  • Text Features: Locates text features and uses them to comprehend the text 

  • Analysis: Compares and contrasts important points within two texts on similar topics 

THIRD GRADE

The reading and writing report card indicators are based on end-of-year standards from the Common Core.  It is common for students to still be “Developing” toward those standards midyear.  Unmarked indicators have not yet been assessed.  

Foundational Skills: 

  • Reading Habits: Reads independently with stamina and engagement

  • Phonics: Decodes by applying grade level phonics and word analysis 

  • Fluency: Reads texts with accuracy and fluency at grade level 

  • Comprehension: Comprehends texts at grade level 

Narrative Reading:

  • Summarize: Summarizes important parts of a story in sequence 

  • Compare and Contrast: Identifies similarities and differences across texts with attention to characters. 

  • Infer: Uses evidence from the text to support ideas about character traits and theme 

Informational Reading: 

  • Summarize: Summarizes the main idea and supporting details

  • Text Features: Locates text features and uses them to comprehend the text 

  • Analysis: Compares and contrasts important points across texts and develops ideas about a topic 

FOURTH GRADE

The reading and writing report card indicators are based on end-of-year standards from the Common Core.  It is common for students to still be “Developing” toward those standards midyear.  Unmarked indicators have not yet been assessed.  

Foundational Skills: 

  • Reading Habits: Reads independently with stamina and engagement

  • Phonics: Decodes by applying grade level phonics and word analysis 

  • Fluency: Reads texts with accuracy and fluency at grade level 

  • Comprehension: Comprehends texts at grade level 

Narrative Reading:

  • Summarize: Summarizes important parts of a story in sequence 

  • Compare and Contrast: Identifies similarities and differences across texts with attention to story elements

  • Infer: Uses evidence from the text to develop ideas about character traits and theme 

Informational Reading: 

  • Summarize: Summarizes the main idea with supporting details while excluding non-important details 

  • Text Features: Uses text features and structures to comprehend the text 

  • Analysis: Compares and contrasts important points across texts and develops a thesis about a topic