Reading
The K-5 Reading/ELA Standards are organized in the following domains and strands. These categories align across all grade levels.
Reading Literary (RL) Reading Informational (RI)
• Key Ideas and Details: • Key Ideas and Details:
RL1, RL2, RL3 RI1, RI2, RI3
• Craft and Structure: • Craft and Structure:
RL4, RL5, RL6 RI4, RI5, RI6
• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: • Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:
RL7, RL9 RI7, RI8, RI9
• Range of Reading/Text Complexity: • Range of Reading/Text Complexity:
RL10 RI10
Reading Foundational Skills (RF) Speaking and Listening (SL)
• Phonics and Word Recognition: • Comprehension and Collaboration:
RF3 SL1, SL2, SL3
• Fluency: • Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas:
RF4 SL4, SL5, SL6
Reading Literary (RL) Reading Informational (RI)
• Key Ideas and Details: • Key Ideas and Details:
RL1, RL2, RL3 RI1, RI2, RI3
• Craft and Structure: • Craft and Structure:
RL4, RL5, RL6 RI4, RI5, RI6
• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: • Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:
RL7, RL9 RI7, RI8, RI9
• Range of Reading/Text Complexity: • Range of Reading/Text Complexity:
RL10 RI10
Reading Foundational Skills (RF) Speaking and Listening (SL)
• Phonics and Word Recognition: • Comprehension and Collaboration:
RF3 SL1, SL2, SL3
• Fluency: • Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas:
RF4 SL4, SL5, SL6
Units of Study for Teaching Reading
A Workshop Curriculum for Kindergarten–Grade 5
Lucy Calkins and her Teachers College Reading and Writing Project coauthors aim to prepare students for any reading and writing task they will face and to turn kids into life-long, confident readers and writers who display agency and independence. Lucy and her colleagues have drawn on their more than 30 years of research and work in thousands of schools across the country and around the world to develop powerful curriculum resources, instructional methods, and professional learning opportunities to support teachers as they work together and with their students toward these vitally important goals.
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The K-5 Standards define what students should understand and be able to do by the end of each grade. Fundamentally, students in grades K through 5 are focused on developing comprehension strategies that will enable them to manipulate grade-level texts of appropriate complexity, and communicate effectively both in writing and in speaking. Students will begin to anchor their inquiries and responses firmly to the text, whether literary or informational, using increasingly specific and relevant evidence to support their claims and inferences. Students’ analytical skills will extend to identifying main idea/theme, understanding character and plot development, and evaluating the impact of word choice. Additionally, students will identify structural elements in text such as scenes and chapters, distinguish narrative voice, understand the impact of aesthetic elements, and make logical connections. A key component of the Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) is the expectation of appropriate grade level complexity in text choices. Complexity levels are assessed based upon a variety of indicators.
Thinking about Reading
Reading and thinking about reading are a large focus of reading workshop. Jotting down thoughts about a book can help to not only communicate ideas but also to grow ideas and develop larger theories about the book.