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Rhea County Schools Language Arts The Terra Nova Complete Battery for Reading/Language Arts "reflects current instructional practices. The skills essential for effective communication - - reading comprehension, language, vocabulary, and study skills - - are integrated into one test to provide a coherent assessment experience. |
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Genre: Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize a variety of literary genres.
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Author Technique: Evaluate
The learner will be able to evaluate the effectiveness of author technique.
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Author Intention: Evaluate
The learner will be able to evaluate the author's purpose in a given work.
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Point of View: Evaluate
The learner will be able to evaluate how author point of view influences reading materials.
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Behaviors: Active Listening
The learner will be able to engage in active listening during different situations.
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Behaviors: Developmentally Appropriate
The learner will be able to demonstrate developmentally appropriate listening behaviors.
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Critical Listening: Content/Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze auditory material.
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Directions: Follow
The learner will be able to listen to and follow directions.
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Evaluating: Information
The learner will be able to evaluate information delivered by a speaker.
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Nonverbal Cues: Construct Meaning
The learner will be able to use verbal and nonverbal clues to construct meaning in what is heard.
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| Reading Operations |
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Sentence Completion: Infer Word
The learner will be able to infer words missing from sentences.
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Reality/Fantasy
The learner will be able to distinguish between reality and fantasy.
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Sequence: Identify Order
The learner will be able to identify the order of events which occur within a reading selection.
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Generalization: Passage
The learner will be able to make a generalization based on passage elements.
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Questions: Aid Understanding
The learner will be able to generate questions to aid understanding while reading.
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Structure: Increase Understanding
The learner will be able to use text structure to increase understanding of reading materials.
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Graphic Feature: Use
The learner will be able to use common graphical features to increase understanding of reading materials.
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Reading Behaviors: Apply
The learner will be able to apply meaning while reading.
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Comprehension: Display Skills
The learner will be able to display comprehension skills.
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Prior Knowledge: Understand Text
The learner will be able to use prior knowledge to understand texts.
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Monitor: Strategies/Develop
The learner will be able to develop strategies for monitoring his/her reading process.
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Cause/Effect: Understanding
The learner will be able to understand the relationship between cause and effect.
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Draw Conclusion: Reading Material
The learner will be able to draw conclusions about reading materials.
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Predict Outcome: Information
The learner will be able to make predictions from information in written material.
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Fact/Opinion
The learner will be able to distinguish between fact and opinion.
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Summary: Strategies
The learner will be able to summarize material while he/she reads.
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Theme: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the theme of a given reading passage.
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Inference: Information
The learner will be able to make inferences from information in written material.
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Detail: Identify
The learner will be able to identify details from reading passages.
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Story: Elements/Identify
The learner will be able to identify story elements, such as setting, plot, and characters.
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Compare/Contrast: Reading Materials
The learner will be able to compare and contrast reading materials.
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Strategies: Vocabulary/Using
The learner will be able to use vocabulary to understand what is read.
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Strategies: Knowing
The learner will be able to know of a variety of strategies which aid comprehension.
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Strategies: Extend Information
The learner will be able to extend information beyond passage ideas while reading.
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Strategies: Critical Thinking
The learner will be able to apply critical thinking when reading materials.
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Plot: Climax
The learner will be able to recognize plot climax in reading selections.
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Fluency: Develop/Expression
The learner will be able to read aloud to develop fluency, expression, and accuracy.
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Reading Behaviors: Appreciation
The learner will be able to appreciate written texts.
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Reading Behaviors: Confidence
The learner will be able to read independently with confidence.
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Strategies: Variety/Develop
The learner will be able to develop a variety of reading strategies.
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Word: Sight Words
The learner will be able to read grade-level appropriate sight words.
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Analyzing: Content
The learner will be able to analyze written material.
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Assumption: Recognizing
The learner will be able to recognize an assumption implicitly stated in a passage.
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Evaluating: Content
The learner will be able to evaluate the content of reading materials.
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Figurative Language: Identify
The learner will be able to identify figurative language in reading materials.
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Figurative Language: Infer Meaning
The learner will be able to infer meaning from figurative language.
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Inference: Reading Material
The learner will be able to make inferences from reading materials.
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Interpretation: Content
The learner will be able to interpret reading materials.
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Purposes: Understanding
The learner will be able to read to increase understanding.
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Purposes: Variety
The learner will be able to read for a variety of purposes.
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Response: Literature
The learner will be able to respond to literature.
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Strategies: Apply
The learner will be able to apply reading strategies to monitor comprehension.
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Strategies: Variety
The learner will be able to use a variety of reading strategies.
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Synthesizing: Ideas
The learner will be able to synthesize ideas in reading materials.
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Word Recognition: Strategies/Fluently
The learner will be able to apply word recognition strategies to read fluently.
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Word Relationships: Understand
The learner will be able to understand word relationships.
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Prefix: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the prefix in a given word.
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Suffix: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the suffix in a given word.
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