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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 and 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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Reading Behaviors: Initial Understanding
The learner will be able to demonstrate an initial understanding of a text.
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Fluency: Develop/Expression
The learner will be able to read aloud to develop fluency, expression, and accuracy, apply meaning and read with confidence.
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Reading Behaviors: Appreciation
The learner will be able to appreciate written texts.
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Reading Behaviors: Independent
The learner will be able to read independently.
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Strategies: Variety/Develop
The learner will be able to use, apply, and 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 and evaluate the content of 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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Figurative Language: Identify
The learner will be able to identify and infer meaning from figurative language in reading materials.
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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 and 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 know, use, and apply a variety of reading strategies to monitor and aid comprehension.
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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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Graphic Feature: Use
The learner will be able to use common graphical features to increase understanding of reading materials.
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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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Main Idea: Stated
The learner will be able to determine the main idea stated in a passage.
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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: Reading Material
The learner will be able to make comparisons about and compare and contrase reading material.
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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: 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 critically examine and 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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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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Structure: Increase Understanding
The learner will be able to use text structure to increase understanding of reading materials.
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| Vocabulary |
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Vocabulary: Development
The learner will be able to demonstrate vocabulary development.
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Strategies: Context Clues
The learner will be able to expand vocabulary using context clues.
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Strategies: Expand/Phonetic Principles
The learner will be able to expand his/her vocabulary by applying phonetic principles and structural analysis.
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Vocabulary: Mature Command
The learner will be able to demonstrate a mature command of vocabulary when writing.
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Word Relationships: Understand
The learner will be able to understand word relationships.
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Synonym: Define
The learner will be able to define synonyms and antonyms.
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Context: Word Meaning
The learner will be able to infer word meaning from context.
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Context: Missing Words
The learner will be able to use context to infer missing words.
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Vocabulary: Multiple Meaning/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize multiple meaning words.
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Vocabulary: Read/Identify/Understand
The learner will be able to read, identify, and understand grade specific vocabulary words.
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Strategies: Variety
The learner will be able to apply a variety of vocabulary strategies.
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Word Choice: Appropriate
The learner will be able to select words appropriately.
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