RE07 Standards

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Colorado Model Content Standards: Reading Level 7

1. Students read and understand a variety of materials.

1.a Compare and contrast texts with similar characters, plots and/or themes. ES

1.b Summarize text read (for example, newspaper and magazine articles, technical writing, stories and poetry). ES

1.c Determine the main idea or essential message in a text. ES

1.d Make reasonable inferences from information that is implied but not directly stated. ES

1.e Infer by making connections between separated sections of a text. ES

1.f Find support in the text for main ideas. ES

1.g Use word recognition skills (for example, roots, prefixes, and suffixes) to comprehend text. ES

1.h Find the sequence of steps in a technical publication.

1.i Use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. ES

4. Students apply thinking skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening and viewing.

4.a Recognize an author’s or speaker’s point of view and purpose. ES

4.b Use reading to solve problems and answer questions.

4.c Distinguish between fact and opinion.

4.d Make predictions, draw conclusions, and analyze what they read, hear, and view. ES

4.e Explain the text’s main point and use relevant details to support the explanation.ES

5. Students read to locate, select, and make use of relevant information from a variety of media, references, and technological sources.

5.a Use organizational features of printed text (for example, chapter preview and summaries, prefaces, annotations, bold face print, or appendices) to locate information.

5.b Use library and interlibrary catalog databases and organizational features of electronic information (for example, Internet, electronic mail, CD-ROM, or laser disc) to locate information.ES

5.c Paraphrase, summarize, organize, and synthesize information about a topic in a variety of ways (for example, graphic organizer, Venn diagram, outline, or timeline). ES

5.d Locate and select relevant information and justify the information selection.

5.e Locate others’ ideas, images, or information in a bibliography, works cited page, or text features (for example, quotations, italics, parentheses, and footnotes). ES

5.f Locate meanings and pronunciations of unfamiliar words using dictionaries, glossaries, or other sources. ES

5.g Give credit for borrowed information by listing sources. ES

6. Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience.

6.a Read, respond to, and discuss a variety of novels, poetry, short stories, nonfiction, and plays. ES

6.b Use literary terminology accurately (for example, setting character, conflict, plot resolution, dialect, and point of view). ES

6.c Apply knowledge of literary techniques (for example, foreshadowing, metaphor, simile, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration, and flashback) to understand text. ES

6.d Read, respond to, and discuss literature that represents points of view from places, people, and events that are familiar and unfamiliar.

RESOURCES

• Academic Vocabulary Project Six Step Process for Teaching Vocabulary. Templates for a variety of games and activities are available via this site.

Library Media Center

Teaching Genre--Explore 9 Types of Literature to Develop Lifelong Readers and Writers. Tara McCarthy, Scholastic Professional Books, New York. 1996

Information Skills Toolkit--Collaborative Integrated Instruction for the Middle Grades. Debra Kay Logan, Linworth Books, Worthington, OH. 2000.

Teaching With The Internet: Lessons From the Classroom Leu, Donald J., Jr. & Leu, Deborah Diadiun Christopher-Gordon Publishers, Inc., Norwood, Massachusetts. 1999

Study Skills That Stick Nuzum, Margaret, Scholastic Professional, New York. 2001

Reading Workshop Survival Kit Muschla, Gary Robert, The Center for Applied Research in Education, West Nyack, NY. 1997

Super 6 Comprehension Strategies: 35 Lessons and More For Reading Success Lori Oczkus, Christopher Gordon, Norwood, MA. 2004. Building Academic VocabularyRobert J. Marzano and Debra J. Pickering, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Alexandria, VA. 2005

Ready to Use Activities & Materials for Improving Content Reading Skills Wilma H. Miller, Ed.D., Jossey-Bass,Hoboken, NJ. 1999.

Teaching Vocabulary: 50 Creative Strategies, Grades K-12. Gareth R. Jones, Gail E. Tompkins, Cathy L. Blanchfield, Prentice Hall, NY. 2003

Student Book Clubs: Improving Literature Instruction in Middle and High SchoolMark Faust and Jennifer Cockrill, Christopher Gordon, Norwood, MA. 2005.

Spelling Made Easy Visual Education Corporation. Glenco Publishing, 1992.

Grammar Made Easy

Grammar Pitfalls

Fun With Grammar Laura Sunley, Scholastic Press, New York. 2002.

240 Vocabulary Words 5th Graders Need to Know Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic, New York. 2003.

100 Words Every High School Freshman Should Know Editors of The American Heritage Dictionaries (Editor), Houghton Mifflin Company, New York. 2004. Quick Pick Activities for Research Sharon Cohen, Edupress.

The Book Hunt

Frantic Frogs and Other Frankly Fractured Folktales for Readers Theatre Anthony D. Fredericks, Teacher Ideas Press, Westport. 1993.

80 Internet Mini-Scavenger Hunts--Reproducible Activity Cards That Help Kids Build Internet Research Skills as They Find Fascinating Facts in Social Studies, Science, Math and Language Arts Michelle Robinette, Scholastic Professional, New York. 2003

The Mysteries of Research Sharron Cohen, Alleyside Press, Fort Atkinson, WI. 1996. 2nd ed.

50 Fabulous Discussion-Prompt Cards for Reading Groups--Snap-Apart Questions Cards That Build Comprehension & Spark Great Discussions About Character, Plot, Setting, Theme & More Laura Robb, Scholastic Professional, New York. 2000.

50 Reproducible Strategy Sheets That Build Comprehension During Independent Reading Anina Robb, Scholastic Professional, New York. 2003.

Comprehension Cliffhanger Stories--15 Action-Packed Stories That Invite Students to Infer, Visualize, and Summarize to Predict the Ending of Each Story Tom Conklin, Scholastic Professional, New York. 2003.

Grammar Rock Video

English Punctuation Video

Web Resources

Myths, Folktales & Fairy Tales