National Boards Component 1- EMC Literacy Graded A+

National Boards Component 1- EMC Literacy Graded A+ Kindergarten Foundational Skills -basic print features -rhyming, isolating sounds and switching sounds to create new words -on to one letter sound correspondence 1st grade foundational skills -print features like capitalization and punctuation -long vs short vowels, silent e and some basic vowel teams -syllables -digraphs -where accuracy is started to track for fluency 2nd grade foundational -vowel teams -decode common prefixes and suffixes 3rd foundational -meaning of common prefixes and suffixes -decode words with latin suffixes -prose and poetry is brought into fluency 4th nad 5th foundational -use morphology (roots and affixes) to decode K Lit -prompting and support can be given for key detail type questions, compare contrast experiences between characters, and for author/illustrator -recognize common types of texts (storybooks, poems, etc.) -actively engage in group reading activities 1st Lit -all same standards as Kinder, but no prompting or support for key details category, compare/contrast,etc. -identify central message or lesson -identify words/phrases that appeal to senses -distinguish between story books and informational texts -identify who is telling the story at different points in text 2nd lit -who/what/where/when/why questions for key details -moral of fables/folktakes from diverse cultures -describe how characters RESPOND to events -Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song. -describe structure of story -acknowledge differences in point of view of characters -compare/contrast two or more versions of the same story 3rd lit -determine moral/lesson with text evidence -describe characters motivation and show how their actions contribue to sequence of events -distinguish between literal and nonliteral language -use terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza -compare/contrast themes, setting, plot 4th lit -refer to examples when explaining -determine a theme and summarize text -describe story elements in length, using text evidence (specific details- actions, thoughts, words) -Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean). -compare and contrast point of view (first and third person) -compare/contrast treatment of similar themes in stories between different cultures in texts 5th Lit -quote accurately from texts -determine a theme including how characters respond to challenges, summarize -figurative language such as metaphors and similes -describe how point of view influences how events are described -Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem). -compare and contrast stories from the same genre about theme 6th Lit -cite text evidence to draw inferences -summary with no opinions -Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution. -figuative language and connotative meanings, analyze impact of word choice -analyze how specific sentence, chapter, scene, etc. fits into text as a whole -explain how author develops point of view -compare/contast experience of listening or viewing audio, live, video -compare/contast differet genres in terms of theme 7th Lit -cite several pieces of text evidence -analyze how story elements interact -analyze alliteration -Analyze how a drama's or poem's form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning -Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film). -compare/contrast fictional portrayal of a time, place or character 8th Lit -discuss development of theme across text -compare/contrast structure of two or more texts -analyze how diffrences in point of view create effects like suspense -Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.