My Reading Level Targets
Level Q
General Book Targets
I can demonstrate appropriate stress on words, pausing and phrasing, intonation, and use of punctuation while reading in a way that reflects understanding (during oral reading)
I can read about new cultures or places and acquire new content knowledge
I can use text structure to predict the outcome of a book in a variety of genres
Targets about the Setting
I can read books in which I need to have content knowledge of the setting
I can talk about how the setting is important to the plot
Targets about Summarizing
I can identify important ideas in a text and report them in an organized way
I can remember a story problem or plot, as well as important information over a longer text and construct meaning
I can independently summarize a text*
Targets about Predicting
I can make predictions while reading a book
I can search for and use information to confirm or disconfirm predictions
Targets about Making Connections
I can make connections to characters with different cultures, distant places, and different times
I can make connections to other books
I can specify the nature of my connections
Targets about Synthesizing
I can discuss how my ideas of a book have changed and explain why my ideas have changed
Targets about Theme
I can understand the theme of a book with a different culture than my own
Targets about Inferring and Understanding Characters
I can state the explicit and obvious reasons a character changes over a book
I can follow multiple characters by what they say, think and do and by what others say about them
Targets about Analyzing a Book
I can read and understand words with connotative meanings
I can speculate on alternative meanings that the text may have
I can recognize irony and understand how it adds to the quality of the text
Targets about Critiquing a Book
I can talk about the writer’s craft (style, language, perspective, themes) after reading several pieces by the same author
I can express my personal tastes in reading and support my choices with specific descriptions of text features (plot, use of language, kinds of characters, genre)
Informational Text Targets
I can read books that have complex ideas.
I can read books that are on many different topics
I can refer to details and examples in a book when explaining what the text says*
I can determine the main ideas and explain how the key details support the main idea*
I can describe the structure of a book (compare/contrast, cause and effect, problem/solution) with help*
I can interpret information presented visually (graphs, charts, diagrams, timelines, etc)*
I can explain how an author used reasons and evidence to support particular points*
Compiled By Michelle E. Vanston using The Continuum of Literacy Learning (2007) By Irene
Foutnas and Gay Su Pinnell and the Common Core State Standards.
Level Q
General Book Targets
I can demonstrate appropriate stress on words, pausing and phrasing, intonation, and use of punctuation while reading in a way that reflects understanding (during oral reading)
I can read about new cultures or places and acquire new content knowledge
I can use text structure to predict the outcome of a book in a variety of genres
Targets about the Setting
I can read books in which I need to have content knowledge of the setting
I can talk about how the setting is important to the plot
Targets about Summarizing
I can identify important ideas in a text and report them in an organized way
I can remember a story problem or plot, as well as important information over a longer text and construct meaning
I can independently summarize a text*
Targets about Predicting
I can make predictions while reading a book
I can search for and use information to confirm or disconfirm predictions
Targets about Making Connections
I can make connections to characters with different cultures, distant places, and different times
I can make connections to other books
I can specify the nature of my connections
Targets about Synthesizing
I can discuss how my ideas of a book have changed and explain why my ideas have changed
Targets about Theme
I can understand the theme of a book with a different culture than my own
Targets about Inferring and Understanding Characters
I can state the explicit and obvious reasons a character changes over a book
I can follow multiple characters by what they say, think and do and by what others say about them
Targets about Analyzing a Book
I can read and understand words with connotative meanings
I can speculate on alternative meanings that the text may have
I can recognize irony and understand how it adds to the quality of the text
Targets about Critiquing a Book
I can talk about the writer’s craft (style, language, perspective, themes) after reading several pieces by the same author
I can express my personal tastes in reading and support my choices with specific descriptions of text features (plot, use of language, kinds of characters, genre)
Informational Text Targets
I can read books that have complex ideas.
I can read books that are on many different topics
I can refer to details and examples in a book when explaining what the text says*
I can determine the main ideas and explain how the key details support the main idea*
I can describe the structure of a book (compare/contrast, cause and effect, problem/solution) with help*
I can interpret information presented visually (graphs, charts, diagrams, timelines, etc)*
I can explain how an author used reasons and evidence to support particular points*
Compiled By Michelle E. Vanston using The Continuum of Literacy Learning (2007) By Irene
Foutnas and Gay Su Pinnell and the Common Core State Standards.