Grade 4 » Reading


Key Ideas and Details

R.1

Description: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
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✓ SeeReader
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R.2

Description: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
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R.3

Description: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
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Craft and Structure

R.4

Description: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
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✓ SeeReader
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R.5

Description: Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
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Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

R.8

Description: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
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R.9

Description: Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
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Informational Text

RI.4.1

Description: Key Ideas and Details
Locate explicit information in the text to explain what the text says explicitly and to support inferences drawn from the text.
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RI.4.2

Description: Key Ideas and Details
Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; paraphrase or summarize key ideas, events, or procedures including correct sequence when appropriate.
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RI.4.3

Description: Key Ideas and Details
Explain relationships (e.g., cause‐effect) among events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
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RI.4.4

Description: Craft and Structure
Determine the meaning of general academic and domain‐specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
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RI.4.5

Description: Craft and Structure
Describe the overall structure (e.g., sequence, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
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RI.4.6

Description: Craft and Structure
Determine author’s purpose; compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided.
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RI.4.7

Description: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
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Literature

RL.4.1

Description: Key Ideas and Details
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
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RL.4.2

Description: Key Ideas and Details
Determine a theme or author’s message or purpose of a story, drama, or poem using details and evidence from the text as support; summarize main ideas or events, in correct sequence, including how conflicts are resolved.
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RL.4.3

Description: Key Ideas and Details
Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).
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✓ SeeReader
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RL.4.4

Description: Craft and Structure
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including use of figurative language and literary devices (e.g., imagery, metaphors, similes).
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✓ SeeReader
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