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English Language Development — Grade 4

Goal 3. Reading — Intermediate High

Goal 3. Reading

The learner will comprehend written English in personal, social, and academic contexts from print and non-print materials.

Level: Intermediate High

Students will begin to use expanded vocabulary to participate effectively in social and academic conversations and presentations with occasional difficulty. They may continue to use forms of non-verbal communication to demonstrate comprehension, but will rely more upon verbal skills. Learning objectives focus on responding to questions spoken at normal speed, using expanded vocabulary for discourse, retelling text with less difficulty, using phonetic knowledge and structural analysis to decode words, using reference materials to understand unknown words in text, distinguishing between fact and opinion, reading self-selected texts independently, and following one-step and two-step directions.

Objective IH 3.01
Use phonemic awareness and structural analysis to decode regular multi-syllable words when reading grade-level text with frequent instructional support (e.g., knowledge of syllables, suffixes and prefixes, compound words).
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Objective IH 3.02
Recognize many high frequency words in grade-level text with frequent instructional support.
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Objective IH 3.03
Identify and interpret elements of fiction and non-fiction in grade-level text with frequent instructional assistance (e.g., conflict, main idea, fact/opinion, supporting details, point of view, resolution).
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Objective IH 3.04
Self-monitor own difficulties in comprehending grade-level text with frequent instructional support.
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Objective IH 3.05
Identify some significant structural organization patterns in grade-level text with frequent instructional support.
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Objective IH 3.06
Demonstrate familiarity with a wide variety of grade-level texts and identify their purpose with frequent instructional support.
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Objective IH 3.07
Use a variety of strategies and skills to read self-selected text commensurate with student's reading level with some assistance.
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Objective IH 3.08
Use a dictionary, glossary, thesaurus, or other reference materials to identify and comprehend unknown words.
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