Content Standard: D: Informational Texts
Students will apply reading, listening, and viewing strategies to informational texts across all areas of curriculum.
Common Assessment(s):

Performance Indicators Students will be able to:	Essential Elements			Suggested Performance Activities (Relating to Assessments)	Suggested Classroom Assessments	Vocabulary * Indicates a word the teacher uses to help students start to understand
1. Use information contained in chapter and section headings, topic sentences, and summary sentences to construct the main ideas.	.			Teacher will model, discuss and have students practice using an informational text to locate the main ideas.	Given a piece of informational text students will be able to identify the main idea with supporting details. Resource: science textbook assessments	headings informational text scan skim subheadings See D-6
2. Use various informational parts of a text (e.g., index, table of contents, glossary, appendices).	.			Students will explore parts of text identifying location and the function of its parts.	Students will use various parts of a text to find information.	appendix glossary index table of contents text
3. Read for a variety of purposes (e.g., to answer specific questions, to form an opinion, to skim for information).	Students will read to answer specific questions form an opinion skim for information form their own questions understand essential vocabulary			Students will participate in class discussions on how reading changes depending on the purpose.	Students will read a variety of informational texts to complete teacher assigned activities.	information key words opinion purpose scan skim
4. Summarize informational texts (e.g., identify the main idea or concept and the supporting detail).	Students will be introduced to identifying the main idea.			See D-1	See D-1
6. Understand common technical terms used in instructional and informational texts.	Students will understand technical terms used in science (ex., hypothesis) social studies (ex. physical characteristics) math (ex., sum, difference) other content areas			See D-1, D-2	See D-1, D-2	.
7. Recognize when and how new information in a text connects to prior knowledge.	Students will connect what they know to any new information.			Students will: 1). generate a t-chart for "know/want to know" information for new learning. 2). use application questions to connect to own experience.	1). Class discussion 2). Teacher observation	.