Content Area: English/Language Arts – Reading and Literature Statements from Report Level 1 Achievement Level 2 Achievement Level 3 Achievement Level 4 Achievement Card Applies appropriate phonics Uses letter/sound Blends sounds to make Applies appropriate phonics Consistently uses multiple skills to decode words relationships, blends sounds words, uses letter/sound skills by decoding phonics strategies plus self to make words with association to decode simple phonetically and accurately correction to identify new substantial teacher support words, recognizes and uses one syllable and/or multi- words rhyming words with some syllabic words teacher support Applies strategies to identify Uses picture clues and Uses picture clues and Uses a variety of strategies Is able to identify word word meaning context clues to identify context clues to identify to identify word meaning meaning and correctly use word meaning with word meaning with some the word in and out of substantial teacher support teacher support context Recognizes high frequency Identifies few high Identifies some high Identifies expected high Automatically identifies and words frequency sight words using frequency sight words using frequency sight words both uses high frequency sight visual memory visual memory in and out of context words both in and out of context Reads orally with fluency Reads word by word or in Reads in longer phrases with Reads accurately and Reads grade appropriate short phrases with many some expression and with a fluently with awareness of text fluently and accurately miscues few miscues punctuation using multiple strategies, expression, and voice Demonstrates Makes a prediction using Makes an appropriate Demonstrates Consistently retells a story comprehension of text pictures and retells a part of prediction using pictures comprehension of text including all essential details through a variety of the story with substantial and prior knowledge; retells through prediction, retelling and sequences story events; strategies teacher support a story with the beginning, with detail, and making consistently makes strong middle, and end with some connections predictions, connections, teacher support and inferences Identifies story elements Identifies character and Identifies character, setting, Identifies characters, Consistently identifies setting with substantial problem, and solution with setting, problem, solution characters, setting, plot, teacher support some teacher support and plot problem and solution, and cause and effect Applies common features of Applies common features of Applies common features of Applies common features of Applies common features of nonfiction nonfiction text with nonfiction text with some nonfiction text nonfiction text and makes substantial teacher support teacher support connections across the curriculum
Content Area: English/Language Arts – Reading and Literature Statements from Report Card Level 1 Achievement Level 2 Achievement Level 3 Achievement Level 4 Achievement Applies appropriate phonics skills to decode words Uses letter/sound relationships, blends sounds to make words with substantial teacher support Blends sounds to make words, uses letter/sound association to decode simple words, recognizes and uses rhyming words with some teacher support Applies appropriate phonics skills by decoding phonetically and accurately one syllable and/or multi- syllabic words Consistently uses multiple phonics strategies plus self correction to identify new words Applies strategies to identify word meaning Uses picture clues and context clues to identify word meaning with substantial teacher support Uses picture clues and context clues to identify word meaning with some teacher support Uses a variety of strategies to identify word meaning Is able to identify word meaning and correctly use the word in and out of context Recognizes high frequency words Identifies few high frequency sight words using visual memory Identifies some high frequency sight words using visual memory Identifies expected high frequency sight words both in and out of context Automatically identifies and uses high frequency sight words both in and out of context Reads orally with fluency Reads word by word or in short phrases with many miscues Reads in longer phrases with some expression and with a few miscues Reads accurately and fluently with awareness of punctuation Reads grade appropriate text fluently and accurately using multiple strategies, expression, and voice Demonstrates comprehension of text through a variety of strategies Makes a prediction using pictures and retells a part of the story with substantial teacher support Makes an appropriate prediction using pictures and prior knowledge; retells a story with the beginning, middle, and end with some teacher support Demonstrates comprehension of text through prediction, retelling with detail, and making connections Consistently retells a story including all essential details and sequences story events; consistently makes strong predictions, connections, and inferences Identifies story elements Identifies character and setting with substantial teacher support Identifies character, setting, problem, and solution with some teacher support Identifies characters, setting, problem, solution and plot Consistently identifies characters, setting, plot, problem and solution, and cause and effect Applies common features of nonfiction Applies common features of nonfiction text with substantial teacher support Applies common features of nonfiction text with some teacher support Applies common features of nonfiction text Applies common features of nonfiction text and makes connections across the curriculum