• Expand vocabulary when reading.
• Use context to clarify meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases.
• Use context and sentence structure to determine meanings and differentiate among multiple meanings of words.
• Use knowledge of roots, affixes, synonyms, antonyms, and homophones.
• Identify an author's use of figurative language.
• Use dictionary, glossary, thesaurus, and other word-reference materials.
• Develop vocabulary by listening to and reading a variety of texts.
• Study word meanings across content areas.
  

5.5 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and poetry.

• Describe character development in fiction and poetry selections.
• Describe the development of plot and explain the resolution of conflict(s).
  
• Describe the characteristics of free verse, rhymed, and patterned poetry.
• Describe how an author’s choice of vocabulary and style contributes to the quality and enjoyment of selections.
• Identify and ask questions that clarify various points of view.
• Identify the main idea.
• Summarize supporting details form text.
• Draw conclusions and make inferences from text.
• Identify cause and effect relationships.
• Make, confirm, or revise predictions.
• Use reading strategies throughout the reading process to monitor comprehension.
• Read with fluency and accuracy.
  

5.6 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of nonfiction texts.

• Use text organizers, such as type, headings, and graphics, to predict and categorize information.
• Use prior knowledge and build additional background knowledge as context for new learning.
  
• Identify structural patterns found in nonfiction.
• Locate information to support opinions, predictions, and conclusions.
• Identify cause-and-effect relationships following transition words signaling the pattern.
• Differentiate between fact and opinion.
  
• Identify the main idea of nonfiction texts.
• Summarize supporting details in nonfiction texts.
  
• Identify, compare, and contrast relationships.
• Skim materials to develop a general overview of content and to locate specific information.
• Identify new information gained from reading.
• Read with fluency and accuracy.
  
• Use reading strategies throughout the reading process to monitor comprehension.
  

• Construct questions about a topic.
• Collection information from multiple resources including online, print, and media.
• Use technology as a tool to research, organize, evaluate, and communicate information.
• Organize information presented on charts, maps, and graphs.
• Develop notes that include important concepts, summaries, and identification of information sources.
• Give credit to sources used in research.
• Define the meaning and consequences of plagiarism.