Compiled By Michelle E.

Vanston using The Continuum of Literacy Learning (2007) By Irene

Foutnas and Gay Su Pinnell and the Common Core State Standards.


My Reading Level Targets
Level N

General Book Targets
I can read and understand books with many detailed episodes
I can read books with a different perspective than my own
I can figure out words with 3 or more syllables
I can read words when they are hyphenated across two lines
I can figure out how to read and understand technical words
I can figure out how to read and understand proper nouns
I can continue reading books to find resolutions to problems in the book
I can use context clues, prefixes and suffixes, and base words to figure out
the meaning of words

Targets about the Setting
I can talk about the setting and how it is important to the plot
I can talk about the relationship between the setting and the plot of a story

Targets about Summarizing
I can identify significant events in a book and tell how they are related to the
problem or the solution in a book

Targets about Predicting
I can make predictions while reading a book
I can search for and use information to confirm or disconfirm predictions

Targets about Making Connections
I can use my cultural knowledge to relate to a book
I can make connections to other books
I can specify the nature of my connections

Targets about Synthesizing
I can identify and understand related ideas in a book.
I can talk about how my perspective on a situation or a character changed
throughout a book or series

Targets about Theme
I can infer the theme of the theme in a book through the actions of the main
character(s)
Compiled By Michelle E. Vanston using The Continuum of Literacy Learning (2007) By Irene
Foutnas and Gay Su Pinnell and the Common Core State Standards.


Targets about Inferring and Understanding Characters
I can talk about characters perspectives and use evidence from what the
character says and thinks and through what others say or think about them.
I can track how a character changes and site evidence and reasons for the
development
I can distinguish my point of view from that of characters*

Targets about Analyzing a Book
I can interpret figurative language (alliteration, personification, and
onomatopoeia) and discuss how it adds to the meaning and my enjoyment of
the book
I can understand the connotative meaning of words in books

Targets about Critiquing a Book
I can talk about how the author builds suspense in a book
I can evaluate a book and give reasons for my evaluation.

Informational Text Targets
I can read and understand informational books with a central topic and
subtopics
I can determine the main idea of a book, talk about the key details and explain
how they support the main idea*
I can distinguish my point of view from that of the author*
I can describe the logical connections between sentences and paragraphs in a
book*