3rd Grade 4th Grade
Thinking Works to solve new words
within the Remembers multiple events
text in a story
Self monitors understanding
and ask questions when
meaning is lost
Notices information from
illustrations or graphics
Remembers tory details of
time and place
Thinking Examine the writers word
about the choice
text Distinguish own point of view
from the authors
Notice how the writer has
organized informational texts
in categories
Recognize the genre of the
text and use it to form
expectations
Identify sensory words and
phrases in stories or poems
Understand a biography as
the story of a persons life
Recognize and discuss
aspect of narrative structure,
beginning, series of events,
high point of the story, ending
Notice the way writer make
characters seem real
Recognize moral lesson in a
text
Thinking Compare and contrast
beyond information on a topic
the text Describes the relationship
between a series of events,
steps, or ideas that include
language related to time,
sequence, or cause and effect
Recognizes and learns the
meaning of new vocabulary
Understands that events build on
one another in a text
Remembers multiple events in a
story, understanding it has
multiple characters and cold have
multiple plots
Summarizes orally or in writing,
including important information
Identifies problem/solutions
Understand character
development by noticing their
attributes and actions
Builds meaning across several
texts
Understands text structure
including description, sequence,
compare/contrast, cause/effect,
and problem/solution
Examines writers word choice
Analyzes author's characteristics
ways of writing-character, plot,
style
Discusses the difference between
narrative and other structures
Discusses how layout contributes
to meaning and effectives of
fiction/nonfiction texts
Identifies internal and external
conflicts
Recognizes multiple points of
view
Recognizes arguments and
persuasion
Finds the theme of a story or
poem and compares with others
Uses prior knowledge to help
identify new knowledge
Compares/contracts new
knowledge
Interprets graphics
Draws inferences by referring to
specific details and examples
 Compare and contrast
character traits or actions,
story settings, themes, or
plants of two or more stories
Identifies narrators/authors
point of view
Supports thinking beyond the
text with specific evidence
based on personal experience
or evidence from the text
Explain the mood of
illustrations
Hypothesis the significance of
events in a story
Uses memory of multiple texts
and uses them as resources for
making connections
Discusses information provided in
section titles, headings, and
subheadings to predict
information provided
Forms question and searches for
answers while listening and
discussing text
Interprets the writer's message or
theme