Dear Parents,
We have not begun our personalized Reading groups yet where students will be switching based on Lexile levels, but I wanted to show you the standards that are applicable to your students. As you can see, many of the standards are similar, but we will differentiate lessons based on appropriate text complexity. We will begin these lessons on September 6th after Labor Day.
Jenny M-G
3rd Grade English Language Arts Georgia Standards of Excellence
ELAGSE3RL1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a
text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
ELAGSE3RI1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a
text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
ELAGSE3RL2: Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from
diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain
how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
ELAGSE3RI2: Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and
explain how they support the main idea.
ELAGSE3RL3: Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or
feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
ELAGSE3RI3: Describe the relationship between a series of historical events,
scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using
language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
ELAGSE3RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases both literal and nonliteral
language as they are used in the text.
ELAGSE3RI4: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific
words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
ELAGSE3RL5: Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or
speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe
how each successive part builds on earlier sections.
ELAGSE3RI5: Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars,
hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic quickly and
efficiently.
ELAGSE3RL6: Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or
those of the characters.
ELAGSE3RI6: Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a
text.
ELAGSE3RL7: Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to
what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize
aspects of a character or setting).
ELAGSE3RI7: Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps,
photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the
text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).
ELAGSE3RI8: Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and
paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a
sequence).
ELAGSE3RL9: Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories
written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books
from a series).
ELAGSE3RI9: Compare and contrast the most important points and key details
presented in two texts on the same topic.
ELAGSE3RL10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature,
including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2-3 text
complexity band independently and proficiently.
ELAGSE3RI10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational
texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high
end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
4th Grade English Language Arts Georgia Standards of Excellence
ELAGSE4RL1: Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the
text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
ELAGSE4RI1: Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the
text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
ELAGSE4RL2: Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the
text; summarize the text.
ELAGSE4RI2: Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported
by key details; summarize the text.
ELAGSE4RL3: Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or
drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts,
words, or actions).
ELAGSE4RI3: Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical,
scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on
specific information in the text.
ELAGSE4RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in
a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology
(e.g., Herculean).
ELAGSE4RI4: Determine the meaning of general academic language and
domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or
subject area.
ELAGSE4RL5: Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and
refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and
drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage
directions) when writing or speaking about a text.
ELAGSE4RI5: Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison,
cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a
text or part of a text.
ELAGSE4RL6: Compare and contrast the point of view from which different
stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person
narrations.
ELAGSE4RI6: Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the
same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information
provided.
ELAGSE4RL7: Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a
visual or oral presentation of the text identifying similarities and differences.
ELAGSE4RI7: Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively
(e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive
elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an
understanding of the text in which it appears.
ELAGSE4RI8: Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support
particular points in a text.
ELAGSE4RL9: Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics
(e.g., opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in
stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures.
ELAGSE4RI9: Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order
to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
ELAGSE4RL10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature,
including stories, dramas, and poetry, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band
proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
ELAGSE4RI10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational
texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the
grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the
high end of the range.
