Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
Kindergarten–Grade 5
Reading: Literature
Grade 2
Key Ideas and Details
RL.2.1
Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
RL.2.2
Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.2.3
Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
Craft and Structure
RL.2.6
Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RL.2.9
Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story (e.g., Cinderella stories) by different authors or from different cultures.
Grade 4
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RL.4.7
Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.
Ohio English Language Arts Standards (2001)
Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies Standard
Benchmarks (K–3)
B.
Make predictions from text clues and cite specific examples to support predictions.
C.
Draw conclusions from information in text.
D.
Apply reading skills and strategies to summarize and compare and contrast information in text, between text and across subject areas.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 1)
4.
Make predictions while reading and support predictions with information from the text or prior experience.
5.
Compare information (e.g., recognize similarities) in texts with prior knowledge and experience.
6.
Recall the important ideas in fictional and non-fictional texts.
7.
Create and use graphic organizers such as Venn diagrams or webs, with teacher assistance, to demonstrate comprehension.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 2)
2.
Predict content, events and outcomes from illustrations and prior experience and support those predictions with examples from the text or background knowledge.
3.
Compare and contrast information in texts with prior knowledge and experience.
4.
Summarize text by recalling main ideas and some supporting details.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 3)
2.
Predict content, events and outcomes by using chapter titles, section headers, illustrations and story topics, and support those predictions with examples from the text.
3.
Compare and contrast information between texts and across subject areas.
4.
Summarize texts, sequencing information accurately and include main ideas and details as appropriate.
Reading Applications: Literary Text Standard
Benchmarks (K–3)
A.
Compare and contrast plot across literary works.
B.
Use supporting details to identify and describe main ideas, characters and setting.
C.
Recognize the defining characteristics and features of different types of literary forms and genres.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 1)
2.
Identify characters, setting and events in a story.
3.
Retell the beginning, middle and ending of a story, including its important events.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 2)
1.
Compare and contrast different versions of the same story.
2.
Describe characters and setting.
3.
Retell the plot of a story.
4.
Distinguish between stories, poems, plays, fairy tales and fables.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 3)
1.
Recognize and describe similarities and differences of plot across literary works.
2.
Use concrete details from the text to describe characters and setting.
3.
Retell the plot sequence.
4.
Identify and explain the defining characteristics of literary forms and genres, including fairy tales, folk tales, poetry, fiction and non-fiction.