Ohio Academic Content Standards
K-12 English Language Arts Content Standards
Fourth Grade
Acquisition of Vocabulary
9. Determine the meanings and pronunciations of unknown words by using dictionaries, glossaries, technology and textual features, such as definitional footnotes or sidebars.
Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies
1. Establish and adjust purposes for reading, including to find out, to understand, to interpret, to enjoy and to solve problems.
2. Predict and support predictions using an awareness of new vocabulary, text structures and familiar plot patterns.
4. Summarize important information in texts to demonstrate comprehension.
7. Answer literal, inferential and evaluative questions to demonstrate comprehension of grade-appropriate texts and electronic and visual media.
8. Monitor own comprehension by adjusting speed to fit the purpose, or by skimming, scanning, reading on or looking back.
11. Independently read books for various purposes (e.g., for enjoyment, for literary experience, to gain information or to perform a task).
Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text
2. Summarize main ideas in informational text, using supporting details as appropriate.
3. Locate important details about a topic using different sources of information including books, magazines, newspapers, and online resources.
Writing Processes
1. Generate writing ideas through discussions with others and from printed material.
2. State and develop a clear main idea for writing.
3. Develop a purpose and audience for writing.
7. Create paragraphs with topic sentences and supporting sentences that are marked by indentation and are linked by transitional words and phrases.
9. Use available technology to compose text.
13. Use resources and reference materials, including dictionaries, to select more effective vocabulary.
15. Apply tools (e.g., rubric, checklist and feedback) to judge the quality of writing.
16. Prepare for publication (e.g, for display or for sharing with others) writing that follows a format appropriate to the purpose using techniques such as electronic resources and graphics to enhance the final product.
Writing Applications
5. Produce informal writings (e.g., messages, journals, notes and poems) for various puposes.
Research
3. Identify important information found in the sources and summarize important findings.
6. Use a variety of communication techniques, including oral, visual, written or multimedia reports, to present information gathered.
Fifth Grade
Acquisition of Vocabulary
8. Determine the meanings and pronunciations of unknown words by using dictionaries, thesauruses, glossaries, technology and textual features, such as definitional footnotes or sidebars.
Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies
1. Establish and adjust purposes for reading, including to find out, to understand, to interpret, to enjoy and to solve problems.
2. Predict and support predictions with specific references to textual examples that may be in widely seperated sections of text.
4. Summarize the information in texts, recognizing that there may be several important ideas rather than one main idea and identifying details that support each.
7. Answer literal, inferential and evaluative questions to demonstrate comprehension of grade-appropriate print texts and electronic and visual media.
8. Monitor own comprehension by adjusting speed to fit the purpose, or by skimming, scanning, reading on, looking back or summarizing what has been read so far in the text.
11. Independently read books for various purposes (e.g., for enjoyment, for literary experience, to gain information or to perform a task).
Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text
4. Summarize the main ideas and supporting details.
Writing Processes
1. Generate writing ideas through discussions with others and from printed material, and keep a list of writing ideas.
2. Conduct background reading, interviews or surveys when appropriate.
3. State and develop a clear main idea for writing.
4. Determine a purpose and audience.
8. Group related ideas into paragraphs, including topic sentences following paragraph form, and maintain a consistent focus across paragraphs.
10. Use available technology to compose texts.
14. Use resources and reference materials (e.g., dictionaries and thesauruses) to select more effective vocabulary.
15. Proofread writing, edit to improve conventions, (e.g., grammar, spelling, punctuation and capitalization), and identify and correct fragments and run-ons.
16. Apply tools (e.g., rubric, checklist and feedback) to judge the quality of writing.
17. Prepare for publication (e.g, for display or for sharing with others) writing that follows a format appropriate to the purpose using techniques such as electronic resources and graphics to enhance the final product.
Writing Applications
5. Produce informal writings (e.g., messages, journals, notes and poems) for various puposes.
Research
2. Locate sources and gather relevant information form multiple sources (e.g., school library catalogs, online databases, electronic resources and Internet-based resources).
6. Use a variety of communication techniques, including oral, visual, written or multimedia reports, to present information gathered.
Sixth Grade
Acquisition of Vocabulary
5. Recognize and use words from other languages that have been adopted into the English language.
8. Determine the meanings and pronunciations of unknown words by using dictionaries, thesauruses, glossaries, technology and textual features, such as definitional footnotes or sidebars.
Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies
1. Establish and adjust purposes for reading, including to find out, to understand, to enjoy and to solve problems.
2. Predict or hypothesize as appropriate from information in the text, substantiating with specific references to textual examples that may be in widely seperated sections of text.
4. Summarize the information in texts, recognizing important ideas and supporting details, and noting gaps or contradictions.
6. Answer literal, inferential and evaluative questions to demonstrate comprehension of grade-appropriate print texts and electronic and visual media.
7. Monitor own comprehension by adjusting speed to fit the purpose, or by skimming, scanning, reading on, looking back, note taking or summarizing what has been read so far in text.
10. Independently read books for various purposes (e.g., for enjoyment, for literary experience, to gain information or to perform a task).
Writing Processes
1. Generate writing ideas through discussions with others and from printed material, and keep a list of writing ideas.
2. Conduct background reading, interviews or surveys when appropriate.
4. Determine a purpose and audience.
8. Group related ideas into paragraphs, including topic sentences following paragraph form, and maintain a consistent focus across paragraphs.
10. Use available technology to compose text.
14. Use resources and reference materials (e.g., dictionaries and thesauruses) to select more effective vocabulary.
15. Proofread writing, edit to improve conventions (e.g., grammar, spelling, punctuation and capitalization) and identify and correct fragments and run-ons.
16. Apply tools (e.g., rubric, checklist or feedback) to judge the quality of writing.
17. Prepare for publication (e.g., for display or for sharing with others) writing that follows a format appropriate to the purpose, using such techniques as electronic resources, principles of design (e.g., margins, tabs, spacing and columns) and graphics (e.g., drawings, charts and graphs) to enhance the final product.
Writing Applications
6. Produce informal writings (e.g., messages, journals, notes and poems) for various puposes.
Research
2. Identify appropriate sources, and gather relevant information form multiple sources (e.g., school library catalogs, online databases, electronic resources and Internet-based resources).
8. Use a variety of communication techniques, including oral, visual, written or multimedia reports, to present information that supports a clear position with organized and relevant evidence about the topic or reseach question.