Kansas State Standards Alignments
Grades Four through Eight
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Standards List with Aligned Product Skills
Agency Tag Set Name
Product Name
Kansas, ELA, 2003, Fourth Grade,
Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 1 - The student reads and
comprehends text across the
curriculum.
KS 1.1 - The student uses skills in
alphabetics to construct meaning
from text.
KS 1.1.1 - The student: uses
decoding skills that include
knowledge of structural analysis
automatically when reading.
KS 1.2 - The student reads fluently.
KS 1.2.1 - The student: uses
knowledge of conventions (e.g.,
question marks, exclamation points,
commas, apostrophes, colons, semicolons, dashes) to read fluently at
instructional or independent reading
levels.
KS 1.2.2 - The student: reads
Skill Area 1 - Overall
expressively with appropriate pace, Product(OP)
phrasing, intonation, and rhythm of
speech.
Skill Area 5 - Fluency (FL)
KS 1.2.3 - The student: uses
knowledge of sentence structure to
read fluently at instructional or
independent reading levels.
Skill Area 1 - Overall
Product(OP)
KS 1.2.4 - The student: uses a
variety of word-recognition strategies
(e.g., practicing words in isolation,
practicing reading words in text,
orthographic patterns) to read
fluently.
KS 1.2.5 - The student: adjusts
Skill Area 1 - Overall
reading rate to support
Product(OP)
comprehension when reading
narrative, expository, technical, and
persuasive texts.
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*State-Assessed Standards
Grade 4
Skill Description
Skill 5 - OP05 Building fluency
Skill 2 - FL02 Practicing fluency via
reader's theatre
Skill 3 - FL03 Practicing fluency via
passage and quote read-alouds
Skill 5 - OP05 Building fluency
Skill 10 - OP10 Reading and
understanding English sentence
structure
Skill 6 - OP06 Developing
comprehension strategies
Skill 11 - OP11 Applying
comprehension strategies to reading
literature
Skill 12 - OP12 Applying
comprehension strategies to content
area reading
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Agency Tag Set Name
Product Name
Kansas, ELA, 2003, Fourth Grade,
Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.3 - The student expands
vocabulary.
KS 1.3.1 - *The student: determines Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
the meaning of words or phrases by Acquisition (VA)
using context clues (e.g., definitions,
restatements, examples,
descriptions) from sentences or
paragraphs.
KS 1.3.2 - The student: identifies and
uses synonyms, antonyms,
homophones, and homographs to
determine the meaning of words.
KS 1.3.3 - The student: uses a
dictionary or a glossary to determine
an appropriate definition of a word or
uses a thesaurus to expand
vocabulary.
KS 1.3.4 - *The student: determines
meaning of words through knowledge
of word structure (e.g., compound
nouns, contractions, *root words,
*prefixes, *suffixes).
KS 1.3.5 - The student: determines
the meaning of figurative language by
interpreting similes, metaphors, and
idioms.
KS 1.3.6 - The student: identifies the
connotation and denotation of new
words.
KS 1.4 - The student comprehends a
variety of texts (narrative, expository,
technical, and persuasive).
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Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
Acquisition (VA)
Grade 4
Skill Description
Skill 25 - CS25 Identifying reading
strategies
Skill 1 - VA01 Acquiring vocabulary
by encountering words in context
Skill 10 - VA10 Using context clues
to infer the meaning of unfamiliar
words
Skill 13 - VA13 Applying knowledge
of synonyms to determine meaning
Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
Acquisition (VA)
Skill 20 - VA20 Using a glossary to
determine the meanings,
syllabication, and pronunciation of
unknown words
Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
Acquisition (VA)
Skill 5 - VA05 Recognizing prefixes
through context
Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
Acquisition (VA)
Skill 6 - VA06 Recognizing suffixes
through context
Skill 7 - VA07 Recognizing
compound words through context
Skill 8 - VA08 Recognizing
derivatives through context
Skill 22 - VA22 Using root words to
determine the meaning of unknown
words
Skill 17 - VA17 Understanding
figurative language
Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
Acquisition (VA)
Skill 3 - VA03 Recalling word
meaning
*State-Assessed Standards
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Agency Tag Set Name
Product Name
Kansas, ELA, 2003, Fourth Grade,
Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 1.4.1 - The student: identifies
Skill Area 3 - Literacy Experience
characteristics of narrative,
and Appreciation (LE)
expository, technical, and persuasive
texts.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.2 - *The student: understands Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
the purpose of text features (e.g.,
Strategies for Literature and
title, *graphs/charts and maps, *table Content Area Reading (CS)
of contents, *pictures/illustrations,
*boldface type, *italics, glossary,
index, headings, subheadings, topic
and summary sentences, captions)
and uses such features to locate
information in and to gain meaning
from appropriate-level texts.
KS 1.4.3 - The student: uses prior
knowledge and content to make,
revise, and confirm predictions.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.4 - The student: generates
and responds logically to literal,
inferential, and critical thinking
questions before, during, and after
reading the text.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.5 - *The student: uses
information from the text to make
inferences and draw conclusions.
Skill Area 6 - Oral
Comprehension and Speaking
Skills (OS)
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.6 - *The student: identifies
text structure (e.g., sequence,
problem-solution, comparisoncontrast, description, cause-effect).
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.7 - *The student: compares
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
and contrasts information (e.g., topic, Strategies for Literature and
characters' traits, themes, problem- Content Area Reading (CS)
solution, cause-effect relationships)
in one or more appropriate-level
text(s) and identifies comparecontrast signal words.
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*State-Assessed Standards
Grade 4
Skill Description
Skill 5 - LE05 Understanding literary
types
Skill 34 - CS34 Recognizing text type
and genre
Skill 30 - CS30 Using informational
text features
Skill 33 - CS33 Locating information
for specific purposes
Skill 1 - CS01 Using background
knowledge to understand text
Skill 2 - CS02 Making predictions
about text
Skill 7 - CS07 Asking and answering
questions about the text
Skill 22 - CS22 Answering questions
about what was read
Skill 9 - OS09 Drawing conclusions
from passages read aloud
Skill 19 - CS19 Drawing conclusions
Skill 20 - CS20 Making inferences
Skill 29 - CS29 Understanding text
organization
Skill 5 - CS05 Comparing and
contrasting
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Standards List with Aligned Product Skills
Agency Tag Set Name
Product Name
Kansas, ELA, 2003, Fourth Grade,
Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 1.4.8 - *The student: links causes Skill Area 6 - Oral
and effects in appropriate-level
Comprehension and Speaking
narrative and expository texts.
Skills (OS)
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.9 - *The student: retells main Skill Area 6 - Oral
ideas or events as well as supporting Comprehension and Speaking
details in appropriate-level narrative, Skills (OS)
expository, and technical texts.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
Grade 4
Skill Description
Skill 12 - OS12 Identifying cause and
effect relationships within passages
read aloud
Skill 9 - CS09 Identifying cause and
effect
Skill 4 - OS04 Supporting ideas
presented orally with examples and
evidence
Skill 6 - CS06 Summarizing main
points of text
Skill 8 - CS08 Identifying main idea
and details
Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR) Skill 3 - WR03 Supporting ideas in
writing using examples and evidence
Skill 7 - WR07 Summarizing the
main ideas and details
Skill 8 - CS08 Identifying main idea
and details
KS 1.4.10 - *The student: identifies
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
the topic, main idea(s), and
Strategies for Literature and
supporting details in appropriate-level Content Area Reading (CS)
texts.
Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR) Skill 7 - WR07 Summarizing the
main ideas and details
KS 1.4.11 - *The student: identifies
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Skill 24 - CS24 Understanding
the author's purpose (e.g., to
Strategies for Literature and
text/author's purpose
persuade, *to entertain, *to inform). Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.12 - The student: establishes Skill Area 3 - Literacy Experience Skill 1 - LE01 Establishing a purpose
a purpose for reading or listening
and Appreciation (LE)
for reading
(e.g., to be informed, to follow
directions, to be entertained).
KS 1.4.13 - The student: follows
directions explained in technical text.
KS 1.4.14 - *The student:
distinguishes between fact and
opinion in various types of
appropriate-level texts.
KS 2 - The student responds to a
variety of text.
KS 2.1 - The student uses literary
concepts to interpret and respond to
text.
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Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
*State-Assessed Standards
Skill 10 - CS10 Differentiating fact
and opinion
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Agency Tag Set Name
Product Name
Kansas, ELA, 2003, Fourth Grade,
Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 2.1.1 - *The student: identifies
Skill Area 6 - Oral
and describes characters' physical
Comprehension and Speaking
traits, personality traits, and feelings, Skills (OS)
and explains reasons for characters'
actions and the consequences of
those actions.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 2.1.2 - *The student: identifies
and describes the setting (e.g.,
environment, time of day or year,
historical period, situation, place) of
the story or literary text.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 2.1.3 - *The student: identifies or
describes the major conflict in a story
and how it is resolved.
KS 2.2 - The student understands the
significance of literature and its
contributions to human understanding
and culture.
KS 2.2.1 - The student: describes
aspects of history and culture found
in works of literature.
KS 2.2.2 - The student: compares
and contrasts various languages,
traditions, and cultures found in
literature.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 2.2.3 - The student: makes
Skill Area 6 - Oral
connections between specific
Comprehension and Speaking
aspects of literature from a variety of Skills (OS)
cultures and personal experiences.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
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*State-Assessed Standards
Grade 4
Skill Description
Skill 12 - OS12 Identifying cause and
effect relationships within passages
read aloud
Skill 9 - CS09 Identifying cause and
effect
Skill 16 - CS16 Understanding
characterization
Skill 15 - CS15 Recognizing setting
Skill 17 - CS17 Understanding
historical/cultural factors
Skill 14 - CS14 Recognizing plot
Skill 17 - CS17 Understanding
historical/cultural factors
Skill 5 - CS05 Comparing and
contrasting
Skill 17 - CS17 Understanding
historical/cultural factors
Skill 7 - OS07 Connecting readalouds to personal experience
Skill 17 - CS17 Understanding
historical/cultural factors
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Standards List with Aligned Product Skills
Agency Tag Set Name
Product Name
Kansas, ELA, 2003, Fifth Grade,
Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 1 - The student reads and
comprehends text across the
curriculum.
KS 1.1 - The student uses skills in
alphabetics to construct meaning
from text.
KS 1.2 - The student reads fluently.
Grade 5
Skill Description
KS 1.2.1 - The student: uses
knowledge of conventions (e.g.,
question marks, exclamation points,
commas, apostrophes, asterisks,
ampersands) and text features to
read fluently at instructional or
independent reading levels.
KS 1.2.2 - The student: reads
expressively with appropriate pace,
phrasing, intonation, and rhythm of
speech.
Skill Area 1 - Overall
Product(OP)
Skill 5 - OP05 Building fluency
Skill Area 5 - Fluency (FL)
KS 1.2.3 - The student: uses
knowledge of sentence structure to
read fluently at instructional or
independent reading levels.
Skill Area 1 - Overall
Product(OP)
Skill 2 - FL02 Practicing fluency via
reader's theatre
Skill 3 - FL03 Practicing fluency via
passage and quote read-alouds
Skill 5 - OP05 Building fluency
KS 1.2.4 - The student: uses a
variety of word-recognition strategies
(e.g., practicing words in isolation,
practicing reading words in text,
orthographic patterns) to read
fluently.
KS 1.2.5 - The student: adjusts
Skill Area 1 - Overall
reading rate to support
Product(OP)
comprehension when reading
narrative, expository, technical, and
persuasive texts.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
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*State-Assessed Standards
Skill 10 - OP10 Reading and
understanding English sentence
structure
Skill 6 - OP06 Developing
comprehension strategies
Skill 11 - OP11 Applying
comprehension strategies to reading
literature
Skill 12 - OP12 Applying
comprehension strategies to content
area reading
Skill 25 - CS25 Identifying reading
strategies
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Agency Tag Set Name
Product Name
Kansas, ELA, 2003, Fifth Grade,
Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 1.3 - The student expands
vocabulary.
KS 1.3.1 - *The student: determines Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
the meaning of words or phrases by Acquisition (VA)
using context clues (e.g., definitions,
restatements, examples,
descriptions) from sentences or
paragraphs.
KS 1.3.2 - The student: uses
synonyms, antonyms, homophones,
and homographs to determine the
meaning of words.
KS 1.3.3 - The student: chooses
reference materials (e.g.,
dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases,
glossaries, thesauri, on-line reference
materials) appropriate to the task.
Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
Acquisition (VA)
Grade 5
Skill Description
Skill 1 - VA01 Acquiring vocabulary
by encountering words in context
Skill 10 - VA10 Using context clues
to infer the meaning of unfamiliar
words
Skill 13 - VA13 Applying knowledge
of synonyms to determine meaning
Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
Acquisition (VA)
Skill 20 - VA20 Using a glossary to
determine the meanings,
syllabication, and pronunciation of
unknown words
KS 1.3.4 - *The student: determines Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
meaning of words through knowledge Acquisition (VA)
of word structure (e.g., contractions,
*root words, *prefixes, *suffixes).
Skill 5 - VA05 Recognizing prefixes
through context
KS 1.3.5 - The student: determines
the meaning of figurative language by
interpreting similes, metaphors,
idioms, analogies, hyperbole,
onomatopoeia, and personification.
KS 1.3.6 - The student: recognizes
the differences between the
meanings of connotation and
denotation.
KS 1.4 - The student comprehends a
variety of texts (narrative, expository,
technical, and persuasive).
Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
Acquisition (VA)
Skill 6 - VA06 Recognizing suffixes
through context
Skill 7 - VA07 Recognizing
compound words through context
Skill 8 - VA08 Recognizing
derivatives through context
Skill 22 - VA22 Using root words to
determine the meaning of unknown
words
Skill 17 - VA17 Understanding
figurative language
Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
Acquisition (VA)
Skill 3 - VA03 Recalling word
meaning
KS 1.4.1 - The student: identifies
Skill Area 3 - Literacy Experience Skill 5 - LE05 Understanding literary
characteristics of narrative,
and Appreciation (LE)
types
expository, technical, and persuasive
texts.
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Standards List with Aligned Product Skills
Agency Tag Set Name
Product Name
Kansas, ELA, 2003, Fifth Grade,
Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.2 - *The student: understands Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
the purpose of text features (e.g.,
Strategies for Literature and
title, *graphs/charts and maps, *table Content Area Reading (CS)
of contents, *pictures/illustrations,
*boldface type, *italics, *glossary,
*index, *headings, *subheadings,
topic and summary sentences,
*captions) and uses such features to
locate information in and to gain
meaning from appropriate-level texts.
KS 1.4.3 - The student: uses prior
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
knowledge, content, and text features Strategies for Literature and
to make, revise, and confirm
Content Area Reading (CS)
predictions.
KS 1.4.4 - The student: generates
and responds logically to literal,
inferential, and critical thinking
questions before, during, and after
reading the text.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.5 - *The student: uses
information from the text to make
inferences and draw conclusions.
Skill Area 6 - Oral
Comprehension and Speaking
Skills (OS)
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.6 - *The student: identifies
text structure (e.g., sequence,
problem-solution, comparisoncontrast, description, cause-effect).
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.7 - *The student: compares
and contrasts varying aspects (e.g.,
topic, characters' traits, themes,
problem-solution, cause-effect
relationships) in one or more
appropriate-level texts.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
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*State-Assessed Standards
Grade 5
Skill Description
Skill 34 - CS34 Recognizing text type
and genre
Skill 30 - CS30 Using informational
text features
Skill 33 - CS33 Locating information
for specific purposes
Skill 1 - CS01 Using background
knowledge to understand text
Skill 2 - CS02 Making predictions
about text
Skill 30 - CS30 Using informational
text features
Skill 7 - CS07 Asking and answering
questions about the text
Skill 22 - CS22 Answering questions
about what was read
Skill 9 - OS09 Drawing conclusions
from passages read aloud
Skill 19 - CS19 Drawing conclusions
Skill 20 - CS20 Making inferences
Skill 29 - CS29 Understanding text
organization
Skill 5 - CS05 Comparing and
contrasting
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Standards List with Aligned Product Skills
Agency Tag Set Name
Product Name
Kansas, ELA, 2003, Fifth Grade,
Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 1.4.8 - *The student: links causes Skill Area 6 - Oral
and effects in appropriate-level
Comprehension and Speaking
narrative, expository, and technical
Skills (OS)
texts, and identifies signal words
related to cause-effect relationships.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.9 - *The student: retells main Skill Area 6 - Oral
ideas or events as well as supporting Comprehension and Speaking
details in appropriate-level narrative, Skills (OS)
expository, persuasive, and technical
texts.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
Grade 5
Skill Description
Skill 12 - OS12 Identifying cause and
effect relationships within passages
read aloud
Skill 9 - CS09 Identifying cause and
effect
Skill 4 - OS04 Supporting ideas
presented orally with examples and
evidence
Skill 6 - CS06 Summarizing main
points of text
Skill 8 - CS08 Identifying main idea
and details
Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR) Skill 3 - WR03 Supporting ideas in
writing using examples and evidence
KS 1.4.10 - *The student: identifies
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
the topic, main idea(s), supporting
Strategies for Literature and
details, and theme(s) in appropriate- Content Area Reading (CS)
level texts.
Skill 7 - WR07 Summarizing the
main ideas and details
Skill 8 - CS08 Identifying main idea
and details
Skill 27 - CS27 Identifying theme
Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR) Skill 7 - WR07 Summarizing the
main ideas and details
KS 1.4.11 - *The student: identifies
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Skill 24 - CS24 Understanding
the author's purpose (e.g., to
Strategies for Literature and
text/author's purpose
persuade, to entertain, to inform).
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.12 - The student: establishes Skill Area 3 - Literacy Experience Skill 1 - LE01 Establishing a purpose
a purpose for reading (e.g., to be
and Appreciation (LE)
for reading
informed, to follow directions, to be
entertained, to solve problems).
KS 1.4.13 - The student: follows
directions explained in technical text.
KS 1.4.14 - The student: identifies
Skill Area 6 - Oral
evidence that supports conclusions in Comprehension and Speaking
persuasive text.
Skills (OS)
Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR)
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*State-Assessed Standards
Skill 4 - OS04 Supporting ideas
presented orally with examples and
evidence
Skill 3 - WR03 Supporting ideas in
writing using examples and evidence
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Agency Tag Set Name
Product Name
Kansas, ELA, 2003, Fifth Grade,
Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 1.4.15 - *The student:
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
distinguishes between fact and
Strategies for Literature and
opinion and recognizes propaganda Content Area Reading (CS)
(e.g., advertising, media) in various
types of appropriate-level texts.
KS 2 - The student responds to a
variety of text.
KS 2.1 - The student uses literary
concepts to interpret and respond to
text.
KS 2.1.1 - *The student: identifies
Skill Area 6 - Oral
and describes characters' physical
Comprehension and Speaking
traits, personality traits, and feelings, Skills (OS)
and explains reasons for characters'
actions and the consequences of
those actions.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 2.1.2 - *The student: identifies
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
and describes the setting (e.g.,
Strategies for Literature and
environment, time of day or year,
Content Area Reading (CS)
historical period, situation, place) and
explains the importance of the setting
to the story or literary text.
KS 2.1.3 - *The student: identifies
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
and describes the major conflict in a Strategies for Literature and
story and major events related to the Content Area Reading (CS)
conflict (e.g., crisis/turning moments,
climax, resolution).
KS 2.1.4 - The student: understands Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
that theme refers to the main idea
Strategies for Literature and
(implied or stated), meaning of a
Content Area Reading (CS)
selection, and includes the author's
ideas about the subject.
KS 2.2 - The student understands the
significance of literature and its
contributions to various cultures.
KS 2.2.1 - The student: understands Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
the effects history and cultures may Strategies for Literature and
have on works of literature.
Content Area Reading (CS)
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*State-Assessed Standards
Grade 5
Skill Description
Skill 10 - CS10 Differentiating fact
and opinion
Skill 12 - OS12 Identifying cause and
effect relationships within passages
read aloud
Skill 9 - CS09 Identifying cause and
effect
Skill 16 - CS16 Understanding
characterization
Skill 15 - CS15 Recognizing setting
Skill 17 - CS17 Understanding
historical/cultural factors
Skill 14 - CS14 Recognizing plot
Skill 23 - CS23 Identifying significant
events
Skill 18 - CS18 Understanding the
author’s craft
Skill 27 - CS27 Identifying theme
Skill 17 - CS17 Understanding
historical/cultural factors
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Agency Tag Set Name
Product Name
Kansas, ELA, 2003, Fifth Grade,
Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 2.2.2 - The student: compares
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
and contrasts various languages,
Strategies for Literature and
traditions, and cultures found in
Content Area Reading (CS)
literature.
KS 2.2.3 - The student: makes
Skill Area 6 - Oral
connections between specific
Comprehension and Speaking
aspects of literature from a variety of Skills (OS)
cultures and personal experiences.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
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Grade 5
Skill Description
Skill 5 - CS05 Comparing and
contrasting
Skill 17 - CS17 Understanding
historical/cultural factors
Skill 7 - OS07 Connecting readalouds to personal experience
Skill 17 - CS17 Understanding
historical/cultural factors
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Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 1 - The student reads and
comprehends text across the
curriculum.
KS 1.1 - The student uses skills in
alphabetics to construct meaning
from text.
KS 1.2 - The student reads fluently.
Grade 6
Skill Description
KS 1.2.1 - The student: uses
knowledge of conventions and text
features to read fluently at
instructional or independent reading
levels.
KS 1.2.2 - The student: reads
expressively with appropriate pace,
phrasing, intonation, and rhythm of
speech.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
Skill 30 - CS30 Using informational
text features
Skill Area 1 - Overall
Product(OP)
Skill 5 - OP05 Building fluency
Skill Area 5 - Fluency (FL)
KS 1.2.3 - The student: uses
knowledge of complex sentence
structure to read fluently at
instructional or independent reading
levels.
Skill Area 1 - Overall
Product(OP)
Skill 2 - FL02 Practicing fluency via
reader's theatre
Skill 3 - FL03 Practicing fluency via
passage and quote read-alouds
Skill 5 - OP05 Building fluency
Skill 10 - OP10 Reading and
understanding English sentence
structure
KS 1.2.4 - The student: uses a
variety of word-recognition strategies
(e.g., orthographic patterns, reading
and writing text) to read fluently.
KS 1.2.5 - The student: adjusts
reading rate to support
comprehension when reading
narrative, expository, technical, and
persuasive texts.
KS 1.3 - The student expands
vocabulary.
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Skill Area 1 - Overall
Product(OP)
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
*State-Assessed Standards
Skill 6 - OP06 Developing
comprehension strategies
Skill 11 - OP11 Applying
comprehension strategies to reading
literature
Skill 12 - OP12 Applying
comprehension strategies to content
area reading
Skill 25 - CS25 Identifying reading
strategies
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Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 1.3.1 - *The student: determines Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
the meaning of words or phrases
Acquisition (VA)
using context clues (e.g., definitions,
restatements, examples,
descriptions, comparison-contrast,
clue words) from sentences or
paragraphs.
KS 1.3.2 - The student: uses
synonyms, antonyms, homophones,
and homographs to determine the
meaning of words.
KS 1.3.3 - The student: understands
and uses the references available in
the classroom, school, and public
libraries (e.g., dictionaries, thesauri,
atlases, encyclopedias, internet) that
are appropriate to the task.
Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
Acquisition (VA)
Grade 6
Skill Description
Skill 1 - VA01 Acquiring vocabulary
by encountering words in context
Skill 10 - VA10 Using context clues
to infer the meaning of unfamiliar
words
Skill 13 - VA13 Applying knowledge
of synonyms to determine meaning
Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
Acquisition (VA)
Skill 20 - VA20 Using a glossary to
determine the meanings,
syllabication, and pronunciation of
unknown words
KS 1.3.4 - *The student: determines Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
meaning of words through knowledge Acquisition (VA)
of word structure (e.g., *root words,
*prefixes, *suffixes).
Skill 5 - VA05 Recognizing prefixes
through context
KS 1.3.5 - *The student: identifies
and determines the meaning of
figurative language including *similes,
*metaphors, *analogies, hyperbole,
onomatopoeia, personification, and
idioms.
KS 1.3.6 - The student: identifies
word connotations and word
denotations.
KS 1.4 - The student comprehends a
variety of texts (narrative, expository,
technical, and persuasive).
Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
Acquisition (VA)
Skill 6 - VA06 Recognizing suffixes
through context
Skill 8 - VA08 Recognizing
derivatives through context
Skill 22 - VA22 Using root words to
determine the meaning of unknown
words
Skill 17 - VA17 Understanding
figurative language
Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
Acquisition (VA)
Skill 3 - VA03 Recalling word
meaning
KS 1.4.1 - The student: identifies
Skill Area 3 - Literacy Experience Skill 5 - LE05 Understanding literary
characteristics of narrative,
and Appreciation (LE)
types
expository, technical, and persuasive
texts.
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Product Name
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Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.2 - *The student: understands Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
the purpose of text features (e.g.,
Strategies for Literature and
title, headings, subheadings, topic
Content Area Reading (CS)
and summary sentences,
graphs/charts and maps, table of
contents, boldface type, italics,
glossary, index, captions, sidebars,
underlining, numbered or bulleted
lists) and uses such features to
locate information in and to gain
meaning from appropriate-level texts.
KS 1.4.3 - The student: uses prior
knowledge, content, text type and
text features to make, revise, and
confirm predictions.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.4 - The student: generates
and responds logically to literal,
inferential, and critical thinking
questions before, during, and after
reading the text.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.5 - *The student: uses
information from the text to make
inferences and draw conclusions.
Skill Area 6 - Oral
Comprehension and Speaking
Skills (OS)
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.6 - *The student: analyzes
how text structure (e.g., sequence,
problem-solution, comparisoncontrast, description, cause-effect)
help support comprehension of text.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
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*State-Assessed Standards
Grade 6
Skill Description
Skill 34 - CS34 Recognizing text type
and genre
Skill 30 - CS30 Using informational
text features
Skill 33 - CS33 Locating information
for specific purposes
Skill 1 - CS01 Using background
knowledge to understand text
Skill 2 - CS02 Making predictions
about text
Skill 30 - CS30 Using informational
text features
Skill 7 - CS07 Asking and answering
questions about the text
Skill 22 - CS22 Answering questions
about what was read
Skill 9 - OS09 Drawing conclusions
from passages read aloud
Skill 19 - CS19 Drawing conclusions
Skill 20 - CS20 Making inferences
Skill 29 - CS29 Understanding text
organization
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Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 1.4.7 - *The student: compares
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
and contrasts varying aspects (e.g., Strategies for Literature and
characters' traits and motives,
Content Area Reading (CS)
themes, problem-solution, causeeffect relationships, ideas and
concepts, procedures, viewpoints) in
one or more appropriate-level texts.
KS 1.4.8 - *The student: explains
Skill Area 6 - Oral
cause-effect relationships in
Comprehension and Speaking
appropriate-level narrative,
Skills (OS)
expository, technical, and persuasive
texts.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.9 - *The student: uses
Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR)
paraphrasing and organizational skills
to summarize information (e.g.,
stated and main ideas, main events,
important details) from appropriatelevel narrative, expository,
persuasive, and technical texts in
logical order.
KS 1.4.10 - *The student: identifies
the topic, main idea(s), supporting
details, and theme(s) in text across
the content areas and from a variety
of sources in appropriate-level text.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
Grade 6
Skill Description
Skill 5 - CS05 Comparing and
contrasting
Skill 12 - OS12 Identifying cause and
effect relationships within passages
read aloud
Skill 9 - CS09 Identifying cause and
effect
Skill 2 - WR02 Developing and
presenting ideas in writing
Skill 4 - WR04 Using graphic
organizers to aid writing
Skill 7 - WR07 Summarizing the
main ideas and details
Skill 8 - CS08 Identifying main idea
and details
Skill 27 - CS27 Identifying theme
Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR) Skill 7 - WR07 Summarizing the
main ideas and details
KS 1.4.11 - *The student: identifies
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Skill 18 - CS18 Understanding the
and describes the author's purpose Strategies for Literature and
author’s craft
and basic techniques the author uses Content Area Reading (CS)
to achieve that purpose.
Skill 24 - CS24 Understanding
text/author's purpose
KS 1.4.12 - The student: establishes Skill Area 3 - Literacy Experience Skill 1 - LE01 Establishing a purpose
a purpose for reading (e.g., to be
and Appreciation (LE)
for reading
informed, to follow directions, to be
entertained, to solve problems).
KS 1.4.13 - The student: follows
directions explained in technical text.
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Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 1.4.14 - *The student: identifies
Skill Area 6 - Oral
evidence that supports conclusions in Comprehension and Speaking
persuasive text.
Skills (OS)
Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR)
KS 1.4.15 - *The student:
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
distinguishes between fact and
Strategies for Literature and
opinion, and recognizes propaganda Content Area Reading (CS)
(e.g., advertising, media), bias, and
stereotypes in various types of
appropriate-level texts.
KS 2 - The student responds to a
variety of text.
KS 2.1 - The student uses literary
concepts to interpret and respond to
text.
KS 2.1.1 - *The student: describes
Skill Area 6 - Oral
different aspects of major and minor Comprehension and Speaking
characters (e.g., their physical traits, Skills (OS)
personality traits, feelings, actions,
motives) and explains how those
aspects influence characters'
interactions with other characters and
elements of the plot, including
resolution of the major conflict.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 2.1.2 - *The student: identifies
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
and describes the setting (e.g.,
Strategies for Literature and
environment, time of day or year,
Content Area Reading (CS)
historical period, situation, place) and
explains the importance of the setting
to the story or literary text.
KS 2.1.3 - *The student: identifies
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
major and minor events related to the Strategies for Literature and
conflict in a story (e.g., crisis/turning Content Area Reading (CS)
moment, climax, resolution) and
explains how one event gives rise to
another.
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*State-Assessed Standards
Grade 6
Skill Description
Skill 4 - OS04 Supporting ideas
presented orally with examples and
evidence
Skill 3 - WR03 Supporting ideas in
writing using examples and evidence
Skill 10 - CS10 Differentiating fact
and opinion
Skill 32 - CS32 Identifying persuasive
language
Skill 12 - OS12 Identifying cause and
effect relationships within passages
read aloud
Skill 9 - CS09 Identifying cause and
effect
Skill 16 - CS16 Understanding
characterization
Skill 15 - CS15 Recognizing setting
Skill 17 - CS17 Understanding
historical/cultural factors
Skill 9 - CS09 Identifying cause and
effect
Skill 14 - CS14 Recognizing plot
Skill 23 - CS23 Identifying significant
events
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Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 2.1.4 - The student: identifies
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
aspects of theme (e.g., moral, lesson, Strategies for Literature and
meaning, message, author's ideas
Content Area Reading (CS)
about the subject) and supports with
implied and/or explicit information
from the text.
KS 2.1.5 - The student: identifies the Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
use of literary devices (e.g.,
Acquisition (VA)
foreshadowing, flashback).
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 2.2 - The student understands the
significance of literature and its
contributions various cultures.
KS 2.2.1 - The student: understands Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
the effects history and cultures may Strategies for Literature and
have on works of literature.
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 2.2.2 - The student: compares
and contrasts various languages,
traditions, and cultures found in
literature.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 2.2.3 - The student: makes
Skill Area 6 - Oral
connections between specific
Comprehension and Speaking
aspects of literature from a variety of Skills (OS)
cultures and personal experiences.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
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*State-Assessed Standards
Grade 6
Skill Description
Skill 27 - CS27 Identifying theme
Skill 17 - VA17 Understanding
figurative language
Skill 18 - CS18 Understanding the
author’s craft
Skill 17 - CS17 Understanding
historical/cultural factors
Skill 5 - CS05 Comparing and
contrasting
Skill 17 - CS17 Understanding
historical/cultural factors
Skill 7 - OS07 Connecting readalouds to personal experience
Skill 17 - CS17 Understanding
historical/cultural factors
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Product Name
Kansas, ELA, 2003, Seventh Grade, Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 1 - The student reads and
comprehends text across the
curriculum.
KS 1.1 - The student uses skills in
alphabetics to construct meaning
from text.
KS 1.2 - The student reads fluently.
Grade 7
Skill Description
KS 1.2.1 - The student: uses
knowledge of conventions and text
features to read fluently at
instructional or independent reading
levels.
KS 1.2.2 - The student: reads
expressively with appropriate pace,
phrasing, intonation, and rhythm of
speech.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
Skill 30 - CS30 Using informational
text features
Skill Area 1 - Overall
Product(OP)
Skill 5 - OP05 Building fluency
Skill Area 5 - Fluency (FL)
KS 1.2.3 - The student: uses
knowledge of complex sentence
structure to read fluently at
instructional or independent reading
levels.
Skill Area 1 - Overall
Product(OP)
Skill 2 - FL02 Practicing fluency via
reader's theatre
Skill 3 - FL03 Practicing fluency via
passage and quote read-alouds
Skill 5 - OP05 Building fluency
Skill 10 - OP10 Reading and
understanding English sentence
structure
KS 1.2.4 - The student: uses a
variety of word-recognition strategies
(e.g., orthographic patterns, reading
and writing text) to read fluently.
KS 1.2.5 - The student: adjusts
reading rate to support
comprehension when reading
narrative, expository, technical, and
persuasive texts.
KS 1.3 - The student expands
vocabulary.
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Skill Area 1 - Overall
Product(OP)
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
*State-Assessed Standards
Skill 6 - OP06 Developing
comprehension strategies
Skill 11 - OP11 Applying
comprehension strategies to reading
literature
Skill 12 - OP12 Applying
comprehension strategies to content
area reading
Skill 25 - CS25 Identifying reading
strategies
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Product Name
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Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 1.3.1 - *The student: determines Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
meaning of words or phrases using Acquisition (VA)
context clues (e.g., definitions,
restatements, examples,
descriptions, comparison-contrast,
clue words) from sentences or
paragraphs.
KS 1.3.2 - The student: locates and Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
uses reference materials available in Acquisition (VA)
the classroom, school, and public
libraries (e.g., dictionaries, thesauri,
atlases, encyclopedias, internet) that
are appropriate to the task.
KS 1.3.3 - *The student: determines Skill Area 1 - Overall
meaning of words through structural Product(OP)
analysis, using knowledge of *Greek,
*Latin, and Anglo-Saxon *roots,
*prefixes, and *suffixes to understand
complex words, including words in
science, mathematics, and social
studies.
Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
Acquisition (VA)
KS 1.3.4 - *The student: identifies
and determines the meaning of
figurative language, including
*similes, *metaphors, *analogies,
*hyperbole, *onomatopoeia,
*personification, and idioms.
KS 1.3.5 - The student: identifies
word connotations and word
denotations.
KS 1.4 - The student comprehends a
variety of texts (narrative, expository,
technical, and persuasive).
Grade 7
Skill Description
Skill 1 - VA01 Acquiring vocabulary
by encountering words in context
Skill 10 - VA10 Using context clues
to infer the meaning of unfamiliar
words
Skill 20 - VA20 Using a glossary to
determine the meanings,
syllabication, and pronunciation of
unknown words
Skill 12 - OP12 Applying
comprehension strategies to content
area reading
Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
Acquisition (VA)
Skill 5 - VA05 Recognizing prefixes
through context
Skill 6 - VA06 Recognizing suffixes
through context
Skill 8 - VA08 Recognizing
derivatives through context
Skill 22 - VA22 Using root words to
determine the meaning of unknown
words
Skill 17 - VA17 Understanding
figurative language
Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
Acquisition (VA)
Skill 3 - VA03 Recalling word
meaning
KS 1.4.1 - The student: identifies
Skill Area 3 - Literacy Experience Skill 5 - LE05 Understanding literary
characteristics of narrative,
and Appreciation (LE)
types
expository, technical, and persuasive
texts.
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Product Name
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Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.2 - *The student: understands Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
the purpose of text features (e.g.,
Strategies for Literature and
title, graphs/charts and maps, table of Content Area Reading (CS)
contents, pictures/illustrations,
boldface type, italics, glossary, index,
headings, subheadings, topic and
summary sentences, captions,
sidebars, underlining, numbered or
bulleted lists) and uses such features
to locate information in and to gain
meaning from appropriate-level texts.
KS 1.4.3 - The student: uses prior
knowledge, content, and text type
features to make, to revise, and to
confirm predictions.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.4 - The student: generates
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
and responds logically to literal,
Strategies for Literature and
inferential, evaluative, synthesizing, Content Area Reading (CS)
and critical thinking questions before,
during, and after reading the text.
KS 1.4.5 - *The student: uses
information from the text to make
inferences and draw conclusions.
Skill Area 6 - Oral
Comprehension and Speaking
Skills (OS)
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.6 - *The student: analyzes
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
how text structure (e.g., sequence,
Strategies for Literature and
problem-solution, comparisonContent Area Reading (CS)
contrast, description, cause-effect)
helps support comprehension of text.
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*State-Assessed Standards
Grade 7
Skill Description
Skill 34 - CS34 Recognizing text type
and genre
Skill 30 - CS30 Using informational
text features
Skill 33 - CS33 Locating information
for specific purposes
Skill 1 - CS01 Using background
knowledge to understand text
Skill 2 - CS02 Making predictions
about text
Skill 30 - CS30 Using informational
text features
Skill 7 - CS07 Asking and answering
questions about the text
Skill 22 - CS22 Answering questions
about what was read
Skill 9 - OS09 Drawing conclusions
from passages read aloud
Skill 19 - CS19 Drawing conclusions
Skill 20 - CS20 Making inferences
Skill 29 - CS29 Understanding text
organization
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Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 1.4.7 - *The student: compares
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
and contrasts varying aspects (e.g., Strategies for Literature and
characters' traits and motives,
Content Area Reading (CS)
themes, problem-solution, causeeffect relationships, ideas and
concepts, procedures, viewpoints,
authors' purposes) in one or more
appropriate-level texts.
KS 1.4.8 - *The student: explains
Skill Area 6 - Oral
cause-effect relationships in
Comprehension and Speaking
appropriate-level narrative,
Skills (OS)
expository, technical, and persuasive
texts.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.9 - *The student: uses
Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR)
paraphrasing and organizational skills
to summarize information (e.g.,
stated and implied ideas, main
events, important details) from
appropriate-level narrative,
expository, technical, and persuasive
texts in logical order.
KS 1.4.10 - *The student: identifies
the topic, main idea(s), supporting
details, and theme(s) in text across
the content areas and from a variety
of sources in appropriate-level text.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
Grade 7
Skill Description
Skill 5 - CS05 Comparing and
contrasting
Skill 12 - OS12 Identifying cause and
effect relationships within passages
read aloud
Skill 9 - CS09 Identifying cause and
effect
Skill 2 - WR02 Developing and
presenting ideas in writing
Skill 4 - WR04 Using graphic
organizers to aid writing
Skill 7 - WR07 Summarizing the
main ideas and details
Skill 8 - CS08 Identifying main idea
and details
Skill 27 - CS27 Identifying theme
Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR) Skill 7 - WR07 Summarizing the
main ideas and details
KS 1.4.11 - *The student: explains
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Skill 4 - CS04 Analyzing author's
the relationship between elements of Strategies for Literature and
choices
an author's style in a text (e.g., word Content Area Reading (CS)
choice, sentence structure) and his or
her purpose for writing the text.
Skill 18 - CS18 Understanding the
author’s craft
Skill 24 - CS24 Understanding
text/author's purpose
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Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
Skill Description
KS 1.4.12 - The student: establishes Skill Area 3 - Literacy Experience Skill 1 - LE01 Establishing a purpose
purposes for both assigned and self- and Appreciation (LE)
for reading
selected reading (e.g., to be
informed, to follow directions, to be
entertained, to solve problems).
KS 1.4.13 - The student: follows
directions explained in technical text.
KS 1.4.14 - *The student: identifies
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
the author's position in a persuasive Strategies for Literature and
text and describes techniques the
Content Area Reading (CS)
author uses to support that position
(e.g., bandwagon approach, glittering
generalities, testimonials, citing
statistics, other techniques that
appeal to reason or emotion).
KS 1.4.15 - *The student:
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
distinguishes between fact and
Strategies for Literature and
opinion, and recognizes propaganda Content Area Reading (CS)
(e.g., advertising, media, politics,
warfare), bias, and stereotypes in
various types of appropriate-level
texts.
KS 2 - The student responds to a
variety of text.
KS 2.1 - The student uses literary
concepts to interpret and respond to
text.
KS 2.1.1 - *The student: describes
Skill Area 6 - Oral
different aspects of major and minor Comprehension and Speaking
characters (e.g., their physical traits, Skills (OS)
personality traits, feelings, actions,
motives) and explains how those
aspects influence characters'
interactions with other characters and
elements of the plot, including
resolution of the major conflict.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
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*State-Assessed Standards
Skill 4 - CS04 Analyzing author's
choices
Skill 18 - CS18 Understanding the
author’s craft
Skill 32 - CS32 Identifying persuasive
language
Skill 10 - CS10 Differentiating fact
and opinion
Skill 32 - CS32 Identifying persuasive
language
Skill 12 - OS12 Identifying cause and
effect relationships within passages
read aloud
Skill 9 - CS09 Identifying cause and
effect
Skill 16 - CS16 Understanding
characterization
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Agency Tag Set Name
Product Name
Kansas, ELA, 2003, Seventh Grade, Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 2.1.2 - *The student: identifies
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
and describes the setting (e.g.,
Strategies for Literature and
environment, time of day or year,
Content Area Reading (CS)
historical period, situation, place) and
analyzes connections between the
setting and other story elements
(e.g., character, plot).
KS 2.1.3 - *The student: identifies
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
major and minor elements of the plot Strategies for Literature and
(e.g., conflict, crisis/turning moment, Content Area Reading (CS)
climax, resolution, rising action,
falling action, subplots, parallel
episodes) and explains how these
elements relate to one another.
KS 2.1.4 - The student: recognizes
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
aspects of theme (e.g., moral, lesson, Strategies for Literature and
meaning, message, author's ideas
Content Area Reading (CS)
about the subject) and recurring
themes across works (e.g., bravery,
loneliness, loyalty, friendship).
KS 2.1.5 - The student: identifies
Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
literary devices (e.g., foreshadowing, Acquisition (VA)
flashback, figurative language, irony,
metaphor, tone/mood, symbolism).
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 2.2 - The student understands the
significance of literature and its
contributions to various cultures.
KS 2.2.1 - The student: identifies
common structures and stylistic
elements in literature, folklore, and
myths from a variety of cultures.
KS 2.2.2 - The student: compares
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
and contrasts customs and ideas
Strategies for Literature and
within literature representing a variety Content Area Reading (CS)
of cultures.
KS 2.2.3 - The student: recognizes
connections between cultures and
experiences through a variety of
texts.
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Skill Area 6 - Oral
Comprehension and Speaking
Skills (OS)
*State-Assessed Standards
Grade 7
Skill Description
Skill 15 - CS15 Recognizing setting
Skill 17 - CS17 Understanding
historical/cultural factors
Skill 9 - CS09 Identifying cause and
effect
Skill 14 - CS14 Recognizing plot
Skill 23 - CS23 Identifying significant
events
Skill 27 - CS27 Identifying theme
Skill 17 - VA17 Understanding
figurative language
Skill 18 - CS18 Understanding the
author’s craft
Skill 5 - CS05 Comparing and
contrasting
Skill 17 - CS17 Understanding
historical/cultural factors
Skill 7 - OS07 Connecting readalouds to personal experience
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Standards List with Aligned Product Skills
Agency Tag Set Name
Product Name
Kansas, ELA, 2003, Seventh Grade, Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
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*State-Assessed Standards
Grade 7
Skill Description
Skill 17 - CS17 Understanding
historical/cultural factors
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Standards List with Aligned Product Skills
Agency Tag Set Name
Product Name
Kansas, ELA, 2003, Eighth Grade,
Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 1 - The student reads and
comprehends text across the
curriculum.
KS 1.1 - The student uses skills in
alphabetics to construct meaning
from text.
KS 1.2 - The student reads fluently.
Grade 8
Skill Description
KS 1.2.1 - The student: uses
knowledge of conventions and text
features to read fluently at
instructional or independent reading
levels.
KS 1.2.2 - The student: reads
expressively with appropriate pace,
phrasing, intonation, and rhythm of
speech.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
Skill 30 - CS30 Using informational
text features
Skill Area 1 - Overall
Product(OP)
Skill 5 - OP05 Building fluency
Skill Area 5 - Fluency (FL)
KS 1.2.3 - The student: uses
knowledge of complex sentence
structure to read fluently at
instructional or independent reading
levels.
Skill Area 1 - Overall
Product(OP)
Skill 2 - FL02 Practicing fluency via
reader's theatre
Skill 3 - FL03 Practicing fluency via
passage and quote read-alouds
Skill 5 - OP05 Building fluency
Skill 10 - OP10 Reading and
understanding English sentence
structure
KS 1.2.4 - The student: uses a
variety of word-recognition strategies
(e.g., orthographic patterns, reading
and writing text) to read fluently.
KS 1.2.5 - The student: adjusts
reading rate to support
comprehension when reading
narrative, expository, technical, and
persuasive texts.
KS 1.3 - The student expands
vocabulary.
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Skill Area 1 - Overall
Product(OP)
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
*State-Assessed Standards
Skill 6 - OP06 Developing
comprehension strategies
Skill 11 - OP11 Applying
comprehension strategies to reading
literature
Skill 12 - OP12 Applying
comprehension strategies to content
area reading
Skill 25 - CS25 Identifying reading
strategies
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Agency Tag Set Name
Product Name
Kansas, ELA, 2003, Eighth Grade,
Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 1.3.1 - *The student: determines Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
meaning of words or phrases using Acquisition (VA)
context clues (e.g., definitions,
restatements, examples,
descriptions, comparison-contrast,
clue words, cause-effect) from
sentences or paragraphs.
KS 1.3.2 - The student: locates and Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
uses reference materials available in Acquisition (VA)
the classroom, school, and public
libraries (e.g., dictionaries, thesauri,
atlases, encyclopedias, internet) that
are appropriate to the task.
KS 1.3.3 - *The student: determines Skill Area 1 - Overall
meaning of words through structural Product(OP)
analysis, using knowledge of *Greek,
*Latin, and Anglo-Saxon *roots,
*prefixes, and *suffixes to understand
complex words, including words in
science, mathematics, and social
studies.
Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
Acquisition (VA)
KS 1.3.4 - *The student: identifies
Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
and determines the meaning of
Acquisition (VA)
figurative language including *similes,
*metaphors, *analogies, *hyperbole,
*onomatopoeia, *personification,
*idioms, *imagery, and symbolism.
KS 1.3.5 - The student: distinguishes Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
between connotative and denotative Acquisition (VA)
meanings.
KS 1.4 - The student comprehends a
variety of texts (narrative, expository,
technical, and persuasive)
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*State-Assessed Standards
Grade 8
Skill Description
Skill 1 - VA01 Acquiring vocabulary
by encountering words in context
Skill 10 - VA10 Using context clues
to infer the meaning of unfamiliar
words
Skill 20 - VA20 Using a glossary to
determine the meanings,
syllabication, and pronunciation of
unknown words
Skill 12 - OP12 Applying
comprehension strategies to content
area reading
Skill 5 - VA05 Recognizing prefixes
through context
Skill 6 - VA06 Recognizing suffixes
through context
Skill 8 - VA08 Recognizing
derivatives through context
Skill 22 - VA22 Using root words to
determine the meaning of unknown
words
Skill 17 - VA17 Understanding
figurative language
Skill 3 - VA03 Recalling word
meaning
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Agency Tag Set Name
Product Name
Kansas, ELA, 2003, Eighth Grade,
Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 1.4.1 - The student: identifies
Skill Area 3 - Literacy Experience
characteristics of narrative,
and Appreciation (LE)
expository, technical, and persuasive
texts.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.2 - *The student: understands Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
the purpose of text features (e.g.,
Strategies for Literature and
title, graphs/charts and maps, table of Content Area Reading (CS)
contents, pictures/illustrations,
boldface type, italics, glossary, index,
headings, subheadings, topic and
summary sentences, captions,
sidebars, underlining, numbered or
bulleted lists) and uses such features
to locate information in and to gain
meaning from appropriate-level texts.
KS 1.4.3 - The student: uses prior
knowledge, content, and text type
features to make, to revise, and to
confirm predictions.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.4 - The student: generates
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
and responds logically to literal,
Strategies for Literature and
inferential, evaluative, synthesizing, Content Area Reading (CS)
and critical thinking questions before,
during, and after reading the text.
KS 1.4.5 - *The student: uses
information from the text to make
inferences and draw conclusions.
Skill Area 6 - Oral
Comprehension and Speaking
Skills (OS)
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.6 - *The student: analyzes
how text structure (e.g., sequence,
problem-solution, comparisoncontrast, description, cause-effect)
help support comprehension of text.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
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*State-Assessed Standards
Grade 8
Skill Description
Skill 5 - LE05 Understanding literary
types
Skill 34 - CS34 Recognizing text type
and genre
Skill 30 - CS30 Using informational
text features
Skill 33 - CS33 Locating information
for specific purposes
Skill 1 - CS01 Using background
knowledge to understand text
Skill 2 - CS02 Making predictions
about text
Skill 30 - CS30 Using informational
text features
Skill 7 - CS07 Asking and answering
questions about the text
Skill 22 - CS22 Answering questions
about what was read
Skill 9 - OS09 Drawing conclusions
from passages read aloud
Skill 19 - CS19 Drawing conclusions
Skill 20 - CS20 Making inferences
Skill 29 - CS29 Understanding text
organization
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Agency Tag Set Name
Product Name
Kansas, ELA, 2003, Eighth Grade,
Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 1.4.7 - *The student: compares
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
and contrasts varying aspects (e.g., Strategies for Literature and
characters' traits and motives,
Content Area Reading (CS)
themes, problem-solution, causeeffect relationships, ideas and
concepts, procedures, viewpoints,
authors' purposes, persuasive
techniques) in one or more
appropriate-level texts.
KS 1.4.8 - *The student: explains
Skill Area 6 - Oral
cause-effect relationships in
Comprehension and Speaking
appropriate-level narrative,
Skills (OS)
expository, technical, and persuasive
texts.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 1.4.9 - *The student: uses
Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR)
paraphrasing and organizational skills
to summarize information (e.g.,
stated and implied ideas, main
events, important details) from
appropriate-level narrative,
expository, technical, and persuasive
texts in logical order.
KS 1.4.10 - *The student: identifies
the topic, main idea(s), supporting
details, and theme(s) in text across
the content areas and from a variety
of sources in appropriate-level text.
KS 1.4.11 - *The student: explains
the relationship between an author's
use of literary devices in a text (e.g.,
*foreshadowing, *flashback, *irony,
symbolism, tone, mood) and his or
her purpose for writing the text.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
Grade 8
Skill Description
Skill 5 - CS05 Comparing and
contrasting
Skill 12 - OS12 Identifying cause and
effect relationships within passages
read aloud
Skill 9 - CS09 Identifying cause and
effect
Skill 2 - WR02 Developing and
presenting ideas in writing
Skill 4 - WR04 Using graphic
organizers to aid writing
Skill 7 - WR07 Summarizing the
main ideas and details
Skill 8 - CS08 Identifying main idea
and details
Skill 27 - CS27 Identifying theme
Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR) Skill 7 - WR07 Summarizing the
main ideas and details
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Skill 4 - CS04 Analyzing author's
Strategies for Literature and
choices
Content Area Reading (CS)
Skill 18 - CS18 Understanding the
author’s craft
Skill 24 - CS24 Understanding
text/author's purpose
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*State-Assessed Standards
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Grade 8
Standards List with Aligned Product Skills
Agency Tag Set Name
Product Name
Kansas, ELA, 2003, Eighth Grade,
Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
Skill Description
KS 1.4.12 - The student: establishes Skill Area 3 - Literacy Experience Skill 1 - LE01 Establishing a purpose
purposes for both assigned and self- and Appreciation (LE)
for reading
selected reading (e.g., to be
informed, to follow directions, to be
entertained, to solve problems).
KS 1.4.13 - The student: follows
directions explained in technical text.
KS 1.4.14 - *The student: identifies
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
the author's position in a persuasive Strategies for Literature and
text and describes techniques the
Content Area Reading (CS)
author uses to support that position
(e.g., bandwagon approach, glittering
generalities, testimonials, citing
statistics, other techniques that
appeal to reason or emotion).
KS 1.4.15 - *The student:
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
distinguishes between fact and
Strategies for Literature and
opinion, and recognizes propaganda Content Area Reading (CS)
(e.g., advertising, media, politics,
warfare), bias, and stereotypes in
various types of appropriate-level
texts.
KS 2 - The student responds to a
variety of text.
KS 2.1 - The student uses literary
concepts to interpret and respond to
text.
KS 2.1.1 - *The student: describes
Skill Area 6 - Oral
different aspects of characters (e.g., Comprehension and Speaking
their physical traits, personality traits, Skills (OS)
feelings, actions, motives) and
analyzes how major characters are
developed (e.g., through their
thoughts, words, speech patterns,
actions) and how they change over
time.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
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*State-Assessed Standards
Skill 4 - CS04 Analyzing author's
choices
Skill 18 - CS18 Understanding the
author’s craft
Skill 32 - CS32 Identifying persuasive
language
Skill 10 - CS10 Differentiating fact
and opinion
Skill 32 - CS32 Identifying persuasive
language
Skill 12 - OS12 Identifying cause and
effect relationships within passages
read aloud
Skill 9 - CS09 Identifying cause and
effect
Skill 16 - CS16 Understanding
characterization
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Agency Tag Set Name
Product Name
Kansas, ELA, 2003, Eighth Grade,
Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 2.1.2 - *The student: identifies
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
and describes the setting (e.g.,
Strategies for Literature and
environment, time of day or year,
Content Area Reading (CS)
historical period, situation, place) and
analyzes connections between the
setting and other story elements
(e.g., character, plot).
KS 2.1.3 - *The student: identifies
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
major and minor elements of the plot Strategies for Literature and
(e.g., conflict, crisis/turning moment, Content Area Reading (CS)
climax, resolution, rising action,
falling action, subplots, parallel
episodes) and explains how these
elements relate to one another.
KS 2.1.4 - The student: recognizes
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
aspects of theme (e.g., moral, lesson, Strategies for Literature and
meaning, message, author's ideas
Content Area Reading (CS)
about the subject) and recurring
themes across works (e.g., bravery,
loneliness, loyalty, friendship).
KS 2.1.5 - The student: identifies the Skill Area 4 - Vocabulary
use of literary devices (e.g.,
Acquisition (VA)
foreshadowing, flashback, figurative
language, imagery, symbolism) in a
text and how the author uses such
devices to help establish tone and
mood.
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
Strategies for Literature and
Content Area Reading (CS)
KS 2.2 - The student understands the
significance of literature and its
contributions to various cultures.
KS 2.2.1 - The student: identifies
common structures and stylistic
elements in literature, folklore, and
myths from a variety of cultures.
KS 2.2.2 - The student: compares
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
and contrasts customs and ideas
Strategies for Literature and
within literature representing a variety Content Area Reading (CS)
of cultures.
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*State-Assessed Standards
Grade 8
Skill Description
Skill 15 - CS15 Recognizing setting
Skill 17 - CS17 Understanding
historical/cultural factors
Skill 9 - CS09 Identifying cause and
effect
Skill 14 - CS14 Recognizing plot
Skill 23 - CS23 Identifying significant
events
Skill 27 - CS27 Identifying theme
Skill 17 - VA17 Understanding
figurative language
Skill 18 - CS18 Understanding the
author’s craft
Skill 5 - CS05 Comparing and
contrasting
Skill 17 - CS17 Understanding
historical/cultural factors
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Standards List with Aligned Product Skills
Agency Tag Set Name
Product Name
Kansas, ELA, 2003, Eighth Grade,
Successful Reader
Curriculum Standards, State
Department of Education
Standard
Skill Area Description
KS 2.2.3 - The student: analyzes
Skill Area 7 - Comprehension
distinctive and shared characteristics Strategies for Literature and
of cultures through a variety of texts. Content Area Reading (CS)
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*State-Assessed Standards
Grade 8
Skill Description
Skill 17 - CS17 Understanding
historical/cultural factors
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