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English Language Arts
- Standard Area - CC.1.2: Reading Informational Text: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text – with emphasis on comprehension, making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
- Grade Level - CC.1.2.4: GRADE 4
Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
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Anchor Descriptor - E04.B-K.1.1 Demonstrate understanding of key ideas and details in informational texts.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.1a Answer a literal questionabout a text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.1b Answer an inferential question about a text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.1c Identify details from the text to support answers to literal or inferential questions.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.2a Identify the main idea/central idea of a text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.2b Summarize the text.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.3 Explain events, procedures, ideas, steps, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.3a Identify details from the text to answer questions about events, procedures, ideas, steps, or concepts.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Refer to details and examples in text to support what the text says explicitly and make inferences.
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Anchor Descriptor - E04.B-K.1.1 Demonstrate understanding of key ideas and details in informational texts.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.1a Answer a literal questionabout a text.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards. -
Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.1b Answer an inferential question about a text.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards. -
Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.1c Identify details from the text to support answers to literal or inferential questions.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.2a Identify the main idea/central idea of a text.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards. -
Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.2b Summarize the text.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.3 Explain events, procedures, ideas, steps, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.3a Identify details from the text to answer questions about events, procedures, ideas, steps, or concepts.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
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Anchor Descriptor - E04.B-K.1.1 Demonstrate understanding of key ideas and details in informational texts.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.1a Answer a literal questionabout a text.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards. -
Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.1b Answer an inferential question about a text.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards. -
Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.1c Identify details from the text to support answers to literal or inferential questions.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.2a Identify the main idea/central idea of a text.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards. -
Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.2b Summarize the text.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.3 Explain events, procedures, ideas, steps, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-K.1.1.3a Identify details from the text to answer questions about events, procedures, ideas, steps, or concepts.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Compare and contrast an event or topic told from two different points of view.
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Anchor Descriptor - E04.B-C.2.1 Demonstrate understanding of craft and structure in informational texts.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-C.2.1.1 Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-C.2.1.1a Identify two points-of-view about one event or topic in a text.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-C.2.1.2 Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information and text features in a text or part of a text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-C.2.1.2a Identify the text structure or textfeatures in a text.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Use text structure to interpret information (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/ solution).
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Anchor Descriptor - E04.B-C.2.1 Demonstrate understanding of craft and structure in informational texts.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-C.2.1.1 Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-C.2.1.1a Identify two points-of-view about one event or topic in a text.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-C.2.1.2 Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information and text features in a text or part of a text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-C.2.1.2a Identify the text structure or textfeatures in a text.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in grade-level text, including figurative language.
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Anchor Descriptor - E04.B-V.4.1 Demonstrate understanding of vocabulary and figurative language in informational texts.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-V.4.1.1 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. a. Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., telegraph, photograph, autograph). c. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases used in a text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-V.4.1.1a Use context to determine the meaning of an unknown or multiple meaning word.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-V.4.1.1b Use a root word oraffix to determine the meaning of a word.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-V.4.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. a. Explain the meaning of similes and metaphors in context. b. Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs. c. Demonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their antonyms and synonyms.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-V.4.1.2a Identify the nonliteral meaning of a word or phrase.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-V.4.1.2b Use relationships between words to aid comprehension.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Interpret various presentations of information within a text or digital source and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of text in which it appears.
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Anchor Descriptor - E04.B-C.3.1 Demonstrate understanding of connections within, between, and/or among informational texts.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-C.3.1.1 Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-C.3.1.1a Identify a piece of evidence that an author uses to support a specific point in the text.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-C.3.1.2 Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to demonstrate subject knowledge.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-C.3.1.2a Combine information from 2 pieces of text on the same topic.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-C.3.1.3 Interpret text features (e.g., headings, graphics, charts, timelines, diagrams) and/or make connections between text and the content of text features.
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Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
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Anchor Descriptor - E04.B-C.3.1 Demonstrate understanding of connections within, between, and/or among informational texts.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-C.3.1.1 Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-C.3.1.1a Identify a piece of evidence that an author uses to support a specific point in the text.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-C.3.1.2 Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to demonstrate subject knowledge.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-C.3.1.2a Combine information from 2 pieces of text on the same topic.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-C.3.1.3 Interpret text features (e.g., headings, graphics, charts, timelines, diagrams) and/or make connections between text and the content of text features.
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Integrate information from two texts on the same topic to demonstrate understanding of that topic.
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Anchor Descriptor - E04.B-C.3.1 Demonstrate understanding of connections within, between, and/or among informational texts.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-C.3.1.1 Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-C.3.1.1a Identify a piece of evidence that an author uses to support a specific point in the text.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-C.3.1.2 Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to demonstrate subject knowledge.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-C.3.1.2a Combine information from 2 pieces of text on the same topic.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-C.3.1.3 Interpret text features (e.g., headings, graphics, charts, timelines, diagrams) and/or make connections between text and the content of text features.
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Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being and that are basic to a particular topic.
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Anchor Descriptor - E04.B-V.4.1 Demonstrate understanding of vocabulary and figurative language in informational texts.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-V.4.1.1 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. a. Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., telegraph, photograph, autograph). c. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases used in a text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-V.4.1.1a Use context to determine the meaning of an unknown or multiple meaning word.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-V.4.1.1b Use a root word oraffix to determine the meaning of a word.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-V.4.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. a. Explain the meaning of similes and metaphors in context. b. Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs. c. Demonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their antonyms and synonyms.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-V.4.1.2a Identify the nonliteral meaning of a word or phrase.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards. -
Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-V.4.1.2b Use relationships between words to aid comprehension.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade-level reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies and tools.
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Anchor Descriptor - E04.B-V.4.1 Demonstrate understanding of vocabulary and figurative language in informational texts.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-V.4.1.1 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. a. Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., telegraph, photograph, autograph). c. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases used in a text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-V.4.1.1a Use context to determine the meaning of an unknown or multiple meaning word.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards. -
Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-V.4.1.1b Use a root word oraffix to determine the meaning of a word.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Eligible Content - E04.B-V.4.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. a. Explain the meaning of similes and metaphors in context. b. Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs. c. Demonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their antonyms and synonyms.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-V.4.1.2a Identify the nonliteral meaning of a word or phrase.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards. -
Alternate Eligible Content - E04.B-V.4.1.2b Use relationships between words to aid comprehension.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Read and comprehend literary non-fiction and informational text on grade level, reading independently and proficiently.