1. COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS- LITERACY CURRICULUM CONNECTION

2. NEW YORK STATE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/common_core_sta ndards/pdfdocs/p12_common_core_learning_stan dards_ela.pdf Reading Literature Informational Writing Speaking and Listening Language

3. READING LITERATURE STANDARD 2 Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Kindergarten With prompting and support, draw a lesson based on the character’s actions (“try again”).

4. READING LITERATURE STANDARD 2 Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Grade 1 With prompting and support, name the lesson the character learned that is related to the circumstances of the book (Iris learns to love the country).

5. READING LITERATURE STANDARD 2 Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Grade 2 Name the lesson the character learns and can talk about it when the lesson is explicit in the text. Also name an obvious change the character experiences. Can say what the book is really about (friendship).

6. READING LITERATURE STANDARD 2 Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Grade 3 Name an implicit lesson the character learns that is specific to the text (Amber Brown learns not to fight with her brother). Begin to name life lessons the character learns but may be clichés (Never give up).

7. READING LITERATURE STANDARD 2 Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Grade 4 Develop ideas about life lessons learned by the characters and move away from clichés. Ask, “What is this story beginning to be about?” Trace themes across a text (This story shows that kids sometimes have to grow up fast in times of war). Notice patterns of lessons or themes across texts and recognize that some books show similar themes.

8. READING LITERATURE STANDARD 2 Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Grade 5 Discuss life lessons learned by character and see they are valuable for the reader. Recognize themes before the end of the story and gather evidence across the text to support and revise. Notice multiple themes in the book. Notice themes and lessons that are connected across books.

9. READING LITERATURE STANDARD 2, GRADE 4 Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Grade 4-Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. BIG IDEA-INTERPRETATION OUTCOME Readers develop ideas about life lessons learned by the character and moves away from clichés. Readers ask, “What is this story beginning to be about?” and trace themes across a text (e.g. This story shows that kids sometimes have to grow up fast in times of war.) Readers see patterns of lessons or themes across texts and recognize that some books show similar themes.

10. READING LITERATURE STANDARD 2, GRADE 4 Unit 1 Following Characters Into Meaning: Envision, Predict, Synthesize, Infer, Interpret I can grow evidence-based ideas about a character in one book. EX: Fern saved Wilbur when he was a runt. Fern bottle-fed Wilbur until he was big enough to eat on his own. Fern is compassionate. I can read closely to develop text-based themes about my books. EX: Persistence pays off. (lesson)

11. READING LITERATURE STANDARD 2, GRADE 4 Unit 3 Historical Fiction Book Clubs I can determine a theme or themes of a story using details. I can develop a theme about my story and revise as I read on. I can read and think about how the lessons from my book can teach me about the world around me.

12. READING LITERATURE STANDARD 2, GRADE 4 Units 5 and 7 Interpretation Clubs I can compare and contrast a single theme across multiple texts. I can identify different craft moves and literary devices authors use to approach the same theme. I can recognize where in a text I should stop and think about theme. Character has a strong emotion Reader has a strong reaction Character makes critical choices Turning points Consider multiple perspectives of multiple characters to consider theme Use the lens of power to find meaning in books I can develop and revise a theme. (more sophisticated, move away from a cliché)