Compiled By Michelle E.

Vanston using The Continuum of Literacy Learning (2007) By Irene

Foutnas and Gay Su Pinnell and the Common Core State Standards.


My Reading Level Targets
Level Q

General Book Targets
I can demonstrate appropriate stress on words, pausing and phrasing,
intonation, and use of punctuation while reading in a way that reflects
understanding (during oral reading)
I can read about new cultures or places and acquire new content knowledge
I can use text structure to predict the outcome of a book in a variety of
genres

Targets about the Setting
I can read books in which I need to have content knowledge of the setting
I can talk about how the setting is important to the plot

Targets about Summarizing
I can identify important ideas in a text and report them in an organized way
I can remember a story problem or plot, as well as important information over
a longer text and construct meaning
I can independently summarize a text*

Targets about Predicting
I can make predictions while reading a book
I can search for and use information to confirm or disconfirm predictions

Targets about Making Connections
I can make connections to characters with different cultures, distant places,
and different times
I can make connections to other books
I can specify the nature of my connections

Targets about Synthesizing
I can discuss how my ideas of a book have changed and explain why my ideas
have changed

Targets about Theme
I can understand the theme of a book with a different culture than my own


Compiled By Michelle E. Vanston using The Continuum of Literacy Learning (2007) By Irene
Foutnas and Gay Su Pinnell and the Common Core State Standards.


Targets about Inferring and Understanding Characters
I can state the explicit and obvious reasons a character changes over a book
I can follow multiple characters by what they say, think and do and by what
others say about them

Targets about Analyzing a Book
I can read and understand words with connotative meanings
I can speculate on alternative meanings that the text may have
I can recognize irony and understand how it adds to the quality of the text

Targets about Critiquing a Book
I can talk about the writers craft (style, language, perspective, themes) after
reading several pieces by the same author
I can express my personal tastes in reading and support my choices with
specific descriptions of text features (plot, use of language, kinds of
characters, genre)

Informational Text Targets
I can read books that have complex ideas.
I can read books that are on many different topics
I can refer to details and examples in a book when explaining what the text
says*
I can determine the main ideas and explain how the key details support the
main idea*
I can describe the structure of a book (compare/contrast, cause and effect,
problem/solution) with help*
I can interpret information presented visually (graphs, charts, diagrams,
timelines, etc)*
I can explain how an author used reasons and evidence to support particular
points*