Reading Standards for Literature (K-5)

• Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says and when drawing inferences. (RL 4.1)
• Describe in depth a character setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text. (RL 4.3)
• Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. (RL 5.1)
• Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact). (RL 5.3)

Speaking and Listening Standards (K-5)

• Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and details to support main ideas or themes. (SL 4.4)
• Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly. (SL 4.1)
• Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly. (SL 5.1)
• Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant descriptive details. (SL 5.4)

Discussion Questions

• What differences do you see in the standards from one grade to the next?
• How would you modify this Grade 4 lesson if you wanted to use it with Grade 5 students?