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 E

General Targets
I can read books with simple dialogue
I can read book with simple pronouns

Targets about Solving Words
I can use the beginning and ending parts of a word to solve it
I can use vowel sounds to help solve words
I can use consonant and consonant clusters to solve words
I can recognize and use words parts to solve words while reading
I can use what is known about a word to solve it
I can take apart compound words to solve them
I use meaning, language structure and visual information to solve unknown
words
I can reread to search for information from language structures or
meaning to help me understand the words and story

Targets about Summarizing
I can recall and retell the important information or important events
from the story
I can talk about a series of events in order to link them

Targets about Predicting
I can make predictions based on information gained through reading and
my own experiences independently
I can predict the end of the story based on the beginning and middle of
the story

Targets about Making Connections
I can make and discuss connections between texts and my own personal
experiences independently
I can make connections between texts that are alike in some way (topic,
ending, characters) independently
I can recognize and apply attributes of recurring character in books

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 Synthesizing
I can talk about the new information I learned from a book
I can show evidence of new ideas from a book

Targets about Inferring and Understanding Characters
I can infer the causes for a characters feelings, motives or actions
I can see changes in characters across time and articulate possible
reasons for the development
I can infer the cause and effect in a text
I can show evidence in the words or in the pictures to support my
inferences

Targets about Analyzing Books
I can classify a book as fiction or nonfiction
I can discuss how the print layout or text features are used to create
meaning
I can recognize when the author is presenting a sequence of events or a
set of directions

Targets about Critiquing Books
I can express my opinions about the information in a text
I can make judgments about characters or events in a book

Targets about Informational Text
I can ask and answer questions about important details in a book with
help*
I can identify the main topic and key details in a book with help*
I can identify the main idea in a book and the reasons that support the
main idea with help*
I can identify similarities and differences between two books on the
same topic with help*