Reading Literature Standard 1 (Key Ideas & Details)

Kindergarten 
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Drama: 

• Read and discuss scripts for short plays or excerpts of plays.
• Use pantomime to tell a familiar story.
• Adapt a short story into a play.
• Watch a theatrical production and discuss the dialogue or story line.

Music

• Learn a short song by rote and explore the lyrics. What do they mean? What happened? 
• Learn a short song by rote and add actions.
• Add sounds and music to embellish a story. (My Many Colored Days)
• Listen to a song with or without lyrics and discuss the story line. 

Dance: 

• Use movement to embellish or portray a story line. 
• Watch a dance performance and discuss the answer questions about the series of events and/or the story line.

Art: 

• View a work of art and discuss the details and meaning. 
• Answer questions about the illustrations in a book.

All Arts: 

• Listen to and discuss books and stories about music, musicians, musical instruments, artists, works for art, art media and processes, actors, theatrical productions, dancers, or dance events. 

First Grade

Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Drama: 

• Read and discuss scripts for short plays or excerpts of plays.
• Use pantomime to tell a familiar story.
• Adapt a short story into a play.
• Watch a theatrical production and discuss the dialogue or story line.

Music

• Learn a short song by rote and explore the lyrics. What do they mean? What happened? 
• Learn a short song by rote and add actions.
• Add sounds and music to embellish a story. (My Many Colored Days)
• Listen to a song with or without lyrics and discuss the story line. 

Dance: 

• Use movement to embellish or portray a story line. 
• Watch a dance performance and discuss the answer questions about the series of events and/or the story line.

Art: 

• View a work of art and discuss the details and meaning. 
• Answer questions about the illustrations in a book.

All Arts: 

• Listen to and discuss books and stories about music, musicians, musical instruments, artists, works for art, art media and processes, actors, theatrical productions, dancers, or dance events. 

Second Grade

Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

Drama: 

• Read and discuss scripts for short plays or excerpts of plays.
• Use pantomime to tell a familiar story.
• Adapt a short story into a play.
• Watch a theatrical production and discuss the dialogue or story line.

Music

• Learn a short song by rote and explore the lyrics. What do they mean? What happened? 
• Learn a short song by rote and add actions.
• Add sounds and music to embellish a story. (My Many Colored Days)
• Listen to a song with or without lyrics and discuss the story line. 

Dance: 

• Use movement to embellish or portray a story line. 
• Watch a dance performance and discuss the answer questions about the series of events and/or the story line.

Art: 

• View a work of art and discuss the details and meaning. 
• Answer questions about the illustrations in a book.

All Arts: 

• Listen to and discuss books and stories about music, musicians, musical instruments, artists, works for art, art media and processes, actors, theatrical productions, dancers, or dance events. 

Third Grade

Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

Drama: 

• Read and discuss scripts for short plays or excerpts of plays.
• Use pantomime to tell a familiar story.
• Adapt a short story into a play.
• Watch a theatrical production and discuss the dialogue or story line.

Music

• Learn a short song by rote and explore the lyrics. What do they mean? What happened? 
• Learn a short song by rote and add actions.
• Add sounds and music to embellish a story. 
• Listen to a song with or without lyrics and discuss the story line. 

Dance: 

• Use movement to embellish or portray a story line. 
• Watch a dance performance and discuss the answer questions about the series of events and/or the story line.

Art: 

• View a work of art and discuss the details and meaning. 
• Answer questions about the illustrations in a book.

All Arts: 

• Listen to and discuss books and stories about music, musicians, musical instruments, artists, works for art, art media and processes, actors, theatrical productions, dancers, or dance events. 

Fourth Grade

Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Drama: 

• Read and discuss scripts for short plays or excerpts of plays.
• Use pantomime to tell a familiar story.
• Adapt a short story into a play.
• Watch a theatrical production and discuss the dialogue or story line.

Music

• Learn a short song by rote and explore the lyrics. What do they mean? What happened? 
• Learn a short song by rote and add actions.
• Add sounds and music to embellish a story. 
• Listen to a song with or without lyrics and discuss the story line. 

Dance: 

• Use movement to embellish or portray a story line. 
• Watch a dance performance and discuss the answer questions about the series of events and/or the story line.

Art: 

• View a work of art and discuss the details and meaning. 
• Answer questions about the illustrations in a book.

All Arts: 

• Listen to and discuss books and stories about music, musicians, musical instruments, artists, works for art, art media and processes, actors, theatrical productions, dancers, or dance events. 

Fifth Grade

Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Drama: 

• Read and discuss scripts for short plays or excerpts of plays.
• Use pantomime to tell a familiar story.
• Adapt a short story into a play.
• Watch a theatrical production and discuss the dialogue or story line.

Music

• Learn a short song by rote and explore the lyrics. What do they mean? What happened? 
• Learn a short song by rote and add actions.
• Add sounds and music to embellish a story. 
• Listen to a song with or without lyrics and discuss the story line. 

Dance: 

• Use movement to embellish or portray a story line. 
• Watch a dance performance and discuss the answer questions about the series of events and/or the story line.

Art: 

• View a work of art and discuss the details and meaning. 
• Answer questions about the illustrations in a book.

All Arts: 

• Listen to and discuss books and stories about music, musicians, musical instruments, artists, works for art, art media and processes, actors, theatrical productions, dancers, or dance events. 

Sixth Grade

Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Drama: 

• Read and discuss scripts for short plays or excerpts of plays.
• Use pantomime to tell a familiar story.
• Adapt a short story into a play.
• Watch a theatrical production and discuss the dialogue or story line.

Music

• Learn a short song by rote and explore the lyrics. What do they mean? What happened? 
• Learn a short song by rote and add actions.
• Add sounds and music to embellish a story. 
• Listen to a song with or without lyrics and discuss the story line. 

Dance: 

• Use movement to embellish or portray a story line. 
• Watch a dance performance and discuss the answer questions about the series of events and/or the story line.

Art: 

• View a work of art and discuss the details and meaning. 
• Answer questions about the illustrations in a book.

All Arts: 

• Listen to and discuss books and stories about music, musicians, musical instruments, artists, works for art, art media and processes, actors, theatrical productions, dancers, or dance events.