Performance Indicator - ELA.1.R.1.A:
Students locate and use classroom and library media center resources to acquire information, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.1.R.1.B:
Students read grade-level informational texts to begin to collect data, facts, and ideas, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.1.R.1.C:
Students distinguish between texts with stories and texts with information.

Performance Indicator - ELA.1.R.1.D:
Students use a picture dictionary as a resource for vocabulary development.

Performance Indicator - ELA.1.R.1.E:
Students select books to meet informational needs, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.1.R.2.A:
Students comprehend and respond to imaginative texts and performances; interpret, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.1.R.2.B:
Students engage in pre-reading and reading activities to:

• select books, tapes, and poems on the basis of personal choice/interest or teacher-selected criteria, such as a theme/topic
• predict what might happen next in a story read aloud or independently
• draw conclusions from a story
• identify characters, settings, and events in a story
• retell a story
• distinguish between what is real and what is imaginary

Performance Indicator - ELA.1.R.2.C:
Students dramatize or retell stories, using puppets, toys, and other props.

Performance Indicator - ELA.1.R.3.A:
Students identify, explain, and evaluate ideas, themes, and experiences from texts and performances.

Performance Indicator - ELA.1.R.3.B:
Students engage in pre-reading and reading activities to:

• identify what they know, want to know, and have learned about a specific story, theme, or topic
• predict what could happen next or the outcome of a story or article
• change the sequence of events in a story to create a different ending
• compare a character in a story or article to a person with the same career or experience
• evaluate and select books, poems, or tapes on the basis of personal choice or teacher-selected criteria, such as theme, topic, author, and illustrations
• identify the characters in a story and explain what each contributes to the events of the story
• recognize different plots in books by the same author

Performance Indicator - ELA.1.R.4.A:
Students share reading experiences (e.g., reading together silently or aloud) to establish, maintain, and enhance personal relationships with peers or adults.

Performance Indicator - ELA.1.R.4.B:
Students respect the age, gender, and cultural traditions of the writer.

Performance Indicator - ELA.1.R.4.C:
Students recognize the vocabulary of social communication (e.g., the language of salutations and closings).