Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.1.A:
Students acquire information by locating and using library media resources, with some assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.1.B:
Students collect and interpret data, facts, and ideas from unfamiliar texts.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.1.C:
Students understand written directions and procedures.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.1.D:
Students locate information in a text that is needed to solve a problem.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.1.E:
Students identify a main idea and supporting details in informational texts.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.1.F:
Students recognize and use organizational features, such as table of contents, indexes, page numbers, and chapter headings/subheadings, to locate information.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.1.G:
Students compare and contrast information on one topic from two different sources.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.1.H:
Students identify a conclusion that summarizes the main idea.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.1.I:
Students select books independently to meet informational needs.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.1.J:
Students make inferences and draw conclusions on the basis of information from the text, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.1.K:
Students use text features, such as headings, captions, and titles, to understand and interpret informational texts, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.1.L:
Students use graphic organizers to record significant details from informational texts.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.1.M:
Students use text features, such as headings, captions, and titles, to understand and interpret informational texts, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.1.N:
Students distinguish between fact and opinion, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.1.O:
Students identify missing information and irrelevant information, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.2.A:
Students select literature on the basis of personal needs and interests from a variety of genres and by different authors.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.2.B:
Students engage in purposeful oral reading in small and large groups.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.2.C:
Students read print-based and electronic literary texts silently, on a daily basis, for enjoyment.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.2.D:
Students relate the setting, plot, and characters in literature to own lives.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.2.E:
Students explain the difference between fact and fiction.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.2.F:
Students make predictions, draw conclusions, and make inferences about events and characters.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.2.G:
Students identify cultural influences in texts and performances.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.2.H:
Students maintain a personal reading list to reflect reading accomplishments.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.2.I:
Students use specific evidence from stories to identify themes; describe characters, their actions, and their motivations; relate a sequence of events.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.2.J:
Students use knowledge of story structure, story elements, and key vocabulary to interpret stories.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.2.K:
Students read, view, and interpret literary texts from a variety of genres, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.2.L:
Students define the characteristics of different genres, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.2.M:
Students identify literary elements, such as setting, plot, and character, of different genres, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.2.N:
Students recognize how the author uses literary devices, such as simile, metaphor, and personification, to create meaning, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.2.O:
Students recognize how different authors treat similar themes, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.2.P:
Students use graphic organizers to record significant details about characters and events in stories.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.3.A:
Students evaluate the content by identifying:

• the author's purpose
• whether events, actions, characters, and/or settings are realistic
• important and unimportant details
• statements of fact, opinion, and exaggeration, with assistance
• recurring themes across works in print and media

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.3.B:
Students compare and contrast characters, plot, and setting in literary works.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.3.C:
Students analyze ideas and information on the basis of prior knowledge and personal experience.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.3.D:
Students recognize how language and illustrations are used to persuade in printed and filmed advertisements and in texts, such as letters to the editor.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.3.E:
Students judge accuracy of content to gather facts, with assistance from teachers and parents/caregivers.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.3.F:
Students use opinions and reactions of teachers and classmates to evaluate personal interpretation of ideas, information, and experience.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.3.G:
Students evaluate information, ideas, opinions, and themes in texts by identifying, with assistance:

• a central idea and supporting details
• missing or unclear information

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.3.H:
Students identify different perspectives, such as social, cultural, ethnic, and historical, on an issue presented in more than one text, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.4.A:
Students share reading experiences to build relationships with peers or adults; for example, read together silently or aloud.

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

Performance Indicator - ELA.4.R.4.C:
Students recognize the types of language (e.g., informal vocabulary and jargon) that are appropriate to social communication.