Playbook® Applicability to

ARIZONA

State Standards in Language Arts

Kindergarten through Grade Eight

 

Reading a Playbook® in the classroom meets the following Arizona standards in English Language Arts and Reading:

Standard 1: Reading

Kindergarten

READINESS

Students know and are able to do the following:

  • R-R1. Identify characters in a story and retell stories in sequence after listening to a selection:
PO 1. Identify main characters
PO 2. Retell story line in sequence
  • R-R2.Predict elements and events in a story after listening to a selection:
PO 1. Make predictions based on title, cover, illustrations, text
  • R-R3.Identify facts in nonfiction material after listening to a selection:
PO 1. Identify facts from nonfiction material
  • R-R4.Use phonetic skills to decode simple words
PO 1. Identify consonant sound/symbol relationships in the context of words
  • R-R5.Comprehend the meaning of simple written selections, using prior knowledge, letter/sound relationships and picture clues
PO 1. Demonstrate an understanding of print concepts
PO 2. Derive meaning from picture clues
PO 3. Derive meaning from illustrations/print using prior knowledge/experience
PO 4. Derive meaning from print using sound/symbol relationships
 
Grade One-Grade Three

FOUNDATIONS

Students know and are able to do all of the above and the following:

  • R-F1.Use phonetic skills to decode words
PO 1. Decode words in context using beginning, middle and final letter/sound relationships
  • R-F2.Use word recognition and decoding strategies such as phonetic skills, context clues, picture clues, word order, prefixes and suffixes to comprehend written selections
PO 1. Derive meaning from a written selection using reading/decoding strategies
  • R-F3.Use reading comprehension strategies such as drawing conclusions, summarizing, making predictions, identifying cause and effect, and differentiating fiction from nonfiction
PO 1. Draw conclusions based on the text
PO 2. Restate information from a reading selection
PO 3. Predict events, actions and behaviors using prior knowledge and/or details to comprehend a reading selection
PO 4. Identify cause-and-effect relationships
PO 5. Differentiate fiction and nonfiction texts
  • R-F4.Identify facts and the main idea, sequence events, define and differentiate characters, and determine an author’s purpose in a range of traditional and contemporary literature
PO 1. Identify the main idea and relevant facts in a reading selection
PO 2. Sequence a series of events from a reading selection
PO 3. Compare characters in a reading selection
PO 4. Identify the author’s main purpose in a reading selection
  • R-F5.Analyze selections of fiction, nonfiction and poetry for their literary elements such as character, setting, plot, sequence of events and organization of text
PO 1. Compare characters, plot (including sequence of events), settings across reading selections
PO 2. Explain whether the events in the reading selection are real or fantasy
PO 3. Describe structural elements of poetry
PO 4. Describe the literary elements of fiction and nonfiction

Grade Four-Grade Five

ESSENTIALS

Students know and are able to do all of the above and the following:

  • R-E1.Use structural analysis skills such as identifying root words, prefixes, suffixes and word origins to decode words unfamiliar in print
PO 1. Identify root words
PO 2. Infer meanings of words in a selection through knowledge of prefixes and suffixes
PO 3. Confirm meaning of words using context clues
 
PO 1. Identify the main ideas; critical and supporting details; and the author’s purpose, feelings and point of view of the text
PO 2. Distinguish fact from opinion
PO 3. Summarize the text in own words (assessed at district level only)
PO 4. Compare and contrast the text
PO 5. Determine cause-and-effect relationships
PO 6. Identify the text in chronological, sequential or logical order
PO 7. Make an inference using contextual clues
 
PO 1. Distinguish the main characters from the minor characters
PO 2. Summarize the plot line to include cause and effect
PO 3. Explain the interaction of major and minor characters in a selection
PO 4. Draw defensible conclusions based on events and settings
PO 5. Differentiate fiction, nonfiction and poetry based on their attributes
PO 6. Explain cause and effect within the plot
 
PO 1. Identify the author’s purpose and use of details to support the purpose
PO 3. Identify the author’s bias

 

Standard 3: Listening and Speaking

Kindergarten

READINESS

Students know and are able to do the following:

  • Tell or retell a personal experience or creative story in a logical sequence
  • Share ideas, information, opinions and questions
  • Listen and respond to stories, poems and nonfiction
  • Participate in group discussions

Grade One-Grade Three

FOUNDATIONS

Students know and are able to do all of the above and the following:

  • Use effective vocabulary and logical organization to relate or summarize ideas, events and other information

Grade Four-Grade Eight
ESSENTIALS

Students know and are able to do all of the above and the following:

  • Predict, clarify, analyze and critique a speaker’s information and point of view