Playbook® Applicability to HAWAII Kindergarten through Grade Five Reading a Playbook® in the classroom meets the following Hawaii standards in English Language Arts and Reading: Kindergarten-Grade One • Read narrative and informative texts. • Read for enjoyment and to gain information. • Make reasonable predictions about what will happen in a story. • Draw on personal experiences and prior knowledge to comprehend text. • Show knowledge of the foundations of literacy - concepts about print, phonemic awareness, experience with text - when reading text. • Apply letter knowledge, spelling-sound word recognition strategies, and meaning-based word recognition strategies to decode unknown words in text. • Demonstrate increasing fluency, including the ability to read frequently occurring words by sight. • Identify favorite part of story and give reasons for choice. • Share information from text. • Interpret text through dramatization, writing, or art. • Share reading experiences with others. • Read about others from different cultures to gain perspectives different from own. • Write thoughts and ideas using different forms. • Identify topics for writing by drawing from personal experiences and experiences with texts. • Generate ideas by using strategies such as drawing, role-playing, and talking. • Draw, tell, and write about experiences from own personal and cultural backgrounds. Grade Two-Grade Three
• Read both fiction and nonfiction. • Read for enjoyment and to gain information. • Make conscious connections between prior knowledge and text while reading to construct meaning. • Verify and clarify ideas by referring to text. • Recognize breakdowns in comprehension and repair these breakdowns by rereading, asking questions, and seeking clarification. • Relate critical facts and details in narrative or informational text to comprehend text. • Demonstrate fluent reading of grade-appropriate texts, applying spelling-sound word recognition strategies and meaning-based word recognition strategies as appropriate. • Apply knowledge of suffixes, prefixes, and word parts as meaningful cues to words. • Apply knowledge of fiction and nonfiction genres to understand text. • Relate information and events in text to own ideas and life experiences. • State the important ideas from reading and identify a theme or generalization. • Interpret texts in a variety of ways. • Identify favorite genres and topics for reading. • Share reading with others. • Share in the experiences of others from different cultures through reading and discussion. • Interact with others to obtain information, share ideas, and express opinion. • Participate in groups to complete a task, solve a simple problem, or share ideas. • Participate in dramatic and interpretive oral activities. • Know when one is not understood, and ask specific questions or restate message to make communication clearer. • Speak clearly and expressively using nonverbal language to complement and enhance verbal messages. • Use standard English pronunciation and grammar when speaking to be understood. • Support ideas with information and details. • Organize ideas so listeners can understand them. • Use language that conveys the intended message. • Adjust volume, eye contact, and gestures to audience and situation. • Demonstrate a positive attitude toward speaking that enables one to become an active participant. • Show awareness of diverse cultures through the sharing of ideas Grade Four-Grade Five
• Read a variety of genres. • Read for literary experience and to develop aesthetic appreciation. • Infer ideas from text. • Modify initial interpretations in light of new information and prior experience. • Recognize breakdowns in comprehension, and repair these breakdowns by asking questions, seeking clarification, and summarizing. • Integrate important information gathered from a long passage or text to interpret meaning. • Use knowledge of story elements to interpret text. • Differentiate between literal and figurative language and infer appropriate meaning when reading. • State the important ideas and interpret author's message, theme, or generalization. • Compare own ideas with ideas in text, and analyze similarities and differences. • Interact thoughtfully with each other about texts that represent diverse perspectives. • Participate in dramatic and interpretive oral activities. • Demonstrate give and take in communication and respond appropriately to what is said. • Ask questions for clarification. • Listen attentively by focusing attention on a speaker's message. • Speak clearly and expressively using verbal and nonverbal language. • Adjust language to be understood. • Participate in groups to exchange ideas, explore issues, solve a problem, or complete a project. • Participate in dramatic and interpretive oral activities. • Use feedback to clarify, adjust, change, continue, or stop communication. • Monitor understanding by paraphrasing, summarizing, and checking perceptions. • Create mental pictures, sequence ideas, and find purpose when listening, to understand and remember key ideas. • Listen critically for supporting evidence, separating fact from opinion. • Apply knowledge of standard English pronunciation and grammar to be understood. • Support ideas with research information as well as personal experience and knowledge. • Organize ideas to give clarity to messages. • Use language that is clear and understood by the listener(s). • Use delivery appropriate to audience and situation. • Demonstrate confidence in speaking situations that enables one to become an active participant. • Know that cultural differences may affect communication and accept shared responsibility for understanding. |