Aligned Standard

ELA.EE.RI.3.9: Identify similarities between two texts on the same topic.

Grade Level Standard

This is aligned the following California State Standards:

  • RI.3.9 - Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.

Linkage Level Descriptions

Initial Precursor

When provided with language cues, the student can pay attention to the entire object, a characteristic of the object, or an action the object can perform.

Distal Precursor

When presented with familiar and unfamiliar representations of people, objects, places, and events, the student can correctly identify the familiar representations.

Proximal Precursor

The student can identify concrete details in a familiar informational text, such as people, events, or ideas.

Target

The student can recognize similarities in two informational texts. The student can identify facts, points, and/or claims that are similar between texts.

Successor

After reading two informational texts on the same topic, the student can state how the two texts are the same based on specific details used to discuss the topic.