Aligned Standard

ELA.EE.RI.4.2: Identify the main idea of a text when it is explicitly stated.

Grade Level Standard

This is aligned the following California State Standards:

  • RI.4.2 - Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.

Linkage Level Descriptions

Initial Precursor

The student can demonstrate an understanding of object names by correctly identifying an object or person.

Distal Precursor

During a shared reading of a text, the student can name objects in pictures/tactile graphics or identify an object in a picture that is supposed to represent the pictures in the book.

Proximal Precursor

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

Target

The student can identify the correct overall, general topic of a familiar brief informational text and identify relationships between concrete facts or details in an informational text.

Successor

After reading or hearing an informational text, the student can identify words that are related to the topic.