PAWS 3rd Grade Reading Blueprint Items Cluster …

1 Strand /StandardPAWS 3rd Grade Reading BlueprintCluster HeadingItems Per StrandPAWS EmphasisKey Ideas and Details10 and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for answers. stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the characters in a story ( , their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of and Structure6 the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from non literal to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza.

2 Describe how each successive part builds on earlier their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the Ideas and Details7 and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and and Structure7 the meaning of general academic and domain specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a Grade 3 topic or subject text features and search tools ( , key words, sidebars, hyperlinks)

3 To locate information relevant to a given topic their own point of view from that of the author of a Administration 2015 to Present Reading Wyoming Department of Informational TextReading LiteratureStrand /StandardPAWS 3rd Grade Reading BlueprintCluster HeadingItems Per StrandPAWS EmphasisIntegration of Knowledge and Ideas*7 how specific aspects of a text s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story ( , create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting). and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters ( , in books from a series).

4 Information gained from illustrations ( , maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text ( , where, when, why, and how key events occur). the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text ( , comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence). and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same *7 or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning word and phrases based on Grade 3 Reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of sentence level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word ( , agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).

5 A known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root ( , company, companion). understanding of word relationships and nuances in word the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context ( , take steps). shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty ( , knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered). and use accurately Grade appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships ( , After dinner that night we went looking for them).

6 50100%PAWS Administration 2015 to Present Reading Wyoming Department of *Integration and Language reporting categories have Items from both RL and RI Strands (both literary and informational passages). The goal will be to strike an overall balance of approx. 50% per genre on the test /StandardPAWS 4th Grade Reading BlueprintCluster HeadingItems Per StrandPAWS EmphasisKey Ideas and Details10 to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text ( , a character's thoughts, words, or actions).

7 Craft and Structure6 the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology ( , Herculean). major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems ( , verse, rhythm, meter) and drama ( , casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first and third person Ideas and Details10 to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details.

8 Summarize the events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the and Structure6 the meaning of general academic and domain specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a Grade 4 topic or subject the overall structure ( , chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information Informational TextPAWS Administration 2015 to Present Reading Wyoming Department of EducationReading LiteratureStrand /StandardPAWS 4th Grade Reading BlueprintCluster HeadingItems Per StrandPAWS EmphasisIntegration of Knowledge and Ideas*6 and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics ( , opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events ( , the quest)

9 In stories, myths, and traditional literature from different information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively ( , in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject *7 or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and phrases based on Grade 4 Reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of context ( , definitions, examples, or restatements in text)

10 As a clue to the meaning of a word or common, Grade appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word ( , telegraph, photograph, autograph). reference materials ( , dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word the meaning of simple similes and metaphors ( , as pretty as a picture) in and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and understanding of words by relating them to their opposites (antonyms) and to words with similar but not identical meanings (synonyms).