Grades K-12: Reading Standards for Literature – #1

Kindergarten

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RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Grade 1

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RL.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Grade 2

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RL.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

Grade 3

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RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

Grade 4

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RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Grade 5

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RL.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Grade 6

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RL.6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Grade 7

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RL.7.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Grade 8

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RL.8.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Grades 9-10

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RL.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Grades 11-12

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RL.11-12.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.