4th Grade Reading - Evaluate & Extend Meaning

Generalize

• Make inferences and recognize unstated assumptions

Fact/Opinion

• Distinguish between a statement that can be proven to be true or false from statements that reflect someone's personal belief

Predict/Hypothesize

• Use story clues to make predictions in a given selection

Author/Purpose

• Identify the reason an author wrote a story (to entertain, to persuade, to inform, or to express feelings or beliefs)

Author/Point of View

• Determine an author's purpose for writing and identify his/her point of view

Author/Tone

• Determine the author's attitude and how the reader will feel after reading the selection

Extend/Apply Meaning

• Transfer what has been learned to evaluate new situations

Reality/Fantasy

• Discern things that could happen in real life from things that could not really happen

Critical Assessment

• Use prior knowledge to assess and analyze information and be able to explain inferences