Name READ 180® rBook

Stage A

Skills Checklist:
Reading Comprehension
▶▶ Students will demonstrate proficiency with rBook Reading Comprehension
skills when they reach these benchmarks.

Read for Detail Main Idea and Details

❏ Identify details about a specific topic or ❏ Identify the main idea of a text.
idea within a text. ❏ Identify details that support the main idea.
❏ Identify details that tell who, what, when, ❏ Recognize the difference between
where, why, or how. important and unimportant details.

Sequence of Events Summarize

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❏ Identify sequence signal words. ❏ Identify key topics and details to include
❏ Write a chronological sequence of events in a summary.
from a text. ❏ Write a summary in their own words.
❏ Recognize why and when an event may be ❏ Recognize when details are extraneous.
presented out of time order.

Problem and Solution Cause and Effect

❏ Identify problems and attempted solutions ❏ Identify causes for events or situations.
in texts. ❏ Identify effects of single/multiple causes.
❏ Write about problems/solutions in texts.
❏ Identify cause/effect signal words.
❏ Recognize successful and unsuccessful
attempts to solve problems.

Compare and Contrast Make Inferences

❏ Identify compare/contrast signal words. ❏ Identify clues in a text that hint at unstated
❏ Write to compare and contrast elements ideas or information.
in texts. ❏ Consider prior knowledge about a topic.
❏ Use a Venn diagram to organize ❏ Combine text clues with their own
differences and similarities. knowledge and experience to make an
informed guess, or inference.

Draw Conclusions
❏ Combine text clues with their own
knowledge and experience to reach a
new understanding.
❏ Use logical reasoning to determine if their
conclusion is valid.

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Name READ 180® rBook
Stage A

Skills Checklist
▶▶ Students will demonstrate proficiency with rBook Workshop skills
when they reach these benchmarks.

Workshop 1: Fires Out of Control

Comprehension
Read for Detail Summarize
❏ Identify details about a specific topic or ❏ Identify key topics and details to include
idea within a text. in a summary.
❏ Identify details that tell who, what, when, ❏ Write a summary in their own words.
where, why, or how. ❏ Recognize when details are extraneous..

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Main Idea and Details Critical Reading: Analyze
❏ Identify the main idea of a text. ❏ Identify and carefully examine specific
❏ Identify details that support the main idea. sections, qualities, or aspects of a text.
❏ Distinguish between supporting details ❏ Study sections, qualities, or aspects of a
and other details. text to reach new/deeper understanding.

Academic Vocabulary/Word Study

Prefixes Suffixes
❏ Recognize when a word includes a prefix. ❏ Recognize when a word includes a suffix.
❏ Identify the meaning of common prefixes. ❏ Identify the meaning of common suffixes.
❏ Determine the meanings of new words ❏ Determine the meanings of new words
when a prefix is added. when a suffix is added.

Conventions
Identifying Sentences and Fragments Correct End Punctuation
❏ Distinguish between complete sentences ❏ Identify correct end punctuation for different
and sentence fragments. sentence types.
❏ Identify common errors that create ❏ Use correct end punctuation when writing
fragments. different sentence types.

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Name READ 180® rBook
Stage A

Skills Checklist
▶▶ Students will demonstrate proficiency with rBook Workshop skills
when they reach these benchmarks.

Workshop 2: Coming to America

Comprehension
Sequence of Events Summarize
❏ Identify sequence signal words. ❏ Identify key topics and details to include
❏ Write a chronological sequence of in a summary.
events from a text. ❏ Write a summary in their own words.
❏ Recognize when an event is out ❏ Recognize when details are extraneous.

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of sequence..
Main Idea and Details Critical Reading: Synthesize
❏ Identify the main idea of a text. ❏ Combine information from a source or
❏ Identify details that support the main idea. multiple sources/source types, to arrive at
a new understanding, idea, or creation.
❏ Distinguish between supporting details
❏ Engage in creative, original thinking based
and other details.
on multiple pieces or forms of information.

Academic Vocabulary/Word Study

Synonyms Antonyms
❏ Identify synonyms. ❏ Recognize that antonyms are words
❏ Use synonyms to understand the that have opposite meanings.
meanings of new words. ❏ Identify pairs or sets of antonyms.
❏ Add precise language to their writing ❏ Determine how using antonyms alters
using synonyms. sentence meaning.

Conventions
Correcting Sentence Fragments Using Capital Letters
❏ Identify sentence fragments. ❏ Use a capital letter at the beginning of
❏ Correct sentence fragments by adding a each sentence.
subject or verb, or by joining the fragment ❏ Use capital letters at the beginning of each
to an adjacent sentence. important word in a proper noun.
❏ Correct sentence fragments in
their writing.

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Name READ 180® rBook
Stage A

Skills Checklist
▶▶ Students will demonstrate proficiency with rBook Workshop skills
when they reach these benchmarks.

Workshop 3: Bud, Not Buddy

Comprehension
Story Elements Make Inferences
❏ Identify setting and characters in a story. ❏ Identify clues in a text that hint at
❏ Recognize how characters affect a unstated ideas or information.
story’s plot. ❏ Consider prior knowledge about a topic.
❏ Organize story elements in a graphic ❏ Combine text clues with their own

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organizer. knowledge and experience to make an
informed guess, or inference.
Read for Detail Critical Reading: Evaluate
❏ Identify details about a specific topic or ❏ Assess the value of an idea, information
idea within a text. source, solution to a problem, or artwork.
❏ Identify details that tell who, what, when, ❏ Use thoughtful criteria to make a judgment
where, why, or how. about validity and usefulness.
❏ Articulate and evaluate the criteria they use
to make judgments and assess value.

Academic Vocabulary/Word Study

Homophones Word Families
❏ Identify words that sound alike but have ❏ Understand that word families are sets of
different spellings and meanings. words that contain a common base word.
❏ Understand how replacing a word with a ❏ Understand how a familiar base word
homophone changes sentence meaning. can help to determine word meanings.
❏ Determine the correct homophone to use.

Conventions
Correcting Run-on Sentences Word Order
❏ Identify run-on sentences. ❏ Identify correct order of words in
❏ Correct run-on sentences sentence by a sentence.
adding a comma and conjunction, or by ❏ Use words in the correct order in
breaking the run-on into two sentences. their writing.

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Name READ 180® rBook
Stage A

Skills Checklist
▶▶ Students will demonstrate proficiency with rBook Workshop skills
when they reach these benchmarks.

Workshop 4: Bullies Beware

Comprehension
Summarize Critical Reading: Analyze
❏ Identify key topics and details to include ❏ Identify and carefully examine specific
in a summary. sections, qualities, or aspects of a text.
❏ Write a summary in their own words. ❏ Study sections, qualities, or aspects of a
❏ Recognize when details are extraneous. text to reach new/deeper understanding.

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Sequence of Events Critical Reading: Synthesize
❏ Identify sequence signal words. ❏ Combine information from sources, often
❏ Write a chronological sequence of multiple sources and source types, to arrive
events from a text. at a new understanding, idea, or creation.
❏ Recognize when an event is out ❏ Engage in creative, original thinking based
of sequence. on multiple pieces or forms of information.

Academic Vocabulary/Word Study

Context Clues Compound Words
❏ Identify context clues within sentences ❏ Identify compound words.
and in nearby sentences. ❏ Use component words to understand
❏ Use context clues to determine meanings meanings of compound words.
of new words. ❏ Use component words to form new
compound words.

Conventions
Correct Verb Tense Commas in a Series
❏ Recognize present- and past-tense. ❏ Identify series (lists of same kinds of
❏ Determine the correct verb tense words) in sentences.
in sentences. ❏ Use commas to separate items in a series
❏ Use present- and past-tense verb forms in their writing.
correctly in their writing.

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Name READ 180® rBook
Stage A

Skills Checklist
▶▶ Students will demonstrate proficiency with rBook Workshop skills
when they reach these benchmarks.

Workshop 5: Secrets of the Mummy’s Tomb

Comprehension
Problem and Solution Critical Reading: Analyze
❏ Identify problems and attempted solutions ❏ Identify and carefully examine specific
in texts. sections, qualities, or aspects of a text.
❏ Write about problems/solutions in texts. ❏ Study sections, qualities, or aspects of a
❏ Recognize successful and unsuccessdul text to reach new/deeper understanding.

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attempts to solve problems.
Summarize Critical Reading: Evaluate
❏ Identify key topics and details to include ❏ Assess the value of an idea, information
in a summary. source, solution to a problem, or artwork.
❏ Write a summary in their own words. ❏ Use thoughtful criteria to make a judgment
❏ Recognize when details are extraneous. about validity and usefulness.
❏ Articulate and evaluate the criteria they use
to make judgments and assess value.

Academic Vocabulary/Word Study

Homophones Idioms
❏ Identify words that sound alike but have ❏ Recognize an idiom in a text.
different spellings and meanings. ❏ Identify the meaning of common
❏ Understand how replacing a word with a idioms in context.
homophone changes sentence meaning.
❏ Understand and use idiomatic
❏ Determine the correct homophone to use. expressions correctly.

Conventions
Irregular Verbs Commas With Introductory Words
❏ Recognize common irregular verbs. ❏ Understand that introductory words and
❏ Determine correct forms of common phrases should be followed by a comma.
irregular verbs in speaking and writing. ❏ Correct errors with the use of commas with
❏ Use common irregular verbs correctly in introductory words and phrases.
their writing, confirming spelling with a ❏ Punctuate introductory words and phrases
dictionary as needed. correctly in their writing.

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Name READ 180® rBook
Stage A

Skills Checklist
▶▶ Students will demonstrate proficiency with rBook Workshop skills
when they reach these benchmarks.

Workshop 6: Good Sports

Comprehension
Story Elements Critical Reading: Synthesize
❏ Identify setting and characters in a story. ❏ Combine information from sources, often
❏ Recognize how characters affect a multiple sources and source types, to arrive
at a new understanding, idea, or creation.
story’s plot.
❏ Engage in creative, original thinking based
❏ Organize story elements in a graphic

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on multiple pieces or forms of information.
organizer.
Make Inferences Critical Reading: Evaluate
❏ Identify clues in a text that hint at ❏ Assess the value of an idea, information
unstated ideas or information. source, solution to a problem, or artwork.
❏ Consider prior knowledge about a topic. ❏ Use thoughtful criteria to make a judgment
❏ Combine text clues with their own about validity and usefulness.
knowledge and experience to make an ❏ Articulate and evaluate the criteria they use
informed guess, or inference. to make judgments and assess value.

Academic Vocabulary/Word Study

Multiple-Meaning Words Word Families
❏ Identify multiple-meaning words. ❏ Understand that word families are sets of
❏ Use context to understand meanings of words that contain a common base word.
multiple-meaning words. ❏ Understand how a familiar base word
❏ Use multiple-meaning words correctly in can help to determine word meanings.
their writing.

Conventions
Subject-Verb Agreement Possessive Nouns
❏ Use correct subject-verb agreement in ❏ Understand that possessive nouns
speaking and writing. signify ownership.
❏ Recognize singular and plural subjects ❏ Determine the correct form for singular
and verbs. and plural possessive nouns.
❏ Edit their writing to correct subject-verb ❏ Use possessive nouns correctly in
agreement errors. their writing.

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Name READ 180® rBook
Stage A

Skills Checklist
▶▶ Students will demonstrate proficiency with rBook Workshop skills
when they reach these benchmarks.

Workshop 7: Taming Wild Beasts

Comprehension
Cause and Effect Critical Reading: Analyze
❏ Identify causes for events or situations. ❏ Identify and carefully examine specific
❏ Identify effects of single/multiple causes. sections, qualities, or aspects of a text.

❏ Identify cause/effect signal words. ❏ Study sections, qualities, or aspects of a

text to reach new/deeper understanding.

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Problem and Solution Critical Reading: Synthesize
❏ Identify problems/solutions in texts. ❏ Combine information from sources to arrive
❏ Write about problems/solutions in texts. at a new understanding, idea, or creation.
❏ Recognize successful and unsuccessdul ❏ Engage in creative, original thinking based
attempts to solve problems. on multiple pieces or forms of information.

Summarize Critical Reading: Evaluate

❏ Identify key topics and details to include ❏ Assess the value of an idea, information
in a summary. source, solution to a problem, or artwork.
❏ Write a summary in their own words. ❏ Articulate and evaluate the criteria they use
❏ Recognize when details are extraneous. to make judgments and assess value.

Academic Vocabulary/Word Study

Multiple-Meaning Words Verb Endings
❏ Identify multiple-meaning words. ❏ Identify verb endings for regular present-
❏ Use context to understand meanings of and past-tense verbs.
multiple-meaning words. ❏ Identify the correct use of verb endings in
❏ Use multiple-meaning words correctly in sentences.
their writing. ❏ Use verb endings correctly in their writing.

Conventions
Subject and Object Pronouns Avoiding Double Negatives
❏ Identify and use a subject pronoun as the ❏ Identify double-negative errors in
subject of a sentence. sentences.
❏ Identify and use an object pronoun after a ❏ Determine correct use of negatives in
verb or preposition. sentences.
❏ Distinguish between subject/object pronouns. ❏ Correct double negatives in their writing.
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Name READ 180® rBook
Stage A

Skills Checklist
▶▶ Students will demonstrate proficiency with rBook Workshop skills
when they reach these benchmarks.

Workshop 8: Food: The Good, the Bad, and the Gross

Comprehension
Compare and Contrast Critical Reading: Analyze
❏ Identify compare/contrast signal words. ❏ Identify and carefully examine specific
❏ Write to compare/contrast texts elements. sections, qualities, or aspects of a text.
❏ Use a Venn diagram to organize ❏ Study sections, qualities, or aspects of a
differences and similarities. text to reach new/deeper understanding.

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Cause and Effect Critical Reading: Synthesize
❏ Identify causes for events or situations. ❏ Combine information from sources to arrive
❏ Identify effects of single/multiple causes. at a new understanding, idea, or creation.
❏ Engage in creative, original thinking based
❏ Identify cause/effect signal words.
on multiple pieces or forms of information.
Summarize Critical Reading: Evaluate
❏ Identify key topics and details to include ❏ Assess the value of an idea, information
in a summary. source, solution to a problem, or artwork.
❏ Write a summary in their own words. ❏ Articulate and evaluate the criteria they use
❏ Recognize when details are extraneous. to make judgments and assess value.

Academic Vocabulary/Word Study

Synonyms Suffixes
❏ Identify synonyms. ❏ Recognize when a word includes a suffix.
❏ Use synonyms to understand the ❏ Identify how adding a suffix to a word can
meanings of new words. change the part of speech.
❏ Add precise language to their writing using ❏ Determine the meanings of new words
synonyms. when a suffix is added.

Conventions
Adjectives that Compare Correcting Sentence Fragments
❏ Recognize comparative adjectives. ❏ Identify sentence fragments.
❏ Determine the correct form for comparative ❏ Add subjects or verbs to sentences to
adjectives in sentences. correct fragments.
❏ Use comparative adjectives correctly in writing. ❏ Correct sentence fragments in their writing.

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Stage A

Skills Checklist
▶▶ Students will demonstrate proficiency with rBook Workshop skills
when they reach these benchmarks.

Workshop 9: No Small Hero

Comprehension
Make Inferences Critical Reading: Analyze
❏ Identify clues in a text that hint at unstated ❏ Identify and carefully examine specific
ideas or information. sections, qualities, or aspects of a text.
❏ Consider prior knowledge about a topic. ❏ Study sections, qualities, or aspects of a
❏ Combine text clues with prior knowledge text to reach new/deeper understanding.

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and experience to make inferences.
Compare and Contrast Critical Reading: Synthesize
❏ Identify compare/contrast signal words. ❏ Combine information from sources to arrive
❏ Write to compare /contrast text elements. at a new understanding, idea, or creation.
❏ Use a Venn diagram to organize differences ❏ Engage in creative, original thinking based
and similarities. on multiple pieces or forms of information.

Summarize Critical Reading: Evaluate

❏ Identify key topics and details to include ❏ Assess the value of an idea, information
in a summary. source, solution to a problem, or artwork.
❏ Write a summary in their own words. ❏ Articulate and evaluate the criteria they use
❏ Recognize when details are extraneous. to make judgments and assess value.

Academic Vocabulary/Word Study

Noun Endings Using a Dictionary: Guide Words
❏ Identify inflectional endings added to nouns. ❏ Understand the function of dictionary
❏ Follow spelling rules for noun endings. guide words.
❏ Identify.guide words for dictionary entries.
❏ Use noun endings correctly in writing.

Conventions
Adverbs Quotation Marks
❏ Identify adverbs and distinguish them from ❏ Understand the use of quotation marks
adjectives. with direct quotations.
❏ Identify correct use of adverbs in sentences. ❏ Determine correct use and punctuation of
❏ Use adverbs correctly in their writing. direct quotations in sentences.
❏ Use quotation marks correctly in writing.

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