Florida B.E.S.T. ELA.4.R.3

ELA.4.R.3 is a B.E.S.T. standard. These are the benchmarks under it.

• ELA.4.R.3.1

  Explain how figurative language contributes to meaning in text(s).

• ELA.4.R.3.2

  Summarize a text to enhance comprehension.

• ELA.4.R.3.3

  Compare and contrast accounts of the same event using primary and/or secondary sources.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students summarize literary and informational texts using the main idea and key details. They explain figurative language and compare primary or secondary accounts of the same event.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students write accurate summaries using the main idea and key details. They explain figurative language and compare how two sources present the same event, using evidence from each text.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may copy sentences instead of summarizing or include minor details that do not support the main idea. They may read figurative phrases literally or treat two accounts as identical because they describe the same event.

04

How to Assess It

Give students two short accounts of one event. Ask them to write a two-sentence summary and name one similarity and one difference between the accounts.

1. 01

   Give groups sentence strips from two accounts of an event, then have them sort details by source, similarity, and difference.

2. 02

   Ask students to explain how one figurative phrase changes the meaning or tone of a passage.

3. 03

   Play Summary Showdown, where pairs reduce a paragraph to fifteen words while keeping the main idea and strongest detail.

4. 04

   Compare a news report and eyewitness account of a local event, then list details each source includes or leaves out.

• ELA.9.R.3

  The 9th Grade version of this standard.

• ELA.3.R.3

  The 3rd Grade version of this standard.

• ELA.11.R.3

  The 11th Grade version of this standard.

• ELA.8.R.3

  The 8th Grade version of this standard.