<strong>ELA</strong> <strong>Standards</strong> <strong>Rubric</strong> for <strong>Grade</strong> 4Key Ideas and DetailsStandard 2Anchor Standard 2, Part 1Determine central ideas and themes and analyze their development.Standard 2Part 11 2 3 4The student determines acentral idea or theme ofgrade-level text, withteacher guidance.The student determines acentral idea or theme ofgrade-level text, incollaboration with peers.The student determines acentral idea or theme ofgrade-level text,independently.The student determines acentral idea or theme andanalyzes its development inabove-grade-level text,independently.Anchor Standard 2, Part 2Summarize the key supporting details and ideas.Standard 2Part 21 2 3 4The student summarizesgrade-level text, withteacher guidance.The student summarizesgrade-level text, incollaboration with peers.The student summarizesgrade-level text,independently.The student summarizesabove-grade-level text,independently.Copyright <strong>Read</strong> <strong>Side</strong> by <strong>Side</strong> 2013 www.readsidebyside.com
<strong>ELA</strong> <strong>Standards</strong> <strong>Rubric</strong> for <strong>Grade</strong> 4Key Ideas and DetailsStandard 3Anchor Standard 3Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of the text.Standard 31 2 3 4Describe in depth acharacter, setting,or event, drawingon specific detailsin the text (e.g., acharacter’sthoughts, words,and actions).In grade-level text, thestudent describes in deptha character, setting, orevent, with teacherguidance.In grade-level text, thestudent describes in deptha character, setting, orevent, in collaborationwith peers.In grade-level text, thestudent describes in depth acharacter, setting, or event,independently.Standard 3Compare andcontrast two ormore characters,settings, or events,drawing on specificdetails in the text.Standard 3Describe how thecharacters respondor change as theplot moves towarda resolution.In above-grade-level text,the student describes indepth a character, setting, orevent, independently.1 2 3 4In grade-level text, thestudent compares andcontrasts two or morecharacters, settings, orevents, with teacherguidance.In grade-level text, thestudent compares andcontrasts two or morecharacters, settings, orevents, in collaboration withpeers.In grade-level text, thestudent compares andcontrasts two or morecharacters, settings, orevents, independently.1 2 3 4In grade-level text, thestudent describes how thecharacters respond orchange as the plot develops,with teacher guidance.In grade-level text, thestudent describes how thecharacters respond orchange as the plot develops,in collaboration with peersor independently.Copyright <strong>Read</strong> <strong>Side</strong> by <strong>Side</strong> 2013 www.readsidebyside.com