The Correlation of

PLATO©

Curricula to

Arizona Academic Standards and Accountability

(AASA)

Reading Standard Articulated by Grade Level (Adopted 3.31.03)

May 5, 2004


PLATO© Correlation to the Arizona Academic Standards and Accountability

INTRODUCTION

PLATO Learning Inc. combines PLATO© computer-assisted instruction into a flexible integrated learning system to enhance instructional effectiveness in education programs. This document identifies PLATO instructional activities that correlate to the Arizona Academic Standards and Accountability, Reading Standard Articulated by Grade Level (Adopted 3.31.03), dated .URL: http://www.ade.state.az.us/standards/contentstandards.asp

It is recommended that instructors review the correlation in order to fine-tune the activity to fit their educational environment. Modules may be added or removed; Web sites and offline activities may also be incorporated to enhance the learning path.

The following PLATO courseware was used in this alignment:

Beginning Reading for the Real World: Level D, Third Grade: Help Out!
Reading Explorations, Level E
Reading Explorations, Level F
Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 3
Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 4
Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 5
Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Information and Expository Text, Level 3
Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Information and Expository Text, Level 4
Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Information and Expository Text, Level 5



PLATO Learning, Inc. looks forward to supporting your initiatives in providing successful educational programs using PLATO© computer-based lessons.

Strand	Concept	Grade Level	Performance Objective		Section
Strand 1: Reading Process	Concept 4: Vocabulary	Acquire and use new vocabulary in relevant contexts.	Grade 4	PO 1. Use knowledge of root words and affixes to determine the meaning of unknown	Beginning Reading for the Real World: Level D, Third Grade: Help Out!    ·Around Town       ·Clean Up the Block
					·Four-Legged Friends       ·Pet Posse
					·Sidekick
				PO 2. Use context to determine the relevant meaning of a word.	Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 3    ·Vocabulary and Reading Stories       ·Level 3A-3F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 4       ·Level 4A-4F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 5       ·Level 5A-5F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Information and Expository Text, Level 3    ·Vocabulary and Reading Information       ·Level 3A-3F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Information and Expository Text, Level 4       ·Level 4A-4F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Information and Expository Text, Level 5       ·Level 5A-5F
				PO 3. Determine the difference between figurative language and literal language	PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.
				PO 4. Identify figurative language, including similes, personification, and idioms	PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.
				PO 5. Determine the meanings, pronunciations, syllabication, synonyms, antonyms, and parts of speech of words by using a variety of reference aids, including dictionaries, thesauri, and glossaries, (and CD-ROM and Internet when available).	Beginning Reading for the Real World: Level D, Third Grade: Help Out!    ·Family Time       ·Pass It On
					·Person to Person       ·Feeling Better?
					·Words of Wisdom
				PO 6. Identify antonyms, synonyms, and homographs for given words within text.	Beginning Reading for the Real World: Level D, Third Grade: Help Out!    ·Family Time       ·Pass It On
					·In the Kitchen
					·Person to Person       ·Feeling Better?
	Concept 5: Fluency	Read fluently.		PO 1. Read from familiar prose and poetry with fluency and appropriate rhythm, pacing, intonation, and expression relevant to the text.	PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.
	Concept 6: Comprehension Strategies	Employ strategies to comprehend text.		PO 1. Predict text content using prior knowledge and text features (e.g., illustrations, titles, topic sentences, key words).	Beginning Reading for the Real World: Level D, Third Grade: Help Out!    ·Family Time       ·Pass It On
					·In the Kitchen
					·Person to Person       ·Helping Hands
					·Feeling Better?
					·Four-Legged Friends       ·The Last Dinosaur
					·Sidekick
					Reading Explorations, Level E    ·Why Are You Reading This?       ·Cape Cod
					·Using What You Know       ·Everglades
					·Making Good Guesses       ·Mississippi River
					·Finding What's Important       ·Yellowstone National Park
					·Summarizing What You Read       ·Mojave Desert
					·Using Graphics to Understand Information       ·Mammoth Cave
					·Tracking Your Understanding       ·Mount St. Helens
					Reading Explorations, Level F    ·Why Are You Reading This?       ·Patagonia
					·Using What You Know       ·Copper Canyon
					·Making Good Guesses       ·Sonoran Desert
					·Finding What's Important       ·Greenland
					·Summarizing What You Read       ·Great Lakes
					·Using Graphics to Understand Information       ·Amazon Rainforest
					·Tracking Your Understanding       ·Denali (Mt. McKinley)
				PO 2. Confirm predictions about text for accuracy.	PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.
				PO 3. Generate clarifying questions in order to comprehend text.	Reading Explorations, Level E    ·Asking and Answering Questions       ·Redwood Forest
					·Tracking Your Understanding       ·Mount St. Helens
					Reading Explorations, Level F    ·Asking and Answering Questions       ·Toca de Boa Vista
					·Tracking Your Understanding       ·Denali (Mt. McKinley)
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 3    ·Vocabulary and Reading Stories       ·Level 3A-3F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 4       ·Level 4A-4F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 5       ·Level 5A-5F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Information and Expository Text, Level 3    ·Vocabulary and Reading Information       ·Level 3A-3F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Information and Expository Text, Level 4       ·Level 4A-4F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Information and Expository Text, Level 5       ·Level 5A-5F
				PO 4. Use graphic organizers in order to clarify the meaning of the text.	Beginning Reading for the Real World: Level D, Third Grade: Help Out!    ·Around Town       ·Paint Brigade
					Reading Explorations, Level F    ·Using Graphics to Understand Information       ·Amazon Rainforest
				PO 5. Connect information and events in a text to experience and to related text and sources.	Reading Explorations, Level E    ·Using What You Know       ·Everglades
					Reading Explorations, Level F       ·Copper Canyon
				PO 6. Use reading strategies (e.g., drawing conclusions, determining cause and effect, making inferences, sequencing) to comprehend text.	Beginning Reading for the Real World: Level D, Third Grade: Help Out!    ·Family Time       ·Whistle While You Work
					·P.S. 142 Help at School       ·New School Blues
					·Four-Legged Friends       ·The Last Dinosaur
					Reading Explorations, Level E    ·Making Good Guesses       ·Mississippi River
					Reading Explorations, Level F       ·Sonoran Desert
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 3    ·Vocabulary and Reading Stories       ·Level 3A-3F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 4       ·Level 4A-4F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 5       ·Level 5A-5F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Information and Expository Text, Level 3    ·Vocabulary and Reading Information       ·Level 3A-3F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Information and Expository Text, Level 4       ·Level 4A-4F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Information and Expository Text, Level 5       ·Level 5A-5F
Strand 2: Comprehending Literary Text	Concept 1:Elements of Literature: Identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the structures and elements of literature.	Grade 4	PO 1. Identify the main problem or conflict of a plot.		Beginning Reading for the Real World: Level D, Third Grade: Help Out!    ·Four-Legged Friends       ·The Last Dinosaur
			PO 10. Identify common forms of literature (e.g., poetry, novel, short story, biography, autobiography, drama) based upon their characteristics.		PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.
			PO 2. Identify the resolution of a problem or conflict in a plot.		Beginning Reading for the Real World: Level D, Third Grade: Help Out!    ·Four-Legged Friends       ·The Last Dinosaur
			PO 3. Identify the moral of literary selection (e.g. fables, folktales, fairytales, legends).		Beginning Reading for the Real World: Level D, Third Grade: Help Out!    ·Person to Person       ·Read Me
			PO 4. Distinguish between major characters and minor characters.		PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.
			PO 5. Describe a character’s traits using textual evidence (e.g., dialogue, actions, narrations, illustrations).		Beginning Reading for the Real World: Level D, Third Grade: Help Out!    ·P.S. 142 Help at School       ·New School Blues
					·Four-Legged Friends       ·The Last Dinosaur
			PO 6. Identify the speaker or narrator in a literary selection.		PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.
			PO 7. Identify all aspects of the setting (e.g., time of day or year, historical period, place, situation).		PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.
			PO 8. Compare (and contrast) the characters, events, and setting in a literary selection.		Beginning Reading for the Real World: Level D, Third Grade: Help Out!    ·P.S. 142 Help at School       ·New School Blues
					·Four-Legged Friends       ·The Last Dinosaur
			PO 9. Identify characteristics and structural elements (e.g., imagery, rhyme, verse, rhythm, meter) of poetry.		PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.
	Concept 2: Historical and Cultural Aspects of Literature-Recognize and apply knowledge of the historical and cultural aspects of American, British, and world literature.		PO 1. Describe the historical and cultural aspects found in cross–cultural works of literature.		PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.
Strand 3: Comprehending Informational Text	Concept 1: Expository Text: Identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the purpose, structures, and elements of expository text.		PO 1. Identify the main idea and supporting details in expository text.		Beginning Reading for the Real World: Level D, Third Grade: Help Out!    ·Person to Person       ·Read Me
					Reading Explorations, Level E    ·Why Are You Reading This?       ·Cape Cod
					·Finding What's Important       ·Yellowstone National Park
					Reading Explorations, Level F    ·Why Are You Reading This?       ·Patagonia
					·Finding What's Important       ·Greenland
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 3    ·Vocabulary and Reading Stories       ·Level 3A-3F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 4       ·Level 4A-4F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 5       ·Level 5A-5F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Information and Expository Text, Level 3    ·Vocabulary and Reading Information       ·Level 3A-3F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Information and Expository Text, Level 4       ·Level 4A-4F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Information and Expository Text, Level 5       ·Level 5A-5F
			PO 2. Distinguish fact from opinion in expository text.		Beginning Reading for the Real World: Level D, Third Grade: Help Out!    ·P.S. 142 Help at School       ·Fact or Opinion
			PO 3. Determine author's main purpose (e.g., to inform, to describe, to explain) for writing the expository text.		PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.
			PO 4. Locate specific information by using organizational features (e.g., table of contents, headings, captions, bold print, glossaries, indices, italics, key words, topic sentences, concluding sentences) of expository text. (Connected to Research Strand in Writing)		Beginning Reading for the Real World: Level D, Third Grade: Help Out!    ·Family Time       ·Out and About
			PO 5. Identify appropriate print and electronic reference sources (e.g., encyclopedia, atlas, almanac, dictionary, thesaurus, periodical, textbooks, CD-ROM, website) needed for a specific purpose. (Connected to Research Strand in Writing)		Beginning Reading for the Real World: Level D, Third Grade: Help Out!    ·Person to Person       ·Words of Wisdom
			PO 6. Interpret information from graphic features (e.g., charts, maps, diagrams, illustrations, tables, timelines) in expository text. (Connected to Research Strand in Writing)		Beginning Reading for the Real World: Level D, Third Grade: Help Out!    ·Around Town       ·Paint Brigade
					Reading Explorations, Level E    ·Using Graphics to Understand Information       ·Mammoth Cave
					Reading Explorations, Level F       ·Amazon Rainforest
			PO 7. Distinguish cause from effect.		PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.
			PO 8. Draw valid conclusions based on information gathered from expository text.		Beginning Reading for the Real World: Level D, Third Grade: Help Out!    ·Four-Legged Friends       ·The Last Dinosaur
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 3    ·Vocabulary and Reading Stories       ·Level 3A-3F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 4       ·Level 4A-4F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 5       ·Level 5A-5F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Information and Expository Text, Level 3    ·Vocabulary and Reading Information       ·Level 3A-3F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Information and Expository Text, Level 4       ·Level 4A-4F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Information and Expository Text, Level 5       ·Level 5A-5F
	Concept 2: Functional Text: Identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the purpose, structures, clarity, and relevancy of functional text.		PO 1. Locate specific information from functional text (e.g., letters, memos, directories, menus, schedules, pamphlets, search engines, signs, manuals, instructions, recipes, labels, forms).		Reading Explorations, Level F    ·Finding What's Important       ·Greenland
			PO 2. Interpret details from functional text for a specific purpose (e.g., to follow directions, to solve problems, to perform procedures, to answer questions).		Beginning Reading for the Real World: Level D, Third Grade: Help Out!    ·Person to Person       ·Feeling Better?
					Reading Explorations, Level E    ·Finding What's Important       ·Yellowstone National Park
					Reading Explorations, Level F       ·Greenland
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 3    ·Vocabulary and Reading Stories       ·Level 3A-3F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 4       ·Level 4A-4F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 5       ·Level 5A-5F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Information and Expository Text, Level 3    ·Vocabulary and Reading Information       ·Level 3A-3F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Information and Expository Text, Level 4       ·Level 4A-4F
					Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Information and Expository Text, Level 5       ·Level 5A-5F
	Concept 3: Persuasive Text: Explain basic elements of argument in text and their relationship to the author’s purpose and use of persuasive strategies.		PO 1. Determine the author’s position regarding a particular idea, subject, concept, or object.		PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.
			PO 2. Identify persuasive vocabulary (e.g., loaded/emotional words, exaggeration) used to influence readers' opinions.		PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.