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Language Arts Florida Standards (LAFS)
Grade 4
Strand: READING STANDARDS FOR LITERATURE
Cluster 1: Key Ideas and Details
STANDARD CODE STANDARD
LAFS.4.RL.1.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says
explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Cognitive Complexity: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts
LAFS.4.RL.1.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text;
summarize the text.
Cognitive Complexity: Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning
LAFS.4.RL.1.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing
on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).
Cognitive Complexity: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts
Cluster 2: Craft and Structure
STANDARD CODE STANDARD
LAFS.4.RL.2.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,
including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g.,
Herculean).
Cognitive Complexity: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts
LAFS.4.RL.2.5 Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the
structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g.,
casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when
writing or speaking about a text.
Cognitive Complexity: Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning
LAFS.4.RL.2.6 Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are
narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.
Cognitive Complexity: Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning
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Cluster 3: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
STANDARD CODE STANDARD
LAFS.4.RL.3.7 Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral
presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific
descriptions and directions in the text.
Cognitive Complexity: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts
LAFS.4.RL.3.9 Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g.,
opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories,
myths, and traditional literature from different cultures.
Cognitive Complexity: Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning
Cluster 4: Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
STANDARD CODE STANDARD
LAFS.4.RL.4.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories,
dramas, and poetry, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with
scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Cognitive Complexity: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts
Strand: READING STANDARDS: FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS (K-5)
Cluster 3: Phonics and Word Recognition
STANDARD CODE STANDARD
LAFS.4.RF.3.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding
words.
a. Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences,
syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read
accurately unfamiliar multi-syllabic words in context and out of context.
Cognitive Complexity: Level 1: Recall
Cluster 4: Fluency
STANDARD CODE STANDARD
LAFS.4.RF.4.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
a. Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
b. Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and
expression on successive readings.
c. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and
understanding, rereading as necessary.
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Cognitive Complexity: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts
Strand: READING STANDARDS FOR INFORMATIONAL TEXT
Cluster 1: Key Ideas and Details
STANDARD CODE STANDARD
LAFS.4.RI.1.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says
explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Cognitive Complexity: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts
LAFS.4.RI.1.2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key
details; summarize the text.
Cognitive Complexity: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts
LAFS.4.RI.1.3 Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or
technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific
information in the text.
Cognitive Complexity: Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning
Cluster 2: Craft and Structure
STANDARD CODE STANDARD
LAFS.4.RI.2.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or
phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
Cognitive Complexity: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts
LAFS.4.RI.2.5 Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect,
problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part
of a text.
Cognitive Complexity: Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning
LAFS.4.RI.2.6 Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event
or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided.
Cognitive Complexity: Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning
Cluster 3: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
STANDARD CODE STANDARD
LAFS.4.RI.3.7 Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in
charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on
Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding
of the text in which it appears.
Cognitive Complexity: Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning
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