4th Grade SAT Objectives

4th Grade SAT Objectives:


The student will be able to:

1. determine explicit sequence or action

2. determine explicit causes or effects of events

3. draw conclusions from details

4. determine explicit supporting details (SAT 9)

5. interpret character traits, motivation, or behavior

6. make predictions based on text

7. provide support for conclusions

8. analyze author’s tone

9. identify characteristics of genre

10. interpret figurative language

11. determine background knowledge

12. determine unknown words from context

13. categorize, classify, compare, or contrast

14. determine implicit supporting details

15. distinguish important from less-important ideas

16. extract implied theme or main idea

17. distinguish fact from opinion

18. apply text structure to reading task

19. determine if needed information is within text

20. select appropriate reading strategy in a given situation

21. apply ideas to new situations

22. analyze author’s purpose, assumptions, or viewpoint

23. determine author’s intended audience

24. analyze text elements

25. ask clarifying questions


The above standards apply to literary (stories), informational (textbook) and functional (newspaper, schedules, etc.) reading.