State Standards

Kinder- TEKS

• (6) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:

Kinder continued

• (A) identify elements of a story including setting, character, and key events;
• (B) discuss the big idea (theme) of a well-known folktale or fable and connect it to personal experience;
• (D) recognize recurring phrases and characters in traditional fairy tales, lullabies, and folktales from various cultures.

1st Grade- TEKS

• (7) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:

1st Grade continued

• (A) connect the meaning of a well-known story or fable to personal experiences; and
• (B) explain the function of recurring phrases (e.g., "Once upon a time" or "They lived happily ever after") in traditional folk- and fairy tales.

2nd Grade- TEKS

• Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:

2nd Grade continued

• (A) identify moral lessons as themes in well-known fables, legends, myths, or stories; and
• (B) compare different versions of the same story in traditional and contemporary folktales with respect to their characters, settings, and plot.

3rd Grade- TEKS

• (5) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:

3rd Grade continued

• (A) paraphrase the themes and supporting details of fables, legends, myths, or stories; and
• (B) compare and contrast the settings in myths and traditional folktales.

4th Grade-TEKS

• (3) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:

4th Grade continued

• (A) summarize and explain the lesson or message of a work of fiction as its theme; and
• (B) compare and contrast the adventures or exploits of characters (e.g., the trickster) in traditional and classical literature.

5th Grade- TEKS

• (3) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:

5th Grade continued

• (A) compare and contrast the themes or moral lessons of several works of fiction from various cultures;
• (B) describe the phenomena explained in origin myths from various cultures;

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