The Oklahoma Academic Standards
establish the following grade-level expectations for
Analysis and Evaluation Skills:
Pre-K
There are no Pre-K standards for analysis and evaluation.
Kindergarten
There are no Kindergarten standards for analysis and evaluation.
First Grade
1. Identify simple cause and effect relationships.
2. Mark favorite passages.
2. Mark favorite passages.
Second Grade
1. Identify cause and effect relationships in a text.
2. Make comparisons and draw conclusions based on what is read.
3. Describe character traits, changes, and relationships.
2. Make comparisons and draw conclusions based on what is read.
3. Describe character traits, changes, and relationships.
Third Grade
1. Analyze characters including their traits, relationships, feelings, and changes in text.
2. Distinguish between fact and opinion in nonfiction text.
3. Analyze the causes, motivations, sequences, and results of events from a text.
2. Distinguish between fact and opinion in nonfiction text.
3. Analyze the causes, motivations, sequences, and results of events from a text.
Fourth Grade
1. Evaluate new information and hypotheses by testing them against known information
and ideas.
2. Compare and contrast information on the same topic after reading several passages or articles.
3. Identify fact/opinion and cause and effect in various texts.
4. Analyze and explain the causes, motivations, sequences, and results of events from a text.
and ideas.
2. Compare and contrast information on the same topic after reading several passages or articles.
3. Identify fact/opinion and cause and effect in various texts.
4. Analyze and explain the causes, motivations, sequences, and results of events from a text.
Fifth Grade
1. Identify and analyze the characteristics of poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction and explain the
appropriateness of the literary form chosen by an author for a specific purpose.
2. Identify the main problem or conflict of the plot and explain how it is resolved.
3. Contrast the actions, motives, and appearances of characters in a work of fiction and discuss the
importance of the contrasts to the plot or theme.
4. Make observations and connections, react, speculate, interpret, and raise questions in analysis
of texts.
5. Recognize structural patterns found in information text (e.g., cause and effect, problem/solution,
sequential order).
6. Distinguish among facts/inferences supported by evidence and opinions in text.
appropriateness of the literary form chosen by an author for a specific purpose.
2. Identify the main problem or conflict of the plot and explain how it is resolved.
3. Contrast the actions, motives, and appearances of characters in a work of fiction and discuss the
importance of the contrasts to the plot or theme.
4. Make observations and connections, react, speculate, interpret, and raise questions in analysis
of texts.
5. Recognize structural patterns found in information text (e.g., cause and effect, problem/solution,
sequential order).
6. Distinguish among facts/inferences supported by evidence and opinions in text.
Sixth Grade
1. Evaluate the believability of a character and the impact they have on the plot.
2. Analyze the main problem or conflict of the plot; the effect of the qualities of the characters and
explain how the conflict is resolved.
3. Contrast the actions, motives, and appearances of characters in a work of fiction and discuss
the importance of the contrasts to the plot or theme.
4. Make observations, connections, and react, speculate, interpret, and raise questions in analysis
of texts.
5. Recognize and evaluate structural patterns found in a literary work
(e.g., cause/effect, problem/solution, sequential order).
6.Distinguish among stated facts, inferences supported by evidence, and opinions in text.
2. Analyze the main problem or conflict of the plot; the effect of the qualities of the characters and
explain how the conflict is resolved.
3. Contrast the actions, motives, and appearances of characters in a work of fiction and discuss
the importance of the contrasts to the plot or theme.
4. Make observations, connections, and react, speculate, interpret, and raise questions in analysis
of texts.
5. Recognize and evaluate structural patterns found in a literary work
(e.g., cause/effect, problem/solution, sequential order).
6.Distinguish among stated facts, inferences supported by evidence, and opinions in text.
Asterisks (*) have been used to identify 3rd- 6th grade standards and objectives that are assessed
at the district level. All other skills may be assessed by the Oklahoma Core Curriculum Tests.
at the district level. All other skills may be assessed by the Oklahoma Core Curriculum Tests.
