Currently Tested Essential Elements for English Language Arts (ELA)

The documents below detail the Essential Elements being tested. For a list of all Dynamic Learning Maps^®Essential Elements, see Essential Elements for English Language Arts (pdf).

NOTE: Essential Elements marked with a gray flag are not assessed in Year-End states.

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English Language Arts Essential Elements Assessed

All grade 3 English Language Arts EEs in one file (pdf)
ELA.EE.RL.3.1 Answer who and what questions to demonstrate understanding of details in a text. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RL.3.2 Associate details with events in stories from diverse cultures. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RL.3.3 Identify the feelings of characters in a story. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RL.3.5 Determine the beginning, middle, and end of a familiar story with a logical order. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RI.3.1 Answer who and what questions to demonstrate understanding of details in a text. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RI.3.2 Identify details in a text. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RI.3.3 Order two events from a text as "first" and "next". (pdf)
ELA.EE.RI.3.5 With guidance and support, use text features including headings and key words to locate information in a text. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RL.3.4 Determine words and phrases that complete literal sentences in a text. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RI.3.4 Determine words and phrases that complete literal sentences in a text. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RI.3.8 Identify two related points the author makes in an informational text. (pdf)
ELA.EE.L.3.5.a Determine the literal meaning of words and phrases in context. (pdf)
ELA.EE.L.3.5.c Identify words that describe personal emotional states. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RL.3.9 Identify common elements in two stories in a series. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RI.3.9 Identify similarities between two texts on the same topic. (pdf)
ELA.EE.W.3.2.a Select a topic and write about it including one fact or detail. (pdf)
ELA.EE.W.3.4 With guidance and support produce writing that expresses more than one idea. (pdf)
All grade 4 English Language Arts EEs in one file (pdf)
ELA.EE.RL.4.1 Use details from the text to recount what the text says. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RL.4.3 Use details from the text to describe characters in the story. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RL.4.5 Identify elements that are characteristic of stories. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RI.4.1 Identify explicit details in an informational text. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RI.4.2 Identify the main idea of a text when it is explicitly stated. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RI.4.3 Identify an explicit detail that is related to an individual, event or idea in a historical, scientific, or technical text. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RI.4.5 Identify elements that are characteristic of informational texts. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RL.4.2 Identify the theme or central idea of a familiar story, drama or poem. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RL.4.4 Determine the meaning of words in a text. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RL.4.6 Identify the narrator of a story. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RI.4.4 Determine meaning of words in text. (pdf)

Key to Map Codes

IP	Initial Precursor
DP	Distal Precursor
PP	Proximal Precursor
T	Target
S	Successor
SP	Supporting
UN	Untested

English Language Arts Guide to EE Codes

RL	Reading Literature Essential Elements are assessed using stories.
RI	Reading Informational Text Essential Elements are assessed using informational texts.
L	Language Essential Elements are assessed in stories, informational texts, and writing testlets.
W	Writing Essential Elements are assessed in writing testlets.