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.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.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.3.4 Determine words and phrases that complete literal sentences in a text. (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.RI.3.8 Identify two related points the author makes in an informational text. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RI.3.9 Identify similarities between two texts on the same topic. (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.3.4 Determine words and phrases that complete literal sentences in a text. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RL.3.5 Determine the beginning, middle, and end of a familiar story with a logical order. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RL.3.9 Identify common elements in two stories in a series. (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.L.4.2.a Capitalize the first word in a sentence. (pdf)
ELA.EE.L.4.2.d Spell words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of letter-sound relationships, and/or common spelling patterns. (pdf)
ELA.EE.L.4.5.c Demonstrate an understanding of opposites. (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.4.4 Determine meaning of words in text. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RI.4.5 Identify elements that are characteristic of informational texts. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RI.4.8 Identify one or more reasons supporting a specific point in an informational text. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RI.4.9 Compare details presented in two texts on the same topic. (pdf)
ELA.EE.RL.4.1 Use details from the text to recount what the text says. (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.