Strands
/ Aug. / Sept. / Oct. / Nov. / Dec. / Jan. / Feb. / Mar. / Apr. / MayReading Development / · Identify common text features
title page, illustrations (B1), captions (B2), headings (B2), maps/charts, graphics (B2), time line, table of contents (B1), glossary (B2)
· Setting (B1)
· Character (B1)
· Sequence (B2)
· Predictions (B2)
· Making connections (text-to-self, text-to-text, text-to-world)
· Determine importance in text
· Use prefixes, suffixes, and root words to determine word meaning (B1) / · Problems and Solution (B2)
· Details
· Main Idea/Theme (B2)
· Paraphrasing
· Dictionary/Glossary (B2)
· Select questions to clarify thinking (B2)
· Skim/Scan Text / · Problem and Solution (B2)
· Author’s purpose (B3)
· Fact/Opinion (B2)
· Questioning
· Compare/contrast / · Using context clues (B2) (ongoing)
· Visualizing
· Connect to texts (B2) / · Plot / · Fact/Fiction (B2)
· Reality/Fantasy (B2)
· Intro to drama (B2)
· Elements of a fairy tale, myth, and fable (B1)
· Analogies (B3) / · Use graphic sources (B2)
· Cause and effect (B2)
· Questioning (B2)
· Compare/contrast
· Summarize / · Charts and diagrams
· Summarizing
· Draw conclusions (B3)
· Make inferences (B3)
· Poems and drama (B2) / · denotation/connotation
· Idioms
· Personification
· Hyperbole / · Point of View (1st)
· Mood
Writing / Ideas
· Thinking Maps
· Writing Process (pre-writing, drafting) / Organization
· Paragraph (topic sentence, conclusion, details (B1))
· Transition words (B2)
· Hook
· Ending
· Sequence
· Writing Process (editing, revising, publishing) / · Saga
· How-to Paragraph
· Select sources from which to gather information (B3)
· Locate information (B3)
· onomatopoeia / Sentence Fluency
· transition words
· thank-you letters / Word Choice
· Simile/metaphor (B3)
· Thesaurus/dictionary (B2)
· Alliteration / · William Steig Author study
· write an autobiography
· Friendly Letter/Envelope / Voice
· I am the Dog, I am the Cat
· Poetry / Conventions
· Review all traits
· Class magazine
· Editing/revising practice
Spelling / · Use conventional spellings in daily assignments (ongoing)
· Use correct spelling in final drafts (ongoing)
· Correctly spell words from science, social studies and math (ongoing)
· Identify and spell root words (ongoing)
· Long and short vowels / · Long and short vowels (continued) / · R-controlled vowels
· Contractions (B2)
· Blends and clusters / · Plurals
· Inflectional endings
· Schwa endings /el/, /en/, /er/ / · Word endings -ing, -ed, -s/-es / · Suffixes
· Identify root words
· -tion/-sion / · Prefixes
· Identify root words
· Compound words (B2)
· Possessives / · Homophones
· Silent letters / · Variant Vowels
· Multisyllable words / · Multisyllable words
Grammar / Identifying complete and incomplete sentences
(1) Identifying kinds of sentences / Subject/predicate
*complete
*simple
*compound / NOUNS
(1) singular/
plural
*identifying
specific plural
endings
(1) common/
proper
(1) articles (a, an, the)
Daily Language Review (ongoing) / Possessive Nouns
(1)singular/
*plural
(2) their, there, they’re
(2) its, it’s / PRONOUNS
*singular/plural
*Antecedent recognition
(2) antecedent agreement
(2) subject
*object
*personal
*possessive
*using I and me correctly
*pronoun contractions / VERBS
(1) main/action
*be verbs used as helping verbs
(1) tense (present, past, and future)
(3) subject/verb agreement / Irregular Verbs
*identify forms
*use correct forms as applies to verb tense
Identify parts of a friendly letter / (1) identify be verbs used as linking verbs
(present and past tense)
(2) double negatives/
troublesome words
to, too, & two / ADJECTIVES
*describing
*(1) comparing
comparative &
superlative (er/est)
*proper / ADVERBS
*place, time, manner
(2) Degree (positive, comparative, superlative)
(2) Negatives
Mechanics / (1)Punctuation/Capitalization of sentences
Review cursive writing skills through first semester / (1) Run-on sentences
Use of comma to form compound sentences / (1) Capitalizing proper nouns / (1) Capitalizing I,
titles, addresses, initials, & dates
Apostrophe
contractions &
possessives
Abbreviations
punctuation/
capitalization / Comma
*items in a series
*nouns in a direct address
*introductory words
*city/state / (3) Punctuation of direct quotations / Punctuation of a friendly letter
Addressing an envelope / Capitalization of proper adjectives
Research/Presentation / Book report presentations / Native American Tribe Web Page Project
(Research paper with two sources)
Speaking/Listening / · Book report presentations (ongoing)
· Author’s Chair (ongoing)
· Read Aloud (ongoing) / Native American Culture Skits / “The Pilgrim’s Arrival” Reader’s Theater / Play – “Let George Do It” / John Henry Reader’s Theater
Related Literature / “Keepers”
“Children of Clay”
Leveled readers used throughout year /
Kaya’s Escape
The Legend of the Bluebonnet“Sequoyah” / Rikki Tikki Tavi
“Into the Sea”
“Komodo Dragrons”
“The Swimming Hole”
Reader’s Workshop – Making connections/Compare and contrast
(Cinderella stories from different cultures) / “Race to the North Pole” / Josephina Learns a Lesson / · Felicity Learns a Lesson
· William Steig Author Study
· Donovan’s Word Jar
· Reader’s Workshop – Identify types of literarure:
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, fairy tales, folk tales, fables, myths
(Stories about space) / “Coming Home”
“Out of the Blue”
Kid’s Discover: George Washington
“Paul Revere” / “Half-Chicken”
“Liberty”
“John Henry”
“Train to Somewhere” / Sarah, Plain and Tall / “Addie in Charge”
Kirsten Learns a Lesson
Field Studies / Colonial Day / “Let George Do It”
Technology / · Accelerated Reader
· Publishing Software (Word)
· CCC / · FrontPage (web page design)
Assessment / Story Comprehension Tests throughout year
Accelerated Reader throughout year
English skills test (book tests & teacher made) throughout the year
Daily classroom performance all year
Daily Language Review/Quizes throughout the year
First Timed Writing / Teacher Conference: Character, setting, sequence (rubric)
English skills test (sentences)
Problem/Solution and Main Idea teacher made test / Teacher-made test: Problem/Solution, main idea, author’s purpose, fact/opinion / Second Timed Writing / Teacher-made test: problem/solution, plot / Teacher-made test:
Myth, Fairy Tale, Fable; Reality/Fantasy; Fact/Opinion / Teacher-made test: Cause/Effect, Inference
Third Timed Writing / Teacher-made test: point of view, mood
Local Writing Assessment