| First Quarter 9 Weeks Develop oral and listening skills Read meaningful literature with meaningful writing connections Establish purpose for reading Identify genres and literary elements (character, setting, problem, solution) Photo essay Sentence structure with punctuation rules Simple subjects and predicates Parts of Speech - Nouns (common, proper, singular, plural, and possessive) - Verbs - Pronouns Write with more proficient use of spelling -Words with long and short vowel sounds - two syllable words beginning with a or be - number words - aw, ar words Fact/Opinion Synonyms/Antonyms Compare/Contrast Critical thinking | Second Quarter 9 Weeks Write short original stories and poems Cause/Effect Develop methods of word attack; multi-syllabication Homophones Homographs Helping verbs; Action verbs (past and present) Special verb: be Use additional punc- tuation marks including the comma and quotation marks Read more diverse texts and increase independent reading Identify literary elements (story plot; main idea/details; sequence) Paragraph writing (functional parts of) Summarizing Spelling: - c or k - s or c - -ck, -k - -nk, -ng - j or g - words with ear - -ge or –dge - ch or sh - -ch or -tch | Third Quarter 9 Weeks Research report / Oral Communication Compound subjects and predicates Prefixes/Suffixes Making predictions Making inferences/ Drawing conclusions Support position with text Common contractions Parts of speech: Adjectives Adverbs Articles Steps in a process Writing trait: voice Cursive writing Alphabetize through the third letter Dictionary skills; Reference materials Multiple meaning words Spelling: - oi or oy - or words - u / oo - air / are - consonant blends with the letter l Compound words | Fourth Quarter 9 Weeks Poetry Portfolio writing - narrative - persuasive - expository - descriptive Elaboration Making inferences: - mood Summarizing Cursive writing Punctuating dialogue Spelling rules / - Consonant blends with r and with s - Words with the digraph th - Months of the year - Words with -ed and –ing - Final e with –ed and -ing - Changing y to I Literary elements (integrated) Fantasy/Reality |
