Reading/Language Arts
• Read and comprehend literary
genres(drama, poetry, narratives,
and informational texts)
• Identify imagery and figurative
language when responding to literature
• Identify common structures and
stylistic elements in traditional literature
• Identify and use knowledge of
common textual features,
organizational features, and
common graphic features in
informational text
• Understand, acquire, and use new
vocabulary correctly in reading and
writing
• Read aloud accurately, in the range
of 95%, familiar material in a way
that makes meaning clear to listeners
Writing
• Select a focus and organizational
structure based on audiences and
purposes (narrative, persuasive,
informational) using the writing process
• Apply grammatical rules and
conventions of language in the writing process
• Write narrative that establishes plot,
setting, conflict and/or significance of events
• Write a response to literature
including literature about other cultures
• Write informational pieces that use
and acknowledge various reference materials
• State and support a position in a
persuasive writing
• Use various reference materials as
aids in writing conventions
• Apply knowledge of Standard
English when writing and revising
• Use eight parts of speech
• Edit for capitalization, punctuation,
spelling, and word choice
Listening, Speaking/Viewing
• Respond appropriately to comments
and questions
• Volunteer contributions and
respond when solicited by teacher or leader
• Give reasons in support of opinions
• Present information to an audience
using effective preparation