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mvsd Language Arts The Idaho State Achievement Standards for Language Arts provides skills for kindergarten through twelfth grade. Grade 2 The Idaho State Achievement Standards for Language Arts provides skills for second grade. |
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This unit includes identifying and comparing key characteristics of literary genres, as designated by a work's subject, theme, style, and time period. Some examples of genres are: science fiction, poetry, drama, British literature, and multicultural literature. This unit includes identifying and comparing key characteristics of literary genres, as designated by a work's subject, theme, style, and time period. Some example of genres are: science fiction, poetry, drama, British literature, and multicultural literature. |
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Genre: Fiction/Nonfiction/Listen/Discuss
The learner will be able to listen to and discuss various fiction and nonfiction texts.
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Author Style/Technique: Literary Element
The learner will be able to analyze character, plot and setting (?).
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Analyze: Variety
The learner will be able to distinguish between fact and fiction.
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| Language Expressions |
| This unit focuses on language conventions, structure, usage, and language study. It also addresses parts of speech, figures of speech, syntax, paragraph and sentence structure, word agreement, modifiers, and grammar. |
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Grammar: Rules/Apply
The learner will be able to apply/write using the rules of correct grammar.
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Sentence Structure: Apply/Variety
The learner will be able to apply statement, command and questions of sentence structures in his/her writing and recognize a complete sentence of 2-10 words.
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Adjective: Descriptive/Identify
The learner will be able to identify descriptive adjectives.
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Noun: Common/Identify
The learner will be able to identify common nouns as person, place or thing.
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Verbs: Action/Identify
The learner will be able to identify verbs as action words.
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Pronoun: Compound Subject/Identify
The learner will be able to identify the subject pronoun in a compound subject.
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Predicate: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the predicate of a sentence.
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Subject: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the subject of a sentence.
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Vocabulary: New
The learner will be able to understand and use new vocabulary: underlined, missing word, more than one, complete sentence, Standard English, pronoun, correct, noun, past tense, wrong, word order, subject, predicate, incomplete sentence, run-on sentence,, phrase, verb, plural, question, singular, action word, verb phrase, clause.
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| Language Mechanics |
| This unit includes comprehending and applying the rules which govern punctuation and capitalization when writing and editing written works. |
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Punctuation: Meaning/Construct/Guide
The learner will be able to use commas, periods, question marks, apostrophes, and quotation marks to construct meaning and guide oral reading.
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Punctuation: Rules/Apply
The learner will be able to apply the rules of punctuation.
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Capitalization: Application of Rules
The learner will be able to apply capitalization rules in his/her written work.
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Capitalization: Proper Nouns
The learner will be able to capitalize proper nouns including title of names, holidays, countries and professional titles.
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Capitalization: Days
The learner will be able to capitalize the days of the week.
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Capitalization: Months
The learner will be able to capitalize the months of the year.
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Punctuation: Question Mark
The learner will be able to use question mark as an appropriate end to an interrogative.
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Apostrophe: Use
The learner will be able to correctly use apostrophes in contractions.
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Comma: Date/Identify
The learner will be able to correctly identify a comma within a date.
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Comma: Salutation/Identify
The learner will be able to identify commas within the salutation of a letter.
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Apostrophe: Possessive
The learner will be able to introduced to the use of apostrophes in singular possessives.
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Comma: Letter
The learner will be able to use commas correctly in a letter closing.
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Punctuation: End/Use
The learner will be able to identify punctuation used at the end of a sentence.
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Comma: Series/Items/Identify
The learner will be able to identify the correct use of a comma with items in a series.
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Capitalization: Greeting/Close of Letter
The learner will be able to capitalize the greeting and closing of a friendly letter.
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Capitalization: Titles of Respect
The learner will be able to capitalize titles of respect.
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Capitalization: Salutation of Letter
The learner will be able to capitalize the salutation in a letter.
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Capitalization: Holiday
The learner will be able to capitalize holidays.
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Capitalization: City/State
The learner will be able to capitalize cities states and countries.
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Capitalization: Use
The learner will be able to use capitalization correctly in the first word of a sentence, the pronoun "I," titles with last names, letter openings/closings, proper nouns, titles, and direct quotations.
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Punctuation: Quotes
The learner will be able to use correct punctuation in quotes.
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Capitalization: Complete Sentence
The learner will be able to apply knowledge of capitalization rules by identifying the correct capitalization required to complete a given sentence.
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Quotation Mark: Use
The learner will be able to begin to use quotation marks correctly.
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Vocabulary: New
The learner will be able to understand and use new vocabulary: comma, contraction, punctuate, tight mark, sentence, letter, ownership, pronoun, name, greeting, letter, title, note list.
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| Listening |
| This unit includes identifying and distinguishing between sounds and patterns in sounds, constructing meaning from information delivered verbally, and understanding and responding to verbal information. |
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Response: Expression/Literary
The learner will be able to listen for literary expression.
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| Reading Operations |
| This unit includes constructing meaning from fiction and non-fiction selections at comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and judgment levels of understanding. It includes skills which address identifying, discussing, and comparing both concrete and abstract elements of selections (setting, plot, characterization, genre, historical period, theme, tone, moral message, and psychological and political implications). |
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Fluency: Read Aloud
The learner will be able to read aloud with fluency aproximately at 124 words a minute.
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| Listening |
| This unit includes identifying and distinguishing between sounds and patterns in sounds, constructing meaning from information delivered verbally, and understanding and responding to verbal information. |
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Behaviors: Responsive/Apply
The learner will be able to apply responsive listening skills to various situations.
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Strategies: Analyze/Evaluate
The learner will be able to use listening strategies to analyze and evaluate ideas.
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Presentation: Oral/Visual/Understand
The learner will be able to use listening skills to understand, comprehend, and evaluate oral and visual presentations.
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Presentation: Technology/Listen
The learner will be able to listen to a variety of presentations involving technology.
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Presentation: Technology/Respond
The learner will be able to respond to a variety of presentations involving technology.
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Response: Oral/Compare/Contrast
The learner will be able to compare and contrast a range of oral presentations.
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Nonfiction: Answers/Listen
The learner will be able to listen for answers to specific questions in nonfictional auditory materials.
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| Reading Operations |
| This unit includes constructing meaning from fiction and non-fiction selections at comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and judgment levels of understanding. It includes skills which address identifying, discussing, and comparing both concrete and abstract elements of selections (setting, plot, characterization, genre, historical period, theme, tone, moral message, and psychological and political implications). |
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Evaluating: Grade Level/Evaluate
The learner will be able to evaluate grade level literature.
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Emergent Reading: Increasing Fluency
The learner will be able to increase oral reading fluency to grade-level expectations (approximately.
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Decode: Apply/Aid Comprehension
The learner will be able to apply decoding strategies to aid in reading comprehension.
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Word Recognition: Meaning
The learner will be able to use word recognition strategies to gain meaning from text.
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Reading Behaviors: Stories/Read
The learner will be able to read stories at grade level.
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Compare/Contrast: Human/Experience
The learner will be able to read and respond to a wide range of literature to compare and contrast the multiple facets of the human experience.
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Purposes: Variety/Examine/Evaluate
The learner will be able to critically examine and evaluate a variety of traditional, technical, and electronic materials.
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Word: High Frequency/150-200/Read
The learner will be able to read 150-200 high frequency words.
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Response: Questions/Answer
The learner will be able to answer comprehension questions.
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Reading Behaviors: Grade Level/Read
The learner will be able to read 25 to 35 grade level books.
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Integrate: Strategies/Text
The learner will be able to integrate appropriate strategies for reading certain kinds of text.
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Cause/Effect: "Why"/"How&
The learner will be able to determine cause and effect relationships by answering "why," "how," and "what-if" questions.
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Draw Conclusion: Passage
The learner will be able to predict and draw logical and supported conclusions from passages.
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Strategies: Semantic/Syntactic/Use
The learner will be able to read fluently using semantic, syntactic, and graphophonic cues.
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Emergent Reading: Reread
The learner will be able to reread to monitor comprehension.
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Emergent Reading: Word Families/Identify
The learner will be able to identify word families.
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Word: Sight Words
The learner will be able to read high frequency sight words.
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Sequence: Identify/Details/Events
The learner will be able to identify the sequence of details and events within reading passages.
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Sequence: Beginning/Middle/End
The learner will be able to identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
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Structure: Differences/Language
The learner will be able to discover that different language structures exist among stories, poems, books, newspapers, and magazines.
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Structure: Knowledge/Decode/Apply
The learner will be able to apply knowledge of structural cues to decode words.
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Reading Aloud: Punctuation/Apply
The learner will be able to apply the use of punctuation to aid in reading aloud.
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Prereading: Opening Pages
The learner will be able to view opening pages of a text as a prereading strategy.
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Response: Discuss
The learner will be able to discuss reading materials.
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Conflict: Identify
The learner will be able to identify conflict in a reading passage.
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Conflict: Resolution/Identify
The learner will be able to identify conflict resolution.
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Trait: Identify
The learner will be able to identify character traits from a reading passage.
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Motive: Identify
The learner will be able to identify character motives from a passage.
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Reread: Sentence
The learner will be able to reread sentences to gain a better understanding.
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Graphic Feature: Picture/Story/Relate
The learner will be able to participate in prereading and reading activities to relate a picture or illustration to a story.
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Word: Transitional/Identify/Determine
The learner will be able to identify transitional words to determine sequence and how it relates to text meaning.
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Vocabulary: New
The learner will be able to understand and use new vocabulary: recipe, instructions, order of events, information, describe, ad, bibliography, editor, character, title, caused, facts, effect, opinion, ad, describes, author, predict, outcome, statement, poem, article, conclude, summary, problem, sentence, page, missing word, belongs, story, paragraph, bias, passage, writer, classified as, describe, idea, list, ad, make-believe, describe, definition, label, facts, describe, missing word, paragraph, author's purpose, ad, letter, fable, report.
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| Speaking |
| This unit focuses on techniques and strategies (voice modulation, body language, ordering of ideas, visual aids, etc.) to convey meaning and to present information and opinions to groups. This unit includes: formal and informal communication, debate skills, and verbal/nonverbal communication. |
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Purposes: Variety
The learner will be able to speak for a variety of purposes.
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Purposes: Interpretations/Share
The learner will be able to share interpretations of one's own work or literature through oral interpretations, memorization, presentation, and dramatic readings.
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Purposes: Information/Analysis/Critiques
The learner will be able to use speaking skills to present information and analyses or critiques of written or viewed material.
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Discussion: Behavior/Participate
The learner will be able to behave appropriately when participating in discussions.
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Song: Sing
The learner will be able to join in singing songs.
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Story: Participate
The learner will be able to participate in story telling.
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Body Language: Gestures
The learner will be able to use gestures effectively while speaking.
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Main Idea: Cause/Effect/Demonstrate
The learner will be able to use cause and effect techniques.
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Audience: Demonstrate/Awareness
The learner will be able to demonstrate awareness of audience when speaking.
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General: Illustrations
The learner will be able to incorporate illustrations into an oral presentation.
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General: Plan/Deliver
The learner will be able to plan and deliver a presentation.
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Grammar: Presentation
The learner will be able to use standard grammar in oral presentations.
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Word Choice: Vocabulary/Use
The learner will be able to use appropriate vocabulary in an oral presentation.
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| Spelling |
| This unit includes studying language and word structure knowledge to discern the correct spelling of words. It includes skills related to editing passages for correct spelling by making connections between spelling, meaning, and structure. |
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Spelling: Strategies/Apply
The learner will be able to spell words by applying the following strategies: creating lists based on sound and word parts, practicing with words from individual writing and reading assignments, and practicing assigned sight words.
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Spelling: Application/Proficient/Rules
The learner will be able to write using increasingly proficient applications of spelling rules.
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Spelling: Previously Studied
The learner will be able to correctly spell previously studied words when writing.
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Spelling: Use/Grade Level/Appropriate
The learner will be able to use correct spelling for words that are appropriate to his/her grade level.
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Spelling: High Frequency/Spell
The learner will be able to regularly spell high frequency words correctly; numbers 31-130, according to district list.
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Spelling: High-Frequency
The learner will be able to correctly spell words 31-130 from the district adopted high-frequency word list.
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| Study and Research Skills |
| This unit includes developing organization and research skills needed to find appropriate resources, to judge resources as relevant or not relevant to a given topic, to categorize and synthesize information, to take notes in class, and to study for exams. |
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Research Technology: Electronic/Find
The learner will be able to read to find information in a wide range of electronic sources.
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Research Technology: Services/Use
The learner will be able to use electronic technology services to gain understanding.
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Alphabetical Order: Library/Use
The learner will be able to use knowledge of alphabetical order when using a classroom or school library/media center.
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Table of Contents:Identify/Recognize/Use
The learner will be able to identify/recognize/use a table of contents to locate desired information.
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Glossary: Select
The learner will be able to select and use a glossary as a reference source.
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Research Skills: References
The learner will be able to the learner will be able to use and read basic reference and technical materials to gather information; ( edit per 689.04a).
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Research Skills: Traditional/Find
The learner will be able to read to find information in a wide range of traditional sources.
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Research Skills: Technical/Find
The learner will be able to read to find information in a wide range of technical sources.
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Print: Identify
The learner will be able to identify print sources of information.
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| Viewing/Representing |
| The focus of this unit is on constructing meaning from visual sources and conveying meaning through visual representation. Meaning is conveyed by applying writing processes (prewriting, writing, revising, publishing) to visual representations of information. |
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Viewing Behaviors: Display Skills
The learner will be able to display viewing comprehension skills.
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Media: Relationships/Ideas/Cultures
The learner will be able to show an understanding of relationships, ideas, and cultures depicted in a variety of media.
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Critical Viewing: Media/Examine
The learner will be able to view media to participate in critical examination.
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Main Idea: Recognize/Nonprint
The learner will be able to recognize the main idea in a nonprint media message.
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| Vocabulary |
| This unit includes studying and applying knowledge of word structure (bases and affixes), concrete analogies, synonyms, antonyms, and syllables. It also includes applying knowledge of connotation, denotation and words with multiple levels of meaning. |
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Vocabulary: Writing/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize basic vocabulary in grade level texts.
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Expand: Discuss/Explain/Practice
The learner will be able to use discussion, practice, and explanation to develop his/her vocabulary and the knowledge to use it.
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Strategies: Expand
The learner will be able to use strategies to expand vocabulary.
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Strategies: Phrases/Compound Words
The learner will be able to apply knowledge of compound words, contractions, and homophones to determine the meaning of phrases.
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Writing: Expand
The learner will be able to use writing experiences to expand his/her vocabulary.
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Appropriate: Write
The learner will be able to use appropriate word choices in writing.
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Prefix and Suffix: Word/Meaning/Unknow
The learner will be able to apply his/her knowledge of suffixes and prefixes to determine the meaning of unknown words.
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Compound Words: Determine/Word Meaning
The learner will be able to use compound words to determine word meaning.
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Synonym: Identify/Use
The learner will be able to identify/use synonyms appropriately.
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Antonym: Identify/Use
The learner will be able to identify/use antonyms appropriately.
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Base Word: Root/Identify
The learner will be able to identify root words.
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Base Word: Meaning/Unknown/Word
The learner will be able to apply his/her knowledge of base words to determine the meaning of unknown words.
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Context: Unfamiliar Words
The learner will be able to use context clues to decide the meaning of unfamiliar words.
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Word Structure: Contractions/Determine
The learner will be able to use contractions to determine word meaning.
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Syllabication
The learner will be able to break a word into syllables.
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Word Rhymes
The learner will be able to identify rhyming words.
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Homophone: Word Meaning/Apply
The learner will be able to apply his/her knowledge of homophones to interpret the meaning of unfamiliar words.
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Analyze: Words/Text
The learner will be able to recognize words within a specific text.
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| Word Analysis |
| The Word Analysis Unit focuses on examining word structure and sound. It includes topics such as: consonants, vowels, rhyming, and word building. |
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Rhyming: Poetry/Rhyming Book
The learner will be able to identify rhyming words omitted from oral poetry or rhyming books.
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Vowel: Long/Vowel/Orally Decode
The learner will be able to orally decode words using long vowel sounds.
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Vowel: R-Controlled/Orally Decode
The learner will be able to orally decode words using r-controlled vowel sounds.
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Vowel: Short/Vowel/Orally Decode
The learner will be able to orally decode words using short vowel sounds.
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Phonics: Unfamiliar Words
The learner will be able to apply phonics skills to sound out unfamiliar words (list specific skills?).
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Digraph: Orally Decode
The learner will be able to orally decode words using consonant digraphs.
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Phonetic Clues: Silent Consonants
The learner will be able to comprehend that a word may have consonants that are silent such as knee and gnat.
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Word Building: Sounds/Blend
The learner will be able to build words while reading by blending beginning, middle, and end sounds.
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Vocabulary: New
The learner will be able to understand and use new vocabulary: homonym, synonym, underlined, suffix, incomplete, paragraph, passage, nonsense, antonym, directions, definition.
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| Writing |
| This unit focuses on each stage of the writing process: prewriting, writing, revising, and publishing. It includes skills covering a variety of organizational formats and purposes for writing (communicating ideas, opinions, and feelings, clarifying thoughts, and solving problems). Some example writing formats are: expository, narrative, poetry, and drama. |
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Form: Variety
The learner will be able to write in a variety of forms.
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Writing as a Process: Demonstrate/Apply
The learner will be able to demonstrate/apply an understanding of each stage of the writing process.
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Strategies: Skill/Conventions/Purpose
The learner will be able to demonstrate skill and use of writing conventions appropriate to purpose and audience.
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Strategies: Apply/Details/Explanations
The learner will be able to apply details, explanations, and examples to support ideas for specific audiences and purposes.
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Purposes: Reflect
The learner will be able to write to be reflective.
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Purposes: Personal Information
The learner will be able to write to express personal information and ideas.
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Purposes: Correctly/Write
The learner will be able to write correctly.
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Purposes: Practical
The learner will be able to write for practical purposes.
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Prewriting: Brainstorming
The learner will be able to brainstorm ideas for writing at grade level.
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Edit: Writing/Correct
The learner will be able to edit writing to correct it at grade level.
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Edit: Own
The learner will be able to edit his/her own writing at grade level.
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Revise: Written Work
The learner will be able to revise written work at grade level.
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Drafting
The learner will be able to draft written works at grade level.
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Organization: Structure
The learner will be able to use appropriate organizational structure in his/her writing at grade level.
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Publishing: Share
The learner will be able to share writing with others at grade level.
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Publish: Written Works
The learner will be able to publish written works at grade level.
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Narrative: Composition
The learner will be able to write a narrative composition at grade level.
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Purposes: Recorded/Ideas/Use
The learner will be able to use writing to record ideas at grade level.
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Purposes: Generate/Ideas/Use
The learner will be able to use writing to generate ideas at grade level.
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Descriptive: Language/Publish/Use
The learner will be able to use descriptive language when publishing creative written works at grade level.
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Clarity: Write
The learner will be able to write clearly at grade level.
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Handwriting/D'Nealian
The learner will be able to write legibly using D'Nealian at grade level.
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Report: Write
The learner will be able to write reports at a second grade level.
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Sentence: Main Idea/Focus
The learner will be able to create sentences focusing clearly on a main idea.
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Style: Appropriate/Identify
The learner will be able to identify and choose an appropriate writing style for a given purpose and audience at grade level.
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Style: Transitions/Display
The learner will be able to display an effective writing style through the use of appropriate transitions.
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Writing Behaviors: Respond/Prompt
The learner will be able to respond appropriately to a given writing prompt.
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Writing Behaviors: Use Concepts/Time
The learner will be able to apply concepts of time when writing.
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Vocabulary: New
The learner will be able to understand and use new vocabulary: underlined, phrase, describe, story, question mark, incomplete sentence, topics, main topic, outline, complete sentence, poem, letter, story, ad, statement, command, question, exclamation, style, sentence, rhyme, book, paragraph, topic sentence, best order, correct order, chronological order, parts of a letter, passage, complete sentence, main idea.
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Technological Tools: Publish/Variety
The learner will be able to use technology to publish a variety of works.
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Collaborative Writing: Teacher/Plans
The learner will be able to discuss with the teacher one's plans for writing.
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Narrative: Beginning/Middle/End
The learner will be able to write a narrative with a clear beginning, middle, and end.
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Narrative: Main Idea/Develop/Support
The learner will be able to develop a main idea in a narrative piece with facts and details.
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Descriptive: Language/Write/Use
The learner will be able to use descriptive language when writing creative written works.
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Focus: Details/Examples
The learner will be able to elaborate details to develop the focus of a topic.
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Edit: Punctuation/Capitalization
The learner will be able to edit for correct use of punctuation and capitalization.
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Edit: Sentence Structure
The learner will be able to edit for correct sentence structure.
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Edit: Clarity
The learner will be able to edit a passage for clarity.
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