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mvsd Language Arts The Idaho State Achievement Standards for Language Arts provides skills for kindergarten through twelfth grade. Grade 4 The Idaho State Achievement Standards for Language Arts provides skills for fourth grade. |
| Genres |
| 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. |
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Author Intention
The learner will be able to identify the author's purpose,analyze language, information and setting in a given passage.
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Fiction: Key Characteristics
The learner will be able to identify key characteristics of fiction and nonfiction.
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Narrative: Cause/Effect/Fact/Opinion Dif
The learner will be able to differentiate between fact and opinion, and between cause and effect in narrative and expository materials.
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Poetry: Key Characteristics
The learner will be able to identify key characteristics of poetry.
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Technical: Information/Gather
The learner will be able to read, gather, and recognize technical information.
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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 an understanding of the rules of grammar.
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Sentence Structure: Apply/Variety
The learner will be able to apply a variety of sentence structures in his/her writing.
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Adjective: Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize adjectives and comparative adjectives.
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Conjunction: Identify
The learner will be able to identify conjunctions; and, but, or.
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Article: Use
The learner will be able to use articles (noun markers) a,an,the correctly.
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Subject-Verb: Agreement/Speaking
The learner will be able to identify and complete correct subject/predicate (verb) agreement in spoken and written sentences.
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Noun: Irregular Plurals Use
The learner will be able to use irregular plural nouns correctly.
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Verb Tense: To Be/Use
The learner will be able to use verbs correctly including state of being verbs.
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Sentence Structure: Effective
The learner will be able to recognize and identify sentences that are complete or fragmented.
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Sentence Structure: Correct
The learner will be able to write a sentence using correct phrase, noun and a verb.
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Usage: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the subject of a sentence.
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Sentence Structure: Demonstrate/Improved
The learner will be able to identify two sentence with different word order but the same meaning.
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Sentence Structure: Clause
The learner will be able to write a clause into a complete sentence.
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Predicate/Subject: Relationship/Identify
The learner will be able to identify the subject-predicate relationship in a sentence.
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Noun: Possessive/Use
The learner will be able to use possessive nouns correctly.
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Noun: Plural Forms
The learner will be able to identify correctly used plural nouns needing the -es ending.
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Verb Tenses
The learner will be able to identify correct use of past verb tenses and irregular past tense verbs.
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Verb: Helping/Identify
The learner will be able to identify the correct verb to use in a sentence with a helping verb.
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Pronoun: Identify
The learner will be able to identify pronouns she/her, he/him, I and them.
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Vocabulary: New
The learner will be able to understand and use new vocabulary: fragment, compound sentence, prepositional phrase, present tense, adjective, nonstandard English, linking verb adverb, possessive, dependent 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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Capitalization: Application of Rules
The learner will be able to apply capitalization rules in his/her written work titles in periodicals and books/cities and states.
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Punctuation: Rules/Apply
The learner will be able to apply the rules of punctuation.
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Quotation Mark: Dialogue/Identify
The learner will be able to identify the correct use of quotation marks, comma and ending in dialogue.
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Underlining or Italics: Titles
The learner will be able to underline book, movie, and magazine titles correctly.
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Comma: Quotations/Use
The learner will be able to use commas correctly with direct quotations.
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Capitalizing:Titles
The learner will be able to capitalize the titles of movies, books, TV shows, and magazines correctly.
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Comma: Conjunction/Compound
The learner will be able to identify the correct use of a comma with a conjunction in a compound sentence.
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Vocabulary: New
The learner will be able to understand and use new vocabulary; quotation marks, possession, address, phrase, salutation, colon, semicolon. parentheses, hyphen, rough draft, closing, book title, paragraph.
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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: Listen Attentively/discuss
The learner will be able to listen attentively to classroom discussions.
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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 /Respond
The learner will be able to listen and respond to a variety of presentations involving technology.
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Response: Expression/Literary
The learner will be able to listen and respond for literary expression.
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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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Behaviors: Clarification /Elaboration
The learner will be able to apply responsive listening skills, including paraphrasing, summarizing, and questioning, for clarification and elaboration.
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| Media |
| This unit includes the study of information and entertainment communications. Topics include: advertising, art, journalism, film, and media messages, forms and productions. |
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Print/Nonprint: Visuals/Create
The learner will be able to use a wide range of resources to produce visuals aides that communicate information through print and nonprint media.
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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 143 words a minute.
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Analyzing: Processes/Plan
The learner will be able to develop analytic processes that increase understanding and retention of words, phrases, and information found in reading materials.
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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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Draw Conclusion: Investigation/Organize
The learner will be able to organize and interpret material to draw a conclusion based on an investigation.
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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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Strategies: Information/Locate/Clarify
The learner will be able to locate information to clarify text organization and content as prereading, reading, and post-reading strategies.
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Purposes: Traditional/Understanding
The learner will be able to read various traditional reading materials to enhance his/her understanding.
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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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Reading Behaviors: Grade Level/Read
The learner will be able to read grade level appropriate materials.
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Compare/Contrast: Similar Information
The learner will be able to compare and contrast information that is from different sources.
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Conflict: Identify
The learner will be able to identify conflict and conflict resolution in a reading passage.
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Construct Meaning: Language/Use
The learner will be able to use his/her knowledge of language to construct meaning and/or comprehension from literature.
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Critical Thinking: Criteria/Personal
The learner will be able to use personal or objective criteria to evaluate reading materials.
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Decode: Apply/Aid Comprehension
The learner will be able to apply decoding strategies to aid in reading comprehension and fluency.
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Detail: Identify
The learner will be able to identify details from reading passages.
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Draw Conclusion: Criteria/Personal
The learner will be able to use reading material or objective criteria when drawing conclusions.
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Evaluating: Prior Knowledge
The learner will be able to evaluate new information in relationship to prior knowledge.
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Fact: Relevant/Identify
The learner will be able to identify relevant facts in reading materials.
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Figurative Language: Identify
The learner will be able to identify figurative language in reading materials.
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Graphic Feature: Diagram/Identify
The learner will be able to identify a diagram within informational text.
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Inference: Criteria/Personal
The learner will be able to use personal or objective criteria and make inferences from text.
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Main Idea: Identify
The learner will be able to identify main ideas from reading passages.
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Mood/Tone: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the mood and tone of 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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Opinion: Criteria/Personal
The learner will be able to use personal or objective criteria to form opinions of reading materials.
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Pattern: Identify/Reading Passage
The learner will be able to identify the organizational pattern of a reading passage.
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Plot: Main/Events/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize the main events of the plot.
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Point of View: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the point of view from which a passage was written.
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Pronunciation: Determine/Phonics
The learner will be able to identify and determine the pronunciation of a word by applying knowledge of phonics.
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Questions: Critical/Interesting/Issues
The learner will be able to ask critical and interesting questions about issues.
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Structure: Use
The learner will be able to identify the use of structure in reading materials.
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Style: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the writing style of a given passage.
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Summary: Variety
The learner will be able to summarize a variety of reading materials.
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Trait: Identify
The learner will be able to identify character traits and motivation from a reading passage.
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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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Discussion: Question/Narrow
The learner will be able to participate in discussions to narrow questions for further examination.
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Vocabulary: New
The learner will be able to understand and use new vocabulary: infer, solution, prediction, announcement, biography, explanation, chapter, legend, topics, characteristics, main characters, assume, library, speaker, comments, persuasion, technique, editorial application, opinion, plot, exaggeration, speaker, science fiction, personal narrative, autobiography, historical fiction, non-fiction, mythology.
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Fluency: Independent/Increase
The learner will be able to increase fluency to grade-level expectations.
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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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Discussion: Behavior/Participate
The learner will be able to behave appropriately when participating in discussions.
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Purposes: Information/Analysis/Critique
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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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: Variety , Audience, Use
The learner will be able to speak for a variety of purposes , using phrasing, and varied inflections to a variety of audiences.
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Poetry: Recite
The learner will be able to recite poetry.
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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: Application/Proficient/Rules
The learner will be able to write using increasingly proficient applications of spelling rules.
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Spelling: High Frequency/Spell
The learner will be able to regularly spell high frequency words correctly: 266-400 from the District adopted high frequency word list.
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Spelling: Previous/Final
The learner will be able to correctly spell previously misspelled words in final drafts.
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Strategies: "IE" or "EI&q
The learner will be able to identify correct spelling of "ie" or "ei" words.
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Edit: Misspelling/Correct
The learner will be able to refer to resources to correct misspelled words in his/her writing.
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Emergent Spelling: Contractions
The learner will be able to recognize and correctly contractions.
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Spelling: High-Frequency
The learner will be able to correctly spell words 267-400 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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Graphical Format: Information/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize graphical information that enhances text.
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Public Information: Posters/Create
The learner will be able to create posters based on gathered information.
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Reference Form: Structure/Identify
The learner will be able to identify the organizational structure of reference materials.
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Reference Form: Traditional/Reference
The learner will be able to identify and read to find information from traditional reference sources.
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Research Skills: Locating Information
The learner will be able to locate information for a variety of purposes.
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Research Skills: Reports/Information
The learner will be able to compose reports based on gathered information.
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Research Skills: Variety/Paraphrase
The learner will be able to paraphrase and summarize information from a variety of sources.
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Research Technology: Electronic/Find
The learner will be able to obtain information and gain an understanding in a wide range of electronic sources.
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Table: Purpose
The learner will be able to identify the overall purpose of a table.
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| Technology |
| This unit addresses technology applicable to all content areas. It includes: educational technology, hardware, software, programming, communications, and word processing. |
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*Internet: Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize the Internet.
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Resources: Electronic/Identify
The learner will be able to identify electronic sources of information including CD's, films, audio, and videos.
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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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Evaluating: Media
The learner will be able to view media to participate in critical evaluation and examination.
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Media Observation: Information/Acquire
The learner will be able to observe to acquire information, view media for the purposes of expression, gain understanding and respond to media source after viewing.
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Visual Genre: Visual Aids/Explore
The learner will be able to explore the use of visual aids with assistance.
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Visual Genres: Variety/Identify
The learner will be able to identify a variety of visual genres.
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Visual Representation: Variety/Present
The learner will be able to present a visual representation project using a variety of visual media.
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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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Strategies: Language/Anticipate/Words
The learner will be able to apply understanding of written language to anticipate words when reading.
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Appropriate: Audience/Identify
The learner will be able to identify vocabulary appropriate for a given audience and purpose.
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Appropriate: Write
The learner will be able to use appropriate word choices in writing.
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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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Connotation: Figurative/Interpret
The learner will be able to interpret the figurative meaning of words and/or phrases.
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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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Denotation: Literal/Interpret
The learner will be able to interpret the literal meaning of words and/or phrases.
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Homonym, Synonyms, Antonyms: Unfamiliar
The learner will be able to apply his/her knowledge of homonyms, synonyms, and antonyms to interpret the meaning of unfamiliar words.
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Syllabication: New Word/Decode
The learner will be able to use syllabication to decode new words.
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Word Origin: Meaning/Derivations
The learner will be able to use knowledge of word derivations to determine the meaning of words and phrases.
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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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Word: Phoneme/Decode
The learner will be able to use phonemes to decode unfamiliar words.
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Vocabulary: New
The learner will be able to understand and use new vocabulary: advertisement, magazine, article, recipe.
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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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Journal: Maintaining
The learner will be able to maintain a journal.
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Narrative: Introductory/Supporting
The learner will be able to compose a properly indented narrative work that includes an introductory paragraph stating a main idea, supporting paragraphs with transitions, facts, details, and explanations, and a summarizing concluding paragraph.
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Purposes: Correctly/Write
The learner will be able to write correctly.
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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: Practical
The learner will be able to write for practical purposes.
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Purposes: Reflect
The learner will be able to write to be reflective.
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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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Writing as a Process: Demonstrate
The learner will be able to demonstrate an understanding of each stage of the writing process.
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Writing as a Process: Fluently
The learner will be able to use the writing process fluently.
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Audience: Appropriate/Identify
The learner will be able to identify an appropriate writing style for a given audience.
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Clarity: Write
The learner will be able to write clearly.
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Creative: Diary/Keep
The learner will be able to keep a diary / journal.
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Descriptive: Language/Publish/Write/Use
The learner will be able to use descriptive language when writing and publishing creative written works.
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Directions: Step/Write
The learner will be able to write directions that contain multi steps.
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Drafting
The learner will be able to draft written works.
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Edit: Clarity
The learner will be able to edit a passage for clarity.
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Edit/ Revise Written Work
The learner will be able to edit and revise his/her own writing.
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Edit: Writing/Correct
The learner will be able to edit writing to correct it.
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Figurative Language: Publish/Use
The learner will be able to use figurative language when writing and publishing creative written works.
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Narrative: Composition
The learner will be able to write a narrative composition.
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Organization: Structure
The learner will be able to use appropriate organizational structure in his/her writing.
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Paragraph: Clear/Developed/Write
The learner will be able to write fully developed paragraphs that include clear, controlling ideas.
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Prewriting: Brainstorming
The learner will be able to brainstorm ideas for writing.
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Publish: Written Works
The learner will be able to publish written works.
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Purposes: Generate/ Record/Ideas/Use
The learner will be able to use writing to generate and record ideas.
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Purposes: Vocabulary/Select
The learner will be able to select an appropriate vocabulary for a given purpose.
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Story Elements: Compose/Information
The learner will be able to compose stories based on gathered information.
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Style: Appropriate/Identify
The learner will be able to identify an appropriate writing style for a given purpose.
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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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Support: Topic/Audience/Appropriate
The learner will be able to support written works with details and examples appropriate to topic, audience, and purpose.
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Dialogue: Realistic/Use
The learner will be able to incorporate dialogue that sounds realistic into written works.
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Figurative Language: Feeling/Create
The learner will be able to use figurative language to create feeling in a written work.
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Figurative Language: Simile/Metaphor
The learner will be able to use similes, metaphors, and/or personification in written pieces.
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Informative: Details/Specific/Include
The learner will be able to write an informative paper which includes specific details.
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Literary Device: Plot/Write
The learner will be able to write pieces that incorporate plot development.
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Style: Slang/Vernacular
The learner will be able to occasionally use slang or vernacular language appropriately in written works.
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Voice: Active
The learner will be able to write using the active voice.
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Word: Interesting/Meaning/Select
The learner will be able to select interesting words to convey meaning.
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Friendly: Write
The learner will be able to write friendly letters.
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Letter Writing: Information/Gathered
The learner will be able to compose letters based on gathered information.
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Letter Writing: Thank-You Notes
The learner will be able to write a thank-you note.
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Vocabulary: New
The learner will be able to understand and use new vocabulary: run-on sentence, formal and informal language, composition, simile, subheading, detail, subdetail, style, figure of speech, suffix, capitalization, caret (editing mark), research report, apostrophe, exclamatory sentence, encyclopedia, supporting detail.
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