Communication Arts: SCOPE AND SEQUENCE Indicates mastery by the end of the grade level Kindergarten First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Reading Standard 1: Develop and apply skills and stgies to the reading process. Recognize letters, sepaly and in Print concepts Left-to-right directionality Understand punctuation Oral rhyming Sepa, say, and blend Phonemic Awareness sounds to form CVC (hear and identify sounds) Manipulate word beginnings and endings Word Study Skills (incl. phonics and spelling) Fluency Word Knowledge (vocabulary) Short vowels in threeletter Name and write consonant sounds Read text with highfrequency and environmental print Listen and discuss unknown in stories Short- and long-vowel recognition Blends and digraphs Contractions Use word chunks and context clues to interpret unknown Sepa and identify sounds in Trigraphs, diphthongs, r- controlled vowels, and irregular vowel sounds Beginning and ending consonant groups High-frequency and contractions Inflectional endings Homophones expression Use root, Inflectional endings Compound Syllabication Long-vowel patterns Vowel groups of multisyllable R-controlled vowels Final syllables expression Use root, Correctly spell, decode, and pronounce consonants sounds and patterns Correctly spell, decode, and identify word meanings in common, homophones, homographs, and with vowel and consonant alternation expression Use root, identify the meanings of and correctly spell and decode common Greek and Latin root and expression Identify root and Identify synonyms and Use context clues to determine word meaning definitions and uses of Define etymology and how it relates to spelling Use etymology to explain how get into English Identify root and using synonyms and Use context clues and reference skills to determine word denotation and connotation denotations, connotations, and uses of Identify word etymologies Identify the etymology and language of origin of using synonyms and real-life applications of Use etymology to define high-level vocabulary Apply knowledge of etymology to define using synonyms,, and real-life applications of Define and use SAT-level Pre-Reading Skills Access prior knowledge, preview, and predict Develop pre-reading stgies to aid Develop pre-reading stgies to aid stgies to aid stgies to aid stgies to aid Understand the purpose of prologue, preface, and foreword
Independently choose books within given parameters During-Reading Skills Post-Reading Skills Connect to Text creativity Identify connections between text-to-self and text-to-text analyzing Identify connections between text-to-self, text-to-world and textto-text summarize supporting details Identify relevant Identify, explain, and Metacognition and interpretation Identify, explain, and Metacognition and interpretation and text to world especially text to self Identify and practice annotation especially text to text Apply and refine annotation especially text to world Reading Standard 2: Develop and apply skills and stgies to comprehend, analyze, and evaluate fiction, poetry, and drama from a variety of cultures and times. Text Features Poetry Fiction and Drama Locate on the title page Rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration in readalouds Sequence including characters, problem, settings,, and events Apply from title, pictures, and table of contents Rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration in independent reading Infer, predict, and sequence adding problems Utilize the title, table of contents, and glossary Identify and explain: Rhythm, rhyme, alliteration, and onomatopoeia Similes and metaphors Infer, predict, and sequence Identify story elements Utilize the title, table of contents, and glossary Orally produce: Rhythm, rhyme, alliteration, and onomatopoeia Similes and metaphors Infer, compare and contrast, sequence adding narrator and character traits Apply knowledge of the title, table of contents, and glossary Identify and explain: Figurative language Literary techniques Emphasize simile, metaphor, and personification Infer, compare and contrast, sequence adding narrator and character traits Limerick and lyric forms Basic rhyme schemes Identify rhymes Stanzas and refrains Analyze previous literary techniques forms Idioms Infer Cause and effect All elements of plot Point of view and perspective Influence of setting on characters Historical vs. realistic fiction Sci-fi vs. fantasy Components of each genre Couplet, epigram, and ballad forms Quatrains and octaves Imagery Puns Theme Problem-solving processes of characters and effectiveness of Master realistic fiction Monologue, sonnet, and occasional forms Iambic pentameter Assonance and consonance Allusion Resolution, mood, flashback, and theme Analyze cause and effect Master sci-fi and fantasy Found poetry and free verse forms Renga/communal forms Symbols and symbolism Hyperbole Foreshadowing Interpret character s actions Master historical fiction
Reading Standard 3: Develop and apply skills and stgies to comprehend, analyze, and evaluate nonfiction from a variety of cultures and times. Text Features Text Structures Text and pictures provide Respond to non-fiction read-alouds by asking and answering questions and recognizing Follow simple Pictorial, written, oral Text, pictures, titles, charts, headings, captions, diagrams, and graphs provide Clarify meanings Answer questions Identify details Sequence events Follow to perform a Written and oral Make predictions Infer Identify problems and to complete a Written and oral Identify cause and effect Draw conclusions Compare and contrast Distinguish between fact and opinion with to complete a Written with to complete a Written, Master biographies 5-paragraph biographical essay Identify autobiographies and memoirs Author s viewpoint Evaluate s accuracy to complete a Cross-curricular opportunities with science and math Master speech form Analyze speeches Craft and present a speech Problem-solving and Fact vs. opinion and paraphrase Author s viewpoint Evaluate s accuracy Analyze two or more texts Write and follow multistep to complete a Cross-curricular opportunities with science and math Master memoir form Analyze three or more texts Master reading for research, including reference and nonfiction sources Craft non-fiction pieces Analyze organizational effectiveness Listening and Speaking Standard 1: Develop and apply effective listening skills and stgies. Purpose for Listening Listening Behavior Enjoyment Information, with teacher Prepare to listen without interrupting Maintain eye contact, to complete a Appropriate facial expressions Alert posture Problem-solving to complete a multi-step Appropriate facial expressions Alert posture Ignore distractions Ignore distractions Listening and Speaking Standard 2: Develop and apply effective speaking skills and stgies for various audiences and purpose. Discussion and Presentation Speak audibly with appropriate grammar and vocabulary Speak clearly when sharing ideas and asking questions Maintain a clear focus Present ideas logically Volume control, pace, and eye contact Stay on topic Give organized presentations Common public speaking practices such as eye contact, effective listening, appropriate posture, volume, pace, and expression Transition from reading slideshows to reading notecards Literature and discussion group norms Take notes to prepare for a presentation Prepare and use memory aids in presentation Basic memorization stgies Literature and discussion group norms Common interview practices and skills such as how to talk to a professional, proper etiquette, effective notetaking, interview preparation Master interview practices and skills Eliminate common presentation tics Master visual aids Rehearsal techniques for presentations Writing Standard 1: Apply a writing process in composing text. Writing Process Gene a writing plan Compose text Reread Gene a draft Edit using first-grade Gene a draft Edit using second-grade Gene a draft Edit using third-grade Gene a draft Edit using fourth-grade Utilize 6+1 traits of writing Master prewrite, draft, revise, edit, and publish Master outline Write a paper based on an outline Note-taking stgies Paraphrasing and rephrasing Roman numerals in an outline Master note-taking
Share Share Share Share Variety of prewriting stgies Difference between revising and editing Composing Text Ideas and Content Organization Word Choice Sentence Fluency Conventions Recognize purposes for writing Use pictures and Compose a simple sentence Use related to a topic Write different types of sentences (exclamatory, declarative, interrogative) with Uses punctuation (especially periods) with Capitalizes only first letter of each sentence Use high-frequency in writing Recognize purposes for writing Use pictures and Compose three sentences related to one topic nouns Write different kinds of sentences (exclamatory, declarative, interrogative) Capitalize most proper nouns Question marks, exclamation points a Beginning, middle, and end Expository text Relevant details nouns Vary sentence length and beginnings Add command sentences Use transitional Capitalize abbreviations, calendar Indent paragraphs with Commas, apostrophes a Construct a 3-5 sentence paragraph nouns Add dialogue sentences Capitalize titles Quotation marks and audience a Construct a 5-7 sentence paragraph nouns Add dialogue sentences Capitalize titles Quotation marks and audience Write about and support student s own opinion and/or conclusions Compare and contrast literature Compose an introduction Construct three body paragraphs Construct a 5 paragraph essay Apply strong verbs Select stricking and phrases Use specific and accu Choose that deepen meaning Identify simply, compound, complex sentences Vary sentence beginnings Implement transitional Understand and use prepositional phrases Master capitalization Edit written work using CUPS writing within realistic fiction genre Compose a realistic fiction text complex ideas with Construct an al or expository report Use alliteration, simile, metaphor Choose nouns, adjectives, and adverbs for clarity Convey imagery Identify and correct runon and incomplete sentences Identify purpose of colons, semi-colons, and dashes writing within science fiction and fantasy genres Compose a science fiction and/or fantasy text complex ideas Master writing an al or expository report Use hyperbole and personification Diverge from standard English for interest and impact Use colons, semi-colons, and dashes writing within historical fiction genre Compose a historical fiction text complex ideas Construct research paper outline Compose intro, body, and conclusion Provide 3 relevant ideas in body Provide 3 supporting details for each idea Write a 5-7 page research paper Use onomatopoeia Use varied vocabulary Choose for flow and transition Use different sentence types and styles based on writing purpose Use reference materials to understand and interpret convention use and meaning in challenging text
Grammar and Usage Use nouns and verbs correctly Use subject-verb agreement with Pronouns and adjectives Contractions and possessives with Recognize complete sentences, homophones, subject and predicate Adverbs Regular and irregular nouns Types of adjectives Verb tenses with Conjunctions and prepositions verb gerunds Comparative and superlative adjectives verb infinitives and participles Adjective/adverb phrases and interjections Compound subject and predicate verb tenses, gerund, infinitive, and participle phrases In-text citations and bibliography Recognize and interpret uncommon use of grammar Handwriting Forms letters correctly Spaces letters and Create text-related picture Publish a final copy of a handwritten work Form letters correctly in cursive Awareness of margins Write within margins Use technology with to publish a final piece