Communication Arts

Reading

Reading Process

• Read grade-level instructional text with fluency, accuracy, and expression

• Develop grade-level vocabulary by using base words, context clues, glossaries and dictionaries

• Apply comprehension strategies before, during and after reading

• Compare and contrast fiction and non-fiction text ideas

• Make connections between text, self, and world

Reading Fiction, Poetry, and drama

• Recognize the text features of fiction, poetry, and drama in grade level text

• Explain examples of sensory details and figurative language within the context of poetry and prose

• Make inferences and predictions using details from the text

• Identify narrator, cause and effect and author’s purpose from events in the beginning, middle and end

Reading Non-fiction

• Interpret key information in features such as graphs, charts, diagrams and captions to answer questions

• Use details from text to answer questions, retell main idea and details, draw conclusions, compare and contrast and identify author’s purpose for writing text

• Read and follow two and three step direction t complete a simple task

Writing

Writing Process

• Follow a writing process using a graphic organizer in pre-writing, to generate a draft, edit and proofread and independently publish writing

• Demonstrate grade level appropriate knowledge of the district writing program

Writing Conventions

• Use grade level appropriate capitalization and punctuation

• Use verbs and adverbs correctly

• Use spelling of priority words, simple compounds, homophones, contractions and words with affixes

• Write complete declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences

Forms of Writing

• Write narrative text that contains beginning, middle and end with relevant details that develop the main idea

• Write a narrative text that uses precise and descriptive language

• Identify important information in written text to complete an organizer

• Write expository text with a main idea (topic sentence), three or more supporting details and a concluding sentence

• Write informational reports, diary/journal entries, and friendly letters that address an intended audience and purpose.