Communication Arts

Reading

Reading Process

• Read instructional level text with fluency

• Develop vocabulary by using root words and affixes, context clues, glossary and dictionary

• Apply comprehension strategies before, during and after reading

• Make connections between texts and the world

• Compare, contrast and analyze text ideas

Reading Fiction, Poetry, and Drama

• Recognize text features of poetry, fiction, and drama

• Use details form text to make inferences and predictions, identify cause/effect, compare and contrast, and identify author’s purpose

• Explain examples of sensory details and figurative language

Reading Nonfiction

• Apply information in maps, captions, glossary, graphs, diagrams, etc.

• Use details for the text to retell main ideas, organize a sequence of events, compare and contrast texts, distinguish between fact and opinion

• Read and follow 3 and 4 step directions to complete a task

Writing

Writing Process

• Follow a writing process in prewriting, drafting, editing, revising, publishing

• Generate a writing draft in accordance with the district writing program

• Revise and edit for grade level appropriate items with assistance

• Publish writing with assistance

Writing Conventions

• Use grade level appropriate capitalization and punctuation

• Correctly use verbs, conjunctions, adjectives, and adverbs

• Use dictionary to verify spelling

• Write compound sentences

• Edit run-on sentences and fragments

Forms of Writing

• Write stories that include details to develop plot, character, and setting

• Write stories that use transitional words

• Take notes from a wide range of reference material

• Write an expository piece with 3 well developed paragraphs including topic sentences, supporting details and concluding sentences

• Write a summary

• Write friendly letters, thank you notes, journal entries, and invitations

• Write poems using sensory details and figurative language