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

• Compare, contrast and analyze connections between text

Reading Fiction, Poetry, and Drama

• Recognize text features of poetry, fiction, and drama

• Make inferences and predictions, identify cause/effect, compare and contrast, and identify author’s purpose

• Explain examples of figurative language especially simile, metaphor, and personification

Reading Nonfiction

• Apply information in format, graphics, maps, diagrams, chart and index

• Use details for the text to restate main idea, to sequence events, to explain cause/effect, to evaluate the accuracy of the information, and to interpret the author’s purpose.

• Read and follow multi-step directions to complete a task

Writing

Writing Process

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

• Independently use a graphic organizer to generate a 3- paragraph draft

• Check for clarity, accuracy, logical order of ideas, consistent voice, and 5th grade conventions

Writing Conventions

• Use grade level appropriate punctuation, capitalization’s, and spelling

• Write and edit compound and complex sentences

• Identify and eliminate fragments in writing

• Use a variety of sentence structures

• Identify noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, interjection, conjunction, and direct object

Forms of Writing

• Write a 4 paragraph personal narrative

• Use note taking system to organize information

• Write expository paragraphs, emphasizing compare/contrast

• Write an expository piece with an introductory paragraph, supporting paragraphs and concluding paragraph

• Write well-organized communications to different audiences, including friendly letters, business letters, and invitations

• Write poetry, emphasizing simile, metaphor, personification