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English Language Arts
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors (e.g., as pretty as a picture) in context.
Increasing word understanding, word use, and word relationships increases vocabulary. Students can:
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. (CCSS: L.3.4)
Use knowledge of word relationships to identify antonyms or synonyms to clarify meaning.
Activity Lesson AntonymsGrade 3
Phonemic Awareness: Demonstrate an awareness of the sounds that are made by different letters by: distinguishing beginning, middle, and ending sounds in word; rhyming words; clearly pronouncing blends and vowel sounds.
Decoding and Word Recognition: Recognize common abbreviations (Jan., Fri.).
Comprehension and fluency matter when reading literary texts in a fluent way. Students can:
Use Craft and Structure to:
Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a text. (CCSS: RL.4.5)
Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--beginning reading and writing. The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell. The student is expected to:
Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by:
Using knowledge of base words to decode common compound words and contractions.
Activity Lesson ContractionsGrade 1
Decoding words with accuracy depends on knowledge of complex spelling patterns and morphology. Students can:
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meanings. (CCSS: L.2.5)
Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender, skinny, scrawny). (CCSS: L.2.5b)
Activity Lesson VerbsGrade 2
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
Activity Lesson InferencesGrade 4
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).
Worksheet Wheels AboutGrade 5
Key Ideas and Details
Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
Worksheet IndexingGrade 5
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on Grade 5 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Use context (e.g., cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Worksheet SearchGrade 5
Apply reading strategies to improve understanding and fluency.
Identify structure (e.g., description, compare/contrast, cause and effect, sequence) of nonfiction texts to improve comprehension.
Worksheet From Here to ThereGrade 4
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
Worksheet Four SquareGrade 4
Apply reading strategies to improve understanding and fluency.
Identify structure (e.g., description, compare/contrast, cause and effect, sequence) of nonfiction texts to improve comprehension.
Worksheet Three ColumnsGrade 4
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification) in context.
Worksheet Meaning TreeGrade 6
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
Key Ideas and Details
Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
Worksheet Sort ItGrade 5
Science
Describe ways energy from the sun is used. Examples: plant growth, light, heat
Identifying fossil fuels as a source of energy
Worksheet Look CloselyGrade 3
English Language Arts
Apply reading strategies to improve understanding and fluency.
Establish purposes for reading; survey materials; ask questions; make predictions; connect, clarify and extend ideas.
Worksheet In My MindGrade 4
Key Ideas and Details
Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
Worksheet Event ChainGrade 5