| Topic |
Study References * |
| Employ standard English
usage in writing for audiences, including subject-verb agreement, pronoun referents, and parts
of speech (4-8); |
HL pg.52, 92, 120, 130, 164, 174, 192, 202 |
| Draw inferences such as conclusions or
generalizations and support them with text evidence and experience (4-8) |
SIB “Drawing Conclusions” pg.258
SIB “Marvin of the Great North Woods” pg.260
SIB “Counting Money” pg.278
TEKSTAR: 110.6 “All Aboard” Whistle Stop |
| Determine a text’s main (or major) ideas and
how those ideas are supported with details (4-8) |
Project CRISS
FV ”The Jr.Iditarod Race” pg.354
RC Childtimes
TEKSTAR, 110.7
“Creative Fairy Tales” |
| Write in complete sentences,
varying the types such as compound and complex to match meanings and purposes (4-5); |
HL pgs.24,62,336,346 |
| Analyze characters,
including their traits, motivations, conflicts, points of view, relationships, and changes they undergo (4-8); |
SIB “Character” pg110
SIB “Addie in Charge” pg.112
SIB “Merle Builds a Sod House” pg.127 |
| Use the text's structure or
progression of ideas such as cause and effect or chronology to locate and recall information (4-8) |
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| Identify the purposes of different types of texts
such as to inform, influence, express, or entertain (4-8) |
SIB “A Visit with Grandpa” pg.22
SIB “Ranching and the Cowboys” pg.41 |
| Capitalize and punctuate
correctly to clarify and enhance meaning such as capitalizing titles, using possessives, commas in a
series, commas in direct address, and sentence punctuation (4-5). |
HL pg.384, 378, 388, 396,406 |
| Recognize the distinguishing
features of genres, including biography, historical fiction, informational texts, and poetry (4-8); |
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| Develop vocabulary through reading |
JOW "Yippee-Yay" pg.196
JOW "Visitors From Space" pg.344 |
| Identify the cause and effect relationship in the written text, even when such relations are not explicitly stated. |
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| Draw on experiences to bring meanings to
words in context such as interpreting figurative language and multiple-meaning words (4-5) |
SIB “The Swimming Hole” pg.198 |
| Understand literary forms by
recognizing and distinguishing among such types of text as stories, poems, myths, fables, tall
tales, limericks, plays, biographies, and autobiographies (3-7); |
SIB “Half Chicken” pg.346
SIB “Poetry” pg.450-453, 550-553 |
* SFAW ---- Scott Foresman - Addison Wesley, ENGLISH STUDENT EDITION
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