Story Elements:

• Character, setting, important events (plot), conflict resolution

• Discuss important details from text within small group

Main Idea and Details

• Reading text, both literary and informational

• Identifying authors purpose

Inferencing using graphic Sources

• What can we learn from looking at the cover of a book?

• How can we scan a magazine artcle and infer what the author might be writing about.

Opinion Writing

• Writing complete sentences using grade level expectations

• Forming an opinion on based on the evidence provided in a text, and supporting our opinions within the writing.

• Pick-apart the prompt - what questions do we need to answer in our writing.

Authors Purpose

• To persuade, Inform or entertain

• Through guided reading students will identify what the authors intended the reader to understand from the text.

Compare and contrast text/POV (point of View)

• Who is telling the story; First person, second Person, third person, narrator.

Poetry

• Reading, writing and exploring hidden meaning

Persuasive writing

• Strengthening our skills in writing complete sentence with a subject and a predicate.

• using creative vocabulary and figuartive language

• Spelling, punctuation & grammar

• focus on transition and linking words to build on our sentences.

Focus on Comprehension

• Novel Study

• Book report

Comparing different topics and themes through reading

• Greek mythology

• National Parks

• Historical fiction

Informative writing

• Write complex, detailed text explaining the process or ideas of a given subject

• Increase writing stamina and content