Literacy

Week 1 

• Ask Questions

• Evaluate Details to Determine Key Ideas

• Use Context Clues

• Text Structure: Cause & Effect

Week 2

• Introduce Personal Narrative 

• Ask Questions

• Use Resources to Determine Meaning

• Point of View: First Person (I, me, we, us, our)

• Compare & Contrast Author's Purpose

Week 3

• Evaluate Details to Determine Key Ideas

• Text Structure & Author's Purpose

• Introduce Poetry

Week 1:

• Elements  of Fiction

• Create Mental Images

• Figurative Language: Idioms

• Compare & Contrast Characters

Week 2: 

• Introduce Fables

• Create Mental Images

• Describe Character Relationships & Actions

• Distinguish Shades of Meaning 

• Compare & Contrast Fables

Week 3: 

• Elements of Fiction

• Figurative Language: Idioms

• Describe Character Relationships & Actions

• Rhyme Scheme in Poetry

Week 1:

• Determine Text Importance

• Explain Evidence Supports Central (Main) Idea

• Connections between Words & Uses

• Text Structure: Problem & Solution

Week 2: 

• Introduce Argumentative (Opinion) Text

• Determine Text Importance

• Determine the Meaning of Mulitple-Meaning Words

• Analyze Author's Voice in Opinion Text 

• Compare & Contrast Purpose & Message in Opinion Texts

Week 3: 

• Explain Evidence Supports Central (Main) Idea

• Connections between Words & Uses

• Text Structure: Problem & Solution

• Hyperbole in Poetry

Week 1:

• Draw inferences

• Analyze Third-Person Point of View (he/she/they)

• Figurative Language: Metaphors

• Analyze Point of View in Two Poems

Week 2: 

• Draw inferences

• Analyze First-Person Point of View (I, me, we, us, our)

• Figurative Language: Similes

• Analyze use of Figurative Language

• Compare & Contrast Narrator's Point of View

Week 3: 

• Analyze Narrator's Point of View

• Figurative Language: Metaphors

• Distinguish Narrator's & Reader's Points of View

• Analyze Point of View in a Poem

Week 1:

• Summarize & Synthesize

• Text Structure: Compare & Contrast

• Understand & Use Affixes

• Interpret Text & Graphic Features

Week 2: 

• Introduce Drama

• Summarize & Synthesize

• Understand & Use Affixes

• Analyze Plot Elements in a Drama

• Analyze Characters & Dialogue in a Drama

Week 3: 

• Interpret Text & Graphic Features

• Understand & Use Affixes

• Explain Text Structure to Author's Purpose in Two Texts

• Rhyme Scheme in a Poem

Week 1:

• Make Connections

• Describe How Character Relationships & Actions Influence Plot

• Determine the Meaning of Homophones

• Determine the Theme

Week 2: 

• Introduce Mythology

• Make Connections

• Distinguish Shades of Meaning 

• Retell & Paraphrase Key Events

• Explain How Illustrations Support Meaning

Week 3: 

• Describe How Characters Relationships & Actions Influence Plot

• Determine the Meaning of Homophones

• Compare & Contrast Themes in Two Texts

• Explain Author's Purpose & Message in a Poem

Week 1:

• Use Fix Up & Monitoring Strategies

• Text Structure: Sequential 

• Use Context Clues (Synonyms/Antonyms) 

• Interpret Graphic Features (Maps)

Week 2: 

• Use Fix Up & Monitoring Strategies

• Analyze First-Person Point of View

• Determine the Meaning of Homophones & Homographs

• Explain How Illustrations Contribute to Mood

• Distinguish Narrator's & Reader's Points of View

Week 3: 

• Analyze Graphic Features (Maps)

• Use Context Clues (Synonyms/Antonyms) 

• Compare & Contrast Ideas & Events in Two Texts

Week 1:

• Create Mental Images

• Text Structure: Cause & Effect

• Use Context Clues

• Interpret Text Features

Week 2: 

• Introduce Folktales

• Summarize & Synthesize

• Use Resources to Clarify Meaning

• Theme of a Folktale

• Compare & Contrast Folktales

Week 3: 

• Interpret Text & Graphic Features

• Use Context Clues

• Text Structure: Cause & Effects

• Imagery & Personification

Week 1:

• Draw Inferences

• Text Structure: Sequential

• Use Context Clues

• Draw Inferences to Describe the Relationships Between Ideas & Events

Week 2: 

• Analyze Author's Claims & Evidence in Opinion Text

• Determine Text Importance

• Use Context Clues

• Analyze Claims & Evidence in Opinion Texts

• Compare & Contrast Claims in Opinion Texts

Week 3: 

• Text Structure: Sequential

• Use Context Clues

• Draw Inferences to Describe the Relationships Between Ideas & Events

• Sound Devices in Poetry

Week 1:

• Ask Questions

• Text Structure: Cause & Effect

• Use Context Clues to Determine Domain-Specific Words

• Introduce Procedural Text

Week 2: 

• Introduce Graphic Story

• Make Connections

• Use Context Clues to Determine Domain-Specific Words

• Explain How Illustrations Contribute to Mood

• Describe Character Relationships & Actions Influence Plot

Week 3: 

• Text Structure: Cause & Effect

• Text Structure: Steps of a Procedure

• Poet's Language & Voice