Language Arts
What we will learn this year
Unit 1
Reading
Character traits
Character, setting, plot
Sequence
Cause and effect
Main idea and details
Grammar
Sentences and fragments
Commands and exclamation
Subject
Predicate
Simple and compound sentences
Unit 4
Reading
Point of view
Compare and contrast
Cause and effect
Theme
Message
Grammar
Verbs
-Linking
-Main and helping
-irregular
Contractions with not
Complex sentences
Unit 2
Reading
Theme
Author's point of view
Illustrations
Lesson and message
Text evidence
Grammar
Nouns
-Common and proper
-Singular and plural
-Irregular plural
-Combining sentences with nouns
-Possessive
Unit 5
Reading
Point of view
Summarize
Cause and effect
Ask and answer questions
Grammar
Singular and plural nouns
Pronouns
-Pronoun and verb agreement
-Possessive pronouns
-Subject/pronoun agreement
Unit 3
Reading
Problem and solution
Cause and effect
Main idea and details
Sequence
Lesson and message
Grammar
Verbs:
-Action
-Present tense
-Subject/verb agreement
-Past tense
-Combining sentences with verbs
Unit 6
Reading
Make, confirm, and revise predictions
identify theme
problem and solution
Compare and contrast
Grammar
Adjectives
Adverbs
Prepositions