Unit One: Building a Reading Life
Week One and Two: Procedural any Management Goals.
* I can strategically pick a good book.
* I can self select a "just right" book.
* I can post-it note my thinking about the text.
* I can discuss my book with a partner or small group in a meaningful way.
* I can write about my book in a meaningful way.
Week Three:
* I can name the 10 genres of study.
* I can identify the genre of a book.
Week Four:
Comprehension:
*Knows the narrator has a distinct point of view. Knows first person narration and third person narration.
*Understands the distinction between first and third person narration.
Vocabulary:
* Understands the use of context clues to acquire meaning of new words.
Week Five:
Vocabulary:
* Knows the terms prefix, suffix and compound word.
* Understands the use of individual words of compound words to predict the meaning of a new word. Understands a known prefix and/or suffix to determine the meaning of a new word.
*Knows the common Greek and Latin affixes, roots, and root words.
*Understands use of Greek and Latin affixes, roots, and root words to determine word meaning.
Unit Two: Growing Theories about Characters
Comprehension:
Reading: Literature: Character Development
Scope Level 2 ELA.02.RLC.01.03
Proficiency Level 2.0 Knows what character traits are. (Retrieval)
Proficiency Level 3.0 Understands character traits are supported with evidence. (Analysis)
Language: Acquisition: Use of Language
Scope Level 3 ELA.03.RLU.02.01
Proficiency Level 2.0 Knows the terms synonym and antonym. (Retrieval)
Proficiency Level 3.0 Understands the use of synonyms and antonyms add meaning to the text. (Comprehension)
Session 1
We can make mental movies and envision the characters as we read.
Session 2
We step inside the story and envision the main character's world.
Session 3
We use our own experiences to help us empathize with the characters.
Session 4
We revise our mental images when we read on and learn new information.
Vocabulary
Compound Words
Unit Three: Informational Text
Reading the Weather, Reading the World
Bend One: Orienting the Reader to Nonfiction Text
*I can use text features to help me understand how the text will go.
* I can use text features to make predictions about the text.
*I can identify the text structure of an informational passage.
* I can identify key words that help me to determine the text structure.
* I can determine the main idea and supporting details of an informational passage.
* I can use the main idea and supporting details to write an effective summary.
Bend Two: Research
* I can paraphrase the text.
* I can take notes using different structures.
* I can use research to craft an informational paragraph.
* I can site the sources of my research. (websites, books & articles)
Bend Three: Presentation
* I can use my research to teach my audience about my topic.
Unit Four: Reading History, The American Revolution
* I can identify the main idea.
*I can locate specific details that support a main idea.
*I can write a summary.
* I can explain what a firsthand account is.
* I can explain what a secondhand account is.