Timetable
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Topic
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Content
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Skills
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Performance Objective
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Assessment
|
| 6 Weeks | Reading Comprehension | Sequence
Character |
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Recognize that sequence is the order in which things happen
- Know chronological order of events in fictional text using clue words - Recognize that both people and animals can be in fiction - Analyze characters by noting their words and actions as well as how other characters treat them and what they say about them |
RS 1-4
RS 1 |
Unit 1 Skills Test
( U 1 ST) U 1 ST |
| Generalization
Cause and Effect |
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Recognize that a generalization is a statement about several things or people and that it can often be identified by clue words
- Understand how to evaluate a generalization as valid or faulty - Recognize cause and effect relationships in literature texts, even when no clues words are stated - Keep track of multiple effects of a single cause or multiple causes for a single effect |
RS 3
RS 3 |
U 1 ST
U 1 ST |
Timetable
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Topic
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Content
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Skills
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Performance Objective
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Assessment
|
|
Reading Comprehension/ Vocabulary |
Author’s Purpose
Homophones |
Ř
Recognize that an author’s purpose is the reason an author has for writing, such as to inform, persuade, express, or entertain
Ř Identify an author’s purpose that is not stated in the text Ř Use context clues to determine the meanings of homophones Ř Use new vocabulary words in a conversation about an historical figure |
RS 1
RS 1 |
U 1 ST
U 1 ST |
|
Timetable
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Topic
|
Content
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Skills
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Performance Objective
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Assessment
|
| Word Study/ Phonics
|
Spelling
r-controlled vowels Vowel Digraphs Diphthongs |
Ř
Use letter sound correspondences to decode words with r-controlled vowels i.e. ar in hard
- Use letter-sound correspondence to decode words - Identify and decode words with vowels digraphs ee, ai, and ao - Use letter-sound correspondence to decode words - Identify and decode words with diphthongs ow and ou |
RS 1-4
WS 2 WS 1-4 |
Weekly Spelling
Test Weekly Spelling Test Weekly Spelling Test |
Timetable
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Topic
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Content
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Skills
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Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
|
Writing/ Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics |
Common Word Patterns
Complex Spelling Patterns
|
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Identify and decode words with the CVCe pattern as in bases and the VCCV patterns as in numbers
- Decode words with complex spelling patterns such as thought and enough - Recognize complete sentences - Form complete sentences from sentence fragments |
WS 1-4
WS 1-4 WS 1-4 |
Weekly Spelling
Test Weekly Spelling Test U 1 ST |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
|
|
Subjects and Predicates
Four Kinds of Sentences
|
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Identify simple and complete sentences correctly
- Identify simple and complete subjects and predicates - Recognize declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamatory sentences - Write declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamatory sentences |
WS 1-4
WS 1-4 |
Grammar
Workbook Grammar Workbook |
Timetable
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Topic
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Content
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Skills
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Performance Objective
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Assessment
|
|
|
Compound and Complex Sentences
Sentence Fragments and Run-ons |
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Recognize the structure of compound and complex sentences
- Combine simple sentences to form compound and complex sentences - Recognize sentences fragments, run-on sentences, and ways to correct these problems - Correct sentence fragments and run-on sentences |
WS 1-4
WS 1-4 |
Grammar
Workbook U 1 ST |
| Timetable | Topic
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Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Writing/ Genre and Literary Skills
|
Point of View
Mood |
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Identify the point of view of a story
- Understand how point of view affects the way a story is told - Understand the meaning of mood in a story - Identify and explain the effects of elements that determine mood in children’s texts |
WS 1-4
WS 1-4 |
U 1 ST
U 1 ST |
|
Timetable
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Topic
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Content
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Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
|
|
Biography
Autobiography |
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Understand that a biography is a story about a real person written by another person
- Recognize different methods biographers use to convey information - Understand that an autobiography is a story of a real person’s life written by that person |
WS 1-4
WS 1-4 |
U 1 ST
U 1 ST |
|
Timetable
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Topic
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Content
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Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Writing/ Research and Study Skills
|
Dictionary/
Glossary Poster/ Announcement |
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Use a dictionary or software to locate and clarify word meanings
- Use guide words and the parts of an entry: syllabication, pronunciation, definitions, parts-of-speech labels, illustrative phrases or sentences, etymologies, and derivations - Interpret a poster/ announcement |
RS 1
R/WS 4 |
U 1 ST
U 1 ST |
|
Timetable
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Topic
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Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
|
Oral Language |
Card Catalog/ Library Database
Listening |
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Use a computer database to locate information
- Decide when to search by subject, author and title - Listen to recognize the use of literary devices such as simile, personification, rhyme - Speak to summarize the plot, describe the characters, and explain the setting - Listen for unfamiliar words and learn their meaning |
RS 1
RS 1-4 |
U 1 ST
Teacher Observation |
|
Timetable
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Topic
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Content
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Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
|
|
Listening | -
Speak in order to state a main idea and support it with facts, details and examples
- Speak to recognize cultural, ethnic and historical characteristics in texts |
Timetable
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Topic
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Content
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Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment |
| 6 Weeks | Reading Comprehension | Steps in a Process
Graphic Sources |
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Recognize and retell the order of steps taken to complete an action
- Recognize graphic sources, such as pictures and graphs, and use visual cues to construct meaning from them |
RS 1
RS 3 |
NYS Unit 2 Test
NYS Unit 2 Test |
Timetable
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Topic
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Content
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Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Fact and Opinion | -
Identify statements of fact as something that can be proved true or false
- Identify statements of opinion as telling feelings or ideas, which cannot be proved true or false |
RS 3 | NYS Unit 2 Test
|
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Author’s Viewpoint
Drawing Conclusions |
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Identify the author’s viewpoint, even when the message is only implied
- Describe how an author’s perspective influences the text - Use context clues to determine the meanings of multiple-meaning words |
RS 3
RS 3 |
NYS Unit 2 Test
NYS Unit 2 Test |
Timetable
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Topic
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Content
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Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Reading Comprehension/ Vocabulary | Multiple-Meaning Words | -
Draw on experiences to understand the meanings of multiple-meaning words
|
RS 1 | NYS Unit 2 Test
|
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Word Study/Phonics
|
Spelling
Hard/Soft Consonants Sounds Silent Consonants
|
-
Identify and decode words with hard and soft c
- Identify and decode words with hard and soft g - Identify and decode compound words - Identify and decode words with silent consonants |
WS 1-4
WS 1-4 WS 1-4 WS 1-4 |
Weekly Spelling Test
Weekly Spelling Test Weekly Spelling Test Weekly Spelling Test |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
|
Writing/ Grammar, Usage and Mechanics |
Prefixes Nouns |
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Use structural analysis to identify the base words of unfamiliar words with prefixes and suffixes
- Determine meanings of derivatives by applying knowledge of the meanings base words and affixes - Identify a noun as a person, place, thing or idea - Identify and write nouns in a sentence |
WS 1-4
WS 1-4 |
Weekly Spelling Test Grammar Workbook |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment |
| Proper Nouns
Plural Nouns Possessive Nouns |
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Recognize proper nouns in sentences, addresses, and print
- Capitalize proper nouns - Recognize spelling of regular and irregular plural nouns - Spell regular and irregular plural nouns - Recognize the spelling and punctuation of possessive nouns - Form and use possessive nouns |
WS 1-4
WS 1-4 WS 1-4 |
Grammar Workbook
Grammar Workbook Grammar Workbook |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Commas in a Series, Direct Address, and Appositives | -
Recognize that commas are used with nouns in a series and in direct address
- Add commas to sentences to set off nouns in a series or in direct address |
WS 1-4 | Grammar Workbook
|
| Timetable | Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Writing/ Genre and Literary Skills | Comparison: Narrative Writing to Periodical Article | -
Realize that there are various types of nonfiction
- Identify narration as a type of nonfiction that recounts an event or series of events - Identify exposition as explaining or telling about something |
WS 1 | Grammar Workbook
|
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Simile and Metaphor
|
Ř
Recognize similes and metaphors as comparisons
Ř Identify and distinguish between similes and metaphors Ř Draw on experiences to bring meaning to words in context |
WS 2 | Teacher Observation
|
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Narrative Nonfiction | Ř
Understand the major characteristics of narrative nonfiction
Ř Recognize one way to structure narrative nonfiction: chronological order Ř Read and organize text information in a time line to show chronological order of events |
WS 1 | Grammar Workbook
|
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
|
Writing/ Research and Study Skills |
Comparison: Realistic Fiction and CD-ROM Encyclopedia
Puns/ Word Play Chart/Table |
Ř
Identify the distinguishing features of realistic fiction
Ř Recognize the major characteristics of an expository article - Learn the definition of a pun - Find an example of a pun in the story - Interpret charts and tables - Gather and organize information - Display information on a chart |
WS 1
WS 2 WS 1 |
Teacher Observation
Teacher Observation Practice Workbook |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
|
Oral Language |
Parts of a Book
Newspaper Listening |
-
Recognize parts of a book
- Locate information from parts of a book - Use a newspaper to locate information - Identify sections and components of a newspaper - Speak to establish, maintain, and enhance personal relationships |
WS 1
WS 1 RS 1-4 |
Practice Workbook
Daily D & C Newspaper Practice Workbook NYS Unit 2 Test |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| -
Listen in order to follow instructions about a task or assignment
- Listen to unfamiliar words and their meaning - Use notes or outlines appropriately in presentations - Speak in order to share information from personal experience |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| 6 Weeks | Reading Comprehension
|
Character | - Analyze characters’ thoughts, words, and actions and how other characters act toward them
- Use character traits to understand characters’ motives and predict how they will change |
RS 2 | Unit 3 Skills Test
( U 3 ST) |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
|
|
Graphic Sources
Plot |
- Use visual cues to construct meaning from graphics to better understand an idea presented in a text
- Compare graphic sources to written text - Identify the four parts of a story plot: conflict, rising action, climax, and outcome - Understand and describe the development of plot and how conflicts are resolved in a story |
RS 1
RS 2 |
Practice Workbook
U 3 ST |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Text Structure | - Understand the distinguishing features of fiction and nonfiction texts
- Choose a variety of strategies to monitor reading based on the way a text is structured |
RS 1 | U 3 ST |
| Timetable | Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
|
Reading Comprehension/Vocabulary
|
Summarizing
Unfamiliar Words
|
- Summarize an article or story by telling just the main ideas
- Use descriptions, explanations or definitions as context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and increase vocabulary |
RS 1
RS 1 |
Teacher Observation
U 3 ST |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Word Study/Phonics
|
Regular Plurals
|
- Decode and form plurals with and without spelling changes
- Decode irregular plural nouns - Identify and decode contractions - Identify and decode possessive nouns |
WS 1-4
WS 1-4 WS 1-4 WS 1-4 |
Weekly Spelling Test
Weekly Spelling Test Weekly Spelling Test Weekly Spelling Test |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
|
|
Unusual Possessives
|
- Identify and decode possessives formed with irregular plurals
|
WS 1-4 | Weekly Spelling Test
|
|
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Writing/
Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics |
Compare and Contrast Communication in Different Forms
Verbs |
- Listen in order to connect new information to prior knowledge or experience
- Understand action verbs and linking verbs |
LS 1
WS 1-4 |
U 3 ST
U 3 ST |
|
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
|
|
Subject-Verb Agreement
Verb Tenses: Past, Present, and Future
|
- Write sentences with action verbs and linking verbs
- Understand subject-verb agreement - Write sentences in which the subject and verb agree - Understand correct usage and spelling of present, past, and future verb tenses - Write sentences to show what is happening now, in the past, or in the future |
WS 1-4
WS 1-4 |
Grammar Workbook
U 3 ST |
|
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Writing/Genre and Literary Skills
|
Biography
|
- Identify the major characteristics of a biography
- Distinguish between a biography and an autobiography - Identify the distinguishing features of informational text - Analyze the exposition in expository nonfiction |
WS 1
WS 1 |
Teacher Observation
Practice Workbook |
|
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Writing/Research and Study Skills
|
Atlas/Maps
Outlining
|
- Use a map to locate information
- Interpret and use maps to address research questions - Summarize and organize information by outlining - Outline a nonfiction selection using main topics, subtopics, and details |
WS 1
WS 1 |
U 3 ST
U 3 ST |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
|
|
Magazines/
Periodicals/ Almanacs |
- Use the Readers’
Guide to Periodical Literature to locate a magazine article - Locate information in an almanac |
WS 1 | Practice Workbook
|
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Oral Language
|
Listen for Structure and Ideas
Make Introductions Give an Explanation |
- Listen to analyze and evaluate information, ideas, opinion, themes, and experiences
- Speak to share data, facts, and ideas - Speak to present interpretations and responses to imaginative texts |
RS 1-4
RS 1-4 RS 1-4 |
Teacher Observation
Teacher Observation Teacher Observation |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
|
|
Consider the Audience When Speaking
|
- Listen in order to form an opinion on a subject based on information, ideas, and themes expressed in presentations | RS 1-4 | Teacher Observation
|
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| 6 Weeks | Reading Comprehension | Compare and Contrast
|
-
Recognize the use of comparison and contrast in a text
- Use clue words such as like and as that show comparisons and words such as different and unlike that show contrasts |
RS 1 | NYS Unit 4 Test
|
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Main Idea and Supporting Details
Predicting |
-
Read text and determine the main idea
- Recognize details that support the main idea - Make predictions about what might happen next in a story based on prior knowledge and prior story events - Confirm and change predictions based on new information |
WS 1
RS 1 |
NYS Unit 4 Test
Practice Workbook |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Context Clues
|
-
Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words by using context clues
- Decide how much information is needed about an unfamiliar word |
RS 1-4 | Practice Workbook
|
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
|
Reading Comprehension/Vocabulary |
Author’s Purpose
Antonyms |
Ř
Identify the author’s purpose and find supporting evidence in the text
Ř Vary reading rate according to the author’s purpose Ř Use antonyms to determine meaning and increase vocabulary |
RS 3
RS 1 |
NYS Unit 4 Test
Teacher Observation |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Word Study/Phonics
Writing/ Grammar, Usage and Mechanics |
Inflected Endings
-ed, -ing, -er, -est Schwa Sound Adjectives |
-
Use inflected endings and base words to decode words
- Recognize spelling changes that may need to be made when adding inflected endings - Identify and decode words with the schwa sound - Understand adjectives - Write and improve sentences using adj. |
WS 1-4
WS 1-4
WS 1-4 |
Weekly Spelling Test
Weekly Spelling Test Grammar Workbook |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
|
|
Comparatives and Superlatives
Adverbs |
-
Understand comparative and superlative
- Write sentences with comparative and superlative adjectives Ř Understand adverbs Ř Write and improve sentences using adverbs |
WS 1-4
WS 1-4 |
Grammar Workbook
|
| Timetable | Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Writing/Genre and Literary Skills
|
Myth
Research Process/ Evaluating Reference Sources |
Ř
Identify the distinguishing features of a myth
Ř Recognize myths as old stories that usually explain something about nature Ř Form and revise research questions Ř Locate and evaluate information in reference sources Ř Collect, organize, and present information |
WS 2
R/W 1-4 |
Teacher Observation
|
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Graphs
Encyclopedia |
Ř
Interpret bar graphs, circle graphs, and line graphs
Ř Use graphs to answer questions Ř Use a CD-ROM encyclopedia to locate information Ř Use key words to perform a search on a CD-ROM encyclopedia |
R/WS 1
RS 1 |
Practice Workbook
|
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
|
Oral Language |
Organizing and Presenting Information
Listening Speaking |
-
Summarize and organize information
- Listen to analyze and evaluate information, ideas, opinion, themes, and experiences - Speak to share data, facts, and ideas |
WS 1
RS 1-4 WS 1-3 R/WS 4 |
Practice Workbook Benchmark Project NYS Unit 4 Test Teacher Observation Benchmark Project |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
|
Listening |
Ř
Speak to present interpretations and responses to imaginative texts
Ř Listen in order to form an opinion on a subject based on information, ideas, and themes expressed in presentations |
RS 1-4 |
Teacher Observation |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| -
Listen in order to connect new information to prior knowledge or experience
|
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| 6 Weeks | Reading Comprehension | Setting
Paraphrasing |
Ř
Recognize setting as the time and place of a story
Ř Use details to infer the setting when it is not directly stated - Read text and paraphrase information in their own words - Include only the author’s ideas and opinions |
RS 2
RS 1 |
Unit 5 Skills Test
( U 5 ST) U 5 ST |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Visualizing
Context Clues |
-
Visualize the events and scenes of a story as they read
- Identify sensory details that helps them visualize Ř Use context clues to determine meaning and increase vocabulary - Decide what information is needed to understand an unfamiliar word |
RS 4
RS 1-4 |
Practice Workbook
Practice Workbook |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Word Study/Phonics
|
Complex Spelling Patterns
Suffixes
|
-
Apply knowledge of letter-sound correspondence to decode words with complex spelling patterns that make the sound /sh/.
- Apply knowledge of language structure to decode words with suffixes |
WS 1-4
WS 1-4 |
Weekly Spelling Test
Weekly Spelling Test |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Syllabication
Word Building |
-
Decode compound words and words with the VCCV pattern and divide them into syllables
Ř Decode words in which base words change pronunciation when suffixes are added |
WS 1-4
RS 1-4 |
Weekly Spelling Test
Weekly Spelling Test |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Writing/ Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics | Pronouns
|
Ř
Understand that pronouns can take the place of nouns and can show ownership
Ř Use pronouns correctly on sentences Ř Understand subject and object pronouns Ř Write sentences using subject and object pronouns Ř Understand pronouns and their referents Ř Write sentences using pronouns and their referents |
WS 1-4
WS 1-4 WS 1-4 |
U 5 ST
U 5 ST U 5 ST |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
|
Writing/ Genre and Literary Skills |
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Conjunctions Historical Fiction |
-
Understand prepositions and prepositional phrases
- Write sentences using prepositions and prepositional phrases - Understand conjunctions - Write sentences using conjunctions - Identify distinguishing features - Recognize historical setting and events |
WS 1-4
WS 1-4 RS 2 |
U 5 ST
U 5 ST Teacher Observation |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Imagery and Idioms
Fantasy/Fable |
-
Identify imagery and sensory words
- Understand the importance of imagery - Recognize the distinguishing characteristics of a fantasy - Identify the elements of fantasy in “ Chester Cricket’s Pigeon Ride” |
RS 2
RS 2 |
U 5 ST
Teacher Observation |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Writing/ Research and Study Skills |
Time Line |
- Interpret and use time lines to answer questions - Create time lines |
RS 1 |
U 5 ST |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
|
|
Schedule |
- Create schedules |
RS 1
|
U 5 ST
|
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Oral Language | Clarifying/ Supporting Ideas When Speaking
Listen to Broaden Your Vocabulary Forming and Revising Questions for Investigating Giving a Culture Talk |
-
Use audible voice and pacing appropriate to content and audience
- Initiate communication with peers, teachers, and others in the school community - Speak in order to ask probing questions Ř Listen to interpret data, facts and ideas |
WS 1-3
R/W 4 WS 1-3
|
Teacher Observation
Teacher Observation Teacher Observation Teacher Observation |
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Dramatizing, Pantomiming, or Improvising
|
Ř
Speak to present original works such as stories, poems, and plays to adult and peers
|
WS 2
|
Teacher Observation
|
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| 6 Weeks | Reading Comprehension | Theme
|
-
Identify the major theme as a statement, lesson, or generalization that is the underlying message of the story
- Identify stated or unstated themes - Look for evidence to support a theme |
RS 1
|
NYS Unit 6 Test
|
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
| Making Judgments
|
-
Make judgments by forming opinions about someone or something
- Explain ways that characters, authors, and readers make judgments - Support judgments with evidence |
RS 3
|
NYS Unit 6 Test
|
Timetable
|
Topic
|
Content
|
Skills
|
Performance Objective
|
Assessment
|
|
|
Visualizing
|
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Define visualizing as creating a picture in the mind
- Identify description, imagery, and sensory words that help to visualize |
RS 3
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NYS Unit 6 Test
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Topic
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Content
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Skills
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Performance Objective
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Assessment
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| Reading Comprehension/Vocabulary
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Synonyms
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Use synonyms as context clues to determine meaning and increase vocabulary
- Understand that meaning is conveyed through word order |
WS 1-4
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Weekly Spelling Test
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Timetable
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Topic
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Content
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Skills
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Performance Objective
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Assessment
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Writing/
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Word Building
Sentences and Sentence Punctuation |
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Decode words in which suffixes have been added to base words
· Understand sentences and sentence punctuation · Write sentences using correct punctuation |
WS 1-4
WS 1-4 |
Weekly Spelling Test
Grammar Workbook |
Timetable
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Topic
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Content
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Skills
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Performance Objective
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Assessment
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| Commas
Quotations and Quotation Marks |
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Understand the rules for comma usage
· Write sentences that show an understanding of correct comma usage · Understand the rules for using quotations and quotation marks |
WS 1-4
WS 1-4 |
Grammar Workbook
Grammar Workbook |
Timetable
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Topic
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Content
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Skills
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Performance Objective
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Assessment
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Writing/Genre and Literary Skills |
Drama |
· Write sentences with quotations and quotation marks - Recognize the distinguishing features of a drama or play - Recognize the role of characters in a play |
WS 1 |
Teacher Observation |
Timetable
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Topic
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Content
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Skills
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Performance Objective
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Assessment
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| Realistic Fiction
Expository Nonfiction |
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Identify the distinguishing features of realistic fiction
· Identify details that add realism · Identify the major characteristics of expository nonfiction · Compare communication in different forms by identifying the types of nonfiction |
WS 1
WS 1 |
Teacher Observation
Teacher Observation |
Timetable
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Topic
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Content
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Skills
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Performance Objective
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Assessment
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| Writing/
Research and Study Skills |
Textbook/
Trade Book |
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Use textbooks and trade books to locate information
· Recognize and use parts of a textbook · Draw conclusions from information gathered form textbooks and trade books |
WS 2
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Teacher Observation
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