SKILLS MAPPING

Timetable	Topic	Content	Skills	Performance Objective	Assessment
	Reading Comprehension	Sequence Author’s Viewpoint Cause and Effect Generalizing	-identify sequence as the order of events -use clue words to keep track of the order of events in fiction -recognize that the way an author looks at a subject is author’s viewpoint -identify words , phrases and details that reveal an author’s viewpoint -find effects by asking “What happened?” and find causes by asking “Why did it happen?” -identify multiple effects of a cause or multiple cause of effects -recognize generalizations as	S 1-4 S2 S1 S3	Skills test Unit 1 test Skills test Unit test 1 Skills test Unit test 1 Skills test Unit 1
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		Character	broad statements that refer to several people or things -use clue words to identify generalizations -recognize that characters are the people or animals in stories -learn about characters by analyzing what they think, say, and do and by noticing how other characters treat them	S2	Skills Test 1 Benchmark Test Units 1,2

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		Making Judgments Predicting	-identify a judgment and find evidence in the text to support the judgment -use their own experiences and information from the text to make a judgment, or form an opinion, about someone or something -use what they know and clues in the story to predict what will happen next and give a rationale for their prediction -evaluate and revise a prediction after further reading	S3 S2	Skills test Unit 2 test Skills test Unit 3 test

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		Setting Visualizing Persuasive devices Drawing Conclusions	-use detail in the story to infer setting -recognize the influence of setting on the plot, characters and mood -recognize author’s use of imagery and detail to create mental image -identify imagery and sensory details -recognize that author’s use special techniques, persuasive devices, to influence readers beliefs -distinguish between facts and ideas that appeal to reason and loaded words that appeal to emotion -draw conclusions by forming sensible decisions or opinions	S2 S2 S3 S3	Skills test Unit 2 test Benchmark test 2,4 Skills test Unit 6 test Benchmark test 6 Skills test Unit 2 test Benchmark test 2 Skills test Unit 4 test Benchmark test 4,5,6

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		Compare and Contrast Cause and Effects Summarizing Theme	On what they have read and their own experiences -locate facts and details in the reading to show that their conclusions are sensible -explain how 2 or more things are alike and different -identify clue words that help point out likeliness and difference -learn how to identify cause/effect by asking questions and using clue words -create a diagram to understand cause and effect when no clue words are given -learn how to summarize to recall, inform, or organize ideas -identify a theme, or underlying meaning or message of a story, by asking questions	S1 S1 S3 S2	Skills test Unit 3 test Skills test Unit 3 test Benchmark test 1,3,4,5,6 Skills test Unit 5 test Skills test Unit 3 test Benchmark test 3

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		Drawing Conclusions Plot	-understand that a story can have more than one theme -draw conclusions, or make thoughtful decisions, based on details in the story and personal experience -test conclusions by reexamining the evidence on which they are based -recognize that the plot , or series of major events in a story , consist of conflict, rising action, climax, and resolution (denouement) -identify the elements of plot in a reading selection	S2 S2	Skills test Unit 4 test Skills test Unit 4 test

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		Main Idea and Supporting Details Text Structure Author’s Purpose Fact and Opinion	-identify main idea and supporting details of a selection -identify the organization of a written work -recognize nonfiction is organized by some logical structure -identify author’s purpose, or reason for writing based on details in the text -recognize an author’s purpose influences the author’s style and how a reader approaches a text -understand that statements of fact can be proven true	S1 S1 S2 S1	Skills test Unit 4 test Skills test Unit 5 test Skills test Unit 4 test Skills test Unit 6 test

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		Context Clues Steps in a Process	Or false, but statements of opinion, or personal views, cannot -recognize that sometimes a statement includes both facts and opinions -use context clues, or words that come before or after an unknown word, to figure out the word’s meaning -use a dictionary to check the meaning of a word to define by context clues -recognize that a sequence of actions or steps in a process can lead to a product or goal -use clue words , etc. to keep steps in order	S 1-4 S1	Skills test Unit 5 test Skills test Unit 5 test

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		Summarizing Character Generalizing	-summarize a story by describing the most important events -keep summaries brief by focusing on main actions -learn about fictional characters by analyzing what they think, say, and do and how other characters treat them -identify character traits as permanent aspects of personality -recognize that generalizations are broad statements about many people or things that often use clue words -distinguish between valid and faulty generalizations	S2 S2 S3	Skills test Unit 5 test Skills test Unit 1 test Skills test Unit 1 test

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		Author’s Viewpoint/Bias Graphic Sources Paraphrasing	-identify an author’s viewpoint as the way an author thinks and feels about something -distinguish between balanced and biased writing -explain how graphics such as maps and graphs relate to a selection -compare information in a selection to graphics -understanding paraphrasing as restating author’s ideas in their own words -check paraphrasing by asking questions	S3 S1 S1	Skills test Unit 1 test Skills test Unit 6 test Skills test Unit 6 test

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	Vocabulary	Fact and Opinion Unfamiliar Words	-recognize that statements of fact can be proven true or false, statements of opinion or personal beliefs and judgments, cannot -understand that valid statements of opinion are supported by evidence and reasonable ideas; faulty statements of opinion are not - use context clues to figure out meanings of unfamiliar words -use knowledge of word order to confirm word meaning -use new vocabulary in assigned writing pieces	S1 S1-4	Skills test Unit 6 test Unit test 1-5
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		Antonyms Multiple-Meaning Words Synonyms	- use antonyms as context clues to figure out unfamiliar words – use knowledge of word order to confirm word meaning - use new vocabulary to talk about historical events - use context clues to choose the correct meaning of a multiple-meaning word - use new vocab. to describe a favorite house - use synonyms as context clues to understand unfamiliar words - use knowledge of word order to confirm word meaning - use new vocab. to write about a difficult situation	S1-4 S1-4 S1-4	Unit tests 1-6 Unit tests 1,3,4,5,6 Unit test 1,2,4,5,6

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	Word Study/Phonics/	Homonyms Common Word Patterns: CVCe, VCCV Vowel Digraphs Diphthongs and Digraphs Vowel Sounds with r	-draw on experiences and clues to determine the correct meaning of homonyms -use new vocab. to complete a given assignment -identify and decode words w/ the CVCe pattern and the VCCV pattern -identify and decode words with vowel digraphs ai, ay, ea, ee, ie, ei -identify and decode words with diphthongs and digraphs (au, aw, ew, ou) -identify and decode words with r controlled vowels orl, ur, ir	S1-4 S1-4 S1-4 S1-4 S1-4	Unit tests 2,6 Post tests Post tests Post tests Post tests

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		Complex Spelling Patterns Consonant sounds for c and g Silent consonants Compound Words Base Words Complex Spelling Patterns Regular Plurals Irregular Plurals	-identify complex spelling patterns to help students read words using ough -identify and decode words with hard and soft c and g -identify and decode words with silent consonants -identify and decode compound words -decode unfamiliar words by identifying base words -decode words with ou, recognizing sounds letters may represent -recognize and form regular plurals -identify and decode regular plural nouns	S1-4 S1-4 S1-4 S1-4 S1-4 S1-4 S1-4 S1-4	Post tests Post tests Post tests Post tests Post tests Post tests Post tests Post tests

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		Schwa Sound Vowels in final syllables/schwa sound Contractions Inflected Endings -ed, -ing Inflected Endings - er, est Inflected Endings One or More Consonants Word Building	-identify and decode schwa sound -decode words where the schwa sound is in the final syllable -identify and decode contractions -add the inflected ending to verbs -decode words with the inflected endings er and est -add inflected endings to verbs and adjectives that require spelling changes -identify and decode words with VCV, VCCV an -distinguish between stressed and unstressed syllables as they decode	S1-4 S1-4 S1-4 S1-4 S1-4 S1-4 S1-4 S1-4	Post tests Post tests Post tests Post tests Post tests Post tests Post tests Post tests

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		Prefixes un-, re-, in- Suffixed –ly, -ful,-ible Singular Possessives Suffixes –ate, -ive, -ship Plural possessives Vowel Digraphs ei, oa, oo, ow Diphthongs and Digraphs	-determine meanings of derivatives by applying knowledge of the meanings of base words and affixes -use structural analysis to identify base words and suffixes -identify and decode singular possessives -structural analysis to identify base words with suffixes -identify and decode possessive forms of regular/irregular plural nouns -identify and decode words with vowel digraphs -identify and decode words with diphthongs and digraphs au, ew, oi, ou	S1-4 S1-4 S1-4 S1-4 S1-4 S1-4 S1-4	Post tests Post tests Post tests Post tests Post tests Post tests Post tests

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	Writing	R Controlled Vowels Words with ci and ti Word Building Grammar	-identify and decode words with r controlled vowels -decode words with letters that don’t have sound clues and suffixes that change the pronunciation of base words -distinguish shifts of stress among related words -distinguish between sentences and fragments -form sentences from fragments -recognize that sentences begin with capital letters -identify, write and punctuate declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamatory sentences	S1-4 S1-4 S1-4 All writing standards	Post Tests Post Tests Post Tests Grammar Book

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		Narrative Writing Grammar Expository Writing Grammar Expository Writing Grammar	-write a journal entry -recognize and use correct end punctuation -write declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamatory sentences -identify and form sentences with complete subjects and predicates -write a news article -recognize and use subjects , predicates , independent and dependent clauses -write a cause and effect paper -recognize independent clauses, dependent clauses, compound and complex sentences	All writing standards All writing standards All writing standards All writing standards All writing standards All writing standards	Writing Piece Grammar Book Writing Piece Grammar Book Writing Piece Grammar Book

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		Expository Writing Grammar Narrative Writing Grammar	-use independent and dependent clauses in sentences -combine short sentences to make compound and complex sentences -write an e-mail message -form compound and complex sentences -combine simple sentences to form compound sentences -write a personal narrative -recognize and form simple and complete sentences -use simple and complete subjects in sentences -distinguish between common and proper nouns -capitalize proper nouns	All writing standards All writing standards All writing standards All writing standards	Writing Piece Grammar Book Writing Piece Grammar Book

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		Narrative writing Grammar Descriptive Writing Grammar Descriptive Writing Grammar	-write a well-written fable -identify concrete, abstract, common , proper, regular and irregular nouns -use common and proper nouns in sentences -use regular and irregular plural nouns in sentences -use personification in writing -form and use regular and irregular nouns -use and recognize possessive nouns -use supporting details -recognize how end punctuation and commas clarify sentences for readers -use end marks and commas to punctuate your sentences -recognize and use commas in sentences with nouns in a series and direct address	All writing standards All writing standards All writing standards All writing standards All writing standards All writing standards	Writing Piece Grammar Book Writing Piece Grammar Book Writing Piece Grammar Book

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		Narrative Writing Grammar Descriptive Writing Grammar	-improve sentence style using a mix of sentence structures and descriptive details -identify complete and simple subjects -form sentences with simple and complete subjects and predicates -recognize singular verbs agree with singular subjects and plural verbs agree with plural subjects -use correct singular and plural verbs in sentences -write a description using sensory language and visualization techniques -recognize complete, simple, and compound predicates in sentences	Standard 2 All writing standards All writing standards All writing standards	Writing Piece Grammar Book Writing Piece Grammar Book

	Topic	Content	Skills	Performance Objective	Assessment
		Narrative Writing Grammar Descriptive Writing Grammar	-understand and identify verbs (including action and linking ) and write sentences including these verbs -write a scene of a play -recognize that action verbs tell what a subject does -identify and use action and linking verbs correctly -understand and use verb tenses (present, past and future) -elaborate sentences effectively -relate sentences to the topic -rewrite past, present and future tense verbs into other tenses -understand and use perfect and	Standard 2 All writing standards All writing standards All writing standards	Writing Piece Grammar Book Writing Piece Grammar Book

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		Persuasive Writing Grammar Descriptive Writing Grammar	Progressive verb tense -write a persuasive essay that explains author’s viewpoint -use present and past tense of verbs correctly -form the past and present participle forms -write sentences using correct verb tenses -understand, identify and use irregular verbs correctly -write a humorous poem using expressive language, rhythm, rhyme, alliteration and sensory words -use verbs correctly with singular subjects -recognize plural subjects and verbs -recognize direct objects, indirect objects , and subject complements	Standard 1 All writing standards Standard 2 All writing standards	Writing Piece Grammar Book Writing Piece Grammar Book

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		Descriptive Writing Grammar Descriptive Writing Grammar	-use subject complements in sentences -write compare and contrast essays using details -use transition words and phrases to highlight similarities and differences -identify and write complete subjects with modified nouns -understand and identify adjectives -write a well-written analogy -identify adjectives that tell what kind, how many, and how much -use articles a, and, the in a sentence -understand and practice comparative and superlative adjectives	Standard 1 All writing standards Standard 1 All writing standards	Writing Piece Grammar Book Writing Piece Grammar Book

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		Expository Writing Grammar Descriptive Writing Grammar	-write a business letter -use , form, write, and understand comparative and superlative adjectives -write about and artist using biographical detail -recognize and use adverbs to modify verbs -use comparative and superlative adverbs correctly -understand how adjectives and adverbs can be used to improve sentences -improve sentences by using adjectives and adverbs	All writing standards All writing standards Standard 1 All writing standards	Writing Piece Grammar Book Writing Piece Grammar Book

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		Expository Writing Grammar Expository Writing Grammar	-organize ideas by subject or chronology using index cards and graphic organizers -identify adjectives that modify nouns -use adjectives to improve sentences -learn how to avoid writing sentences with misplaces modifiers -identify and correct sentences with misplaces modifiers -write a report that clearly states the purpose -understand and use singular, plural and possessive nouns and pronouns -use an apostrophe to form singular and plural possessive nouns	Standard 3 All writing standards All writing standards All writing standards	Writing Piece Grammar Book Writing Piece Grammar Book

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		Expository Writing Grammar Narrative Writing Grammar Expository Writing	-create a multimedia presentation using more than one kind of medium -recognize that pronouns can take the place of nouns and noun phrases -use pronouns and contractions -identify subject , object and possessive pronouns -use effective transitions -identify , use pronouns and their referents -identify , write prepositional phrases and prepositions -write a summary	Standard 1 All writing standards All writing standards All writing standards All writing standards	Writing Piece Grammar Book Writing Piece Grammar Book Writing Piece

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		Grammar Persuasive Writing Grammar	-distinguish between compound and complex sentences -form compound and complex sentences correctly using conjunctions correctly -write an advertisement using containing persuasive language and different advertising techniques -recognize exclamatory sentences with subjects and predicates -recognize exclamations that are not complete sentences -recognize and use interjections	All writing standards Standard 2 All writing standards	Grammar Book Writing Piece Grammar Book

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		Expository Writing Grammar Expository Writing Grammar Descriptive Writing	-write an organized research report that has an introduction, conclusion and uses multiple sources -identify and capitalize proper nouns and adjectives -write a letter using correct capitalization -write a well-written thank-you letter with examples to support the main idea -identify and write compound subjects and objects -use commas correctly -improve sentence style by including enough information and detail	Standard 1 All writing standards Standard 4 All writing standards All writing standards	Writing Piece Grammar Book Writing Piece Grammar Book Writing Piece

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		Grammar Expository Writing Grammar Persuasive Writing	-use commas correctly in compound and complex sentences -understand rules for writing quotations -organize information relating to a research question, using primary and secondary sources -capitalize and punctuate quotations correctly in sentences -form and use contractions correctly in sentences -write a book review including a brief description with the reviewer’s opinion of the book	All writing standards Standard 1 All writing standards Standard 2	Grammar Book Writing Piece Grammar Book Writing Piece

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	Oral Language	Grammar Persuasive Writing Speak and Listen Well Listen While Interviewing Plan a Speech Read Nonfiction Aloud	-use conjunctions to combine sentence parts -write sentences using conjunctions -understand usage rules for semicolons, colons, and hyphens -write an editorial -state a convincing opinion that attempts to persuade the reader to take some action -speak to present interpretations and responses to imaginative texts -listen respectively and responsively -speak to share data, facts, and ideas -read aloud, using inflection and intonation appropriate to text read and audience	All writing standards Standard 3 Standard 2 Speaking All Listening Standards Standard 1 Speaking All reading standards	Grammar Book Writing Piece ELA Format Test ELA Format Test ELA Format Test ELA Format Test

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		Listen for a Purpose Consider the Audience Read Poetry about Nature Use Appropriate Language Conventions Listen for Order/Sequence Monitor Comprehension Conduct an Interview	-identify own purpose for listening -use language and grammar appropriate to purpose for speaking -use facial expressions and gestures which enhance communication -speak to summarize the plot, describe characters, and explain the importance of setting -listen to follow instructions which provide information about a task -identify own purpose for listening -speak in order to ask questions and respond to questions for clarification	All listening standards All speaking standards All speaking standards Standard 2 Speaking Standard 1 Listening All listening standards Standard 2 Speaking	ELA Format Test ELA Format Test ELA Format Test ELA Format Test ELA Format Test ELA Format Test ELA Format Test

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		Analyze a Speaker’s Message Choral Reading Evaluate Different Views Compare Stories Across Cultures Give a Speech Give Oral Directions Listen for Text Structure Follow Directions	-speak in order to ask questions and respond to questions for clarification -identify own purpose for listening -use language and grammar appropriate for speaking -speak to recognize cultural, ethnic and historical characteristics in texts -speak to share date, facts, and ideas -speak to share data, facts, and ideas -speak to share data, fact, ideas -listen to follow instructions which provide information about a task or an assignment	Standard 2 Speaking All listening standards All speaking standards Standard 2 Speaking Standard 1 Speaking Standard 1 Speaking Standard 1 Speaking Standard 1 Listening	ELA Format Test ELA Format Test ELA Format Test ELA Format Test ELA Format Test ELA Format Test ELA Format Test ELA Format Test

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		Multimedia Presentation Listen to Analyze and Summarize Summarize and Paraphrase Evaluate a Presentation Hold Group Discussions	-listen to interpret data, facts, and ideas -listen to establish, maintain, enhance personal relationships -speak in order to share information from a variety of texts -listen to recognize the use of literary devices in presentation (rhyme, personification, simile) in presentation of imaginative text -listen in school to establish, enhance and maintain personal relationships	Standard 1 Listening Standard 4 Listening Standard 1 Speaking Standard 2 Listening Standard 4 Listening	ELA Format Test ELA Format Test ELA Format Test ELA Format Test ELA Format Test

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		Form Questions for Investigation Listen to Broaden Vocabulary Organize Information Discuss Literary Devices Analyze Persuasive Techniques	-speak in order to ask probing questions -listen for unfamiliar words and learn their meaning -listen in order to identify essential details for note taking -listen to analyze and evaluate information, ideas, and themes -listen to persuasive presentations and identify techniques such as choice of language and use of sound effects	Standard 1 Speaking ALS Standard 1 Listening Standard 3 Listening Standard 3 Listening	ELA Format Test ELA Format Test ELA Format Test ELA Format Test ELA Format Test