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ELA: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, Language

For more information about the ELA state standards click on the following link: http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/

Reading 

This year we will be working on the Common Core State Standards. If you would like a resource to support the instruction happening in class, follow the link and sign up for free to have access to lessons. http://www.readworks.org/

These are the skills we will be focusing on:

Author's Purpose

Cause and Effect

Character

Classify and Categorize

Compare and Contrast

Drawing Conclusions

Explicit Information

Fact and Opinion

Figurative Language

Genre

Main Idea

Plot

Point of View

Predicting

Pronoun Reference

Sequence

Setting

Theme

Vocabulary in Context

Voice 

Writing

We will be using the curriculum called Units of Study. For more information on Units of Study go to http://www.unitsofstudy.com/writing-grade-by-grade/

These are the four kinds of writing we will be studying:

Opinion

Fairy Tales

Information

Narrative Writing 

Speaking and Listening 

We will be working on:

Comprehension and Collaboration

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas 

Language 

We will be working on:

Conventions of Standard English

Knowledge of Language

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use