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Lesson Title |
Lesson/Test Content |
| 1 |
Consonants Quick Review |
Identify initial and single consonant sounds and sound-letter correspondences,
final consonant sounds and sound-letter correspondences, medial consonant
sounds and sound-letter correspondences, blends and digraphs |
| 2 |
Vowels Quick Review |
Identify short vowel sounds and sound-letter correspondences, long
vowel sounds and sound-letter correspondences; students identify vowel/consonant
patterns |
| 3 |
Verbs Quick Review |
Identify subjects and verbs and predicates; action verbs; verb tenses
(past, present, future) |
| 4 |
Plurals Quick Review |
Identify singular and plural; rules for forming plurals; words that
have another word for plural form; words that have the same word for both
singular and plural |
| 5 |
Pronunciation & Syllables |
Use phonetic clues and diacritical marks to identify word pronunciation,
divide words into syllables |
| 6 |
Sight Words |
Develop a sight vocabulary of high frequency words; definitions of
various sight words |
| 7 |
Root Words |
Root words without spelling changes, root words with spelling changes;
adding prefixes and suffixes to root words |
| 8 |
Prefixes |
Correct use of the prefixes re, un (not), dis (not), un (opposite),
mis, (opposite) etc. |
| 9 |
Suffixes |
Correct use of the suffixes er, or, less, ly, ing, able, ible, ment,
etc. |
| 10 |
Context Clues |
Select the correct meaning for unfamiliar words by using context
clues, use structural analysis to determine the meaning of unknown words |
| 11 |
Compound Words |
Definition and examples of compound word; students identify compound
words |
| 12 |
Synonyms |
Definition and examples of synonyms; using the thesaurus as a source
for finding synonyms; students practice finding a synonym for words |
| 13 |
Antonyms |
Definition and examples of antonyms; using the thesaurus as a source
for antonyms; students practice finding antonyms for words |
| 14 |
Abbreviations |
Correctly use the abbreviations Mrs., Mr., days of the week and months
or the year; states |
| 15 |
Core Subject Words |
Identify and use words from language arts, math, social studies and
science |
| 16 |
Homographs |
Definition of homographs; selecting the correct homograph in sentences |
| 17 |
Homonyms and Homophones |
Definition and examples of homonyms; students identify homonyms in
sentences, definition and examples of homophones; students identify homophones
in sentences |
| 18 |
Contractions |
Examples of forming contractions; contractions using not; pronouns
and contractions |
| 19 |
Analogies |
The definition of analogies, students practice completing analogies |
| 20 |
Multiple Meanings |
Understand multiple meanings of words, recognize the multiple meanings
of words; the importance of context clues in defining words that have multiple
meanings |
| 21 |
Main Ideas and Details |
Identify main idea and details, recognize the title as a source of
the main idea, determine the key words and topic sentence |
| 22 |
Information |
Definition and examples of charts, graphs, and diagrams; students
gain information from pictures, charts, graphs, and diagrams |
| 23 |
Alphabetization |
Alphabetize to the third letter |
| 24 |
Cause and Effect |
Definitions of cause and effect; students identify various causes
and effects by reading clues; questions that can help determine cause and
effect |
| 25 |
Fact and Opinion |
Identify facts and opinions |
| 26 |
Compare and Contrast |
Definition and examples of comparing and contrasting ideas, events,
characters, etc. |
| 27 |
Characterization |
Definition and examples of characterization and character traits;
students make an inference based on characters and character traits |
| 28 |
Classifying |
Definition of classifying, categorizing, and grouping; tips for helping
students classify various groups of items |
| 29 |
Predicting Outcomes |
Students read clues and decide what could happen next in a story |
| 30 |
Generalizations |
The process of going from a specific account to general statements |
| 31 |
Summarizing/Paraphrasing |
Definition and examples of summary; students read a story and identify
points to be included in a summary; students practice paraphrasing |
| 32 |
Drawing Conclusions |
Make an inference based on conclusions, identify information which
gives support for opinions |
| 33 |
Common Expressions |
Everyday sayings, proverbs, and idioms |
| 34 |
Five 'W' Questions |
Answer the who, what, when, where, why and how questions in a reading
selection |
| 35 |
Point of View |
Determine who is telling the story; examples of first and third person
points of view |
| 36 |
Story Elements |
Use major elements of story structure (beginning-middle-end, character,
setting, plot) to discuss literature and write a story |
| 37 |
Purpose in Writing |
Writing to describe, entertain, inform (including autobiographies
and biographies), and to persuade |
| 38 |
Fiction and Non-fiction |
Definition and examples of realistic fiction; historic fiction, and
science fiction; non-fiction |
| 39 |
Folktales and Fables |
Definition and examples of tall tales, folktales and fables; exaggeration |
| 40 |
Reality and Fantasy |
Definition of fantasy, recognizing the difference between reality
and fantasy, distinguish between real and make-believe |
| 41 |
Literary Forms |
Short stories; autobiography, biography, understand the purpose and
form of a biography; poetry, understand figurative language used in stories
and poetry |
| 42 |
Figurative Language 1 |
Metaphors, similes and personification |
| 43 |
Figurative Language 2 |
Definition and examples of hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia |