Topic
A. Phonemic Awareness

Indicator
1. Discriminate sounds and words

a. Identify initial, medial, and final sounds in one-syllable words

b. Compare one-syllable words using initial, medial, and final sounds

c. Categorize words as same or different by medial sounds

Indicator
2. Discriminate and produce rhyming words and alliteration

Objectives

a. Produce sentences with rhyming and alliteration

Indicator
3.Blend sounds and syllables to form words

Objectives

a. Blend 3-4 phonemes into a word, such as f-a-s-t=fast

Indicator
4. Segment and manipulate sounds in spoken words

Objectives

a. Segment words into syllables

b.Segment one-syllable words into phonemes

c. Delete sounds to form new words

d. Identify the initial sound in a word

e. Add sounds to form new words

f. Substitute sounds to form new words

Topic
B. Phonics

Indicator
1. Identify letters and corresponding sounds

Objective

a. Produce letter/sound correspondences rapidly (1 per second)

b. Combine sounds to form letter combinations, such as pl-, bl-, tr-, -nt

Indicator
2.Decode words in grade-level texts

Objectives

a. Recognize and apply short vowels, long vowels, and "y" as a vowel

b. Decode words with letter combinations, such as consonant digraphs, blends, and special vowel patterns

c. Read one-syllable words fluently (CVC, CVCE)

d. Use known word/part to decode unknown words, such as car->card

Topic
C. Fluency

Indicator
1. Read orally from familiar text at an appropriate rate

Objective

a. Listen to models of fluent reading

b. Read familiar text at a rate that is conversational and consistent

c. Reread text multiple times to increase familiarity with words

Indicator
2. Read grade-level text accurately

Objectives

a. Reread and self-correct while reading

b. Use word context clues (meaning), sentence structure (syntax), and visual clues to guide self-correction

c. Read sight words automatically, such as have, said, where, two

Indicator
3. Read grade-level text with expression

Objectives

a. Demonstrate appropriate use of phrasing when reading familiar text

• Use end punctuation, commas, and quotation marks to guide expression
• Use intonation (emphasis on certain words) to convey meaning

Topic
D. Vocabulary

Indicator
1. Develop and apply vocabulary through exposure to a variety of texts

Objectives

a. Acquire new vocabulary through listening to and reading a variety of grade-appropriate text daily

b. Discuss words and word meanings daily as they are encountered in texts, instruction, and conversation

c. Ask questions to clarify meaning about objects and words related to topics dis

d. Listen to and identify the meaning of new vocabulary in multiple contexts

e. Connect unfamiliar words from texts, instruction and conversation to prior knowledge to enhance meaning

f. Learn 5-8 new words every week (independent reading)

Indicator
2. Develop a conceptual understanding of new words

Objectives

a. Sort grade-appropriate words with or without pictures into categories

b. Identify antonyms and synonyms

c. Identify and use correctly new words acquired through study of their relationship to other words

Indicator
3. Understand, acquire, and use new vocabulary

Objectives

a. Determine meaning of words using their context

• Reread
• Use context clues
• Examine illustrations

b. Use unfamiliar words introduced in literary and informational texts

c. Use word structure to determine meaning of words

• Contractions
• Inflectional endings
• Compound words
• Root/base words

d. Use resources to determine meaning of unknown words

• Picture dictionaries
• Charts
• Diagrams
• Post
• Content texts

Antonyms, Synonyms and Homonyms

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Topic
E. General Reading Comprehension

Indicator
1. Develop comprehension skills through exposure to a variety of texts

Objectives

a. Listen to, read, and discuss text representing diversity in content, culture, authorship, and perspective, including areas, such as race, gender, disability, religion, and socio-economic background

b. Self-select appropriate text for a variety of purposes

c. Read a minimum of 25 books representing various genres

d. Discuss ideas/information gained from reading experiences with adults and peers

Indicator
2. Use strategies to prepare for reading (before reading)

Objectives

a.Make connections to the text using their prior knowledge and experiences with the text

b. Make predictions or ask questions about the text by examining the title, cover, illustrations/photographs/text, and familiar author or topic

c. Set a purpose for reading and identify type of text (fiction or nonfiction)

Indicator
3. Use strategies to make meaning from text (during reading)

Objectives

a Recall and discuss what they understand

b. Identify and question what did not make sense

c. Reread difficult parts slowly and carefully and use own words to restate difficult parts

d. Make, confirm, or adjust pred
e. Connect events, characters, and actions in stories to specific life experiences

e. Look back through the text to search for connections between topics, events, characters, and actions in stories to specific life experiences

Indicator
4. Use strategies to demonstrate understanding of the text (after reading)

Objectives

a. Describe what the text is about

b. Describe what is directly stated in the text (details, literal meaning)

c. Engage in conversation to understand what has been read

d. Answer simple questions (who, what, when, where, and how) in writing

e. Respond to text by drawing, speaking, dramatizing, or writing

f. Retell the main idea of texts t

Topic
A. Comprehension of Informational Text

Indicator
1.Develop comprehension skills by reading a variety of self-selected and assigned informational texts

Objectives

a. Listen to nonfiction materials

• Textbooks
• Trade books
• Grade-appropriate reference materials
• Newspapers
• Articles
• Magazines
• Questionnaires/interviews
• Multimedia resources

b. Read and recognize functional documents

• Sets of directions
• Science investigations
• Posters
• Flyers
• Forms
• Invitations
• Menus
• Maps
• Recipes
• Rules
• Classroom schedules

c. Select and read personal interest materials, such as brochures, books, magazines, and web sites

Indicator
2. Identify and use text features to facilitate understanding of informational texts

Objectives

a. Identify print features

• Large bold print
• Font size/type
• Colored print
• Headings and chapter titles
• Labels
• Captions
• Numbered steps

b .Use graphic aids

• Illustrations
• Pictures
• Photographs
• Drawings
• Maps
• Graphs
• Charts/tables
• Diagrams
• Materials list

c. Use informational aids

• Materials lists
• Captions
• Glossed words
• Labels
• Numbered steps

d. Use organizational aids when reading

• Title
• Table of contents
• Numbered steps
• Transition words

Indicator
3. Develop knowledge of organizational structure of informational text to understand what is read

Objectives

a. Distinguish between fiction and nonfiction text

b. Recognize words that signal the structure of informational text

c. Recognize sequential order

d. Recognize cause/effect relationships

e. Recognize similarities and differences

f. Recognize main idea

Indicator
4. Determine important ideas and messages in informational texts

Objectives

a. Identify the text's purpose

b. Identify main ideas/messages

c. Retell important facts from a text

d. Retell important facts from a text

e. Identify how someone might use the text

f. Identify prior knowledge that clarifies the main idea of the text

Indicator
5. Evaluate informational text

Objectives

a. Recognize specific punctuation that create tone

Indicator
6. Read critically to evaluate informational text

Objectives

a. State whether the text fulfills the reading purpose

b. Tell what the author could have done to make the text easier to understand

c. Explain whether the author's ideas are clear

d. Identify words that affect the reader's feelings

Topic
A. Comprehension of Literary Text

Indicator
1. Develop comprehension skills by reading a variety of self-selected and assigned literary texts

Objectives

a. Listen to, read, and discuss a variety of literary texts representing diverse cultures, perspectives, and ethnicities

b. Listen to, read, and discuss a variety of different types of fictional literary texts, such as plays, poems, stories (folktales, fairy tales, fantasy, fables, realistic fiction, and historical fiction)

Indicator
2. Use text features to facilitate understanding of literary texts

Objectives

a. Identify and explain how the title contributes to meaning

b. Identify and explain how text features, such as illustrations, punctuation, and print features, contribute to meaning

Indicator
3. Use elements of narrative texts to facilitate understanding

Objectives

a. Identify the elements of a story, including characters, setting, problem, and solution

b. Identify and explain character traits and actions

c. Sequence the important events

Indicator
4. Use elements of poetry to facilitate understanding

Objectives

a. Identify rhyme, rhythm, and repetition in poems read to them

b. Summarize the events or tell the meaning of the poem

Indicator
5. Use elements of drama to facilitate understanding

Objectives

a. Identify the characters, dialogue, and scenery of a play read to them

Indicator
6. Determine important ideas and messages in literary texts

Objectives

a. Recognize the main idea

b. Recognize a similar message in more than one text

c. Summarize the text by stating the main idea and sequencing the important events

d. Identify personal connections to the text

Indicator
7. Identify and describe the author's use of language

Objectives

a. Identify language that appeals to the senses and feelings

b. Identify repetition

c. Identify specific words and punctuation that create tone

Topic
A. Writing

Indicator
1. Compose texts using the prewriting and drafting strategies of effective writers and speakers

Topic
A. Grammar

Indicator
1. Use grammar concepts and skills that strengthen oral and written language

Objectives

a. Use various parts of speech, such as nouns, pronouns, and verbs

b. Distinguish between complete and incomplete sentences

c. Compose simple sentences using correct word order

Topic
B. Usage

Indicator
1. Recognize examples of conventional usage in personal and academic reading

Indicator
2. Comprehend and apply standard English in oral and written language

Objectives

a. Recognize when subjects and verbs agree

b. Recognize when personal nouns and pronouns agree

Topic
C. Mechanics

Indicator
1. Explain the purpose of mechanics to make and clarify meaning

Indicator
2. Comprehend and use basic punctuation and capitalization in written language

Objectives

a. Consistently use end punctuation such as period, question mark, exclamation mark

b. Use periods in numbered lists

c. Use commas in dates and salutations and closings

d. Use capital letters to begin sentences and identify proper nouns, such as names

Topic
D. Spelling

Indicator
1. Apply conventional spelling in written language

Objectives

a. Correctly spell several non-phonetic high frequency words

b. Spell phonetically regular high frequency words

c. Correctly spell grade level appropriate pattern words

d. Spell two syllable words that follow regular spelling patterns, including compound words

e. Encode words with simple blends

f. Spell words with simple prefixes and inflectional endings

g. Use temporary spelling to attempt unknown words

h. Access resources to spell unknown words, such as labeled objects, word walls, charts, pictionaries

Topic
E. Handwriting

Indicator
1. Produce writing that is legible to the audience

Objectives

a. Form upper and lower case manuscript letters

b. Control size and spacing of manuscript letters on appropriately lined paper

c. Use manuscript in daily assignments to build accuracy and automaticity

Topic
A. Listening

Indicator
1. Demonstrate active listening strategies

Objectives

a. Attend to the speaker

b. Respond appropriately to clarify and understand

Indicator
2. Comprehend and analyze what is heard

Objectives

a. Determine a speaker's general purpose

b. Identify rhythms and patterns of language, including rhyme and repetition

c. Demonstrate an understanding of what is heard by retelling, asking questions, and relating prior knowledge

d. Follow a set of multi-step directions

e. Listen carefully to expand and enrich vocabulary

f. Make judgments based on information from the speaker

Topic
A. Speaking

Indicator
1.Use organization and delivery strategies

Objectives

a. Speak clearly enough to be heard and understood in a variety of settings

b. Use verbal and non-verbal techniques useful in communication, such as volume and/or gestures

Indicator
2. Make oral presentations

Objectives

a. Speak in a variety of situations to inform and/or relate experiences, including retelling stories

b. State a position and support it with reasons

c. Use props when appropriate