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| Phonics
: Students will apply their knowledge of letter/sound relationships and word structure to decode unfamiliar words. |
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Identify letters and their corresponding sounds |
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Identify digraphs, such as ch, ph, sh, th, and wh
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Identify diphthongs, such as oy, ow, ay
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Decode words in grade-level texts |
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Use phonics to decode words
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Break compound words, contractions, and inflectional endings into known parts
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Identify and apply vowel patterns to read words, such as CVC, CVCE, CVVC
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Read blends fluently, such as spl, str
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| Fluency *
: Students will read orally with accuracy and expression at a rate that sounds like speech. |
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Read orally from familiar text at an appropriate rate |
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Listen to models of fluent reading
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Read familiar text at a rate that is conversational and consistent
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Reread text multiple times to increase familiarity with words
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Read grade-level text accurately |
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Reread and self-correct while reading
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Decode words automatically
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Use word context clues (meaning), sentence structure (syntax), and visual clues to guide self-correction
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Read sight words automatically
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Read grade-level text with expression |
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Demonstrate appropriate use of phrasing when reading both familiar and unfamiliar text
- Use punctuation marks to guide expression
- Use intonation (emphasis on certain words) to convey meaning
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| Vocabulary
: Students will use a variety of strategies and opportunities to understand word meaning and to increase vocabulary. |
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Develop and apply vocabulary through exposure to a variety of texts |
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Acquire new vocabulary through listening to and independently reading a variety of literary and informational texts
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Discuss words and word meanings daily as they are encountered in texts, instruction, and conversation
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Make connections to prior knowledge and new vocabulary by listening, reading, and responding to a variety of texts
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Make inferences about the meaning of a word based on its use in a sentence
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Identify simple multiple meaning words
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Learn 8-12 new words each week (independent reading)
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Develop a conceptual understanding of new words |
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Classify and categorize words into sets and groups, such as animals, adult/baby
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Identify and explain common antonyms, synonyms, and homophones to increase vocabulary skills
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Identify and correctly use new words acquired through study of their relationship to other words
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Understand, acquire, and use new vocabulary |
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Determine the meaning of unknown words
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- Use text features
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Use unfamiliar words introduced in literary and informational texts
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Use word structure to determine meanings of words
- Prefixes
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- Root/base words
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Use resources to determine meaning of unknown words
- Dictionaries
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- Thesauruses
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| General Reading Comprehension
: Students will use a variety of strategies to understand what they read (construct meaning). |
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Develop comprehension skills through exposure to a variety of print and non-print texts, including traditional print and electronic texts |
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Listen to, read, and discuss texts representing diversity in content, culture, authorship, and perspective, including areas, such as race, gender, disability, religion, and socio-economic background
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Self-select appropriate text for a variety of purposes
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** Read a minimum of 25-30 self-selected and/or assigned books representing various genres
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Discuss reactions to and ideas/information gained from reading experiences with adults and peers in both formal and informal situations
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Use strategies to prepare for reading (before reading) |
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Make and explain the connections made from prior knowledge and experiences with the text
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Make predictions or ask questions about the text by examining the title, cover, illustrations/photographs/text, and familiar author or topic
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Set a purpose for reading and identify type of text (fiction or nonfiction)
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Use strategies to make meaning from text (during reading) |
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Recall and discuss what they understand
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Identify and question what did not make sense
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Reread difficult parts slowly and carefully and use own words to restate difficult parts
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Read on, revisit, and restate the difficult parts in your own words
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Make, confirm, or adjust predictions
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Ask and answer questions about the text
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Periodically summarize while reading
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Visualize what was read
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Look back through the text to search for connections between and among ideas
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Explain personal connections to the topics, events, characters, and actions in texts
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Use strategies to demonstrate understanding of the text (after reading) |
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Review/restate and explain what the text is mainly about
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Identify and explain what is directly stated in the text (details, literal meaning)
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Identify and explain what is not stated in the text (implied or inferential meaning)
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Summarize the text orally
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Confirm, refute, or make predictions to form new ideas
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Connect the text to prior knowledge or personal experience
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Engage in conversation to understand what has been read
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Retell explicit and implicit main ideas of texts
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Answer questions (what if, why, and how) in writing
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