Foundational Skills

• Know and apply phonics and decoding skills

• Know the meaning of the most common prefixes and suffixes

• Decode words with common Latin suffixes

• Read irregularly spelled words (words that don’t follow the rules)

• Read with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension

Reading Informational Text

• Determine main ideas and supporting  details

• Ask and answer questions and make inferences; cite text evidence

• Make connections within a text and between texts, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect

• Explain the point of view of the author

• Identifies and uses text features to aid comprehension

• Determine the meaning of words and phrases

• Use text features to gain understanding from the text

• Compare and contrast  two texts on the same topic

• Acquire and use grade level conversational, academic, and content vocabulary

• Read and comprehend informational text independently and proficiently

Reading Literature

• Determine the message, lesson or moral; cite text evidence

• Ask and answer questions and make inferences; cite text evidence

• Describe characters and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events

• Explain the point of view of the author

• Refer to specific text structures when writing or speaking about a text (chapter, scene, stanza) and describe how each part builds upon earlier sections

• Determine the meaning of words and phrases

• Explain how  illustrations  create mood and emphasize aspects of a character or setting

• Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters

• Acquire and use grade level conversational, academic, and content vocabulary

• Read and comprehend informational text independently and proficiently

Writing

• Write for different purposes and audiences

• Write clear and focused text to define a perspective

• Demonstrate a  command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling

• Strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing

• Use digital tools to produce and publish writing

• Cite text evidence to support responses to literature and informational text

• Participate in individual or shared research and writing projects

Speaking and Listening

• Engage in a range of collaborative discussions

• Determine the main ideas and supporting details  from a text read aloud for information presented

• Ask questions to understand or clarify what a speaker says, offering appropriate detail

• Report on a topic, tell a story, or recount an experience, with adequate volume, pacing, and pronunciation

• Add visual displays to presentations

• Use conventions of standard English when speaking