English Language Arts
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English Language Arts
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The Reading Corner
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Dice Story Prompt
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Acronyms
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Self-generated questions for research projects
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Phrases and clauses
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Dependent/independent clause and complex sentences
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Effective narrative endings
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R controlled vowels: er, ir, ur
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R controlled vowels: ar, or
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Practice writing dialogue
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Abbreviations
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Spelling practice: Endings - doubling a consonant and dropping the letter “e”
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Spelling practice: tion/sion/cian word parts
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Brain Breaks: 3-6
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Brain Breaks: K-2
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Homophones
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Parts of speech
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Spelling practice: Y to i; adding suffixes to words
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Rhyming Game
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Determine technical word meanings
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Compare and contrast similar patterns of events in stories
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How theme develops over the course of the story
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Connect ideas with words, phrases, and clauses
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How dialogue or events reveal aspects of a character
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Writing counterclaims
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How point of view influences how events are described
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Organize informative writing
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Organize a compare and contrast essay
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How author's purpose is conveyed
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Organize a logical event sequence that unfolds naturally
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Gather information and take notes from print and digital sources
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Central idea and supporting details
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Cite evidence from informational text to support answers
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Write an objective summary of informational text
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Time and sequence in scientific texts
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Integrate information from two texts
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Draw on information from multiple sources
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Develop the topic with different kinds of support
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Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally
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Memory: CVC words
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Write a conclusion related to the opinion
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Cite evidence for support
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Summarize or paraphrase in notes and finished work
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Provide a list of sources
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Develop a narrator and/or characters
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Provide a sense of closure in your narrative
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Write narratives that include actions, thoughts, and feelings
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Describe actions, thoughts, and feelings
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Use experiences and provided sources to answer a question
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Verbal irony and puns in context
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Cite the text to draw inferences
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How setting affects characters
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Gather information from provided sources to answer questions
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Logically ordered reasons supported by facts and details
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Gather information from experiences to answer a question
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Compare and contrast adventure stories
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Story Prompts
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Compare and contrast mysteries
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Peer editing and revising
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Develop points using facts, definitions, and details
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Transitions to convey sequence and signal shifts
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Use dialogue and description to develop experiences
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Introduce a narrator and/or characters to your story
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Using precise words and phrases
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Compare and contrast similar themes in stories
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Narrator/characters in a story
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Write a clear and organized introduction
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Write a conclusion related to the information
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How setting affects the plot of a story
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Connection between series of historical events
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Introduction to connotations and denotations
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Write a conclusion
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Connection between scientific ideas/concepts
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Organize an event sequence
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Using credible sources
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Paraphrasing
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Types of irony
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Internal and external character traits
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Analyze multiple accounts of the same event/topic
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Interpret information - Diagrams
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Final l sounds (le, al , il, el)
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How visual elements contribute to the tone of a text
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Word meanings in context
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Time and sequence in technical texts
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Connection between two events
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Words that allude to Greek Mythology
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Sort notes/evidence into provided categories
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Compare and contrast 2 stories written by the same author
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Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase
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Sort into alphabetical order
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Strengthen writing by editing and revising
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Cause and effect relationships in historical texts
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Poetry, drama, and prose
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Quote the informational text
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Unknown words in informational text
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Strategies for reading unfamiliar multisyllabic words
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Understand how the author and illustrator present information
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Analyze first and secondhand accounts of historical events
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One-to-one letter-sound correspondences
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Letter Aa
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Letter Bb
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Letter Cc
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Letter Dd
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Letter Ee
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Letter Ff
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Letter Gg
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Letter Hh
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Letter Ii
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Letter Jj
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Letter Kk
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Letter Ll
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Letter Mm
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Letter Nn
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Letter Oo
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Letter Pp
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Letter Qq
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Letter Rr
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Letter Ss
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Letter Tt
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Letter Uu
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Letter Vv
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Letter Ww
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Letter Xx
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Letter Yy
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Letter Zz
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Time and sequence in historical texts
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Use information from illustrations and text
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Shades of meaning: Closely related verbs and adjectives
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Segment single-syllable words into phonemes
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Review words with inconsistent spelling-sound correspondences
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Inconsistent spelling-sound correspondences: oo, ow
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Inconsistent spelling-sound correspondences: ew, ue
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Fry sight words: day, may, called
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Fry sight words: find, more, sit
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Dolch sight words: no, now, our
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Dolch sight words: say, so, soon
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Dolch sight words: there, this, went
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Verb moods
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Use punctuation to indicate a pause or a break
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Punctuating nonrestrictive elements
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Commas and quotation marks in dialogue
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Misplaced and dangling modifiers
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Sort common objects into categories
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Shades of meaning: States of mind & degrees of certainty
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Verbals
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Inconsistent spelling-sound correspondences: ea, ie
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Silent letters: ch, lk, lm
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Citations and bibliographies (MLA)
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Avoiding plagiarism
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Fry sight words: number, people, many
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Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes
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Fry sight words: would, long, water
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Moral of a story
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Narrative plot structure
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Handwriting - Patterns
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Handwriting Numbers
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Handwriting Letters - D'Nealian Cursive
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Handwriting Letters - D'Nealian Block
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Handwriting Letters - Zaner-Bloser Writing
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Handwriting Letters - Zaner-Bloser Manuscript
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Verbs in the active and passive voice
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Citing text and speech with commas and quotation marks
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Letter generator
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Add or substitute sounds to make new words
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Function of prepositions in sentences
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Consonant blends and digraphs: cr, kn, pl, st, wr
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Separating coordinate adjectives
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Produce single-syllable words by blending sounds
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Fantasy vs. realism
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Print the letter Bb
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Dolch sight words: good, he, into
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Irregular comparative and superlative adjectives
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Internal and external character conflicts
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State an opinion about a topic
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Types of transitions
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Modal auxiliaries: will, would, shall, ought to
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Dolch sight words: came, eat, four
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Dolch sight words: ate, too
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Dolch sight words: want, who, well
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Timed Flash Cards
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Use experiences and sources to learn more about a place
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Refer to specific details to draw inferences
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Dolch sight words: like, must, new
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Compare and contrast firsthand and secondhand accounts
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Dolch sight words: ran, saw, under
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Dolch sight words: please, pretty, ride
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Write narratives detailing events
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Comparing text structures: Compare/ contrast & cause/ effect
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Comparing text structures: Chronology & Problem/ Solution
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Comma usage
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Practice with more Greek and Latin affixes and roots
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Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues
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Greek & Latin affixes/ roots as clues to the meaning of words
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Dolch sight words: black, brown, white
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Real-life connections between words and their use
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Define words by category and key attributes
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Decode multisyllabic words
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Domain-specific words/phrases: geometry and angles
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Using ellipses
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Time and sequence in technical procedures
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Structure of a Drama
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Write a conclusion for informative writing
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Narrate events in order and provide reactions
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ARMS and CUPS to revise and edit
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Frequently occurring nouns and verbs
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Print the letter Zz
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Print the letter Yy
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Print the letter Qq
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Respond to prompts with a variety of sentence types
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Revise and edit with the stronger and clearer method
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Dolch sight words: what, do, yes
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Dolch sight words: they, but, with
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Dolch sight words: that, she, on
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Dolch sight words: Out, be, have
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Print the letter Kk
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-ough and -eigh words
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Commas before coordinating conjunctions
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Consonant Blends: br, cl, gl, sp, tr
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Multiple meaning words: bark, bat, play, sink
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Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable words
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Write an opinion piece with reasons and a conclusion
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Isolate and pronounce sounds in single-syllable words
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Print the letter Ww
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Print the letter Uu
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Print the letter Tt
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Print the letter Ss
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Print the letter Rr
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Print the letter Pp
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Writing facts for informative writing
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Print the letter Nn
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Print the letter Oo
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Print the letter Vv
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Syllables in spoken words
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Analyzing story illustrations
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Structure of a poem
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Using dialogue
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Support reasons with facts and details
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Print upper- and lowercase Jj
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Dolch sight words: All, get, did
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Dolch sight words: make, two, play
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Dolch sight words: run, will, at
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Dolch Sight words: find, he, was
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Expand and rearrange simple and compound sentences
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Similarities and differences between two texts
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Determining meaning through context
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Quote the text
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Compare and contrast information from two texts
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Concrete words and phrases and sensory details
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Compare and contrast two texts on the same topic
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How images contribute to and clarify text
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Connect opinion and reasons with linking words
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Word choice and mood
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How reasons support the author's points
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Reading inflectional endings: -s and -es
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Introductory paragraph
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Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order
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Vocabulary in context
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Support claims with reasons and evidence
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Link opinion and reasons with words, phrases, and clauses
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Silent letters: gh, sw, wr, wh
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Distinguish your own point of view from the author's
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Add details to strengthen writing
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Act out verbs with shades of meaning
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Print the letter Ll
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Literal and non-literal meanings of words and phrases in context
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Write facts about a topic
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Add affixes to known words
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Spell high-frequency words with suffixes (Part 1)
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Spell high-frequency words with suffixes (Part 2)
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Use search tools to locate relevant information
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Determine the meaning of words/phrases
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Using root words as clues to the meaning of unknown words
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Informative introduction
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Cause and effect relationships in technical texts
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Distinguish between similarly spelled words
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Read third grade irregularly spelled words
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Recognize and read irregularly spelled words
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Respond to guidance and support from peers
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Compare two or more versions of the same story
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Print the letter Mm
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Interpret information - charts/graphs
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Commas to separate introductory words, phrases, & clauses
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Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs
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Distinguish shades of meaning among adjectives
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Long and short vowels for one-syllable words
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Isolate and Pronounce Sounds in CVC Words
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Introduce a topic
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Compare and contrast the experiences of characters
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Effects of rhymes and repetitions in poetry
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Rhythm of words in a story or poem
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Consonant blends and digraphs
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Spoken words represented by specific sequences of letters
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Print the letter Ii
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Inappropriate shifts in verb tense
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Real-life connections between words and their use
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Complex sentences
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Using known root words as clues to the meaning of unknown words with the same root
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Sentence-level context clues
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Decode two-syllable words with long vowels
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Decode two-syllable words
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How to pick a topic
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Generalize spelling patterns
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Recount stories with key details
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Silent Letters: gn, mb, kn, wr
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Suffixes: -ly, -ing, -ful, -ness
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Connections between two ideas
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Print the letter Hh
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Commas in greetings and closings of letters
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Acknowledge characters' different points of view
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Use frequently occurring prepositions
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Print the letter Gg
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Respond to questions and suggestions from peers
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Introduce topic, opinion, and list reasons
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Produce and expand complete sentences
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Use text features to locate information efficiently
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What is informative writing?
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How characters respond to major events and challenges
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Connections between two individuals
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Long and short vowel sounds with common spellings
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Dolch sight words: away, here, help
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Recount myths
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Dolch sight words: come, where, jump
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Simple and compound sentences
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Dolch sight words: down, not, me
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Dolch sight words: look, we, little
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Print the letter Ff
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Identify the focus of specific paragraphs
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Write a letter or letters for consonants or short vowels
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Using affixes to determine the meaning of an unknown word
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Spell frequently occurring irregular words
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Conflicting information on the same topic
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Spell words with common spelling patterns
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Letter Songs
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Spell simple words phonetically
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Spaces between words
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Thesis statements
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Form plural nouns orally with /s/ and /es/
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Engineering a bobsled
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Analyze how authors write about the same topic
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Modal auxiliaries: Can/may, might/must, could/should
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Recount fables
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Reading inflectional endings: -ing and -ed
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How illustrations contribute to what is conveyed in a story
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How to write titles of works
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Silent letters: gn, mb, kn
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Print the letter Ee
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Print the letter Dd
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Imagery
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Use illustrations to describe characters, setting, or events
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Recount stories including key details
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Summarize: Somebody, wanted, but, so, then
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Information from illustrations/pictures and from words
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Who is telling the story?
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Progressive verb tenses
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Prepositions
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Function of subordinating conjunctions
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Choose between adjectives and adverbs to modify
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Apostrophe to form frequently occurring possessives
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Using context clues
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Facts and opinions
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Hard and soft C and G
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Sorting into categories
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Synonyms & antonyms
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Text structures
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Shades of meaning among verbs and adjectives
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Summarize informational text with key details
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Common types of texts
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Interpreting a timeline
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Frequently occurring nouns
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Inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
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Print the letter Cc
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Choose comparative or superlative to modify
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Context clues
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Recognize and name letters U-Z
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Recognize and name letters O-T
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Capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names
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Recognize and name letters H-N
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Recognize and name letters A-G
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Vague pronouns
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Correlative conjunctions
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Multiple meaning words (orange, fly, duck, park)
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The roles of authors and illustrators
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Pronoun case
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Interjections
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Onomatopoeia, alliteration, and hyperbole
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Additional common vowel teams
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Parts of a book
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Text features: Headings
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Determine the meaning when a prefix is added to a word
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Write a summary including key points
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Recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced
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Compare points of view of different stories
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Function of coordinating conjunctions in sentences
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Relevant and sufficient evidence to support claims
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Articles (a, an, the)
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Synonyms and antonyms
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Use glossaries/dictionaries to check definitions
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Retell stories including key details
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Determine the number of syllables in a printed word
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Latin suffixes
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Informational text features
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Claims supported by reasons/evidence and claims that are not
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Use demonstratives
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Commas, colons, and semicolons in a series
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Perfect verb tenses
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Frequently occurring root words and their inflectional forms
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Coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
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Homographs
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Use illustrations and text to describe key ideas
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Derivational suffixes
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Text features: Glossaries
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Opposites
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Dolch sight words: in, said, for
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Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text
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Relationship between illustrations and the text
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Relationship between illustrations and the story
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Opposites of verbs and adjectives
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Relative pronouns
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Long U vowel teams: ue, ew
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Pronoun-antecedent agreement
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Cause and effect relationships in scientific texts
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Intensive pronouns
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Ask 5Ws and How when reading informational texts
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Determine the meaning of unknown words and phrases
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Practice showing not telling
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Commas in addresses
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Sort words into categories
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Reflexive pronouns
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Frequently occurring prepositions
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Comparative and superlative adverbs
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Long O vowel teams
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Interpret similes, metaphors, and personification in context
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Personification
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Practice using sensory details
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Text features: Table of contents
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Ask and answer questions about an informational text
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Understand sequencing
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Relative adverbs
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Structure of a story
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The function of pronouns in sentences
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Provide a narrative conclusion
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Author's purpose
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Review consonant digraphs (sh, th, ch, wh, ph)
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Compare and Contrast settings and events in a story
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Distinguishing between different points of view
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Idioms, adages, and proverbs
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Shades of meaning among related words
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Word connotations
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The letter Aa
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Editing and revising
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Commas in a series
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Capitalize dates and names of people
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Question words
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It's, its, you're, and your
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Tone vs. Mood
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Simple verb tenses
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Declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory sentences
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Comparative and superlative adjectives
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Word choice and tone
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Dolch sight words: to, you, it
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Past tense of irregular verbs
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Different points of view
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Engaging narrative openings
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Recount fables, folktales, and myths
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How authors use reasons and evidence to support points
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Long I vowel teams: ie, igh
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Determine the theme
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Past, present, and future verbs
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Long and short vowel sounds in single-syllable words
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Two, to, and too
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Function of nouns and verbs in sentences
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Effects of dramatic irony
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Who, what, where, when, why, and how?
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Recount folktales
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Lesson/moral of the story
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They're, there, and their
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Story plot structure
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Review simple, compound, and complex sentences
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Connection between sentences and paragraphs
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Structure and organize a narrative text
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Singular and plural nouns with matching verbs
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Possessive nouns
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Indefinite pronouns
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Possessive pronouns
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Regular and irregular verbs
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Long E vowel teams: ee, ea, ey
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Long A vowel teams: ai, ay
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Silent e
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Recognize and name end punctuation
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Adverbs
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Determine main ideas and key details
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Order of adjectives
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Understand cause and effect
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Explain the meaning of similes and metaphors in context
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First- and third- person narrations
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Compare and contrast two or more characters
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Dolch sight words: one, my, big
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Sensory words
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Personal pronouns
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Words that suggest feelings
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Identify the 5Ws and How
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Ask and answer questions about key details in a story
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Collective nouns
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Adjectives
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Subject-verb agreement
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Fry sight words: am, is, are
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Commas in dates
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Abstract nouns
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Irregular plural nouns
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Fry sight words: I, can, a
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Common prefixes
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Frequently occurring conjunctions
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Frequently occurring adjectives
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Rhyme schemes in poetry
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Nonfiction text features
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Distinguish between literal and nonliteral language
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Dolch sight words: up, go, see
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Showing not telling
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Practicing thick and thin questions
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Capitalize first word and letter I
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Apostrophe to form contractions
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Form and use possessives
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Common Greek and Latin affixes and roots
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Prepositional phrases
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Capitalize titles
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Compound words
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Thick and thin questions
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Identify the main topic and retell key ideas
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Common prefixes and suffixes
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Transition words, phrases, and clauses
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Review capitalization
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Reading left to right, top to bottom, and page to page
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Use correct capitalization
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Ask and answer questions about a story
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Main idea and key details
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Similes and metaphors
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Transition words and phrases
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Recognize and correct run-ons
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Identify story elements
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Refer to the story for answers: QAR strategy
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Recognize and correct fragments
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Writing dialogue tags
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Identify sensory details
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Use common and proper nouns
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Conclude a story
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Use temporal words to signal event order
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Rhyming words
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Six ways to start a narrative introduction
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Understand comparisons
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Features of a sentence: Capitalization
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Features of a sentence: End punctuation
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Main idea & details that support it
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Fry sight words: the, of, and
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Sentence types
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Books can tell stories or give information
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Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words
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Review all figurative language
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Determine character traits
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Making inferences
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Different types of context clues
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Save the Robot
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Verbs