Key

Reporting

Category

M

Organize and share information, stories, experiences, ideas, and feelings with others.

D

Respond creatively to reading selections (e.g., dramatizations, speeches, and drawings).

M

Model active listening.

M

Observe rules of public conversation.

M

Deliver an oral presentation using information from any content area and utilizing visual aids.

M

Ask and answer questions to and from teachers and classmates.

D

Use a variety of nonverbal communication techniques.

M

Read using appropriate pronunciation, expression, rate, pitch, and stress.

M

Read fluently from a variety of texts.

M

Participate in guided reading.

M

Read for a variety of purposes (e.g., information gathering, enjoyment, and fluency).

M

Adjust speed based on the purpose for reading.

M

Listen to a variety of readings, poetry, and music in order to develop sound awareness.

A

T

Analyze the effects of sound (e.g., onomatopoeia, alliteration, accent, rhyme, and repetition).

Alliteration worksheet

onomatopoeia powerpoint

literary terms

D

Analyze patterns of rhyme and rhythm.

D

Utilize reference sources and personal experience to build background knowledge.

M

Continue to use previously learned strategies to front load text.

A

T

Derive information from the following text features: timelines, graphs, headings and subheadings.

A

MG

Make predictions about the outcome of a given passage.

Predictions Lesson Plan

D

Relate text to prior personal experiences or opinions, historical knowledge, and current events as well as previously read print and nonprint texts.

A

MG

Formulate clarifying questions for use before, during, or after reading.

Questions lesson

Questioning Toolkit

M

Adjust predictions as new information is acquired.

M

Continue to predict outcomes, state reasonable generalizations, and draw conclusions.

D

Use self-monitoring strategies while reading.

D

Read between the lines.

I

Create mental pictures from abstract information.

A

MG

Draw inferences from selected passages.

D

Verify or modify pre-reading purpose as appropriate.

M

Continue to interact with text (e.g., mark the text, use post-it notes).

D

Maintain a personal reading list or reading log/journal.  

M

Indicate the sequence of events.

A

MG

Identify the main idea/central element in a reading selection.

Main idea PowerPoint

M

Select details that support the main idea/central element.

A

C

Identify the author’s purpose for writing and the reader’s purpose for reading.

Author’s purpose PowerPoint

A

C

Determine the common characteristics of short stories, novels, poetry, drama, and nonfiction.

D

Discuss similarities and differences in events and characters from different reading selections.

D

Find support within the reading selection for question responses, ideas, and opinions.

A

MG

Analyze cause and effect relationships in a given passage.

Cause and effect chain

A

MG

Distinguish between fact and opinion within context.

Fact or opinion Jeopardy

D

Apply comprehension skills and strategies to content area reading.

I

Summarize and paraphrase selected passages/film clips for discussion and/or for written assignments/presentations.

D

Make inferences about printed matter and other media.

A

V

Recognize and use grade appropriate and/or content specific vocabulary within context.

The Dictionary Game

A

V

Replace unknown words in context with appropriate synonyms and/or antonyms.

Synonym quiz

Antonym challenge

M

Incorporate grade appropriate synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and multiple meaning words into reading vocabulary and writing.

M

Define significant words to be encountered in the reading.

D

Expand knowledge of root words, prefixes, and suffixes.

A

V

Decode unknown grade level words in context, using previously learned strategies, such as analysis of affixes, as aids in determining meaning.

Decoding lesson

D

Build vocabulary by reading from a wide variety of selections and literary types.

A

V

Determine the meaning of unknown words and/or multiple meaning words through the use of context clues.

Context clues explanation and activity

D

Determine the meanings of unknown grade level words using context clues, dictionaries, electronic sources, glossaries, and other resources.

M

Foster word consciousness (word play, word walls, new and unusual words).

M

Use memory devices (rhymes, cartoons) to acquire new words.

A

V

Select the correct word or phrase to complete an analogy.

Analogy lesson

Analogy quiz

I

Include word histories and meaning change as part of vocabulary study.

I

Discover ways by which a language gets new words.

A

V

Identify words that serve as clues to reveal time periods and cultures.

List of foreign words and phrases with definitions

A

V

Identify commonly used foreign phrases (e.g., bon voyage; mi casa es su casa, bon jour, hasta la vista).

phrase and definitions

A

T

Identify similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperbole within context.

Simile and metaphor online quiz

Simile and metaphor PowerPoint

Personification lesson plans and resources

Hyperbole explanation and activity

D

Recognize implied themes.

A

C

Distinguish between poetry and prose and between biography and autobiography.

Poetry PowerPoint

Prose information

D

Identify the elements found in the exposition (i.e., introduction of characters, setting, and conflict) of fiction.

A

C

Identify at least two ways by which an author reveals character traits in a given passage.

Characterization Dear Abby Activity

D

Explain the rising action, climax, and falling action of a plot.

A

T

Identify examples of sound devices (e.g., rhyme, alliteration, slant rhyme, repetition, and internal rhyme).

List of Definitions

D

Identify words and phrases used by authors to create mood to establish a tone.

D

Compare and contrast elements of plot between or among stories.

A

C

Identify plot elements in the proper place on a graphic organizer.

Entire Plot Lesson

I

Identify how point of view (i.e., first person or third person, limited and omniscient) shapes the plot of the story or the perspective of the characters and audience.

I

Explore the differences among nonfiction materials (e.g., letters, memoirs, diaries, journals, autobiographies, biographies, and educational, informational and technical texts).

A

C

Identify symbolism, flashback, and foreshadowing, within context.

Definition Sheet

Gift of the Magi lesson plan

A

T

Rank a given set of resources according to reliability.

D

Visit print rich environments (libraries, book fairs).

I

Use personal criteria to select reading material.

D

Use parts of text effectively for learning (title page, preface, and table of contents).

A

T

Locate information using key words and headings.

key words activity

D

Recognize and use appropriate reference sources in various formats (encyclopedias, card/electronic catalogs, and internet).

D

Use media (internet, CD-ROM) to view, read, and represent information.

D

Use a variety of reference sources (e.g., biographical sketches, letters, diaries, encyclopedia, and periodicals).

A

C

Recognize first person point of view.

Point of View Unit/Activity

D

Distinguish between primary and secondary sources.

M

Use word-referenced materials (dictionary, thesaurus).

D

Retrieve, organize, represent, and analyze information to demonstrate knowledge acquired.

D

Develop and use notes.

D

Analyze the impact of various forms of media on daily life.

A

T

Identify examples of propaganda techniques (i.e., bandwagon).

Propaganda Power point

Propaganda worksheet

D

Recognize implied themes.