Subjects: Language Arts

  • Calendar Shapes

    Calendar Shapes

    Students will be able to identify the pattern in our morning calendar by stating what comes next for that particular day. Students will notice patterns by finding shapes that are similar to those on our calendar chart in our own classroom. Students will also be able to create their own pattern when completing their name…

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  • Using Abstraction to Summarize Text

    Using Abstraction to Summarize Text

    Students will understand the meaning of the CT term ABSTRACTION, as it relates to summarizing a short passage. They will be able to summarize the text into a short, concise statement that contains the key details of the text.

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  • How Do We Get There?

    How Do We Get There?

    The scholar will be able to recognize the algorithm used to enter the classroom whether on-time or a bit delayed. They will be able to help create the algorithm to enter the classroom in the morning in the correct order.

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  • Cats are Kinda Abstract

    Cats are Kinda Abstract

    Students can listen to others and respectfully add their thoughts. Students can identify the most important parts of an object. Students can define abstraction.

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  • La Lluvia – Sequencing Key Details

    La Lluvia – Sequencing Key Details

    Students will be able to put illustrations from a story in the correct order of events. Students will be able to retell the key details of a story in the correct order of events using the words beginning, middle and end (principio, medio, fin).

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  • Decomposing CVC Words

    Decomposing CVC Words

    Using letter-sound knowledge, students will be able to segment the letters in a CVC word into individual letter-sounds. Then, students will begin to blend sounds together to form consonant / vowel / consonant words to create a list of at least 10 CVC words.

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  • Protagonist Study

    Protagonist Study

    The teacher will review the elements of a story (character, setting, plot), focusing on characteristics of the protagonist. The class will make predictions about what they will see in the protagonists of the “everybody” books (picture books), when we are looking at race, gender and ability. They will also note the publishing date of each…

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  • Patterns in Poetry

    Patterns in Poetry

    Students will be able to recognize and explain the rhyming patterns found in poetry. They can write their own poem using a recognizable pattern.

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  • If…then…Spelling Decisions 

    If…then…Spelling Decisions 

    Students will identify when a word needs to be a plural or singular and the four main rules to make a singular word plural. Students will correctly apply the rules to singular words in If….Then…. Format.

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  • Making a Sandwich

    Making a Sandwich

    Students can write to explain the decomposed steps of making a sandwich using precise language and details.

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