8 Weeks

Time Frame Content Objectives/Skills Standards Assessments

Writing and Grammar  Students will use the correct punctuation at 1.5.3 F

Realistic Fiction Mini-lessons the end of sentences and correct capitalization Reading log

 Writing procedures throughout writing. responses

8 Weeks  Choosing a topic

 Punctuation  Students will identify types of sentences and Teacher

 Types of sentences and practice writing complete sentences. observation

Anthology Possibilities sentence structure

 The Talent Show (exclamatory,  Students will stretch words they do not know, Formal

 Ronald Morgan Goes command, statement, and use dictionaries to determine the correct assessments

to Camp questions, and spelling.

 The Stories Julian compound sentences) Performance

Tells  Stretch-A- Sentence  Students will use common and proper, tasks

 Centerfield Ballhawk  What do I do when I singular and plural nouns correctly.

can’t spell a word?

 Ramona Forever

 Re-writing the question 

 Turtle Bay When given a writing prompt phrased as a

before writing a question, students will restate the question to 1.5.3 C

 Marta’s Magnets response.

 Alejandro’s Gift begin their answer

 Nouns (singular, plural,

common and proper,  Students will use a thesaurus to expand their

Trade Books possessive nouns) 1.1.3 E

Ramona Quimby vocabulary and provide readers a more vivid

 Using a thesaurus picture within their writing.

Age 8

Reading and  Students will connect their reading to their

Read Aloud Unit Comprehension Skills 1.1.3 G

Eve Bunting Books: personal lives, other text, and the world.

 Introduction to genres

 *The Blue and the Gray  Students will develop questions about their

1.1.3 G

 *Butterfly House reading.

 Connections T-S, T-T, 1.6.3 A

 /Sunflower House T-W

 *A Day’s Work  Students will identify literary elements in 1.3.3 B

 *Fly Away Home stories…describing characters, plot and setting.

 Questioning I wonder

 *Ghost’s Hour, (Thick vs. Thin)

 Students will preview the text as well as

 Spook’s Hour 1.1.3 A, B

identify the purposes and types of text before

 *Jin Woo  Predictions reading. (done throughout the year)

 *The Memory String



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 *The Pumpkin Fair  Story Elements

 *Rudi’s Pond  Students will make and revise predictions 1.1.3 D

 *Smoky Night  Begin Reading Logs (done throughout units)

 *Someday a Tree

 *Train to Somewhere  Students will respond to their reading in 1.3.3 F

 *The Wednesday Surprise  Book Club discussions reading logs. (done throughout all units)

modeling with “fish

bowls”  Students will understand the meaning of and 1.1.3 E, F

correctly use vocabulary. (done throughout the

 Graphic organizers year)

1.3.3 F

 Students will utilize various graphic

organizers (done throughout the year)









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Time Frame Content Objectives Standards Assessments



Biographies  Students will compare and contrast heroic 1.2.3 A Book Club

Comprehension Skills acts/accomplishments of different historical observations

3 Weeks heroes.

Reading log

 Students will differentiate fact from opinion. responses

Anthology Writing and Grammar

 Water Woman Mini-lessons  Students will distinguish between important Teacher

 Singular and plural and unimportant information. observation

Trade Books possessive nouns

 What’s the Big Idea  Verbs  Students will find and write the main idea in 1.5.3 B Formal

Ben Franklin  Writing Paragraphs paragraphs. assessments

 George Washington’s  Staying on topic (comprehension

Breakfast  Revising and Editing  Students will use singular and plural 1.5.3F test and

 Booker T. Washington  Writing to Inform possessive nouns correctly. writing)

(research using a

 Let’s Play Soldier

graphic organizer and  Performance

George Washington! Students will identify action, main/helping

sticky notes) 1.5.3 F tasks

 Harriet Tubman verbs, present, past verbs

 Presentations

 Students will locate information using

appropriate sources and strategies 1.8.3 B



1.8.3 A

 Students will select a topic for research

and stay on topic



 Students will utilize the writing 1.4.3 B

process…including pre-writing, rough drafts, 1.5.3 A-G

editing and sharing, final drafts and publishing

to produce an informational report (several

paragraphs)









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 Time Frame Content Objectives Standards Assessments



Historical Fiction  Students will identify literary elements 1.3.3 B Book Club

Writing and Grammar including setting and plot. observations

5 Weeks Mini-lessons

 Students will identify character’s actions and 1.3.3 B Reading log

Anthology  Adjectives (what kind, feelings and create a character analysis using responses

Leah’s Pony how many, adjectives evidence from the story.

that compare) Teacher

Trade Books  Letter writing  Students will determine the cause of a 1.3.3 C observation

*Dandelions—Eve problem in the plot and the effect it has on

Bunting the characters. (cause and effect) Formal

Comprehension and assessments

*The Courage of Sarah Reading Skills  Students will read/listen to literature. Then 1.1.3 G

Noble the students will summarize and retell the 1.3.3 A Performance

 Story elements story in chronological (sequencing). 1.6.3 B tasks

*Dear Levi—Elvira  Character’s actions and

Woodruff feelings  Students will use visualizing through

 Cause and effect (plot) imagery similes and metaphors. 1.3.3 C

 Sequencing

 Visualizing  Students will make inferences about a story

when exact information is not given. 1.2.3 A

 Inferring

 Dialogues in different

geographic locations  Students will recognize that people use

1.7.3 B

and periods of time. different dialogues within geographic

locations and time periods.



 Students will identify adjectives of what

1.5.3 F

kind, how many, and adjectives that compare.



 Students will utilize the writing 1.4.3 B

process…including pre-writing, rough drafts,

1.5.3 A-G

editing and sharing, final drafts and

publishing to produce a letter (several

paragraphs)



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 Time Frame Content Objectives Standards Assessments

 Students will demonstrate understanding of 1.3.3 B

Fantasy author’s words (illustrate, edit, dedicate, Book Club

Writing and Grammar setting, plot, etc) observations

Mini-lessons

6 weeks  Students will stretch their writing by adding Reading log

 Words Authors use details and expanding their thoughts and 1.5.3 B,D responses

Anthology  Adding onto a piece vocabulary.

*Little Grunt and the Big  Setting a Scene Teacher

Egg  Subject and Predicate  Students will explore how different authors 1.3.3 B observation

*Armadillo from  Fictional Writing use the settings/scenes to create the mood and 1.4.3 A

Amarillo (Fantasy) atmosphere of the book and apply them in Formal

*Arthur Writes a Story their own writing. assessments

Comprehension and

Trade Books Reading skills  Students will identify subjects and predicates 1.5.3 F Performance

*Magic Tree House: within sentences (complete, simple, and tasks

Midnight on the Moon  Compare and contrast compound).

*The Chocolate Touch genres

 1.4.3 A

 Visualizing Students will utilize the writing

Read Aloud process…including pre-writing, rough drafts, 1.5.3 A-G

 Personification

Jeremy Thatcher Dragon  Inferring editing and sharing, final drafts and

Hatcher  Drawing Conclusions publishing to produce a fantasy story

(several paragraphs)



 Students will compare and contrast the 1.2.3 A

fantasy genre with other genres 1.3.3 A



 Students will use visualizing through

1.3.3 C

imagery, similes, and metaphors and

alliterations



 Students will identify personifications within

1.3.3 C

a fantasy story.



 Students will make inferences and 1.3.3 A

conclusions when reading

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 Time Frame Content Objectives Standards Assessments



Non-Fiction Reading and  Students will distinguish between important 1.2.3 A Book Club

Comprehension skills and unimportant information within observations

nonfiction text.

4 Weeks  Unimportant vs. Reading log

important  Students will differentiate fact from opinion 1.2.3 A responses

Anthology  Fact vs. opinion

*If You Made a Million  Sequencing  Students will retell and summarize major Teacher

*Yippee Yay  Summarizing events in chronological order (sequencing) 1.1.3 G observation

*Mapping the World  Conventions of

*Wild Shots nonfiction print  Students will preview the text and identify Formal

*A Place of Their Own headlines, graphics, captions, tables, and 1.1.3 B, D assessments

Writing and Grammar other conventions of nonfiction print.

Trade Books Mini-lessons Performance

Balto and the Great Race  Students will produce a persuasive writing tasks

 Persuasive writing and defend their opinions with facts and 1.4.3 C

Newspapers  Defending an opinion evidence from reading sources.

Time For Kids with facts and evidence

Television  Synonyms and  Students will recognize synonyms and

antonyms. 1.1.3 E

antonyms

 Multiple meaning

words  Students will compare multiple meaning

1.1.3 E

words.









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 Time Frame Content Objective Standards Assessments



Mysteries Writing and Grammar  Students will use conjunctions properly 1.5.3 F Book Club

Mini-lessons within their writing. observations



6 weeks  Conjunctions  Students will use commas properly within Reading log

 Commas their writing. responses

Anthology  Pronouns

*The Last Case of the I.C.  Mystery writing  Students will identify pronouns and use them Teacher

Detective Agency properly in their writing. observation



Trade Books Comprehension and  Students will create a mystery story and Formal

Top Secret Reading Skills exchange with their peers to solve. Follow 1.4.3 A assessments

the writing process. 1.5.3 A-G

 Revisit skills from Performance

throughout the year tasks









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Time Frame Content Objective Standards Assessments



Patricia Polacco Comprehension and  Students will identify adverbs and use them 1.5.3 F Book Club

Author Unit Reading Skills properly in their writing (place, time, manner, observations

degree).

 Revisit skills from Reading log

4 weeks throughout the year responses



*Thundercake Writing and Grammar Teacher

*Thank you Mr. Falker Mini-lessons observation

*The Keeping Quilt

*Chicken Sunday  Adverbs Formal

assessments



Performance

tasks









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