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iOpeners

Correlated to

Alabama English/Language Arts Standards

Grades 3-5

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Pearson Learning Group iOpeners: Science and Social Studies

correlated to Alabama English Language Arts

Grade 3-5

Grade 3

Reading

Apply advanced phonetic analysis to multiple-syllable words, including consonants, short vowels, blends, long vowel markers, and r-controlled vowels.

Teacher can use reading passages to instruct this standard.

SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; .SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica

Demonstrate reading vocabulary knowledge of compound words.

Teacher can establish knowledge of compound words when introducing new vocabulary: SCIENCE: All About the Body: Introduce Vocabulary element in Teaching Plan; Astronauts Take Flight: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15, 16-19; At the Root of It: 3-8, 9-13, 14-19; It's All in the Soil: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15; It's a Mammal!: 3-9, 10-13, 14-19; Look Up: 3-7, 8-11, 12-14; The Mystery of Magnets: 3-7, 8-11; Playground Science: 3-6, 7-9, 10-14; Robots: 3-5, 11-13, 14-18, 19-22; Water Wise: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15, 20-24; Days to Remember: 2-6, 7-9, 10-12, 13-16; Encyclopedia of World Sports: Introduce Vocabulary element of Teaching Plan; Island Life: 3-5, 6-9, 10-13, 14-17, 18-24; Make It, Wear It: 3-6, 7-12, 13-16; New Languages, New Friends: 3-9, 10-13, 14-17, 18-


22; People on the Move: 2-6, 7-11, 12-16; They Changed the World: 2-8, 9-12, 13-17, 22-24; Travel Smart: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15; A Year in Antarctica: 3-5, 6-9, 10-12, 13-17, 18-24

• Using structural analysis to develop meaning

Introduce the Nonfiction Genre, Preview and Predict, Guide the Reading;


• Drawing semantic maps Introduce the Nonfiction Genre, Preview and Predict, Guide the Reading;


• Recognizing new synonyms and antonyms

Teacher can help students identify new synonyms and antonyms through new vocabulary that is introduced through Vocabulary element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: All About the Body: Introduce Vocabulary element in Teaching Plan; Astronauts Take Flight: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15, 16-19; At the Root of It: 3-8, 9-13, 14-19; It's All in the Soil: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15; It's a Mammal!: 3-9, 10-13, 14-19; Look Up: 3-7, 8-11, 12-14; The Mystery of Magnets: 3-7, 8-11; Playground Science: 3-6, 7-9, 10-14; Robots: 3-5, 11-13, 14-18, 19-22; Water Wise: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15, 20-24; Days to Remember: 2-6, 7-9, 10-12, 13-16; Encyclopedia of World Sports: Introduce Vocabulary element of Teaching Plan; Island Life: 3-5, 6-9, 10-13, 14-17, 18-24; Make It, Wear It: 3-6, 7-12, 13-16; New


Languages, New Friends: 3-9, 10-13, 14-17, 18-22; People on the Move: 2-6, 7-11, 12-16; They Changed the World: 2-8, 9-12, 13-17, 22-24; Travel Smart: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15; A Year in Antarctica: 3-5, 6-9, 10-12, 13-17, 18-24

• Spelling correctly compound words, phonetically regular words, contractions, and possessives, including using dictionary to check spelling

Students apply standard through Writing element of Teaching Plan:


Use a wide range of strategies, including using context clues and predicting outcomes, to comprehend third-grade recreational reading materials in a variety of genres.

SCIENCE and SOCIAL STUDIES: Information is provided throughout the texts that will aide teacher instruction and address standard of context clues and predicting outcomes through Preview and Predict, Reread the Book, and Comprehension elements of Teaching Plan.

• Reading fluently 110-120 words per minute

Teacher can determine through students ability through Comprehension and Guide the Reading element of Teaching Plan:


• Identifying literary elements and devices

Focus on Nonfiction Features element of Teaching Plan:



• Determining sequence of events SCIENCE: All About the Body: Using the Book element of Teaching Plan; Astronauts Take Flight: 3-7, 20-24; At the Root of It: 9-13; It's All in the Soil: 3-7, 12-15; It's a Mammal!: 2-3, 14-19, Comprehension element; Look Up: 3-7, 12-14; The Mystery of Magnets: 3-15, Comprehension element; Playground Science: 7-9, 10-14; Robots: 14-18, 19-22; Water Wise: Introduce the Nonfiction Genre and Comprehension elements; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes: 8-11; Days to Remember: 13-16; Encyclopedia of World Sports: Using the Book element; Island Life: Focus Attention element for pages 3-5; Make It, Wear It: 3-6; New Languages, New Friends: 14-17, Introduce the Nonfiction Genre element; People on the Move: 2-6, 12-16; They Changed the World: 2-8, 9-12; Travel Smart: 3-7, 12-15; A Year in Antarctica: 6-9, 18-24, Comprehension element

• Distinguishing fiction from nonfiction

Program is nonfiction with emphasis on different genres presented in each lesson.

• Using sentence structure to assist in comprehension

Comprehension and Guide the Reading element of Teaching Plan:


• Drawing conclusions to determine authors’ intent

SCIENCE: At the Root of It: Reread the Book element; It's a Mammal!: 22; Look Up: 8-11, 12-14, Comprehension element; Robots: 19-22; Water Wise: 3-7; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes: 3; Days to Remember: 10-12; Island Life: 14-17, 18-24; New Languages, New Friends: 19; They Changed the World: 22-24; Travel Smart: 12-15


• Using self-monitoring for text understanding, including rereading and adjusting rate and speed of reading

SCIENCE and SOCIAL STUDIES: Information is provided throughout the texts that will aide teacher instruction and address standard of rereading and text understanding through Reread the Book and Comprehension elements of Teaching Plan

• Using vocabulary knowledge to construct meaning

SCIENCE: Focus on Nonfiction Features and: All About the Body: Introduce Vocabulary element in Teaching Plan; Astronauts Take Flight: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15, 16-19; At the Root of It: 3-8, 9-13, 14-19; It's All in the Soil: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15; It's a Mammal!: 3-9, 10-13, 14-19; Look Up: 3-7, 8-11, 12-14; The Mystery of Magnets: 3-7, 8-11; Playground Science: 3-6, 7-9, 10-14; Robots: 3-5, 11-13, 14-18, 19-22; Water Wise: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15; SOCIAL STUDIES: Focus on Nonfiction Features and: All About Bikes: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15, 20-24; Days to Remember: 2-6, 7-9, 10-12, 13-16; Encyclopedia of World Sports: Introduce Vocabulary element of Teaching Plan; Island Life: 3-5, 6-9, 10-13, 14-17, 18-24; Make It, Wear It: 3-6, 7-12, 13-16; New Languages, New Friends: 3-9, 10-13, 14-17, 18-22; People on the Move: 2-6, 7-11, 12-16; They Changed the World: 2-8, 9-12, 13-17, 22-24; Travel Smart: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15; A Year in Antarctica: 3-5, 6-9, 10-12, 13-17, 18-24

• Relating main ideas to prior knowledge and specific life experiences

Activate or Build Background element of Teaching Plan:



• Previewing and predicting to anticipate content

Preview and Predict element of Teaching Plan:


• Utilizing text features to gain meaning

Focus on Nonfiction Features of Teaching Plan:


• Using prior knowledge and experience Activate or Build Background element of Teaching Plan:


Use a wide range of strategies and skills, including retelling information, using context clues, and making inferences to identify main idea, to comprehend third-grade informational and functional reading materials.

SCIENCE and SOCIAL STUDIES: Information is provided throughout the texts that will aide teacher instruction and address standard of retelling, checking context clues, making inferences, and comprehension through Preview and Predict, Reread the Book, and Comprehension elements of Teaching Plan


• Using sentence structure to assist in comprehension

Comprehension and Guide the Reading element of Teaching Plan:


• Distinguishing main idea from details

SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight: 8-11; At the Root of It: 3-8, 9-13; It's All in the Soil: 8-9; Look Up: 12-14; The Mystery of Magnets: 22-23; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember: 2-6, 7-9; Encyclopedia of World Sports: Using the Book element; Island Life: 8, 18-24; New Languages, New Friends: 3-9, 10-13, 18-22; People on the Move: 7-11; A Year in Antarctica: 10-12

• Summarizing passages to demonstrate understanding

Guide the Reading and Comprehension element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica

• Utilizing text features to gain meaning

Focus on Nonfiction Features of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica


• Using vocabulary knowledge to enhance comprehension

SCIENCE: Focus on Nonfiction Features and: All About the Body: Introduce Vocabulary element in Teaching Plan; Astronauts Take Flight: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15, 16-19; At the Root of It: 3-8, 9-13, 14-19; It's All in the Soil: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15; It's a Mammal!: 3-9, 10-13, 14-19; Look Up: 3-7, 8-11, 12-14; The Mystery of Magnets: 3-7, 8-11; Playground Science: 3-6, 7-9, 10-14; Robots: 3-5, 11-13, 14-18, 19-22; Water Wise: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15; SOCIAL STUDIES: Focus on Nonfiction Features and: All About Bikes: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15, 20-24; Days to Remember: 2-6, 7-9, 10-12, 13-16; Encyclopedia of World Sports: Introduce Vocabulary element of Teaching Plan; Island Life: 3-5, 6-9, 10-13, 14-17, 18-24; Make It, Wear It: 3-6, 7-12, 13-16; New Languages, New Friends: 3-9, 10-13, 14-17, 18-22; People on the Move: 2-6, 7-11, 12-16; They Changed the World: 2-8, 9-12, 13-17, 22-24; Travel Smart: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15; A Year in Antarctica: 3-5, 6-9, 10-12, 13-17, 18-24

• Using self-monitoring for text understanding

Teacher determines student ability to self-monitor through Comprehension and Guide the Reading element of Teaching Plan:


• Following simple written directions Teacher determines student ability to follow simple written directions through Writing, Science and Social Studies elements of Teaching Plan:

SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; .SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life;


Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica

• Ordering by importance or chronology Texts in program can be used as a foundation to build upon standard.

Literature

Compare poetry, folktales, and fables in respect to their genre characteristics.

Although iOpeners does not include opportunities to compare poetry, folktales, and fables, students do compare genres through Introduce the Nonfiction Genre, and Cross Text Reading elements of the Teaching Plan.

Recognize linguistic and cultural similarities and differences in multicultural literature.

Teacher can establish student ability to recognize linguistic and cultural similarities and differences in multicultural literature by using the iOpeners texts as a foundation through the Introduce the Nonfiction Genre and Cross Text Reading element of the Teaching Plan.

Compare fictional characters and events to real-life experiences.

iOpeners are nonfiction texts that can be used to compare people and events to real-life experiences.

Use text features to guide interpretation of expository texts, including italics, headings, maps, and charts.

Introduce the Nonfiction Genre and Nonfiction Text Features of Teaching Plan:


• Interpreting the author’s purpose or intent in a given text

SCIENCE: At the Root of It: Reread the Book element; It's a Mammal!: 22; Look Up: 8-11, 12-14, Comprehension element; Robots: 19-22; Water Wise: 3-7; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes: 3; Days to Remember: 10-12; Island Life: 14-17, 18-24; New Languages, New Friends: 19; They Changed the World: 22-24; Travel Smart: 12-15


Writing and Language

Compose narrative texts using an introductory paragraph, specific time frames, clear sequencing of events, and a conclusion.

Established through Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; .SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica

• Determining purpose and audience prior to writing

Teacher helps students determine purpose through Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica

• Demonstrating clarity and organization in a composition

Instruction is given in Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica

• Composing descriptive texts using sensory details and vivid language

Teacher can instruct students to use sensory details and vivid language through writing assignments in Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica


• Composing expository texts using appropriate sequencing of ideas or steps in a process

Established through Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica

• Using complete sentences, varied sentence structure, and appropriate transition words in a composition

Teacher can instruct students to use complete sentences, varied sentence structure and appropriate transition words through Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica

• Demonstrating the process of prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing


• Using graphic organizers during prewriting

Graphic Organizer element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica


• Using figurative language to enhance written text

Teacher can encourage students to use figurative language to enhance text through Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica

• Utilizing precise vocabulary in written presentations

Teacher can demonstrate how to use new vocabulary given in each lesson when working on writing assignments from Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica

• Demonstrating correct spelling in final written text

Teacher can assess students ability to use correct spelling in final drafts from Writing element of Teacher’s Plan: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica

• Responding in writing to open-ended questions

Teacher can use the Guide the Reading element in the Teaching Plan as a foundation for responding in writing to open-ended questions.

• Utilizing bullets to organize major details and ideas to support a topic

Teacher can encourage students to utilize bullets for major details through Writing element of Teacher’s Plan: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The


Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica

• Demonstrating the ability to write legibly in cursive

Instruction given by teacher to use cursive when working on writing assignments to meet standard through Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica

Apply mechanics in writing, including capitalization of proper nouns and titles of people and appropriate end marks, abbreviations, and commas with dates.

Teacher can instruct and asses students use of mechanics through Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica

• Identifying friendly letter parts and related punctuation marks

Teacher can use the texts as a foundation and instruct and demonstrate identifying friendly letter parts and related punctuation marks in the Science, Social Studies, and Writing element of Teaching Plan.

• Using apostrophes with contractions and possessives

Teacher can demonstrate and evaluate proper use of apostrophes through Writing Element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica


• Underlining or italicizing book titles

Instruction can be given my teacher to use underlining and italics when students work on Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica

• Using commas to separate items in a series, in a physical address, and before the conjunction in a compound sentence

Teacher can instruct students to use commas when assigning writing assignments from Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica

Recognize nouns, verbs, pronouns, conjunctions, and adjectives in written texts.

Teacher can encourage recognition of nouns, verbs, pronouns, conjunctions, and adjectives through the various elements of Teaching Plan: Introduce the Nonfiction Genre, Introduce Vocabulary, Guide the Reading, Reread the Book, and Comprehension

• Demonstrating use of nouns, verbs, pronouns, conjunctions, adjectives, and verb tenses in writing

Instruction can be given by teacher to have students demonstrate use of nouns, verbs, pronouns, conjunctions, adjectives, and verb tenses in writing when working on writing assignments given in Writing elements of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica


• Demonstrating use of subject-verb agreement in writing

Teacher can encourage and evaluate student use of subject-verb agreement for Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica

• Demonstrating use of forms of adjectives in writing

Teacher can assess student ability to demonstrate forms of adjectives through assignments given in Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica


Research and Inquiry

Demonstrate retrieval skills needed to research a topic.

Comprehension element in conjunction with Writing element: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica

• Formulating questions based on a topic

Established through Science and Social Studies elements of Teaching Plan.

• Using appropriate reference materials

Instruction given in Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica

• Evaluating relevant information gained through research


• Recognizing text features, including italics, captions, sidebars, photographs, and illustrations

Nonfiction Text Features and Focus on Nonfiction Features elements of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica


Oral and Visual Communication

Demonstrate the ability to follow multi-step oral directions.

Directions are given throughout the program the various elements of Teaching Plan through Science/Social Studies, Comprehension, and Writing: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica

Demonstrate eye contact, articulation, and appropriate voice intonation with oral narrative presentations.

Teacher can encourage and demonstrate eye contact, articulation, and appropriate intonation when instructing students through the various elements of the Teacher’s Guide: Introduce the Nonfiction Genre, Introduce Vocabulary, Reread the Book, Comprehension, and Writing.

• Using dramatizations with oral descriptive presentations

Teacher demonstrates through Science/Social Studies elements of Teaching Plan and have student put into practice through Writing element: SCIENCE: Astronauts Take Flight; At the Root of It; It's All in the Soil; It's a Mammal!; Look Up; The Mystery of Magnets; Playground Science; Robots; Water Wise; SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Bikes; Days to Remember; Island Life; Make It, Wear It; New Languages, New Friends; People on the Move; They Changed the World; Travel Smart; A Year in Antarctica

• Using figurative language to enhance oral communication

Standard is modeled by teacher when instructing students to follow elements of Teaching Plan: Introduce the Nonfiction Genre, Activate or Build Background, Guide the Reading, Focus on Nonfiction Features, Reread the Book, Science/Social Studies, Comprehension and Writing

• Utilizing precise vocabulary in oral presentations

Teacher can encourage use of new vocabulary given in each lesson in conjunction with Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Focus on Nonfiction Features and: All About


the Body: Introduce Vocabulary element in Teaching Plan; Astronauts Take Flight: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15, 16-19; At the Root of It: 3-8, 9-13, 14-19; It's All in the Soil: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15; It's a Mammal!: 3-9, 10-13, 14-19; Look Up: 3-7, 8-11, 12-14; The Mystery of Magnets: 3-7, 8-11; Playground Science: 3-6, 7-9, 10-14; Robots: 3-5, 11-13, 14-18, 19-22; Water Wise: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15; SOCIAL STUDIES: Focus on Nonfiction Features and: All About Bikes: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15, 20-24; Days to Remember: 2-6, 7-9, 10-12, 13-16; Encyclopedia of World Sports: Introduce Vocabulary element of Teaching Plan; Island Life: 3-5, 6-9, 10-13, 14-17, 18-24; Make It, Wear It: 3-6, 7-12, 13-16; New Languages, New Friends: 3-9, 10-13, 14-17, 18-22; People on the Move: 2-6, 7-11, 12-16; They Changed the World: 2-8, 9-12, 13-17, 22-24; Travel Smart: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15; A Year in Antarctica: 3-5, 6-9, 10-12, 13-17, 18-24


Grade 4

Reading

Demonstrate word recognition skills, including structural analysis.

Teacher can use reading passages to instruct this standard.

SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!

• Producing common word parts Same as Above (SAB)

• Reading multisyllable words SAB

• Reading compound words, contractions, possessives, and inflectional endings

SAB

Demonstrate reading vocabulary knowledge, including recognition of a variety of synonyms and antonyms.

Teacher can assess students ability to recognize synonyms and antonyms through Introduce Vocabulary element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15, 16-22; Building Bridges: 3-5, 10-15, 20-23; Charting Your Course: 3-8, 9-13, 14-19, 20-24; Coral Reefs: 4-7, 12-19; Fossil Seekers: 4-13, 14-21, 22-30; A Guide to Rocks and Mineral: Introduce Vocabulary element of Teaching Plan; Hurricane: 2-6, 7-11, 12-16, 17-20, 21-24; Seeing Is Not Believing: 4-9, 10-15, 16-19, 20-30; Skeletons Inside and Out: 4-10, 17-19, 20-24, 25-30; Volcanoes: 3-6, 7-11, 12-15, 20-24; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants: 3-9, 10-17, 18-24; Dancing Around the World: 3-7, 8-11, 12-17, 18-22; Dictionary of Geographical Terms: Introduce Vocabulary element of Teaching Plan; Find Out About It!: 3-7, 8-13, 14-17, 18-22; In the Mountains: 4-6, 7-10, 11-25, 26-32; National


Parks: 4-9, 10-17, 18-22, 26-32; Olympic Champions: 4-9, 10-17, 18-21, 22-25, 26-32; Save Our Earth: 4-11, 12-17, 18-21, 22-25, 26-30; Taste of America: 3-10, 11-14, 24-31; Try It!: 4-11, 12-16, 17-22, 23-27

• Using context clues ESL/ELL Strategy for all texts and: SCIENCE: Volcanoes: 16-19; SOCIAL STUDIES: In the Mountains: 4

• Reading multiple-meaning words Teacher can use reading passages to instruct this standard.

SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!

• Increasing number of sight words SAB

Use a wide range of strategies, including distinguishing fiction from nonfiction and making inferences, to comprehend fourth-grade recreational reading materials in a variety of genres.

All texts are nonfiction with various genres introduced throughout program. Ability to make inferences is found in Guide the Reading element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15; Building Bridges:10-15; Charting Your Course: 3-8, 20-24; Coral Reefs: 4-7; Fossil Seekers: 14-21, 22-30; Hurricane: 7-11, 17-20, 21-24; Seeing Is Not Believing: 10-15; Volcanoes: 3-6, 16-19; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants: 3-9, 10-17, 18-24; Dancing Around the World: 8-11, 12-17; Dictionary of Geographical Terms: Using the Book element; Find Out About It!:14-17; In the Mountains: 7-10; National Parks: 22-25; Olympic Champions: 4-9, 18-21, 26-32; Save Our Earth: 4-11, 18-21, 22-25; Taste of America: 3-10, 15-18, 19-23; Try it!: 4-11, 17-22, 28-32

• Skimming passages to get significance of passage

Teacher can instruct students to skim passages to get significant passages.


• Summarizing passages to restate information

Students can summarize passages through Guide the Reading element of Teaching Plan.

• Comparing and contrasting to extend meaning

SCIENCE and SOCIAL STUDIES: Information is provided throughout the texts that will aide teacher instruction and address standard for compare and contrast elements in multiple texts to extend meaning through Curriculum Support, Cross-Text Reading, and Focus Attention elements of Teaching Plan

• Using knowledge of sentence structure and context to enhance comprehension

Teacher can evaluate student knowledge through Comprehension element in Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions: Graphic Organizer; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!




• Using vocabulary knowledge to enhance comprehension

Introduce Vocabulary element in conjunction with Comprehension element: SCIENCE: Bird Watching: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15, 16-22; Building Bridges: 3-5, 10-15, 20-23; Charting Your Course: 3-8, 9-13, 14-19, 20-24; Coral Reefs: 4-7, 12-19; Fossil Seekers: 4-13, 14-21, 22-30; A Guide to Rocks and Mineral: Introduce Vocabulary element of Teaching Plan; Hurricane: 2-6, 7-11, 12-16, 17-20, 21-24; Seeing Is Not Believing: 4-9, 10-15, 16-19, 20-30; Skeletons Inside and Out: 4-10, 17-19, 20-24, 25-30; Volcanoes: 3-6, 7-11, 12-15, 20-24; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants: 3-9, 10-17, 18-24; Dancing Around the World: 3-7, 8-11, 12-17, 18-22; Dictionary of Geographical Terms: Introduce Vocabulary element of Teaching Plan; Find Out About It!: 3-7, 8-13, 14-17, 18-22; In the Mountains: 4-6, 7-10, 11-25, 26-32; National Parks: 4-9, 10-17, 18-22, 26-32; Olympic Champions: 4-9, 10-17, 18-21, 22-25, 26-32; Save Our Earth: 4-11, 12-17, 18-21, 22-25, 26-30; Taste of America: 3-10, 11-14, 24-31; Try It!: 4-11, 12-16, 17-22, 23-27

• Reading fluently with expression and attention to punctuation

Teacher uses texts in iOpeners to expand on standard.

• Drawing conclusions to determine content not directly stated

SCIENCE: Bird Watching: 3-7, 12-15; Building Bridges: 3-5; Charting Your Course: 13; Fossil Seekers: 4-13; Hurricane: 2-6, 12-16, 17-20, Comprehension element of Teaching Plan; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants: 10-17; Dancing Around the World: 8-11; Find Out About It: 3-7, 14-17; National Parks: 26-32

• Asking and answering questions Standard is found throughout texts through elements of Teaching Plan: Preview and Predict, Activate or Build Background, Focus Attention, Guide the Reading, Focus on Nonfiction Features, Reread the Book, Science/Social Studies, Comprehension, Writing, and Graphic Organizer


• Relating events, ideas, and characters to prior knowledge and specific life experiences

Activate or Build Background element in Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!

Identify literary elements and devices, including characters, important details, and similes, in recreational reading materials and details in informational reading materials.

All texts in program are nonfiction with a variety of genres that are taught in each lesson. Important details and nonfiction features are expanded upon in Guide the Reading, Focus on Nonfiction Features, and Comprehension elements of Teaching Plan

• Identifying main idea SCIENCE: Bird Watching: 8-11, 12-15, 16-22; Building Bridges: 3-5, 20-23; Coral Reefs: 4-7; Seeing Is Not Believing: 4-9, 16-19; Skeletons Inside and Out: 17-19, 20-24, 25-30; Volcanoes: 3-6, 20-24; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants: 18-24; Find Out About It!: 8-13; In the Mountains: 4-6, 11-18, 26-32; Olympic Champions: 4-9, 22-25; Save Our Earth: 26-30; Taste of America: 15-18

• Identifying author’s purpose SCIENCE: Charting Your Course: 20-24; Coral Reefs: 26-32; Hurricane: 12-16; Seeing Is Not Believing: 20-30, Comprehension element of Teaching Plan; SOCIAL STUDIES: Dancing Around the World: 18-22; Find Out About It!: 18-22; In the Mountains: 26-32; National Parks: 18-21; Save Our Earth: 26-30; Try it!: 4-11, 28-32

Use a wide range of strategies and skills, including using sentence structure, locating information, and distinguishing fact from fiction, to comprehend fourth-grade informational and functional reading materials.

All texts provided in program are nonfiction with various genres. Teacher can enhance student ability to use sentence structure and locate information elements of Teaching Plan: Comprehension and Writing.


• Determining sequence of events in informational and functional text

SCIENCE: Coral Reefs: 4-7; Fossil Seekers: 22-30; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals: Using the Book element of Teaching Plan; Hurricane: 2-6; Seeing Is Not Believing: 4-9; Skeletons Inside and Out: 25-30; Volcanoes: 3-6; SOCIAL STUDIES: Olympic Champions: 4-9, 18-21, Comprehension element of Teaching Plan; Taste of America: 19-23; Try it!: 23-27

• Distinguishing fact from opinion in informational text

SOCIAL STUDIES: Save Our Earth: 12-17, 22-25, Comprehension element of Teaching Plan

• Summarizing passages to demonstrate understanding

SCIENCE: Bird Watching: 16-22; Building Bridges: 6-9, 20-23; Coral Reefs: 26-27; Fossil Seekers: 22-30; Hurricane: 21-24; Seeing Is Not Believing: 16-19; Volcanoes: 7-11, 20-24; SOCIAL STUDIES: Dancing Around the World: 3-7; In the Mountains: 11-18; National Parks: 22-25; Save Our Earth: 18-21; Taste of America: 24-31; Try it!: 17-22


SCIENCE: Charting Your Course: 9-13; Coral Reefs: 12-19; Fossil Seekers: 4-13; A Seeing Is Not Believing: 20-30; Skeletons Inside and Out: 4-10, 17-19, 25-30, Comprehension element of Teaching Plan; Volcanoes: 7-11; SOCIAL STUDIES: Dictionary of Geographical Terms: Using the Book element of Teaching Plan; Find Out About It!: 8-13; In the Mountains: 4-6, 11-18; National Parks: 10-17; Olympic Champions: 10-17, 26-32; Taste of America: 11-14, 24-31; Try it!: 23-27




• Using text features to gain meaning Nonfiction Text Features and Focus on Nonfiction Features elements of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!

• Previewing to anticipate content Preview and Predict element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!

• Using note-taking skills, including highlighting and outlining

Students will use note-taking skills, including highlighting and outlining when working on assignments through Science, Social Studies, and Writing elements of Teaching Plan.

• Detecting obvious bias in informational text

SOCIAL STUDIES: In the Mountains: 26-32; Save Our Earth: 26-30

• Recognizing persuasive techniques in informational text

SCIENCE: Charting Your Course: 14-19; SOCIAL STUDIES: Save Our Earth: Introduce the Nonfiction Genre element of Teaching Plan, 12-17; Try it!: 12-16, Comprehension element of Teaching Plan.

Literature

Compare the genre characteristics of tall tales, fantasy, myths, and legends, including multicultural literature.

All texts provided in program are nonfiction that offers opportunities throughout lessons to compare genre characteristics.


Compare story elements and the experiences and feelings of literary characters to students’ lives.

Activate or Build Background element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!

• Describing how events, settings, and characterization encountered in written text influence the thinking of the reader

Guide the Reading, Focus Attention, Reread the Book, and Comprehension elements of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!

• Identifying author’s craft and technique for relaying intended message

SCIENCE: Charting Your Course: 20-24; Coral Reefs: 26-32; Hurricane: 12-16; Seeing Is Not Believing: 20-30, Comprehension element of Teaching Plan; SOCIAL STUDIES: Dancing Around the World: 18-22; Find Out About It!: 18-22; In the Mountains: 26-32; National Parks: 18-21; Save Our Earth: 26-30; Try it!: 4-11, 28-32


Compose descriptive texts using an introductory paragraph, sensory details, vivid language, and a conclusion.

Composing descriptive texts presented in Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World;


Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!


Teacher assists students in determining purpose and audience for writing assignments in Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!


Clarity and organization can be demonstrated by teacher to meet standard through Writing and Graphic Organizer elements of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes.; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!


• Composing expository texts using a main idea with three supporting details

Encouraged by teacher through Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!

• Composing narrative texts using a definite time frame, selected tone, and a clear sequence of events

Teacher can demonstrate to students how to use definite time frame, selected tone, and clear sequence of events through Writing element of Teaching Plan and: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions: Graphic Organizer; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!.

• Writing complex sentences to vary sentence structure

Teacher can encourage complex writing strategies through Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions: Graphic Organizer; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!


• Correcting sentence fragments and run-on sentences in writing

Teacher can evaluate student ability to correct when revising writing assignments done through Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions: Graphic Organizer; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!

• Demonstrating the process of prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing

Established through Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions: Graphic Organizer; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!


• Demonstrating usage of graphic organizers during prewriting

Graphic Organizer in conjunction with Writing element of Teaching Plan meets standard: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!

• Spelling correctly in final written texts

Teacher can demonstrate spelling correctly through revising process in Writing element of Teaching Guide: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!

• Bulleting major ideas during prewriting

Teacher can encourage students to use bullets to highlight major ideas in Writing element of Teaching Guide: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!


• Utilizing figurative language to enhance written communication

Standard is modeled by teacher when instructing students to follow elements of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!

Respond in writing to open-ended questions. Teacher can use the Guide the Reading element in the Teaching Plan as a foundation for responding in writing to open-ended questions.

• Utilizing bullets to organize major details and ideas to support a topic

Teacher can encourage students to utilize bullets for major details and ideas to support a topic through Writing element of Teacher’s Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!

Apply mechanics in writing, including capitalization of business and friendly letter parts and envelope addresses and use of punctuation, including apostrophe with contractions; underlining or italicizing of book titles; and commas to separate items in a series and in a physical address.

Students use mechanics of writing and teacher can expand upon standard in the assignments given through Science, Social Studies, and Writing elements of Teaching Plan.

• Capitalizing proper adjectives and the first word in direct quotations

Teacher can demonstrate to students capitalizing proper adjectives and the first word in direct quotations through Writing element of Teacher’s Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not


Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!

• Applying correct punctuation in a direct quotation, including quotation marks, commas, and end marks

Teacher can determine students ability to apply correct punctuation through assignments done in Writing element of Teacher’s Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!

• Using commas correctly in a compound sentence

Teacher can instruct students to use commas when assigning writing assignments from Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!

• Using apostrophes with possessives Teacher can instruct students to use apostrophes with possessives when assigning writing assignments from Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World;


Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!.

• Writing sentences without the use of double negatives

Teacher can demonstrate how to write sentences without the use of double negatives through Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!

Demonstrate knowledge of subject-verb agreement with simple subjects and correct usage of regular and irregular verb forms.

Teacher can assess students ability to demonstrate knowledge of subject-verb agreement with simple subjects and correct usage of regular and irregular verb forms through completed assignments done through Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!


• Differentiating among helping, linking, and action verbs

Teacher can assist student knowledge of standard of differentiating among verbs through Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!

• Demonstrating correct use of nouns, pronouns, conjunctions, adjectives, and adverbs

Teacher can encourage correct use of nouns, verbs, pronouns, conjunctions, adjectives, and adverbs through the various elements of Teaching Plan: Introduce the Nonfiction Genre, Introduce Vocabulary, Guide the Reading, Reread the Book, and Comprehension


Organize information on a specific topic obtained from grade-appropriate reference materials.

Various prompts throughout Teaching Plan given to teacher to encourage organization for writing assignments through Science/Social Studies, Writing, and Graphic Organizer elements

• Formulating research questions Teacher can encourage formulation of research questions through research phase of writing assignments given in Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!


• Using paraphrasing to convey ideas from resources

Teacher can determine paraphrasing through completed drafts done through Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!

• Using note-taking skills to gather information

Established in research phase of writing assignments done through Science/Social Studies and Writing elements of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!


Demonstrate eye contact, articulation, and appropriate voice intonation with descriptive presentations.

Teacher can encourage and demonstrate eye contact, articulation, and appropriate intonation when instructing students through the various elements of the Teaching Plan: Introduce the Nonfiction Genre, Introduce Vocabulary, Reread the Book, Comprehension, and Writing


• Using demonstrations with oral expository presentations

Teacher demonstrates through Science/Social Studies elements of Teaching Plan and have student put into practice through Writing element: SCIENCE: Bird Watching; Building Bridges; Charting Your Course; Coral Reefs; Fossil Seekers; A Guide to Rocks and Minerals; Hurricane; Seeing Is Not Believing; Skeletons Inside and Out; Volcanoes; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants; Dancing Around the World; Dictionary of Geographical Terms; Find Out About It!; In the Mountains; National Parks; Olympic Champions; Save Our Earth; Taste of America; Try it!

• Using figurative language to enhance oral communication


• Utilizing precise vocabulary in oral presentations

Teacher can encourage use of new vocabulary given in each lesson in conjunction with Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Bird Watching: 3-7, 8-11, 12-15, 16-22; Building Bridges: 3-5, 10-15, 20-23; Charting Your Course: 3-8, 9-13, 14-19, 20-24; Coral Reefs: 4-7, 12-19; Fossil Seekers: 4-13, 14-21, 22-30; A Guide to Rocks and Mineral: Introduce Vocabulary element of Teaching Plan; Hurricane: 2-6, 7-11, 12-16, 17-20, 21-24; Seeing Is Not Believing: 4-9, 10-15, 16-19, 20-30; Skeletons Inside and Out: 4-10, 17-19, 20-24, 25-30; Volcanoes: 3-6, 7-11, 12-15, 20-24; SOCIAL STUDIES: Crossing Borders: Stories of Immigrants: 3-9, 10-17, 18-24; Dancing Around the World: 3-7, 8-11, 12-17, 18-22; Dictionary of Geographical Terms: Introduce Vocabulary element of Teaching Plan; Find Out About It!: 3-7, 8-13, 14-17, 18-22; In the Mountains: 4-6, 7-10, 11-25, 26-32; National Parks: 4-9, 10-17, 18-22, 26-32; Olympic Champions: 4-9, 10-17, 18-21, 22-25, 26-32; Save Our Earth: 4-11, 12-17, 18-21, 22-25, 26-30; Taste of America: 3-10, 11-14, 24-31; Try It!: 4-11, 12-16, 17-22, 23-27


Identify strategies of a skillful listener, including attending to the listening task and assigning meaning to the message.

Teacher can determine student ability to be a skillful listener through the various elements of the Teaching Plan: Introduce the Nonfiction Genre, Introduce Vocabulary, Reread the Book, Comprehension, and Writing.

Grade 5

Reading

Demonstrate reading vocabulary knowledge, including recognition of multiple-meaning words.

Teacher can assist student knowledge of recognizing multiple-meaning words through new vocabulary that is introduced in each lesson: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel: 4-7, 16-21; Demolition: 4-7, 8-15, 16-21, 26-31; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy: Introduce Vocabulary element; First-Aid Handbook: 4-7, 8-11, 21-27; Light and Shade: 3-7, 8-13, 14-19, 20-25; Living Through a Natural Disaster: 3-8, 9-15, 16-20, 29-32; Survival: Animal Adaptations: 4-8, 9-12, 13-16, 17-23; Turn It Down!: 4-7, 12-18, 26-32; What Time Is It?: 4-13, 14-17, 18-25, 26-32; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway: 4-7, 8-14, 15-21, 28-32; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment: 4-10, 11-17, 25-32; Crafts and Games Around the World: 4-9, 10-15, 26-32; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes: 4-9, 10-17, 26-30; Flags: 4-7, 8-12, 13-19, 20-26; 40 Famous Women: Introduce Vocabulary element; Four Great Cities: Then and Now: 4-11, 12-17, 24-31; Going Solo: 3-5, 6-11, 12-17, 24-31; Living History: 3-7, 12-17, 18-23, 24-32; What is a Government?:3-9, 10-15, 16-21, 26-32; Write It Down!: 4-8, 9-13, 20-23

• Identifying word “chunks” or parts Teacher can use reading passages to instruct this standard. SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway;


SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!

• Recognizing inflected endings SAB

• Identifying possessives and contractions

Teacher can demonstrate to students how to identify possessives and contractions through new vocabulary that is presented with each lesson: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel: 4-7, 16-21; Demolition: 4-7, 8-15, 16-21, 26-31; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy: Introduce Vocabulary element; First-Aid Handbook: 4-7, 8-11, 21-27; Light and Shade: 3-7, 8-13, 14-19, 20-25; Living Through a Natural Disaster: 3-8, 9-15, 16-20, 29-32; Survival: Animal Adaptations: 4-8, 9-12, 13-16, 17-23; Turn It Down!: 4-7, 12-18, 26-32; What Time Is It?: 4-13, 14-17, 18-25, 26-32; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway: 4-7, 8-14, 15-21, 28-32; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment: 4-10, 11-17, 25-32; Crafts and Games Around the World: 4-9, 10-15, 26-32; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes: 4-9, 10-17, 26-30; Flags: 4-7, 8-12, 13-19, 20-26; 40 Famous Women: Introduce Vocabulary element; Four Great Cities: Then and Now: 4-11, 12-17, 24-31; Going Solo: 3-5, 6-11, 12-17, 24-31; Living History: 3-7, 12-17, 18-23, 24-32; What is a Government?:3-9, 10-15, 16-21, 26-32; Write It Down!: 4-8, 9-13, 20-23

Use a range of strategies, including drawing conclusions such as opinions about characters based on their actions and summarizing passages, to comprehend fifth-grade recreational reading materials in a variety of genres.

Presented through Guide the Reading, Reread the Book, Comprehension, and Graphic Organizer element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL


STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!

• Determining sequence of events in recreational reading materials

SCIENCE: Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; Light and Shade; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; 40 Famous Women; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?


SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!

• Distinguishing fiction and nonfiction

All texts in program are nonfiction with a variety of genres.

• Using sentence structure and context to determine meaning

Teacher can evaluate student knowledge through Comprehension element in Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!


• Using prior knowledge and experience to interpret meaning

Activate or Build Background element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!

• Skimming passages to obtain primary message

Teacher can instruct students to skim passages to obtain primary message.

• Inferring motive of characters iOpeners texts are nonfiction, however, teacher can use text as a foundation to instruct students on inferring motive of people in texts to fulfill on standard.

Recognize the use and effect of literary elements and devices, including setting, character traits, stated purpose, metaphors, and simple symbolism to gain information from various text formats, including tables and charts.

Presented throughout texts in program through Guide the Reading element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!

• Recognizing persuasive techniques SCIENCE: Turn It Down!; SOCIAL STUDIES: Write It Down!

• Identifying main idea and supporting details

SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Light and Shade; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?


• Recognizing use of personification Teacher can utilize and expand on standard through Guide the Reading element of Teaching plan:

SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!

• Identifying implied purpose SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: Flags; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Living History; Write It Down!

Use a wide range of strategies and skills, including using text features to gain meaning, summarizing passages, and drawing conclusions, to comprehend fifth-grade informational and functional reading materials.

Standard is fulfilled by using Guide the Reading, Nonfiction Text Features, Graphic Organizers and Focus on Nonfiction Text Features elements of Teaching Plan for the texts: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!


• Determining sequence of events SCIENCE: Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; Light and Shade; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; 40 Famous Women; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?

• Determining cause and effect SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; Write It Down!

• Distinguishing fact from opinion SCIENCE: Turn It Down!; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment

• Using previewing and predicting skills to determine content

Presented in Preview and Predict elements of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!

• Using sentence structure and context to determine word meaning

Teacher can evaluate student knowledge of sentence structure and context through Comprehension element in Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?;


Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!

• Using prior knowledge and experience to interpret meaning

Activate or Build Background element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!

• Using self-monitoring for text understanding

SCIENCE and SOCIAL STUDIES: Information is provided throughout the texts that will aide teacher instruction and address standard of self-monitoring and text understanding through Reread the Book and Comprehension elements of Teaching Plan


• Using expanded vocabulary to determine word meaning

SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel: 4-7, 16-21; Demolition: 4-7, 8-15, 16-21, 26-31; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy: Introduce Vocabulary element; First-Aid Handbook: 4-7, 8-11, 21-27; Light and Shade: 3-7, 8-13, 14-19, 20-25; Living Through a Natural Disaster: 3-8, 9-15, 16-20, 29-32; Survival: Animal Adaptations: 4-8, 9-12, 13-16, 17-23; Turn It Down!: 4-7, 12-18, 26-32; What Time Is It?: 4-13, 14-17, 18-25, 26-32; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway: 4-7, 8-14, 15-21, 28-32; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment: 4-10, 11-17, 25-32; Crafts and Games Around the World: 4-9, 10-15, 26-32; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes: 4-9, 10-17, 26-30; Flags: 4-7, 8-12, 13-19, 20-26; 40 Famous Women: Introduce Vocabulary element; Four Great Cities: Then and Now: 4-11, 12-17, 24-31; Going Solo: 3-5, 6-11, 12-17, 24-31; Living History: 3-7, 12-17, 18-23, 24-32; What is a Government?:3-9, 10-15, 16-21, 26-32; Write It Down!: 4-8, 9-13, 20-23

• Recognizing persuasive techniques SCIENCE: Turn It Down!; SOCIAL STUDIES: Write It Down!

• Skimming passages to get significance of passage

Teacher can instruct students to skim passages to get significant passages.

• Using reference materials Use of reference materials established in Science/Social Studies and Writing elements of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!


Literature

Compare the genre characteristics of autobiographies, biographies, and historical fiction, including multicultural literature.

All texts provided in program are nonfiction that offers opportunities throughout lessons to compare genre characteristics.

Use text features, including indexes, tables, and appendixes, to guide interpretation of expository texts.

Presented through Introduce the Nonfiction Genre, Nonfiction Text Features, Preview and Predict, Focus on Nonfiction Features, Reread the Book, Comprehension, and Graphic Organizer elements of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!


Compose expository texts using an introductory paragraph that includes a main idea; supporting paragraphs with a minimum of three reasons, explanations, or steps in a process; and a conclusion.

Composing nonfiction texts in many genres presented in Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!



Teacher assists students in determining purpose and audience for writing assignments in Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!


Clarity and organization can be demonstrated by teacher to meet standard through Writing and Graphic Organizer elements of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!

• Using appropriate transition words in a composition

Teacher can determine use of appropriate transition words in a composition through Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!


• Using appropriate prewriting strategies

Established through Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!

• Composing persuasive texts, including a minimum of three reasons that support a stance or position

SCIENCE: Turn it Down!: Introduce the Nonfiction Genre, 26-32, Writing element of Teaching Plan

• Composing narrative texts using a definite time frame, a clear sequence of events, and a selected tone

Teacher can demonstrate to students how to use definite time frame, selected tone, and clear sequence of events through Writing element of Teaching Plan. SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!

• Composing descriptive texts using an introductory paragraph, sensory details, vivid language, and a conclusion

Composing descriptive texts presented in Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!


Express meaning through writing varied sentence structure, detailed paragraphs, and multi-paragraph compositions in an organized manner.

Teacher can determine if student meets standard to express meaning through writing varied sentence structure, detailed paragraphs, and multi-paragraph compositions in an organized manner through completed assignments done for Science/Social Studies and Writing elements of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!

• Editing writing for clarity of thought

Established through revising when working on assignments for Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!

• Correcting awkward sentence construction, redundancy, fragments, and run-ons in written presentations

Teacher can assess student ability to correct awkward sentence construction, redundancy, fragments, and run-ons in written presentations through Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal


Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!

• Utilizing precise vocabulary in oral and written presentations

Vocabulary element in conjunction with assignments done in Science/Social Studies and Writing elements of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!

• Bulleting major details and ideas to support a topic or subject

Teacher can encourage students to utilize bullets for major details and ideas to support a topic through Writing element of Teacher’s Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!


• Responding in writing to open-ended questions

Teacher can use the Guide the Reading element in the Teaching Plan as a foundation for responding in writing to open-ended questions.

Apply mechanics in writing, including capitalization of first word in a direct quotation and use of punctuation, including quotation marks and comma with direct quotations, colon to introduce a list, and commas after introductory words, with a noun of direct address, and in a compound sentence.

Teacher can assess student ability to apply mechanics in writing, including capitalization of first word in a direct quotation and use of punctuation, including quotation marks and comma with direct quotations, colon to introduce a list, and commas after introductory words, with a noun of direct address, and in a compound sentence through completed assignments done through Science/Social Studies and Writing elements of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!

• Using quotation marks with titles of short stories and poems

Teacher can determine students ability to apply correct punctuation through assignments done in Writing element of Teacher’s Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!


• Capitalizing proper adjectives, titles of books, and works of art

Teacher can demonstrate to students capitalizing proper adjectives, titles of books, and works of art through Writing element of Teacher’s Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!

• Using apostrophes with possessives Teacher can instruct students to use apostrophes with possessives when assigning writing assignments from Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!

Demonstrate knowledge of grammar and usage concepts, including subject-verb agreement with a compound subject; present, past, and future verb tenses; forms of adjectives; forms of nouns; and subject, object, and possessive pronouns.

Teacher can assess student knowledge of grammar and usage concepts, including subject-verb agreement with a compound subject; present, past, and future verb tenses; forms of adjectives; forms of nouns; and subject, object, and possessive pronouns through completed assignments done through Science/Social Studies and Writing elements of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary


of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!

• Writing sentences without the use of double negatives

Teacher can demonstrate how to write sentences without the use of double negatives through Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!

• Identifying homonyms, homophones, and homographs

Teacher can assist student knowledge of standard of identifying homonyms, homophones, and homographs through Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!


• Using irregular verbs in writing Teacher can assess students ability to demonstrate knowledge of irregular verbs through completed assignments done through Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!

• Using adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, nouns, and verbs in writing

Teacher can encourage correct use of nouns, verbs, conjunctions, adjectives, and adverbs through the various elements of Teaching Plan: Introduce the Nonfiction Genre, Introduce Vocabulary, Guide the Reading, Reread the Book, and Comprehension

• Demonstrating correct use of prepositions and interjections

Teacher can determine correct use of prepositions and interjections through Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!



Use search strategies in the research process to identify reliable current resources and computer technology to locate information.

Teacher instructs students on standard through Science/Social Studies and Writing element of Teaching Plan: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!


Demonstrate eye contact, articulation, and appropriate voice intonation with expository presentations.

Teacher can encourage and demonstrate eye contact, articulation, and appropriate intonation when instructing students through the various elements of the Teaching Plan: Introduce the Nonfiction Genre, Introduce Vocabulary, Reread the Book, Comprehension, and Writing

• Using dramatizations with oral persuasive presentations

Teacher demonstrates through Science/Social Studies elements of Teaching Plan and have student put into practice through Writing element: SCIENCE: Building an Ice Hotel; Demolition; Dictionary of Forces, Matter, and Energy; First-Aid Handbook; Light and Shade; Living Through a Natural Disaster; Survival: Animal Adaptations; Turn It Down!; What Time Is It?; Wildlife Photographer: Frank Greenaway; SOCIAL STUDIES: A Band of Brave Men: The Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Crafts and Games Around the World; Finding a Way: Six Historic U.S. Routes; Flags; 40 Famous Women; Four Great Cities: Then and Now; Going Solo; Living History; What is a Government?; Write It Down!


• Using figurative language found in literature to enhance oral communication


Apply strategies of a skillful listener, including maintaining eye contact, attending to the listening task, and assigning meaning to the message.

Teacher can determine student ability to be a skillful listener through the various elements of the Teaching Plan: Introduce the Nonfiction Genre, Introduce Vocabulary, Reread the Book, Comprehension, and Writing

correlated to alabama english/language arts standards · correlated to alabama english language...

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