Working...
Reading
* Read with fluency and expression at grade level
· Write responses in complete sentence
· Identify types of genre (text) based on format
· Identify facts vs. opinions
- Summarize & sequence a story
- Recognize main characters, setting, and plot- (identify story elements)
- Differentiate between author’s purpose and theme
- Identify vocabulary by using context clues, affixes, and root words
- Identify homophones
Language Arts
· Write a 3-paragraph essay/report and story
· Know parts of speech (noun, verbs, adjectives, adverb)
· Identify subject and predicate
· Begin using reference materials for research
· Identify types of text based on format
- Use literary devices (alliteration, similes, metaphors, personification, idioms) to elaborate writing
* Know basic sentence structure
* Know the steps in the writing process
· Writes legibly
Social Studies
· Know and locate continents and oceans
· Know cardinal directions
· Know city, state, country, continent in which they live
· Know the capital of Nebraska
· Know his/her complete mailing address and telephone number
