• Reading
• Writing
• Oral Language

• apply knowledge of structural analysis of words, including word endings, contractions, and compound words
  
• cross-check and use a variety of strategies to self-correct for comprehension, including rereading
• make, confirm, or revise predictions
  
• use structure of a variety of informational texts and fiction for comprehension
  
• develop an understanding of author’s craft, including fact and fantasy, figurative language, humor, poetry elements, and dialogue to aid comprehension
  
• relate reading to personal knowledge and experience
  
• learn new vocabulary related to literature and content area study
  
• use context and resources to verify meaning of new vocabulary
  
• use homophones to extend understanding
  
• locate information using features of nonfiction and technology resources
  
• share ideas, reactions, and opinions about literature and content
  
• support opinions with statements from text

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• write in a variety of genres, including responses to reading
  
• organize and revise writing for content and logical sequence around a main idea
  
• write interrogative, declarative, and exclamatory sentences
  
• combine sentences to form compound sentences
  
• demonstrate functional use of nouns, verb tenses, adjectives, and pronouns
  
• develop and use knowledge of spelling conventions daily
  
• organize writing into paragraphs during revision
  
• edit for capitalization, end punctuation, and spelling on final drafts
  
• form and use cursive letters
  
• use technology, including word processing, telecommunications, and multimedia to acquire and share information

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• demonstrate functional use of parts of speech during discussion
  
• dramatize stories or poems
  
• develop vocabulary and concepts during read-aloud and discussion of topics
  
• gather information through interview questions and listening to others
  
• discuss content of reading, including opinions, comparisons, and inferences
  
• participate in classroom activities by following directions, asking for clarification, sharing ideas, reporting, and persuading others