• Reading
• Writing
• Oral Language

• adjust reading rate for various genres and purposes
  
• use structure of informational texts and the textbook, including graphics, to aid comprehension
  
• use interrelationships of story elements to understand explicit and inferred information
  
• respond to author’s craft, including flashback, leads, and point of view
  
• respond to genres that reflect varying cultures and historical periods, including poetry
  
• use related knowledge and experiences, context, and print and electronic resources to learn and verify meaning of new vocabulary and concepts
  
• discuss and apply knowledge of structural analysis, figurative language, analogies, and imagery to extend understanding of vocabulary
  
• locate information using features of nonfiction text and search strategies for technology
  
• discuss and understand an author’s underlying message, moral, or theme
  
• evaluate and analyze main idea, supporting details, cause-and-effect, and historical events in fiction and nonfiction
  
• support opinions with statements from text or return to text to verify information
  
• determine important, less important, and irrelevant information

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• write in a variety of genres, including responses to a variety of genres
  
• discuss and apply elements of author’s craft when drafting and revising
  
• use appropriate sentence and paragraph structure when drafting and revising
  
• organize and revise writing for content and logical sequence around a main idea
  
• revise to capture reader’s interest, use vivid and specific language, and find synonyms for overused words
  
• develop generalizations for parts of speech used in writing
  
• edit for capitalization, punctuation, spelling, subject-verb agreement, and consistent point of view
  
• integrate databases, spreadsheets, and graphics into word-processed documents
  
• take notes from several sources and organize information according to a plan
  
• discuss and use conventions for citing references
  
• use word processing, telecommunications, and multimedia software

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• create and participate in creative dramatics, choral reading, or role-playing
  
• summarize information, persuade, support opinions, and ask for justification
  
• discuss and incorporate vocabulary and concepts learned in a variety of classroom settings
  
• present information effectively using eye contact, voice intonation, pace, timing, and visual aids