Working With Contractions
Learning Targets:
- Students will be able to apply conventional English to edit sentences and paragraphs with a focus on contractions.
- Students will distinguish examples from non-examples.
- Students will identify proper and improper contraction use.
Combining Sentences
Learning Targets:
- Students will combine sentences to strengthen their message.
- Students will apply knowledge of grammar to properly compose and combine sentences.
Introduction to Verb Conjugations
Learning Targets:
- Students will be able to identify which family a verb belongs to.
- Students will be able to identify key verb vocabulary.
- Students will be able to distinguish examples from non-examples of conjugated verbs.
- Students will be able to conjugate verbs in sentences.
Sentence Diagramming
Learning Targets:
- Students will be able to diagram sentences that include compound subjects and predicates.
- Students will be able to identify and sort words according to a spelling pattern
- Students will be able to organize sentences in conventional English.
Highlighting and Annotating
Learning Targets:
- Students will highlight and annotate information pertinent to the main idea of the text.
- Students will articulate the main idea of a text by analyzing and synthesizing highlighted and annotated sections.
Biography Writing (about anyone!)
Learning Targets:
- Students will use a graphic organizer to organize biographical information on someone they choose.
- Students will compile organized information into biography format.
- Students will draft, edit, and publish a biography.
Ad About Me
Learning Targets:
- Students will identify an ad to write.
- Students will identify an audience.
- Students will use the simple present to communicate about themselves in writing.
- Students will use proper grammar, punctuation, and paragraph form.
- Students will rate and record themselves presenting their ad.
Connecting Main Ideas
Learning Targets:
- Students will apply background knowledge to make predictions about a reading.
- Students will identify words they do not know.
- Students will use a glossary and context to determine the meaning of unknown vocabulary.
Paragraph Construction
Learning Targets:
- Students will identify the main idea and details of a paragraph.
- Students will use key vocabulary to fill in details about a paragraph’s main idea.
- Students will write their own paragraph to include main idea and details.
Writing a Feature Article
Learning Targets:
- Students will organize information onto a graphic organizer to write an Op Ed article of their own.
- Students will review and analyze Op Ed articles to develop familiarity with, and understanding of, the genre.
- Students compile organized information into a full Op Ed article for publication.
Inferences to Evidence
Learning Targets:
- Students will infer information from a text.
- Students will gather and evaluate evidence from a text.
- Students will draw logical conclusions using evidence gathered.
- Students will apply a questioning process to make evidence-based conclusions.
Writing an Opinion Editorial
Learning Targets:
- Students will organize information onto a graphic organizer to write an Op Ed article of their own.
- Students will review and analyze Op Ed articles to develop familiarity with, and understanding of, the genre.
- Students compile organized information into a full Op Ed article for publication.
Read It, Fix It
Learning Targets:
- Students will apply fix-it strategies to new words.
- Students will apply metacognitive strategies to what they already know about new words.
- Students will rate themselves as new word learners.
Literature Webbing
Learning Targets:
- Students will organize information from a guided reading into a literature web.
- Students will make predictions about an upcoming reading.
- Students will identify main idea.
- Students will identify chronological order of events.
Peer Coaching
Learning Targets:
- Students will articulate via images their need for assistance with their writing.
- Students will act on feedback received about their writing to revise and edit their work into a final product.
Clunks and Clues
Learning Targets:
- Students will develop fix-up strategies to apply to new/unknown words.
- Students will use context clues to understand new/unknown words.
- Students will apply knowledge of roots, prefixes, and suffixes to determine the meaning of new/unknown words.
Essay Writing
Learning Targets:
- Students will write full essays on a theme of their choice.
- Students will apply an internal editing process to write, draft, and finalize their essay.
Extended Paragraph Writing
Learning Targets:
- Students will construct a paragraph in their own language in response to a reading passage.
- Students will interpret a reading passage before translating it to English.
- Students will write, translate, edit, and revise their paragraph.
