Decoding
I can:
Read regularly spelled two-syllable words with short and long vowels.
Read regularly spelled words with affixes.
Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
Analyzing Text Organization and Structure
I can:
Describe the major sections of a specific text.
Describe a relationship between several ideas, events, people, or process in a text.
Text Features
I can:
Use text features to navigate a text.
Explain how an illustration contributes to a text.
Analyzing Main Ideas
I can:
Identify the main idea of a text.
Describe details in a text that support its main idea.
Analyzing Claims and Responses
I can:
Describe how reasons support a specific opinion in a text.
Analyzing Narratives
I can:
Describe how the setting affects the events in a narrative text.
Describe how a character responds to a major event in a narrative.
Analyzing Point of View
I can:
Describe differences in the points of view of characters in a text.
Describe what an author is trying to answer, explain or describe in a nonfiction text.
Comparing Texts
I can:
Compare two versions of the same story.
Compare the main ideas in two texts on the same topic.
Analyzing Words
I can:
Determine the meaning of an unknown word using text features.
Determine the meaning of an unknown word using roots and affixes.
Compare the meaning of words and their synonyms.
Analyzing Language
I can:
Describe elements of a text that create rhythm, such as alliteration, repetition and rhyme.
Generating Sentences
Generate simple and compound sentences.
Expand and rephrase complete sentences.
Generating Text Organization and Structure
I can:
Introduce an opinion or main idea at the beginning of a text.
Group similar facts, definitions, and examples together.
Restate on opinion or main idea to conclude a text.
Generating Claims and Responses
I can:
Restate an opinion about an experience.
Give multiple reasons for an opinion.
Revision
I can:
Replace informal words with formal words in a draft.
Expand descriptions and explanations in a draft.
Parts of Speech
I can:
Use collective and irregular plural nouns correctly.
Use reflexive pronouns correctly.
Use regular and irregular past tense verbs.
Use adjectives and adverbs correctly to modify words.
Spelling
I can:
Spell words using spelling patterns.
Spell frequently occuring words.
Editing
I can:
Edit for properly formed contractions.
Edit for capitalization.
Edit for correct use of punctuation.