Decoding
I can:
Read regularly spelled one-syllable words with short and long vowels.
Read regularly spelled two-syllable words with short vowels.
Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
Phonological Awareness
I can:
Blend sounds to say one-syllable words with consonant blends.
Break a spoken one-syllable word into individual sounds or phonemes.
Analyzing Text Organization and Structure
I can:
Describe a relationship between two ideas, events, or people in a text.
Text Features
I can:
Explain how specific text features can be used to locate information in a text.
Describe the difference between information conveyed through illustrations in a text.
Text Types
I can:
Determine the text type of a given text.
Analyzing Main Ideas
I can:
Identify the main idea of a text.
Identify details that relate to the main idea of a text.
Answer questions about details in a text.
Analyzing Claims and Reasons
I can:
Identify reasons that support an opinion in a text.
Analyzing Narratives
I can:
Describe major events in a narrative text.
Describe the characters in a narrative text.
Describe the setting in a narrative text.
Analyzing Point of View
I can:
Identify who is speaking at different points in the text.
Comparing Texts
I can:
Compare two texts on the same topic.
Compare the main characters' experiences in two texts.
Analyzing Words
I can:
Explain the meaning of a multiple-meaning word.
Use descriptive attributes to sort words into categories.
Analyzing Language
I can:
Identify sensory words and words that communicate different emotions in a text.
Generating Sentences
I can:
Explain the basic parts of a sentence.
Generate declarative, exclamatory, imperative, and interrogative sentences.
Use conjunctions to show relationships.
Generating Text Organization and Structure
I can:
State the topic of a text in an introductory sentence.
Develop a topic with facts.
Restate the topic of a text in a conclusion sentence.
Generating Claims and Reasons
I can:
State an opinion.
Give a reason for an opinion.
Sources and Research
I can:
Answer a question using multiple facts or pieces of information from a provided sources.
Generating Narratives
I can:
Write about a sequence of at least two events.
Use illustrations and descriptions to convey the events in a narrative.
Use sequence words to show the order of events in a narrative.
Parts of Speech
I can:
Use possessive and proper nouns correctly.
Use personal, possessive, and indefinite pronouns correctly.
Use articles and other common determiners correctly.
Use verbs that agree with singular and plural subjects.
Form simple past, present and future tense verbs correctly.
Spelling
I can:
Use long and short vowel patterns to spell words.
Use r-controlled vowel patterns to spell words.
Spell using consonant digraphs.
Editing
I can:
Use commas to separate words in a list.