ENGLISH FOR ELEMENTARY GRADES
KINDERGARTEN
(A) READING FOUNDATIONS
Letter identification, lower case and upper-case letters, word recognition, consonants and vowels, syllables, rhyming words, blending and segmenting, phonics and sight words.
(B) READING STRATEGIES
Text features, reality vs. Fiction, main idea, inference & analysis.
(C) VOCABULARY
Color and number words, adjectives & verbs, location words, question words, synonyms & antonyms, categories, multiple meaning words.
(D) GRAMMAR & MECHANICS
Sentences, capitalization, nouns & verbs.
FIRST GRADE
(A) READING FOUNDATIONS
Consonants and vowels, syllables, rhyming words, blending and segmenting, phonics, sight words.
(B) READING STRATEGIES
Reality vs. Fiction, main idea, inference & analysis.
(C) VOCABULARY
Nouns and adjectives, categories, synonyms and antonyms, multiple meaning words, shades of meaning, suffixes & prefixes, context clues and reference skills.
(D) GRAMMAR & MECHANICS
Sentences, nouns, pronouns, verbs, subject – verb agreement, verb tense, articles, adjectives, prepositions, linking words, contraction and capitalization.
SECOND GRADE
(A) READING FOUNDATIONS
Syllables, rhyming words, phonics, sight words.
(B) READING STRATEGIES
Sequence, inference & analysis, setting & character, topic & purpose, cause & effect, compare & contrast, independent reading comprehension and text features.
(C) WRITING STRATEGIES
Organizing writing, topic sentences, linking words, Author’s purpose, opinion writing, descriptive details and sentence variety
(D) VOCABULARY
Prefixes and suffixes, compound words, categories, synonyms & antonyms, homophones, multiple meaning words, shades of meaning, idioms, context clues and reference skills.
(E) GRAMMAR & MECHANICS
Sentences, fragments and run-ons, nouns, pronouns, verb types, subject – verb agreement, verb tense, articles, adjectives & adverbs, prepositions, contractions, punctuation, capitalization and abbreviations.
THIRD GRADE
(A) READING STRATEGIES
Main idea, theme, author’s purpose, text structure, sensory details, literary devices, point of view, inference, story elements, visual elements, text features, rhyme, literary texts – level 1 & level2, informational texts – level 1 &level 2.
(B) WRITING STRATEGIES
Organizing writing, topic sentence, writer’s purpose, linking words, opinion writing, descriptive details, sentence variety, editing & revising.
(C) VOCABULARY
Prefixes and suffixes, Greek and Latin roots, compound words, categories, synonyms & antonyms, homophones, multiple meaning words, shades of meaning, idioms, context clues and reference skills.
(D) GRAMMAR & MECHANICS
Sentences, fragments and run –ons, nouns, pronouns, verb types, subject – verb agreement, verb tense, articles, adjectives and adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, contractions, commas, capitalization, abbreviations and formatting.
FOURTH GRADE
(A) READING STRATEGIES
Main idea, theme, author’s purpose, text structure, sensory details, literary devices, point of view, inference, story elements, visual elements, text features, poetry elements, literary texts – level 1 & level2, informational texts – level 1 &level 2.
(B) WRITING STRATEGIES
Organizing writing, introduction and conclusion, summarizing, linking words, developing and supporting arguments, descriptive details, sentence variety, editing & revising.
(C) VOCABULARY
Prefixes and suffixes, Greek and Latin roots, compound words, categories, synonyms & antonyms, homophones, multiple meaning words, shades of meaning, idioms and adages, context clues and reference skills.
(D) GRAMMAR & MECHANICS
Sentences, fragments and run –ons, nouns, pronouns, verb types, subject – verb agreement, verb tense, articles, adjectives and adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, contractions, commas, capitalization, abbreviations and formatting.
FIFTH GRADE
(A) READING STRATEGIES
Main idea, theme, author’s purpose and tone, text structure, sensory details, literary devices, point of view, inference, story elements, visual elements, text features, poetry elements, literary texts – level 1 & level2, informational texts – level 1 &level 2.
(B) WRITING STRATEGIES
Organizing writing, introductions and conclusions, summarizing, linking words, developing and supporting arguments, descriptive details, sentence variety, editing & revising and research skills.
(C) VOCABULARY
Prefixes and suffixes, Greek and Latin roots, categories, synonyms & antonyms, analogies, homophones, multiple meaning words, shades of meaning, idioms and adages, context clues and reference skills.
(D) GRAMMAR & MECHANICS
Sentences, fragments and run –ons, nouns, pronouns, verb types, subject – verb agreement, verb tense, adjectives and adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, contractions, commas, capitalization, and formatting.
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