CONTENT (General)

CONTENT (Specific)

ASSESSMENTS

ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Explain relationships between words using analogies.  Read and use new vocabulary.

Discussion

Worksheet

1.A.2a-b, 1.B.2d

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Understand multiple meaning words.  Predict outcomes of stories.

Worksheets

Group Work

Discussion

1.A.2a, 1.B.2a,

1.B.2d

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Identify prefixes and their meanings.  Write using a prompt.  Make inferences about the story.

Discussion

Worksheets

Writing

1.A.2a, 1.B.2a, 1.C.2a-b, 2.B.2a

“I’m New Here”

Write about a new situation.  Identify suffixes and their meanings.  Discuss new vocabulary.

Discussions

Worksheets

Writing

1.A.2a-b, 3.A.2

“I’m New Here”

Put events from a story in sequence.  Find the main idea of a paragraph and details that support it.

Worksheets

Discussion

1.B.2a-b, 1.C.2d

Koya Delaney and the Good Girl Blues

Write a personal narrative about a time when you were surprised.  Match words with their antonyms.  Learn new vocabulary.  Identify base words and affixes.

Worksheets

Discussion

Writing

1.A.2a-b, 1.C.2c, 3.A.2, 3.B.2a-d, 3.C.2a

Koya Delaney and the Good Girl Blues

Edit and revise personal narratives.  Match words with their synonyms.  Find compound words in the story.

Writing

Homework

Worksheets

3.B.2a-d, 1.A.2a-b

Review Skills

Review reading skills learned.

Homework

Test

All previous standards

“The Great Yellowstone Fire”

Write narratives.  Combine similar sentences. Read and use new vocabulary.

Worksheets

Writing

3.B.2a-d, 1.A.2a-b

CONTENT (General)

CONTENT (Specific)

ASSESSMENTS

ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS

Sentences

Nouns

Verbs

Subject/ Predicate

Explain the difference between a sentence and a fragment.  Identify nouns and verbs in sentences.  Distinguish between the subject and predicate part of the sentence.

Worksheets

Homework

3.A.2

Adjectives

Brainstorm a list of adjectives.  Understand use of adjectives to add detail to sentences. Write sentences in pattern 1b.

Brainstorm, Worksheet

Homework, Magazine Cut-out

3.A.2

Poems

Brainstorm ideas.  Work together with a partner to write a poem.  Edit and revise the poem.

Poem

3.A.2

3.C.2a

Types of Sentences

Identify the types of sentences.  Write examples of each type of sentence.

Brainstorming

Homework, worksheets

3.A.2

Sentence Patterns

Run-On Sentences

Write sentences with an adjective-noun-verb-noun pattern.  Correct run-on sentences.

Homework

3.A.2

Questions

Adverbs

Write questions using capitals and end marks.  Explain what an adverb is and use them in sentences.

Homework

3.A.2

Adverbs

Write sentences using adverbs in the beginning, middle, and end of sentences.

Homework

3.A.2

Prepositions

Prepositional Phrases

Identify prepositions in sentences.  Identify a prepositional phrase.  Use prepositions and prepositional phrases in sentences.

Homework

Worksheets

3.A.2

Plural Nouns

Write nouns in plural form.

Homework, worksheets

3.A.2

CONTENT (General)

CONTENT (Specific)

ASSESSMENTS

ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS

The Great Yellowstone Fire

ABC order

Narratives

Vocabulary discussions

Homework

Essays

Theme skills test

1.A.2a-b

1.B.2a-d

1.C.2a-f

2.A.2a-c

2.B.2a-c

3.A.2

3.B.2a-c

3.C.2a

5.A.2b

The Great Kapok Tree

Descriptive paragraphs

Persuasive essays

Similes

Just A Dream

Facts and Opinions

Reality vs. Fiction

Meg Mackintosh and the Case of the Curious Whale Watch

Parts of speech

Table of Contents

Index

CONTENT (General)

CONTENT (Specific)

ASSESSMENTS

ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS

Nouns

Adverbs

Sentence Pattern 9

Verbs

Editing and Proofreading

Contractions

Plural nouns

Common/proper nouns

Possessive nouns

Sentence pattern 7- using adverb clauses

Parallel objects, subjects, verbs

The special verb “be”

Combining sentences

Commas

contractions

Worksheets

Homework

Group work

3.A.2

3.B.2d

3.C.2a