Reflecting the expectations, activities in Language Arts (English) series cover:
| Reasoning and Critical Thinking |
- Reading for factual information using a variety of non-fiction scientific and social studies passages
- Comprehension: finding main ideas and key factual details; improving recall of events in order; comparing and contrasting information and drawing conclusions
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| Understanding Form and Style |
- Identifying various forms of writing and recognizing their characteristics
- Using knowledge of different forms to adjust reading strategies
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| Knowledge of Language Structures |
- Using knowledge of elements of grammar, oral and written language structures to understand what is read
- Recognizing familiar patterns of word structure to decode meaning, especially in word endings
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| Vocabulary |
- Using a variety of strategies to determine meaning of unfamiliar words: context of sentence, phonics skills, use of dictionary and thesaurus
- Expanding vocabulary: using specialized terms for science and social studies
- Word structure: compound words, root words, prefixes and suffixes
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| Use of language conventions |
- Grammar: identifying subject and predicate, using complex verb forms, using comparative adjectives; reviewing parts of speech recognition
- Punctuation and capitalization: reviewing end punctuation, capitalization of titles and adjectives, use of quotation marks in dialogue
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Also see: Grade 5 Math Curriculum
