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Kindergarten–8th

Grade THIRD QUARTER LEARNING PRIORITIES

Center for Urban Education

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Kindergarten THIRD QUARTER LEARNING PRIORITIES

Common Core Kindergarten Literacy Standards Emphasized

READING LITERATURE READING NONFICTION KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS

1. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

1. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

2. With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.

2. With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

CRAFT AND STRUCTURE CRAFT AND STRUCTURE

4. Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text. 4. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

Writing: Opinion (CPS Framework Assessment Specification) CCSSW K.1 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is...).


Kindergarten: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 20-21 Week 20 Week 21

Reading Literature CCSSRL.K.1 Choose what’s important

Map a story. Tell what are the important people and events. Tell what you like about it and why.

Map a story. Tell what are the important people and events. Tell what you like about it and why.

Science CCSSRI.K.1 Locate information

read, experience, draw, write/tell about Make science picture glossary

read, experience, draw, write/tell about Make science picture glossary

Social Science CCSSRI.K.1 Locate information

read, experience, draw, write/tell about recommended: Black History—Barack Obama Make social studies word-picture page or chart

read, experience, draw, write/tell about recommended: Black History—Barack Obama Make social studies word-picture page or chart

Fluency Rate, comprehension, expression

This week’s read-aloud:


Word Knowledge Sight words Include sight words from Fry high frequency list

Phonics: Sight Words: DIBELS/STEP:


Writing CCSSW.K.3 argument

Write letters Place words in sequence Write persuasive sentence

Write letters Place words in sequence Write persuasive sentence

MATH Practice Standard 2—think quantitatively and abstractly

Focus: Terms: Journal


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http://teacher.depaul.edu/html/vocabulary.html

http://teacher.depaul.edu/Documents/First200HundredSightWords-WritingSentencestoLearnVocabularyinContextK-1.pdf


http://teacher.depaul.edu/html/Writing1.htm

http://teacher.depaul.edu/html/MathGraphicThinkers.htm


Kindergarten: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 22-23

Week 22 Week 23

Reading Literature CCSSRL.K.1 Identify important information

COMPARE Choose the better answer to a question

COMPARE Choose the better answer to a question.


read, experience, draw, write/tell about Make science picture page or book

read, experience, draw, write/tell about Make science picture page or book


read, experience, draw, write/tell about --Recommended—Black History Make social studies word-picture page or chart

read, experience, draw, write/tell about --Recommended—Black History Make social studies word-picture page or chart



This week’s read-aloud




Writing CCSSW.K.3 opinion

Write words Write or arrange words in sentence Write about a person you like—tell why.

Write words Write or arrange words in sentence Write about a place you like—tell why















Week 24 Week 25

Reading Literature CCSSRL.K.1 Support Answers

Illustrate a story map. Put number of page on which you find the information for the map.

Illustrate a story map. Put number of page on which you find the information for the map.


read, experience, draw, write/tell about Make picture page, chart or display

read, experience, draw, write/tell about Make picture page, chart or display


read, experience, draw, write/tell about Recommended—Black History Month—complete an exhibit about what you learned

read, experience, draw, write/tell about Make picture page, chart, or display








Write sentences about important person—tell why that person is important. Illustrate your sentences to show what’s important.

Write/arrange sentences Illustrate the sentences to show what’s important—what the idea is they state.















Week 26 Week 27

Reading Literature CCSSRL.K.1 Evaluate importance of information

Tell what happens in a story—just three events that are most important. Tell what message the writer is telling with those events.

Identify a choice a character makes in a story. Tell whether you think it is a good choice—and support your opinion.


read, experience, draw, write/tell about read, experience, draw, write/tell about


read, experience, draw, write/tell about read, experience, draw, write/tell about








Build words with letters Write sentences

Build words with letters Write sentences














Kindergarten: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Week 28

Week 28

Reading Literature CCSSRL.K.1 Answer with evidence

Identify a choice a character makes in a story. Tell whether you think it is a good choice—and support your opinion. Tell which story you read this quarter is your favorite. Tell why you like it.

Science CCSSRI.K.2 Summarize

Tell about one science topic you learned. Write about it and illustrate it.

Social Science CCSSRI.K.2 summarize

Make a poster or booklet or page that tells/shows what you have learned about one topic this quarter.


Students Read aloud with increased fluency.


Phonics: Identify sight words when reading Assess DIBELS/STEP and Sight Word status.


Tell what you learned about writing. Explain why it’s important to write clearly.


Make a math guide/booklet.











1st


Common Core First Grade Literacy Standards Emphasized

READING LITERATURE READING NONFICTION KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS

1. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text. 1. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

2. Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.

2. Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

3. Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

3. Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.


4. Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

4. Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.

5. Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types.

5. Know and use various text features (e.g., headings, tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text.

INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS 7. Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its

characters, setting, or events.

6. Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.

Writing: Opinion (CPS Framework Assessment Specification) CCSSW1.1. Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.


First Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 20-21

Week 20 Week 21

Reading Literature CCSSRL.1.1 Analyze, then infer

Tell what is most important in a story or history – can relate to Black History Characters/People What they do Tell how you used pictures as well as words to figure out answers. Then infer a trait of a character/person. Support your inference with evidence.

Tell what is most important in a story or history—can relate to Black History Characters/people What they do Tell how you used pictures as well as words to figure out answers. Then infer a trait of a character/person. Support your inference with evidence.

Science CCSSRI.1.1 Locate information

read, experience, draw, write about --tell what the most important words are; put them in a picture page or chart


Social Science CCSSRI.1.1 locate information Evaluate importance

read, experience, draw, write about --recommended—Black History—President Obama Tell why he is important.

read, experience, draw, write about --recommended—Black History—President Obama Tell why he is important.




Word Knowledge CCSSRI.1.4 Sight words Include sight words and phrases from Fry high frequency list.



Writing Opinion write journal (ongoing)

Write sentences about what you like about this week’s reading—explain why.

Write sentence with period . Tell what you like about this week’s science. Explain why you like it.

MATH Practice Standard 2: think quantitatively and abstractly

Focus Terms Math Journal













Week 22 Week 23

Reading Literature CCSSRL.1.1 Analyze, then infer

Tell what is most important in a story or history. Can relate to Black History. Characters/persons What they do Then tell what the message is that the writer wants to tell you through the story/history—and support your answer with examples from the story

Tell what is most important in a story: Can relate to Black History Characters/persons What they do Then tell what the message is that the writer wants to tell you through the story/history—and support your answer with examples from the story.

Science CCSSRI.1.1 Locate information Evaluate information



Social Science CCSSRI.1.1 Locate information Evaluate information

read, experience, draw, write about --recommended—Black History—an important event or person—explain why learning this is important. What is a biography?

read, experience, draw, write about --recommended—Black History—an important event or person—explain why learning this is important. What is a biography (Option: Write/draw one)




Word Knowledge CCSSRI.1.4 Include sight words from Fry high frequency list.


Phonics: Assess DIBELS/STEP and Sight Word status. Identify sight words when reading

Writing Opinion

Write sentence with question mark Tell why knowing punctuation is important.

Write sentences with period, question mark, pronoun Tell why each of these helps people communicate.

MATH Practice standard 2: think quantitatively and abstractly














Week 24 Week 25

Reading Literature CCSSRL.1.2 Summarize

Make a story map, then summarize the story. Then infer the message or moral that the writer wants you to understand. (recommended—include fable as reading.) Explain how a story book is different from a nonfiction book.

Make a story map, then summarize the story. Then infer the message or moral that the writer wants you to understand. (recommended—include fable or folktale as reading.)

Science CCSSRI.1.2 Summarize

read, experience, draw, write about Write and draw a summary Then identify the central idea. Make word-picture chart or page

read, experience, draw, write about Write and draw a summary Then identify the central idea Make word-picture chart or page

Social Science CCSSRI.1.2 summarize

Summarize what you have learned about Black History—make a booklet, display, presentation. Start by listing the features of a nonfiction book. Then organize your book or display.








Writing opinion

Write or make picture story that supports a message or moral.

Write or draw story that supports a message or moral.

MATH














Week 26 Week 27

Reading Literature CCSSRL.1.2 Summarize, identify theme/message

Summarize a story. Tell why the author wrote it—what is the lesson the writer wants you to learn?

Summarize a story. Tell why the author wrote it—what is the lesson the writer wants you to learn?

Science CCSSRI.1.2 summarize









Word Knowledge CCSSRI.1.4 Sight words Include sight words from Fry high frequency list.



Writing opinion

Write or draw story that supports a message or moral. Write or illustrate a story that supports a message or moral.














First Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Week 28

Week 28

Reading Literature CCSSRL.1.2 Summarize, identify theme/message

Illustrate a story – show its elements (characters, events, place –setting) and the theme/message of the writer. Explain/demonstrate how to figure out what the writer wants you to learn from the story.

Science CCSSRI.1.2 summarize

Make a poster or booklet or page that tells/shows what you have learned about learning science. Explain how you use a big question to learn about a topic.


Make a poster or booklet or page that reports on a social studies topic you have learned. Explain how after you learn about a topic you can summarize the most important ideas and facts.



Word Knowledge CCSSRI.1.4 Sight words Include sight words from Fry high frequency list.

Phonics: Identify sight words when reading Assess DIBELS/STEP and Sight Word status.

Writing opinion

Write about a topic you have learned (relates to Content learning). Explain what information is important (relates to opinion writing).












2nd


Common Core Second Grade Literacy Standards Emphasized

READING LITERATURE READING NONFICTION

KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS

1. Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

1. Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

2. Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.

2. Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.


4. Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.

5. Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

5. Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.

Writing: Opinion (CPS Framework Assessment Specification) CCSSW2.1. Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.


Second Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 20-21

Week 20 Week 21

Reading Literature CCSSRL.2.1 Infer with evidence

How do you read a story? Ask students to take an active role in explaining how to read a story—how to use evidence to make logical inferences. Include: Identify, infer motives Make predictions; infer message or moral

How does a writer communicate a message through a story? Chart a story or event—show the people, setting, actions Explain how the writer uses those parts of the story to communicate an idea.

Science CCSSRI.2.5 Use text features to find ideas and information

Guided by a big question use text features to read, experience, draw, write about Make vocabulary glossary

Guided by a big question use text features to read, experience, draw, write about Make vocabulary glossary

Social Science CCSSRI.2.5 Use text features to find ideas and information

Guided by big question, use text features to read, experience, draw, write about RECOMMENDED: FOCUS ON BLACK HISTORY Make vocabulary glossary

Guided by big question, use text features to read, experience, draw, write about RECOMMENDED: FOCUS ON BLACK HISTORY Make vocabulary glossary







Writing opinion

Explain what you like about a story—tell how what the writer included helped you make inferences.

Explain what you like about a story—tell how what the writer included helped you figure out the message

MATH Practice Standard 1: analyze problem, then solve it

Focus Terms Math Digest



http://teacher.depaul.edu/Documents/HowtoInterpretaStorywithCommonCoreStandardsandDifferentiation.pdf









http://teacher.depaul.edu/Algebra_Connections/Algebra_Year2/Resources_for_Current_Year/My%20Own%20Math%20Vocab%20Guide.pdf

http://teacher.depaul.edu/Documents/ThisWeeksMath.pdf





Week 22 Week 23

Reading Literature CCSSRL.2.2 Analyze different kinds of stories

Compare/contrast kinds of stories (such as fable, realistic fiction, folktale)

Tell what they have in common (elements of fiction and theme/moral)

Tell how each kind is special

Compare/contrast kinds of stories (such as fable, realistic fiction, folktale)

Tell what they have in common. Tell how each kind is special

Science CCSSRI.2.2 Identify main topic of multiparagraph text and individual paragraphs

Guided by a big question use text features and paragraph structure to identify main topic of text and each paragraph Make vocabulary glossary

Guided by a big question use text features and paragraph structure to identify main topic of text and each paragraph Make vocabulary glossary

Social Science CCSSRI.2.2 Identify main topic of multiparagraph text and individual paragraphs

Guided by a big question use text features and paragraph structure to identify main topic of text and each paragraph RECOMMENDED; FOCUS ON BLACK HISTORY Make vocabulary glossary

Guided by a big question use text features and paragraph structure to identify main topic of text and each paragraph RECOMMENDED: FOCUS ON BLACK HISTORY Make vocabulary glossary

Fluency Recommended: Model reading/thinking aloud with a poem.


Students Reading aloud with increased fluency.



Phonics: Assess DIBELS/STEP and Sight Word status. Identify sight words when reading

Writing opinion

Write opinion about a nonfiction book—what the writer did that helped you learn

Write opinion about a nonfiction book—what the writer did that helped you learn



















Week 24 Week 25

Reading Literature

5. Describe the overall structure of a story,

including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes

the action.

Make story map—for different kind of story—choose a different kind for each week. Include elements of fiction Use to determine writer’s message/moral.

Make story map—for different kind of story—choose a different kind for each week. Include elements of fiction Use to determine writer’s message/moral.

Science CCSSRI.2.2 Identify main topic of multiparagraph text and individual paragraphs; then summarize

Guided by a big question use text features and paragraph structure to identify main topic of text and each paragraph Then summarize Make vocabulary glossary


Social Science CCSSRI.2.2 Identify main topic of multiparagraph text and individual paragraphs; then summarize



Fluency



Word Knowledge CCSSRI.2.4 Include sight words and phrases from Fry high frequency list. Infer from context



Writing opinion

Write opinion sentences with periods, question marks, exclamation marks

Write opinion paragraph with periods, question marks, exclamation marks



















Week 26 Week 27

Reading Literature CCSSRL.2.2

NARRATE Narrate a story, including the most important events. Draw and write captions to show the story.

SUMMARIZE Summarize a story.

Science CCSSRI.2.2 Identify main topic of multiparagraph text and individual paragraphs; then summarize

Guided by a big question use text features and paragraph structure to identify main topic of text and each paragraph Then summarize to answer: what is the main idea? Make vocabulary glossary

Guided by a big question use text features and paragraph structure to identify main topic of text and each paragraph Then summarize to answer: what is the main idea? Make vocabulary glossary

Social Science CCSSRI.2.2 Identify main topic of multiparagraph text and individual paragraphs; then summarize

Guided by a big question use text features and paragraph structure to identify main topic of text and each paragraph Then summarize to support the main idea Make vocabulary glossary

Guided by a big question use text features and paragraph structure to identify main topic of text and each paragraph Then summarize to support the main idea Make vocabulary glossary







Writing opinion

Write an extended response. Write an extended response.


















Second Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Week 28

Week 28


Explain how to read a story— Structure Message Give examples of different fiction genres. Tell how they are alike; tell what they have in common.

Science CCSSRI.2.5 Multi-paragraph text

Using a nonfiction book as a mentor text, make an individual booklet or contribute a paragraph to a class book about a topic. Include text features. Can be culminating project for unit—answering the BIG question.

Social Science CCSSRI.2.5 Multi-paragraph text

Using a nonfiction book as a mentor text, make an individual booklet or contribute a paragraph to a class book about a topic. Include text features. Can be culminating project for unit—answering the BIG question.




Phonics: Assess DIBELS/STEP and Sight Word status. Identify Sight Words when reading.

Writing opinion

Write how to write an opinion—your own writer’s guide.













3rd


Common Core Third Grade Literacy Standards Emphasized

READING LITERATURE READING INFORMATIONAL TEXT/NONFICTION KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS

1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

2. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.

2. Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

3. Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

3. Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect


4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.

4. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.

5. Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.

5. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.

Writing: Opinion (CPS Framework Assessment Specification) Note: This emphasis aligns with the ISAT Extended Response to a Reading CCSSW3.1. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.

Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons.

Provide reasons that support the opinion.

Use linking words and phrases (e.g., because, therefore, since, for example) to connect opinion and reasons.

Provide a concluding statement or section.


Third Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 20-21

Week 20 Week 21

Reading Literature CCSSRL.3.1 Infer with evidence and Writer’s Craft and Structure In preparation for ISAT, read comprehensively

How do you read a story? Guide students to clarify their strategies to read a story. What strategies do you use to: Analyze author’s purpose and techniques the writer uses to accomplish it. Analyze causes and effects, problem + solution Infer feelings, traits, predictions. Figure out the theme

How do you read a story What strategies do you use to: Analyze author’s purpose and techniques the writer uses to accomplish it. Analyze causes and effects, problem and solution, turning point. Infer feelings, traits, predictions. Figure out the theme

Science 5. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.

How do you read nonfiction? Recommended: Have students “think out loud” about how to analyze a nonfiction text. Focus on text features this week, ask analytic questions.

How do you read nonfiction? Recommended: Have students “think out loud” about how to analyze a nonfiction text. Focus on text features this week, ask analytic questions.

Social Science 5. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.

Collect information to respond to BIG question. Recommended: Focus on Black History

Use nonfiction text features to collect information to respond to big question—recommended—focus on black history. Analyze how headings and illustrations clarify meaning.

Fluency



Word Knowledge CCSSRI.3.4 Classify vocabulary

Figurative language Antonym synonym

Writing opinion

Outline then write extended response Outline then write extended response


Focus: Short response Extended response My own guide to problem solving

Focus: Short response Extended response My own guide to writing an extended response




http://teacher.depaul.edu/Documents/HowtoAnalyzeNonfictionwithCommonCoreStandardsandDifferentiation.pdf









Week 22 Week 23

Reading Literature CCSSRL.3.2 Determine central message and Writer’s Craft and Structure In preparation for ISAT, read comprehensively

How do you read a poem? Guide students to clarify their strategies to interpret a poem. Include analysis of use of figurative or descriptive language in stories.

How to answer questions: Explain how to choose the best answer to analytic and inferential questions: Identify genre identify kinds of questions Infer meaning of a word from context Analyze author’s purpose and techniques

Science 3. Describe the steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect

Students analyze technical text—directions for a science experiment or directions on a procedure such as measurement.

Make your own guide to reading nonfiction.

Social Science 2. Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

Students respond to questions based on ISAT stems, responding with text-based evidence. Recommended: Relate to Black History

Make your own guide to figuring out the main idea of a nonfiction passage. Recommended: Relate to Black History

Fluency



Word Knowledge CCSSRI.3.4 Analyze word patterns

Root/base word, suffix, prefix Infer from context.

Writing opinion

Write an extended response Write directions: how to write an extended response


Recommended: Comprehensive Math Problem Solving Across the Areas of Math What is the question asking me to figure out? What strategy and operations will I use?



http://teacher.depaul.edu/Documents/HowtoInterpretaPoemwithCommonCoreStandardsandDifferentiation.pdf



http://teacher.depaul.edu/Documents/ReadingStemsfrom2013ISATSampleTest.pdf








Week 24 Week 25

Reading Literature 5. Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.

Analyze questions: What is it asking, how do I figure out the answer?

Make a chart of the parts of fiction and then analyze a story. Then tell how the writer uses techniques to communicate the lesson or theme.

Science CCSSRI.3.1 Analyze

Skills: Analyze kinds of questions. Topic:

Skills: Outline a non-fiction passage—ideas and supporting information. Topic:

Social Science CCSSRI.3.1 Analyze



Fluency



Word Knowledge CCSSRI.3.4 Analyze word patterns

Words of hope Words about reading.

Writing opinion

Write a poem or letter Write about a topic—opinion paragraph or poem.


Analyze ISAT—What kinds of problems does it include? How do you Analyze to solve them? Math Digest

Math Digest










Week 26 Week 27

Reading Literature CCSSRL.3.2 Summarize and infer theme

Make a chart of the parts of fiction and then analyze a story – choose a genre to analyze.. Then tell how the writer uses techniques to communicate the lesson or theme.

Make a chart of the parts of fiction and then analyze a story – choose a different genre to analyze. Then tell how the writer uses techniques to communicate the lesson or theme.

Science CCSSRI.3.2 Analyze ideas

Reading Skills Answer a BIG question. Collect and include facts and your own ideas. Topic:

Reading Skills Support a big idea—write about the same topic you read, tell the main idea “your way”. Topic:

Social Science CCSSRI.3.2 Analyze ideas



Fluency



Word Knowledge CCSSRI.3.4 Analyze word patterns Infer from context

Identify contractions in reading. Make a contractions chart.

Identify possessives in reading. Make a “guide” to writing with possessives.

Writing opinion

Outline a story that communicates a position; emphasis on maintaining a main idea or theme

Write the story.


Focus: Math Digest

Focus: Math Digest









Third Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Week 28

Week 28

Reading Literature CCSSRL.3.2 Summarize and infer theme

Make a guide to reading a story. Use it to read an unfamiliar story. Make a genre chart: give examples of the different genres you have read. List features of each kind of genre.

Science CCSSRI.3.2 Analyze ideas

Write a report: What have I learned about science this quarter?

Social Science CCSSRI.3.2 Analyze ideas

Write a response to the big question of the unit or quarter.

Fluency


Word Knowledge CCSSRI.3.4 Analyze word patterns Infer from context

Make a guide to interpreting multi-meaning words in context.

Writing opinion

Write a guide to writing to communicate a position—opinion or moral.


Focus Make math booklet –the math I’ve learned this quarter.









4th


Common Core Fourth Grade Literacy Standards Emphasized

READING LITERATURE READING INFORMATIONAL TEXT/NONFICTION


1. Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

1. Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

2. Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.

2. Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.

3. Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).

3. Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.


4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).

4. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.

5. Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a text.

5. Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.

Writing: Opinion (CPS Framework Assessment Specification) Note: This emphasis aligns with the ISAT Extended Response to a Reading CCSSW4.1. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.

Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which related ideas are grouped to support the writer’s purpose.

Provide reasons that are supported by facts and details..

Link opinion and reasons using words and phrases (e.g., for instance, in order to, in addition).

Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.


Fourth Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 20-21

Week 20 Week 21

Reading Literature CCSSRL.4.1 Infer with evidence and Writer’s Craft and Structure In preparation for ISAT, read comprehensively

How do you read a story? Guide students to clarify their strategies to read a story—feature one genre. What strategies do you use to: Analyze author’s purpose and techniques the writer uses to accomplish it. Analyze problem and solution Infer feelings, traits, predictions. Figure out the theme

How do you read fiction—include different genre (e.g., Tall Tale; realistic fiction) What strategies do you use to: Analyze author’s purpose and techniques the writer uses to accomplish it. Analyze causes and effects, problem and solution, turning point. Infer feelings, traits, predictions. Figure out the theme?

Science CCSSRI.4.3

Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.

Analyze a text and data relating to one focus area of Science; including technical directions such as how to carry out an experiment.

Analyze a text and data relating to one focus area of Science; including technical directions such as how to carry out an experiment.

Social Science 5. Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.

How do you read nonfiction? Recommended: Have students “think out loud” about how to analyze a nonfiction text. Focus on text features this week, ask analytic questions. Recommended: Focus on Black History with a BIG question.

How do you read nonfiction? Recommended: Have students “think out loud” about how to analyze a nonfiction text. Focus on text features this week, ask analytic questions. Recommended: Focus on Black History with a BIG question.

Fluency



Word Knowledge CCSSRI.4.4

Analyze word patterns and use

Root/base word, suffix, prefix Emphasize science terms.

Make science glossary—relate to graph, data interpretation, other key elements of science.

Writing opinion

Outline extended response; pair to compare the support provided; adjust outline.

Outline then write extended response.
















Week 22 Week 23

Reading Literature Comprehensive

How do you read a poem? What strategies do you use to: Analyze author’s purpose and techniques the writer uses to accomplish it.

How to answer questions: demonstrate how to choose the best answer to analytic and inferential and evaluative questions based on a poem or story (including extended response)

Science CCSSRI.4.2 How do you read nonfiction?

How do you read nonfiction?

Analyze a text, diagram, data table, and graph data relating to one focus area of Science

How do you read nonfiction?

Analyze a text, diagram, data table, and graph data relating to one focus area of Science


Analyze a text, identify its structure, use the text to respond to a big question. Recommended: Relate to Black History

Respond to ISAT-stem aligned questions about nonfiction texts. Recommended: Relate to Black History

Fluency



Word Knowledge CCSSRI.4.4 Analyze word structure

Synonym, antonym Emphasize science terms.

How do you figure out the meaning of a word? Structure Context

Writing Opinion

Write extended response.

Write guide to writing an extended response.
















Week 24 Week 25

Reading Literature Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama


Make a chart of the parts of fiction and then analyze a story. Then tell how the writers of different genres use techniques to communicate the lesson or theme.

Science 2. Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.

Respond to a big question. Identify the main idea of each paragraph in a science passage; then infer the central idea of the entire passage.

Respond to a Big question. Answer a BIG question. Collect and include facts and your own ideas.

Social Science 3. Explain events, procedures, ideas, or

concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.

Illustrate or make timeline or diagram of a social science passage.

Answer a BIG question. Collect and include facts and your own ideas.

Fluency



Word Knowledge CCSSRI.4.4 Analyze word structure Infer from context

Words of hope Make word list for the writer of an opinion—to use in writing.

Writing Opinion




Focus: Math Digest










Week 26 Week 27

Reading Literature Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama

Make a chart of the parts of a story. Then tell how the writer uses techniques to communicate the lesson or theme. Then add dialogue to it.

Add dialogue to a story or dramatize it.

Science 5. Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.

Use structure of text to Answer a BIG question. Collect and include facts and your own ideas. Topic:





Fluency






Writing CCSSW.4.2 opinion

Outline a story emphasis on maintaining a theme Write the story.


Focus: Math Digest—What are the big ideas you learned from this week’s problems?

Focus: Math Digest—What are the big ideas you learned from this week’s problems?









Fourth Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Week 28

Week 28

Reading Literature Set Goals Make a guide to reading a story. Use it to read an unfamiliar story.

Science CCSSRI.4.2 Read closely, analyze

Write a summary of one topic you learned this quarter. Add questions and give your summary and questions to another student.

Social Science CCSSRI.4.2 Read closely, analyze

Outline, illustrate, and then write captions and sections of a report on a topic you have learned—respond to the BIG question.

Fluency



Identify/use multi-meaning words.

Writing CCSSW.4.2 opinion

Improve the story.











5th

Grade

THIRD QUARTER LEARNING PRIORITIES

Common Core Fifth Grade Literacy Standards Emphasized



1. Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

1. Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

2. Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.

2. Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.

3. Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).

3. Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.


4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.

4. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.

5. Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.

5. Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.

6. Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described.

6. Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.

Writing: Opinion (CPS Framework Assessment Specification) Note: This emphasis aligns with the ISAT Extended Response to a Reading CCSSW5.1. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.

Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.

Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.

Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically). Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.


Fifth Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 20-21

Week 20 Week 21

Reading Literature CCSSRL.2. Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.

How do you read a story? Guide students to clarify their strategies to read a story—feature one genre. What strategies do you use to: Analyze author’s purpose and techniques the writer uses to accomplish it. Analyze problem and solution Infer feelings, traits, predictions. Figure out the theme

How do you read a story—different genres. How does the writer accomplish purpose—not simply to entertain but what is the message the writer wants you to gain from the story or poem? How does the narrator’s point of view influence how the events are described? Explain how a series of scenes, fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story

Science How do you read nonfiction?

Use text features to locate information to respond to analytic questions. Then use text structure to summarize.


Social Science How do you read nonfiction?

How do you read nonfiction? Have students “think out loud” about how to analyze a nonfiction text. Focus on text features this week, ask analytic questions. Recommended: Focus on Black History with a BIG question.

How do you read nonfiction? Have students “think out loud” about how to analyze a nonfiction text. Focus on text features this week, ask analytic questions. Recommended: Focus on Black History with a BIG question.

Fluency



Word Knowledge

Figurative language Antonym synonym

Writing opinion


















Week 22 Week 23

Reading Literature Comprehensive

How do you read a poem? What strategies do you use to: Analyze author’s purpose and techniques the writer uses to accomplish it.

Explain and demonstrate (use ISAT “stems” ) how to choose the best answer to analytic, inferential, and evaluative questions

Science Nonfiction reading strategies

Use text features to locate information. Then use text structure to summarize.

Evaluate answers to text-based questions: which is best?

Social Science Nonfiction reading strategies


Evaluate answers to text-based questions: which is best?

Fluency



Word Knowledge

Root/base word, suffix, prefix Explain and demonstrate how to respond to questions: infer from context; structure of word

Writing opinion

















Week 24 Week 25

Reading Literature 5. Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.


Compare and contrast different genres. Analyze author’s craft.

Science CCSSRI.5.2 Summarize

Analyze a science passage—main idea of each paragraph; central idea of the passage.

Respond to a BIG question based on reading and data analysis.

Social Science CCSSRI.5.2 Analyze a topic



Fluency



Word Knowledge

Words of hope Opinion words—list them then use in writing.

Writing Opinion



Analyze ISAT—What kinds of problems does it include? How do you think strategically to solve them? Math Digest

Focus: Math Digest










Week 26 Week 27

Reading Literature Theme (CCSSR2) and structure (CCSSR5)

Explain central message or lesson of a story. Analyze features of legends, myths, folktales (e.g. heroes, quests.)

Explain how two different stories or poems communicate the same theme. Identify how a narrator’s perspective influences how events are described.

Science CCSSRI.5.2 Analyze a topic



Social Science CCSSRI.5.2 Analyze a topic



Fluency



Word Knowledge Analyze word structure and use



Writing opinion

Outline a story --emphasis on maintaining a theme

Write the story.


Focus: Math Digest

Focus: Math Digest









Fifth Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Week 28

Week 28

Reading Literature comprehensive

Contrast poetry and prose. Summarize reading “repertoire”—genres you know, skills you use to read them, how and why you read them.

Science Summative assessment

Write report on a topic you have learned.

Social Science Summative assessment

Write report or create booklet or display about a topic you have learned.

Fluency


Word Knowledge Analyze word structure and use

Write a guide to figuring out the meaning of words. Make a grammar guide.

Writing opinion

Write a guide to writing an opinion.

MATH Summative assessment










6th


Common Core Sixth Grade Literacy Standards Emphasized



1. Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

1. Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

2. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

2. Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

3. Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

3. Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).


4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.

4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.

5. Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.

5. Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.

6. Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.

6. Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.

INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS

8. (Not applicable to literature) 8. Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.

Writing: Argument (CPS Framework Specification) This emphasis aligns with the ISAT Extended Response to a Reading CCSSW6.1. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.

Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly.

Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.

Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons.

Establish and maintain a formal style. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented.


Sixth Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 20-21

Week 20 Week 21


How do you read a story? How does the writer accomplish purpose—not simply to entertain but what is the message the writer wants you to gain from the story or poem? How does the narrator’s point of view influence how the events are described?

How do you read a story—different genres. How does the writer accomplish purpose—not simply to entertain but what is the message the writer wants you to gain from the story or poem? How does the narrator’s point of view influence how the events are described?

Science How do you read nonfiction?

How do you read nonfiction? Use text features and structure to organize response to Big Question.

How do you read nonfiction? Use text features and structure to organize response to Big Question. Analyze how illustrations and headings support comprehension.

Social Science How do you read nonfiction?

Synthesize information from two different texts, using structure of the texts to find information relevant to the question. Recommended: Focus on Black History with a BIG question.

Analyze how illustrations and headings support comprehension. Identify main idea and supporting information. Recommended: Focus on Black History with a BIG question.

Fluency



Word Knowledge

Figurative language Etymology

Writing argument


















Week 22 Week 23


How do you read a poem? Emphasize author’s craft and structure and theme or message. Compare and contrast poetry and prose.

Explain and demonstrate (use ISAT “stems” ) how to choose the best answer to analytic, inferential, and evaluative questions about a poem, story, nonfiction

Science Reading strategies

How do you read directions?

How do you choose the best answer to a text-based question (use ISAT stems)

Social Science Reading strategies

How do you use information from two different sources to respond to a question (see ISAT sample) Recommended: Focus on Black History with a BIG question.


Fluency



Word Knowledge

Write guide with examples: Root, prefix, suffix, compound words

Write guide: How to figure out word meaning from context and/or structure.

Writing argument



















Week 24 Week 25

Reading Literature 5. Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.


Analyze writer’s choices—why did the writer include characters, actions, events, descriptions, narrator..

Science Analyze, summarize

How do you use text features, graphics, and structure to respond to questions and summarize?

Respond to a BIG question through research: How do you use text features and structure to respond to questions and summarize?

Social Science Analyze, summarize

How do you use text features and structure to respond to questions and summarize?

Respond to a BIG question through research. How do you use text features and structure to respond to questions and summarize?

Fluency



Word Knowledge

Words of hope argument writer’s phrases—list to use in writing opinion

Writing argument

Write a poem or letter Outline, then write an argument.



Focus: Math Digest










Week 26 Week 27

Reading Literature 5. Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.

Make a chart of the different genres and techniques that writers use in each. Include techniques a reader uses to interpret each genre.

Read two different texts in different genres developing the same theme. Compare how each writer develops the theme.

Science 6. Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.

Respond to a BIG question through research.


Social Science 6. Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.



Fluency




Make content area glossary. Make content area glossary.

Writing

Outline then write an argument Outline a report based on the content research.


Focus: Math Digest

Focus: Math Digest









Sixth Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Week 28

Week 28

Reading Literature Summative

Write a guide to reading different genres.


Complete report


Complete report

Fluency



Make a thesaurus for literary terms.

Writing

Write a guide to writing a report.











7th


Common Core Seventh Grade Literacy Standards Emphasized

READING LITERATURE READING INFORMATIONAL TEXT/NONFICTION KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS

1. Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

1. Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

2. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

2. Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

3. Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).

3. Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).

CRAFT AND STRUCTURE CRAFT AND STRUCTURE 4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a

text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.

4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.

5. Analyze how a drama’s or poem’s form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning.

5. Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas.

6. Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.

6. Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author distinguishes his or her position from that of others.

INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS 8. (Not applicable to literature) 8. Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text,

assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.

Writing: Argument (CPS Framework Specification -- aligns with the ISAT Extended Response to a Reading) CCSSW7.1. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.

Introduce claim(s), acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.

Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.

Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.

Establish and maintain a formal style.

Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.


Seventh Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 20-21

Week 20 Week 21




Science comprehensive

Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.


Social Science comprehensive

Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims. Recommended: relate to Black History

How do you read nonfiction? Use text features and structure to organize response to Big Question. Analyze how illustrations and headings support comprehension. Recommended: relate to Black History

Fluency Recommended: Model reading/thinking aloud with a poem or speech



Word Knowledge


Writing argument



MATH Math Practice Standard 1: Analyze the problem, then solve it.

Recommended: Comprehensive Math Problem Solving Across the Areas of Math What is the question asking me to figure out? What strategy and operations will I use? Recommended: emphasize graphs














Week 22 Week 23





How do you read directions? Relate to science content students need for ISAT such as how to interpret a graph.



How do you use information from two different sources to respond to a question (see ISAT sample) Recommended: relate to Black History

How do you choose the best answer to a text-based question (use ISAT stems) Recommended: relate to Black History

Fluency This week’s read-aloud: This week’s read-aloud:

Word Knowledge CCSSRI.7.4 Structure and usage



Writing Argument



















Week 24 Week 25

Reading Literature CCSSRL.7.5 Analyze writers’ choices


Compare and contrast different genres.

Science CCSSRI.7.2 Summarize, synthesize

How do you use text features, graphics, and structure to respond to questions and summarize?

Respond to a BIG question through research: How do you use text features and structure to respond to questions and summarize?

Social Science CCSSRI.7.2 Summarize, synthesize

How do you use text features and structure to respond to questions and summarize?

Respond to a BIG question through research. How do you use text features and structure to respond to questions and summarize?





Words of hope Words about progress

Writing argument

Write a poem or letter Write a poem or a letter



Words about progress










Week 26 ISAT Week 27




Science research



Social Science research








Writing Expository/explanatory

Locate and collect information for a report. Outline a report based on the content research.

MATH Practice Standard 2: think abstractly and quantitatively

Focus: Math Digest

Focus: Math Digest









Seventh Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Week 28

Week 28

Reading Literature Summative assessment



Complete report


Complete report

Fluency


Word Knowledge


Writing

Write a guide to writing a report. Contrast it to writing an argument.

MATH Practice Standard 2: think analytically and quantitatively










8th


Common Core Eighth Grade Literacy Standards Emphasized


KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS 1. Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of

what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from text. 1. Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of

what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

2. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.

2. Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.

3. Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.

3. Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., comparisons, analogies, or categories).

CRAFT AND STRUCTURE CRAFT AND STRUCTURE 4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a

text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

5. Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.

5. Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in a text, including the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept.

6. Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.

6. Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.

INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS 8. (Not applicable to literature) 8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text,

assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.

Writing: Argument (CPS Framework Specification-- This emphasis aligns with the ISAT Extended Response to a Reading) 8.1. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. • Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically. • Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text • Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence. • Establish and maintain a formal style. • Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.


Eighth Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 20-21

Week 20 Week 21




Science comprehensive

How do you read nonfiction? Use text features and structure to organize response to Big Question.


Social Science

Synthesize information from two different texts, using structure of the texts to find information relevant to the question. Recommended: Relate to Black History

Analyze how illustrations and headings support comprehension. Identify main idea and supporting information. Recommended: relate to Black History

Fluency



Word Knowledge


Writing argument




Focus: Math Digest

Focus: Math Digest













Week 22 Week 23





How do you read directions?



How do you use information from two different sources to respond to a question (see ISAT sample) Recommended: relate to Black History

How do you choose the best answer to a text-based question (use ISAT stems) Recommended: relate to Black History







Writing argument







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Week 24 Week 25


Analyze story development of theme

Analyze Analyze questions: What is it asking, how do I figure out the answer?

Analyze Compare and contrast different genres.

Science CCSSRI.8.2


Skills: Outline a nonfiction passage. Identify techniques the writer uses. Topic:

Social Science CCSSRI.8.2


Skills: Outline a nonfiction passage. Identify techniques the writer uses. Topic:




Word Knowledge CCSSRI.8.4 Word structure and usage

Words of hope Words about progress

Writing CCSSW.8.1 argument

Write a poem or letter Write a poem or a letter


Analyze ISAT—What kinds of problems does it include? How do you Analyze to solve them?

Focus: Math Digest










Week 26 Week 27


Analyze story development of theme



Science research



Social Science research



Fluency





Writing CCSSW.8.1 Expository/explanatory

Locate and collect information for a report. Outline a report based on the content research.


Focus: Math Digest

Focus: Math Digest









Eighth Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Week 28

Week 28

Reading Literature Summative assessment



Complete report


Complete report

Fluency


Word Knowledge


Writing

Write a guide to writing a report. Contrast it to writing an argument.

MATH Practice Standard 2: think analytically and quantitatively







