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English reading curriculum in this section is divided into grade levels and is based on
CA, NY, and CCSSI. More independent study topics will be added as the site continues
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Curriculum - Kindergarten |
Use letters and phonetically spelled words
Write consonant-vowel-consonant words
Write moving from left to right and from top to bottom
Write uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet independently |
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Curriculum - Grade 1 |
Select a focus when writing
Use descriptive words when writing
Print legibly and space letters, words, and sentences appropriately
Write brief narratives describing an experience
Write brief expository descriptions of an object, person, place, event
Write and speak in complete, coherent sentences
Identify and correctly use singular and plural nouns
Identify and correctly use singular possessive pronouns
Distinguish declarative, exclamatory, and interrogative sentences
Use a period, exclamation point, or question mark
Use knowledge of the basic rules of punctuation and capitalization
Capitalize the first word, names of people, and the pronoun I
Spell three-and four-letter short-vowel words |
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Curriculum - Grade 2 |
Group related ideas and maintain a consistent focus
Create readable documents with legible handwriting
Understand the purposes of various reference materials
Revise original drafts to improve sequence and provide more detail
Write brief narratives based on their experiences
Write a friendly letter
Distinguish between complete and incomplete sentences
Recognize and use the correct word order in written sentences
Identify and correctly use various parts of speech
Use commas in the greeting and closure of a letter
Use quotation marks correctly
Capitalize all proper nouns
Spell frequently used, irregular words correctly
Spell short-vowel, long-vowel, r- controlled, consonant-blend patterns |
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Curriculum - Grade 3 |
Create a single paragraph
Write legibly in cursive or joined italic
Structure and organization of various reference materials
Revise drafts using an established rubric
Write narratives
Write descriptions that use concrete sensory details
Write personal and formal letters, thank-you notes, and invitations
Use declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory sentences
Subjects, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, compound words, articles
Identify and use past, present, and future verb tenses properly
Identify and use subjects and verbs correctly
Punctuate dates, city and state, and titles of books correctly
Use commas in dates, locations, addresses, items in a series
Capitalize geographical names, holidays, historical periods, events
Spell correctly one-syllable words
Arrange words in alphabetic order |
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Curriculum - Grade 4 |
Select a focus, an organizational structure, and a point of view
Create multiple-paragraph compositions
Use traditional structures for conveying information
Write fluidly and legibly in cursive or joined italic
Quote and paraphrase information sources, citing them appropriately
Locate information in reference texts using organizational features
Use various reference materials
Understand the organization of print materials
Basic keyboarding skills and familiarity with computer terminology
Edit and revise selected drafts
Write narratives
Write replies to literature
Write information reports
Write summaries containing main ideas of the reading selection
Use simple and compound sentences in writing and speaking
Combine short, related sentences
Use regular and irregular verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions
Use parentheses and apostrophes
Use underlining, quotation marks, italics to identify titles
Capitalize names
Spell roots, inflections, suffixes, prefixes, syllable constructions |
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Curriculum - Grade 5 |
Create multiple-paragraph narrative compositions
Create multiple-paragraph expository compositions
Use features of printed text to locate relevant information
Create simple documents using electronic media
Use a thesaurus to identify alternative word choices and meanings
Edit and revise manuscripts to improve meaning and focus of writing
Write narratives
Write replies to literature
Write research reports about important ideas, issues, and events
Write persuasive letters and compositions
Use phrases, appositives, independent and dependent clauses
Use verbs often misused, modifiers, and pronouns
Use a colon to separate hours and minutes and to introduce a list
Use correct capitalization
Spell roots, suffixes, prefixes, syllable constructions |
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Curriculum - Grade 6 |
Choose the form of writing which best suits the intended purpose
Create multiple-paragraph expository compositions
Use a variety of effective and coherent organizational patterns
Use different organizational features of text to locate information
Compose documents with appropriate formatting
Revise writing to improve the organization and consistency of ideas
Write narratives
Write expository compositions
Write research reports
Write replies to literature
Write persuasive compositions
Use simple, compound, and compound-complex sentences
Use present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect verb tenses
Use colons, semicolons, and commas
Use correct capitalization
Spell frequently misspelled words correctly |
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Curriculum - Grade 7 |
Create an organizational structure which balances composition
Support all statements and claims
Use strategies of note taking, outlining, and summarizing
Identify topics, ask and evaluate questions, and develop ideas
Give credit for both quoted and paraphrased information
Create documents using word-processing and publishing programs
Revise writing to improve organization and word choice
Write fictional and autobiographical narratives
Write replies to literature
Write research reports
Write persuasive compositions
Write summaries of reading materials
Place modifiers properly and use the active voice
Identify and use infinitives, participles, pronouns, antecedents
Identify all parts of speech and types and structure of sentences
Show the mechanics of writing and appropriate English usage
Identify hyphens, dashes, brackets, semicolons and use correctly
Use correct capitalization
Spell derivatives correctly, applying spellings of bases and affixes |
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Curriculum - Grade 8 |
Create compositions which establish a controlling impression
Establish coherence within and among paragraphs
Support theses and conclusions
Plan and conduct multiple-step information searches
Achieve an effective balance between information and ideas
Revise writing
Write biographies, autobiographies, short stories, and narratives
Write replies to literature
Write research reports
Write persuasive compositions
Write documents related to career development
Write technical documents
Use correct and varied sentence types
Identify and use parallelism, including similar grammatical forms
Use subordination, coordination, apposition, and other devices
Edit written manuscripts to ensure that correct grammar is used
Use correct punctuation and capitalization
Use correct spelling conventions |
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Independent Study - Writing |
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Alphabet in Manuscript and Cursive |
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