Language Arts Curriculum Map
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Unit 1
Aug-Oct
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-Main
idea and details
-Fiction
story elements
-Compare and contrast |
-Nouns
Singular/Plural
Proper nouns
-Capitalization
-Punctuation
-ABC
order to first letter
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-Short
vowels
-Consonant
blends
-Digraphs
-Sneaky-E
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Personal
narrative
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Unit 2
Oct-Nov
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-Summarizing
-Sequencing -Author’s purpose -Genre features |
-Adjectives
-Compound
Words
-Synonyms
-Antonyms
-ABC
order to second letter
-Possessive
nouns
-Intro
pronouns
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-Bossy
R
-Two
Vowels go walking
-Word Families -Compound Words for syllabication |
How-To
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Use editing marks
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Unit 3
Dec-Jan
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-Fact
vs. Opinion
-Visualizing
-Ask
and Answer Questions
-Predict
and Check
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-Verbs
Verb tense (ed,ing)
Helping Verbs
-Contractions -Homophones |
-Other
vowel patterns ( ew, au, aw, oo, ow, igh, oi, oy, tion)
-Inflected
endings (ed, ing, er, est)
-Change
y to i and add es
-Multi-syllable
decoding strategies
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Poetry
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Use dictionaries to correct spelling
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Unit 4
Feb-Mar
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-Cause and effect -Inferences -Noticing character traits |
-Adverbs
-Commas
in letters
-Prefixes/Suffixes
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-Silent
letter combinations (kn, wr, rh, gn)
-ous,
ious
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Opinion pieces
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Unit 5
Mar-Apr
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-Features
of Nonfiction
-Question/Answer Relationship -Test taking strategies |
-Apostrophe
usage (contractions, plurals, possessives)
-Homonyms
(to, too, two, their, they’re, there)
-Abbreviations
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-Same
vowel sound, different spellings
-Vocab context clues |
Report writing
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Rewrite informative text in own words
Sentence variety |
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Unit 6
Apr-May
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-Genre
features (fairytale, fable)
-Noticing how a character changes during story |
-Commas
for lists
-a/an
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Science/Social Studies Curriculum Map
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Topic
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Dates
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Concepts
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Rocks
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Aug - Sept
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-Weathering
-Parts of rocks (crystals, grains,
cement)
-sorting rocks
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Cultures
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Oct-Nov
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-Cultural differences
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Moon & Stars
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Nov-Dec
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-Moon phases
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Citizenship
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Dec-Jan
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-Civic responsibility
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Weather
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Jan-Feb
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- Compare/ contrast seasonal weather
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Geography
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Mar-Apr
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-Community symbols and physical
features
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Gravity & Phyical
Changes
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Apr
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-Observe falling objects, things that stop
them from reaching the ground
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Financial Literacy
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May
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- Producers/ consumers
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Animals & Habitats
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May - Jun
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-Compare/ contrast characteristics of
living things in different habitats
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