Reading

Fiction

Nonfiction

Reading Vocabulary

Comprehension Reading Strategies:

   *Connecting

   *Predicting

   *Summarizing

   *Visualizing

   *Questioning

   *Inference

   *Topic/main idea/details

   *Predicting outcomes

   *Drawing conclusions

   *Cause-effect

   *Fact and opinion

   *Sequence of events

Story elements:

   *character(s)

   *Setting

   *Problem

   *Solution

Oral reading:

   *Accuracy

   *Fluency

   *Expression

Handwriting

Printing and Cursive:

   *Correct letter formation

   *Correct pencil hold

   *Correct spacing

Spelling

Spelling tests

Language Arts

Sentence structure

   *Subject/predicate

Mechanics:

   *Capitalization

   *Punctuation

   *Applying the mechanics

 Parts of speech:

   *Nouns

   *Verbs

   *Adjectives

   *Pronouns

Writing

Writing Process

Fictional Narrative

Personal Narrative

Extended Response

Expository

Creative Writing

Science

Plants/bees

Solar system

Simple machines

Light

Social Studies

Communities

Geography

Chicago

Pioneers

Immigration/Cultures

Highland Park

Math

Number order

Place value

Problem solving

Extended response

Computation  

Graphing

Time, temperature, calendar

Money

Measurement

Geometry

Fractions

Rounding

Estimation

Multiplication

Division

Character Education

Respect

Responsibility

Kindness

Fairness

Caring

Citizenship