Kinder Grade:
25-40 Sight words
Verbs, Nouns, Book structure, Adjectives
Handwriting
Circle Time
CVC Reading using sight words and Word Families
1st-grade ELA writing:
Retelling stories, Describing characters and major events in a story, Comparing and contrasting the adventures and experiences of characters in stories, Identifying basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic, Reading aloud, Introduction to Opinion pieces, explanatory texts, and narratives
2nd-grade ELA and writing:
Identifying the central message or moral of a passage, Describing the overall structure of a story, Answering who, what, where, when, why, and how about a passage, Comparing two or more versions of the same story, Distinguishing long and short vowels, Prefixes and Suffixes, Using context clues for word recognition, generating written introductions to topics
3rd-grade ELA and writing:
Distinguishing literal from nonliteral language within narratives, Demonstrating understanding of a passage using textual evidence to support conclusions, Distinguishing one's own point of view from that of the author of a text, Decoding multi-syllable words, Generating supporting reasons for opinion or explanatory texts
4th-grade ELA and writing:
Drawing inferences from text, Summarizing narratives and explanatory texts, First- vs Third- person narratives, Comparing firsthand and secondhand sources for explanatory passages, Integrating information from related sources on the same topic, Introduction to poetry analysis, Paragraph structure, Introduction and identification of a narrator in text
5th-grade ELA and writing:
Quotations, Figurative language such as similes and metaphors, Describing how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described, Continued Poetry analysis and creation, Concluding statements for narratives and explanatory texts
6th-grade ELA and writing:
Determining figurative, connotative, and technical meanings of words and phrases as they are used in a text, Determining an author's point of view, Providing a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments, Integrating and comparing information presented in different formats, Establishing and maintaining a formal writing style
7th-grade English Language Arts:
Analyze complex texts, novels, short stories, poems, plays, and informational texts, focusing on elements like plot, character development, setting, theme, and point of view. Honing writing skills through various forms including essays, reports, and creative writing. The proper application of grammar in writing covers rules, punctuation, and capitalization.