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Kindergarten–8th GradeTHIRD QUARTER LEARNING PRIORITIES

Center for Urban Education

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KindergartenTHIRD QUARTER LEARNING PRIORITIES

Common Core Kindergarten Literacy Standards Emphasized

READING LITERATURE READING NONFICTIONKEY 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 STRUCTURE4. 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...).

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

Reading Literature CCSSRL.K.1Choose 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.

ScienceCCSSRI.K.1 Locate information

read, experience, draw, write/tell about

Make science picture glossary


Make science picture glossary Social ScienceCCSSRI.K.1Locate information

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

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

Fluency Rate, comprehension, expression

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

Word KnowledgeSight words

Include sight words from Fry high frequency list

Phonics:

Sight Words:

DIBELS/STEP:

Phonics:

Sight Words:

DIBELS/STEP:

Writing CCSSW.K.3argument

Write lettersPlace words in sequence Write persuasive sentence

Write lettersPlace words in sequence Write persuasive sentence

MATHPractice Standard 2—think quantitatively and abstractly

Focus:

Terms:

Journal

Focus:

Terms:

Journal



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


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http://teacher.depaul.edu/html/Fluency1.htm

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Kindergarten: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 22-23

Week 22 Week 23Reading Literature CCSSRL.K.1Identify important information

COMPARE Choose the better answer to a question

COMPARE Choose the better answer to a question.



Make science picture page or book


Make science picture page or book

Social ScienceCCSSRI.K.1Locate information

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

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


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



Phonics:

Sight Words:

DIBELS/STEP:

Phonics:

Sight Words:

DIBELS/STEP:

Writing CCSSW.K.3opinion

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

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


Focus:

Terms:

Journal

Focus:

Terms:

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Week 24 Week 25Reading Literature CCSSRL.K.1Support 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.



Make picture page, chart or display


Make picture page, chart or displaySocial ScienceCCSSRI.K.1Locate information

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


Make picture page, chart, or displayFluency Rate, comprehension, expression




Phonics:

Sight Words:

DIBELS/STEP:

Phonics:

Sight Words:

DIBELS/STEP:


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.


Focus:

Terms:

Journal

Focus:

Terms:

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Week 26 Week 27Reading Literature CCSSRL.K.1Evaluate 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

Social ScienceCCSSRI.K.1Locate information

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





Phonics:

Sight Words:

DIBELS/STEP:

Phonics:

Sight Words:

DIBELS/STEP:


Build words with lettersWrite sentences

Build words with lettersWrite sentences


Focus:

Terms:

Journal

Focus:

Terms:

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Kindergarten: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Week 28

Week 28Reading Literature CCSSRL.K.1Answer 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.

ScienceCCSSRI.K.2 Summarize

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

Social ScienceCCSSRI.K.2summarize

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 GradeTHIRD QUARTER LEARNING PRIORITIES

Common Core First Grade Literacy Standards Emphasized


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.

CRAFT AND STRUCTURE CRAFT AND STRUCTURE4. 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 21Reading Literature CCSSRL.1.1Analyze, then infer

Tell what is most important in a story or history – can relate to Black HistoryCharacters/PeopleWhat they doTell 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 HistoryCharacters/peopleWhat they doTell 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.

ScienceCCSSRI.1.1Locate information

read, experience, draw, write about

--tell what the most important words are; put them in a picture page or chart



Social ScienceCCSSRI.1.1 locate informationEvaluate importance

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

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



Word KnowledgeCCSSRI.1.4Sight wordsInclude sight words and phrases from Fry high frequency list.

Phonics:

Sight Words:

DIBELS/STEP:

Phonics:

Sight Words:

DIBELS/STEP:

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.

MATHPractice Standard 2: think quantitatively and abstractly

Focus

Terms

Math Journal

Focus

Terms

Math Journal












Week 22 Week 23Reading Literature CCSSRL.1.1Analyze, then infer

Tell what is most important in a story or history.Can relate to Black History.Characters/personsWhat 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 HistoryCharacters/personsWhat 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.

ScienceCCSSRI.1.1Locate informationEvaluate information





Social ScienceCCSSRI.1.1Locate informationEvaluate 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)Fluency Rate, comprehension, expression


Word KnowledgeCCSSRI.1.4

Include sight words from Fry high frequency list.

Phonics:

Sight Words:

DIBELS/STEP:

Phonics:



Writing Opinion

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

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

MATHPractice standard 2: think quantitatively and abstractly

Focus

Terms

Math Journal

Focus

Terms

Math Journal













Week 24 Week 25Reading Literature CCSSRL.1.2Summarize

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.)

ScienceCCSSRI.1.2Summarize


Write and draw a summaryThen identify the central idea.Make word-picture chart or page


Write and draw a summaryThen identify the central ideaMake word-picture chart or page

Social ScienceCCSSRI.1.2summarize

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.





Word KnowledgeCCSSRI.1.4Sight words

Include sight words and phrases from Fry high frequency list.

Phonics:

Sight Words:

DIBELS/STEP:

Phonics:

Sight Words:

DIBELS/STEP:

Writing opinion

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

Write or draw story that supports a message or moral.

MATH Focus

Terms

Math Journal

Focus

Terms

Math Journal












Week 26 Week 27Reading Literature CCSSRL.1.2Summarize, 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?

ScienceCCSSRI.1.2summarize












Word KnowledgeCCSSRI.1.4Sight wordsInclude sight words from Fry high frequency list.

Phonics:

Sight Words:

DIBELS/STEP:

Phonics:

Sight Words:

DIBELS/STEP:

Writing opinion

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


Focus

Terms

Math Journal

Focus

Terms

Math Journal












First Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Week 28

Week 28Reading Literature CCSSRL.1.2Summarize, 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.

ScienceCCSSRI.1.2summarize

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 KnowledgeCCSSRI.1.4Sight wordsInclude sight words from Fry high frequency list.

Phonics:



Writing opinion

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
















2nd GradeTHIRD QUARTER LEARNING PRIORITIES

Common Core Second Grade Literacy Standards Emphasized


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.

CRAFT AND STRUCTURE CRAFT AND STRUCTURE4. 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 21Reading Literature CCSSRL.2.1Infer with evidence

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

How does a writer communicate a message througha 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.

ScienceCCSSRI.2.5Use text features to find ideas and information

Guided by a big question use text features toread, experience, draw, write about

Make vocabulary glossary

Guided by a big question use text features toread, experience, draw, write about


Social ScienceCCSSRI.2.5Use text features to find ideas and information

Guided by big question, use text features to read, experience, draw, write aboutRECOMMENDED: FOCUS ON BLACK HISTORYMake vocabulary glossary

Guided by big question, use text features to read, experience, draw, write aboutRECOMMENDED: FOCUS ON BLACK HISTORYMake vocabulary glossary



Word KnowledgeCCSSRI.2.4Include sight words from Fry high frequency list.

Phonics:

Sight Words:

DIBELS/STEP:

Phonics:

Sight Words:

DIBELS/STEP:

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

MATHPractice Standard 1: analyze problem, then solve it

Focus

Terms

Math Digest

Focus

Terms

Math Digest



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

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











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



Week 22 Week 23Reading Literature CCSSRL.2.2Analyze 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

ScienceCCSSRI.2.2Identify 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


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


Social ScienceCCSSRI.2.2Identify 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 paragraphRECOMMENDED; FOCUS ON BLACK HISTORYMake vocabulary glossary

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

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

This week’s read-aloud: Students Reading aloud with increased fluency.

Word KnowledgeCCSSRI.2.4Sight words Include sight words and phrases from Fry high frequency list.

Phonics:

Sight Words:

DIBELS/STEP:

Phonics:



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


Focus

Terms

Math Digest

Focus

Terms

Math Digest

















Week 24 Week 25Reading 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 fictionUse to determine writer’s message/moral.

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

ScienceCCSSRI.2.2Identify 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 paragraphThen summarizeMake vocabulary glossary


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



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

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

Phonics:

Sight Words:

DIBELS/STEP:

Phonics:

Sight Words:

DIBELS/STEP:

Writing opinion

Write opinion sentences with periods, question marks, exclamation marks

Write opinion paragraph with periods, question marks, exclamation marks


Focus

Terms

Math Digest

Focus

Terms

Math Digest

















Week 26 Week 27Reading 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.

ScienceCCSSRI.2.2Identify 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 paragraphThen 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 paragraphThen summarize to answer: what is the main idea?Make vocabulary glossary

Social ScienceCCSSRI.2.2Identify 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 paragraphThen summarize to support the main ideaMake vocabulary glossary

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




Phonics:

Sight Words:

DIBELS/STEP:

Phonics:

Sight Words:

DIBELS/STEP:

Writing opinion

Write an extended response. Write an extended response.


Focus

Terms

Math Digest

Focus

Terms

Math Digest
















Second Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Week 28

Week 28Reading Literature CCSSRL.2.2

Explain how to read a story—StructureMessage

Give examples of different fiction genres. Tell how they are alike; tell what they have in common.

ScienceCCSSRI.2.5Multi-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 ScienceCCSSRI.2.5Multi-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:


Identify Sight Words when reading.Writing opinion

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














3rd GradeTHIRD QUARTER LEARNING PRIORITIES

Common Core Third Grade Literacy Standards Emphasized

READING LITERATURE READING INFORMATIONAL TEXT/NONFICTIONKEY 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

CRAFT AND STRUCTURE CRAFT AND STRUCTURE4. 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 ReadingCCSSW3.1. 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 21Reading Literature CCSSRL.3.1 Infer with evidenceand 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 + solutionInfer feelings, traits, predictions.Figure out the theme

How do you read a storyWhat 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

Science5. 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 Science5. 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 This week’s read-aloud:

This week’s read-aloud:

Word KnowledgeCCSSRI.3.4Classify vocabulary

Figurative language Antonymsynonym

Writing opinion

Outline then write extended response Outline then write extended response


Focus:

Short responseExtended response

My own guide to problem solving

Focus:


My own guide to writing an extended response








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






Week 22 Week 23Reading Literature CCSSRL.3.2 Determine central message and Writer’s Craft and Structure


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 genreidentify kinds of questionsInfer meaning of a word from contextAnalyze author’s purpose and techniques

Science3. 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 Science2. 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


Word KnowledgeCCSSRI.3.4Analyze 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 MathWhat is the question asking me to figure out?What strategy and operations will I use?








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




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

ScienceCCSSRI.3.1Analyze

Skills:Analyze kinds of questions.

Topic:

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

Topic:

Social ScienceCCSSRI.3.1Analyze


Topic:


Topic:


Word KnowledgeCCSSRI.3.4Analyze 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 DigestMath Digest











Week 26 Week 27Reading Literature CCSSRL.3.2Summarize 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.

ScienceCCSSRI.3.2Analyze ideas

Reading SkillsAnswer a BIG question. Collect and include facts and your own ideas.

Topic:

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

Topic:

Social ScienceCCSSRI.3.2Analyze ideas


Topic:


Topic:



Word KnowledgeCCSSRI.3.4Analyze word patternsInfer 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 28Reading Literature CCSSRL.3.2Summarize 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.

ScienceCCSSRI.3.2Analyze ideas

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

Social ScienceCCSSRI.3.2Analyze ideas

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


Word KnowledgeCCSSRI.3.4Analyze word patternsInfer 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 GradeTHIRD QUARTER LEARNING PRIORITIES

Common Core Fourth Grade Literacy Standards EmphasizedREADING LITERATURE READING INFORMATIONAL TEXT/NONFICTION

KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS1. 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.


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 ReadingCCSSW4.1. 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 21Reading Literature CCSSRL.4.1 Infer with evidenceand Writer’s Craft and Structure


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 solutionInfer 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?

ScienceCCSSRI.4.3Explain 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 Science5. 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.



Word Knowledge CCSSRI.4.4Analyze 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.


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Week 22 Week 23Reading 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)

ScienceCCSSRI.4.2How 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


Word KnowledgeCCSSRI.4.4Analyze word structure

Synonym, antonym Emphasize science terms.

How do you figure out the meaning of a word?StructureContext

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.

Science2. 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 Science3. 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.


Word KnowledgeCCSSRI.4.4Analyze word structureInfer from context

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

Writing Opinion




Math Digest

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Week 26 Week 27Reading 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.

Science5. 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.

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Writing CCSSW.4.2opinion

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 28Reading Literature Set Goals

Make a guide to reading a story. Use it to read an unfamiliar story.

ScienceCCSSRI.4.2Read closely, analyze

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

Social ScienceCCSSRI.4.2Read closely, analyze

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



Identify/use multi-meaning words.

Writing CCSSW.4.2opinion

Improve the story.


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Common Core Fifth Grade Literacy Standards Emphasized

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

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.

CRAFT AND STRUCTURE CRAFT AND STRUCTURE4. 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 ReadingCCSSW5.1. 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 21Reading 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 solutionInfer 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

ScienceHow do you read nonfiction?

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


Social ScienceHow 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.



Word Knowledge

Figurative language Antonymsynonym

Writing opinion




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Week 22 Week 23Reading 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

ScienceNonfiction reading strategies

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

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

Social ScienceNonfiction reading strategies


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


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.

ScienceCCSSRI.5.2Summarize

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 ScienceCCSSRI.5.2Analyze a topic


Topic:


Topic:


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

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Week 26 Week 27Reading 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.

ScienceCCSSRI.5.2Analyze a topic


Topic:


Topic:

Social ScienceCCSSRI.5.2Analyze a topic


Topic:


Topic:



Word Knowledge

Analyze word structure and use



Writing opinion

Outline a story --emphasis on maintaining a theme

Write the story.


Focus:

Math Digest

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Fifth Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Week 28

Week 28Reading Literature comprehensive

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

ScienceSummative assessment

Write report on a topic you have learned.

Social ScienceSummative assessment

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


Word KnowledgeAnalyze 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.

MATHSummative assessment

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Common Core Sixth Grade Literacy Standards EmphasizedREADING LITERATURE READING INFORMATIONAL TEXT/NONFICTION

KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS1. 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).


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 IDEAS8. (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 ReadingCCSSW6.1. 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 21Reading Literature comprehensive

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?

ScienceHow 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 ScienceHow 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.



Word Knowledge Figurative language Etymology

Writing argument




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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

ScienceReading strategies

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

Social ScienceReading 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.

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


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



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?

















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..

ScienceAnalyze, 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 ScienceAnalyze, 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?


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.



Math Digest

Focus:

Math Digest











Week 26 Week 27Reading 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.

Science6. 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. Respond to a BIG question through research.

Social Science6. Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.





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

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Sixth Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Week 28

Week 28Reading Literature Summative

Write a guide to reading different genres.


Complete report


Complete report



Make a thesaurus for literary terms.

Writing Write a guide to writing a report.


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Common Core Seventh Grade Literacy Standards EmphasizedREADING LITERATURE READING INFORMATIONAL TEXT/NONFICTION

KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS1. 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 STRUCTURE4. 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 IDEAS8. (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




Sciencecomprehensive

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 Sciencecomprehensive

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




Writing argument



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


What is the question asking me to figure out?What strategy and operations will I use?Recommended: emphasize graphs



Recommended: emphasize graphs



















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


Recommended: relate to Black History


Word KnowledgeCCSSRI.7.4 Structure and usage

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


Writing Argument























Week 24 Week 25 Reading Literature CCSSRL.7.5 Analyze writers’ choices


Compare and contrast different genres.

ScienceCCSSRI.7.2Summarize, 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 ScienceCCSSRI.7.2Summarize, 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



Math Digest

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Week 26 ISAT Week 27Reading Literature CCSSRL.7.1



Scienceresearch


Social Scienceresearch







Writing Expository/explanatory

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

MATHPractice Standard 2: think abstractly and quantitatively

Focus:

Math Digest

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Seventh Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Week 28

Week 28Reading Literature Summative assessment



Complete report


Complete report


Word Knowledge Make a thesaurus for literary terms.

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

MATHPractice Standard 2: think analytically and quantitatively

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Common Core Eighth Grade Literacy Standards EmphasizedREADING LITERATURE READING INFORMATIONAL TEXT/NONFICTION

KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS1. 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 STRUCTURE4. 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 IDEAS8. (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 thereasons and evidence logically.• Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources anddemonstrating 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 21Reading Literature comprehensive



Sciencecomprehensive

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 HistoryFluency This week’s read-aloud:



Writing argument




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Math Digest

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Eighth Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 22-23






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


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


Recommended: relate to Black History




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


Writing argument


















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Week 24 Week 25 Reading Literature CCSSRL.8.5Analyze story development of theme

Analyze


Analyze

Compare and contrast different genres.

ScienceCCSSRI.8.2


Topic:

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

Topic:

Social ScienceCCSSRI.8.2


Topic:

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

Topic:



Word KnowledgeCCSSRI.8.4Word structure and usage

Words of hope Words about progress

Writing CCSSW.8.1argument

Write a poem or letter Write a poem or a letter



Focus:

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Week 26 Week 27Reading Literature CCSSRL.8.5Analyze story development of theme



Scienceresearch


Social Scienceresearch






Writing CCSSW.8.1Expository/explanatory

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


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Math Digest

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Math Digest










Eighth Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Week 28

Week 28Reading Literature Summative assessment



Complete report


Complete report


Word Knowledge Make a thesaurus for literary terms.

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

MATHPractice Standard 2: think analytically and quantitatively

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