Reading Skills First Nine Weeks

• I can read words with inflectional endings to make meaning from the text.
• I can ask questions to understand a text heard or read.
• I can answer questions to understand a text hear or read.
• I can use my prior knowledge and the text to make predictions.
• I can blend and read words I know to make meaning from the text.
• I can participate in conversations about what I read.
• I can build on the ideas of others during conversations.
• I can read for sustained amounts of time.
• I can use my knowledge of words in order to read fluently and accurately.
• I can segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of sounds.
• I can demonstrate the sound correspondences for common consonant blends and digraphs.
• I can ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text.
• I can use key details to make inferences and draw conclusions.
• I can make predictions before, during, and confirm or modify after reading informational texts.
• I can identify how the author uses informational text features to help convey meaning.
• I can participate in conversations about what I read or hear..
• I can explain personal ideas and build on the ideas of others through conversations.
• I can build on the ideas of others during conversations.
  

Writing Skills First Nine Weeks

• I can use my ideas to write a narrative story.
• I can write stories like the books I read.
• I can write a small moment story.
  
• I can provide positive feedback to my peers in order to make our writing better.
• I can use the ideas of others to make my writing better.
• I can revise my writing to make it better.
• I can edit my writing to make it the best it can be.
• I can publish a small moment story.
  
• I can write for sustained amounts of time.
• I can explore print and multimedia resources to research a topic I will write about.
• I can make a plan/organize my ideas for writing.
• I can write informational texts to teach others about a topic, using author’s craft techniques.
• I can write an informational story.
  
• I can include rich information from multiple sources in my informational writing.
• I can use (facts, definitions, illustrations, labels, captions) in my informational writing.
• I can write sentences.
• I can use common, proper, and possessive nouns in my speaking and sentences.
• I can provide a concluding statement.
• I can provide positive feedback to my peers in order to strengthen our writing.
• I can use the ideas of others to make my informational writing stronger.
• I can use a Writer’s Checklist to see how to make my writing better.
• I can revise my writing to make it stronger.
• I can edit my writing to make it the best it can be.
• I can publish an informational story.
  
• I can create and present a simple presentation of my informational writing.