Reading Skills second Nine Weeks

• I can recognize multi-syllabic words or take them apart by syllables to solve them.
• I can determine the meaning of a new word by using a known affix added to the base.
• I can recognize words with long vowels to help make meaning to a text heard or read.
• I can differentiate short vowels from long vowels to make meaning of words to a text heard or read.
• I can use information gained from illustrations and words to understand characters, setting, or plot.
• I can retell the sequence of major events using key details in a text heard or read.
• I can retell the beginning, middle and end using key details in a text heard or read.
• I can determine the theme in a text heard or read.
• I can determine the genre in a text heard or read.
• I can classify different literary texts by common characteristics.
• I can identify and describe the characteristics of genres.
  
• I can participate in conversations about what I read.
• I can build on the ideas of others during conversations.
• I can compare and contrast characters/stories to each other.
• I can compare and contrast characters/stories to myself.
• I can understand cause and effect relationships in a story and make meaning to a text heard or read.

writing Skills Second NIne Weeks

• I can organize my ideas for writing.
• I can write narratives to develop real or imagined events using author’s craft techniques.
• I can write a small moment story using temporal words.
  
• I can use adjectives and adverbs in my writing.
• I can include rich details and structured event sequences in my narrative writing.
• I can provide positive feedback to my peers in order to strengthen our writing.
• I can use the ideas of others to make my narrative 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 my writing.