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Spelling:
- Weekly spelling lists focusing on specific skills/patterns
- Emphasis spelling patterns, prefixes, suffixes, roots, and introduce students to origins of words
Language Arts:
Writing:
- Expository writing including persuasive writing and report writing
- Poetry
- Narrative/creative writing
- Letter writing (on-going throughout year)
- Figurative language
- Planning, drafting, editing, and publishing final works
- Oral speaking
- Punctuation/capitalization
Grammar:
- Pronouns
- Nouns
- Interjections
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
Vocabulary:
- Analogies
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Context clues
- Usage in writing and speaking
Reading:
- Continue to locate main idea and details
- Continue to read a variety of genres including non-fiction and fiction
- Continue to draw inferences from text
- Develop library skills for research
- Continue to compare/contrast works of authors/illustrators
- Continue to compare/contrast elements of text structure
- Look at how different literature reflects periods of time
- Book reports
- Continue to become proficient at selecting appropriate materials for enjoyment and information
Social Studies:
- Continue intensive study of United States regions including Midwest and Western regions
- Thorough study of Colorado history, government, economy
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